For a ceremony that unironically asks people to refer to it as “music’s biggest night,” this year’s Grammy Awards sure felt like a referendum on its own place in the business. For years we tossed the Recording Academy the keys to the kingdom of music-industry prestige, and frankly, they did …
Read More »Is racism why Adele beat Beyoncé at the Grammys?
(CNN) Even Adele thinks Beyoncé should have won the album of the year Grammy over her. When the British pop star tearfully accepted the ceremony’s top award Sunday night, she shined a spotlight on the woman she said she has loved since she was 11 years old. “The artist of …
Read More »Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul is retiring to spend time with her family
Soul legend Aretha Franklin says she plans to retire from music to spend more time with her grandchildren. The 74-year-old said she would record one final album with Stevie Wonder before stepping out of the limelight. “I must tell you, I am retiring this year,” the Queen Of Soul told …
Read More »Alicia Keys’ #NoMakeup Movement + Lil Mama
Atlanta Black Star June 8, 2016 | Posted by Kiersten Willis Tagged With: #nomakeup, alicia keys no makeup, instagram response, Lil’ Mama real hair, pigtails, twitter bullying Instagram Alicia Keys has returned to music and ushered in a makeup-free look along with it, but her new beauty trend seems to …
Read More »We never forgot music while abroad – Reggie N Bollie
Though Ghanaian music duo Reggie N Bollie left Ghana to the UK to be with their family, they did not leave their music behind. “We did not forget music when we got there. We actually had families there so it influenced our decision to go there but our hope of …
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Illuminati can’t predict my future – Shatta Rako fires Sarkodie?
Shatta Rako has reacted to Yemi Alade’s recent revelation about how hard it was to get Sarkodie to feature on her “Ego” single off her “Mama Africa” album. The Rudebouy Records artist shared a link to the story with a caption “INTERESTING!”. Under the comment section, a fan asked Shatta …
Read More »I have stopped doing real dancehall songs – Shatta Wale
For sometime now, many have started raising concerns as to whether self-acclaimed dancehall king, Shatta Wale is still doing dancehall or not. To some people, he is now doing Afrobeats, others claim he is doing ‘Jama’. They claim songs like Kakai, Mahama Paper, Zenabu, Chop Kiss can never and ever …
Read More »AJ Nelson releases official trailer for “Power To The People” featuring Wiyaala
After several weeks of waiting patiently, the official video for AJ Nelson’s latest Hip-hop paragon “Power To The People” featuring Wiyaala is primed to hit the local and international screens. The perspicuous visual which was directed by Nana Yaw Berima portrays the struggles women, children, young adults, disabled and the …
Read More »New Gospel star Ransom Arhin emerges in Ghana, drops debut single “Awesome God”
The Gospel music fraternity will soon become very lucrative as new zealous and energetic urban acts demonstrate interest and drop albums and singles at frequent intervals. A new Gospel act has emerged from the masses and made his presence in the music industry known with an 8-track album dubbed “Awesome …
Read More »“I’m Not Married” – Sarkodie
Rapper Sarkodie has refuted reports that he is married. According to the artiste real name Michael Owusu Addo, he is yet to tie the knot. Ghanaian actress Salma Mumin was quoted to have said in her recent interview on eTV that the “Adonai” hitmaker was married. In a way to …
Read More »Coldplay opens for Beyoncé’s high heels in Super Bowl 50 halftime show
Beyoncé slayed her performance in the Super Bowl 50 halftime show as expected on Sunday evening, alongside singer Bruno Mars, producer Mark Ronson and what appeared to be an army of leather-clad backup dancers. Coldplay was also there. The British alt-rock band, best known for its mellow radio hits and lead singer Chris Martin’s former marriage to Gwyneth …
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