D’banj Signs Jay Sleek As Official Producer Of His Record Label

Making the announcement on Twitter yesterday, hit making producer J sleek revealed that he has signed with Dbanj's new label, DB records. 

 "Officially signed to @iamdbanj DB Records... Its World Wide Music History In the Making ... Ooshee!!" He tweeted along with a pic of him with dbanj. Apparently, Jsleek will be playing the 'Don Jazzy' role for Dbanj and artists on the DB records roster, that includes K-switch.

Infact, they've collaborated on a song already (its titled 'Oyato'), which will be Dbanj's first single since the mo'hits split. 

Jsleek has been top-line producer in the Nigerians hip-hop industry for the last half-decade. His past bangers include 2face's 'Only me', Sound Sultan's '2010' and many more.

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Yvonne Nelson displaying her award

Movie Pirates Attack Four Ghanaian Officers

Executives of Film Distributors Association of Ghana at the conference

Information reaching GhanaSuperStars.Com has it that 4 police man who were embarking on an anti piracy call together with the film distributors and Marketers Association were rallied, razzed and severely flogged by unknown pirates around Kantamanto market in Accra Central.

Since the police were not ready to grant we at GhanaSuperStars.Com audience on the case, we got in touch with Mr. Mustapha Adams, the film Marketers and distributors President.

He revealed to GhanaSuperStars.Com that they have formed some surreptitious antipiracy amalgamation which helps them to detect where most of the films produced are pirated before they (the movies) enter the market.

Throughout this month, they realized most of the pirated films were not coming from Togo or China as perceived by many but rather, from a secluded outfit very close to James Town post office.

He added that an informant assisted them in getting hold of one Mr. Alex Nyantekyi who happens to be the main distributor for those who pirate Ghanaian films in Accra. After intense surveillance, they managed to get his corporal self in possession of some of the pirated CDs.

“After we caught him, he admitted he sells pirated CDs but rather he is not the one who pirates them so he is going to lead us to the pirates. Together with the police we moved to the secret place but to our utter dismay, his cohorts ambushed us and started beating us till the police called in backups to assist us but in the process, Alex Nyantekyi, the suspect, escaped” said Mr. Mustapha Adams.


Mr. Mustapha Adams appealed to the general public to assist in apprehending Alex Nyantekyi and also advised all pirates to eschew pirating intellectual properties in any form or kind. “In Ghana, piracy is a crime!” Mr. Mustapha Adams concluded.

 Source: Mustapha Ayinde Inusah

RAQUEL TO RELEASE 4TH SINGLE WITH SAMINI ON FRIDAY

Ahead of the highly anticipated ‘Sweetio’ music video premiere the 2012 VGMA multi nominee, Raquel is most likely going to thrill fans with many more surprises than expected.


Exclusive information reaching us affirms that the ever sensational Raquel would serve fans with a fist time play of her fourth single titled ‘Shake your body’ at her video premiere this Friday.


The song features multi award African star Samini, and is off her debut album which is set to be released later this year.


The gorgeous looking singer plans to thrill fans this Friday at Club 11 (cantonments) with an amazing performance during her video premiere.

Miss Ghana 2012 audition dates and venues announced

Exclusive Events Ghana, franchise holders and organizers of the 2012 Miss Ghana have announced venues and audition dates for this year’s edition of the country’s most prestigious beauty pageant.

Organizers said in a statement that auditions will be held in three key belts across the country namely the Northern, Middle and Southern belts.

The Northern belt will be made up of the Northern Region, Upper West and Upper East regions while the Middle belt will comprise the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and Eastern regions. Greater Accra, Volta, Western and Central regions make up the Southern belt.

According to the statement, auditions for the Northern belt will be held at the Picorna Hotel in Tamale on July 10 while that of the Middle and Southern Belts will be held on July 17 and July 24 at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Kumasi and Accra respectively.

30 finalists, 10 from each zone, will be carefully selected by professional judges, who will take into consideration several factors including poise, elegance, eloquence, intelligence, beauty with a purpose and direction.

In all, 20 finalists will be selected for the national finals, which would take place in Accra weeks after the auditions.

Before the finale, the 20 will be properly groomed in an exciting reality show that would be shown on national television. There will, however, be no weekly evictions.

For the first time in the 55-year history of the pageant, the winner and and first and second runners-up will all be presented with brand new saloon cars. The winner will walk away with her car while the two runners up will first use their cars in official capacities for a year before they assume ownership of them.

Movie Producer thanks God for Ghanaian Movie Ban

While all movie makers and producers alike are making efforts to reach out to the international market, controversial movie producer and PRO of the Film Producers Association of Ghana, Socrat Safo has said that he will give praise and thanks to God if Ghanaian movies are banned in neighboring Nigeria.

Speaking on Channel R’s 205 Total Entertainment on Wednesday, Socrate explained that, Ghana is a relatively small country as compared to Nigeria which meant Nigeria had a bigger market that their Ghanaian counterpart. This he said always got in favor of movie producers Nigeria since they find Ghana as the dumping grounds for their over-flown movies.

He made this revelation when he was responding to a particular story making circulations on the internet and other social media, that Ghanaian movies have been banned in Nigeria. The reports which had the caption, “Ghanaian Movies Banned In Nigeria?” indicated that, the once harmonious relationship between the Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood and its counterpart, Ghana’s Ghallywood, is currently under threat as the movie marketers under the auspices of Film, Video Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (FVPMAN) had placed an embargo on Ghanaian films with effect from the end of this month.
According to the report, the decision became necessary following the position taken by their Ghanaian counterparts who had banned the distribution of Nigerian films in their country long time ago.

Reacting to this report, the Public Relation Officer of the Film Producers Association of Ghana said he was not aware of the reports but said if it was true, he would thank the almighty God for such a decision. He said the movie industry in Ghana is flooded with so many movies from Nigeria and this he explained is making the local producers loose much sales.

He continued that, if movies from Nigeria to Ghana and the ones from Ghana to Nigeria are banned, it would give the local producers the chance to market and make their movies popular here in Ghana. He revealed that, currently, Ghanaian movies do not sell because everybody wants to buy and watch something from Nigeria.

BLAY LEAK is yet to confirm whether Ghanaian movies will truly be banned in Nigeria and the benefits the two countries stand to derive from the said decision.

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MUSIGA congratulates Sarkodie

The President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei Kuffour, who returned home last week after a two-week visit to the United Kingdom, has congratulated Sarkodie for winning the BET International Act award at the BET Awards ceremony held in California.

The Tema-based artiste was a joint winner with Nigeria’s Whizkid at the prestigious awards event which celebrates the best in black music worldwide.

According to the President of MUSIGA, Sarkodie’s feat was an indication of the massive potential Ghanaian music had.
Obour also commended Bola Ray’s Empire Entertainment for the successful hosting of the second edition of the Ghana meets Nigeria musical extravaganza in Accra.

Sarkodie

He described the event as a positive step in the march towards African unity, noting that such events would foster the attainment of the dream of continental unity.
Obour returned home last week after a two-week visit to the UK, where he held series of meetings with the General Secretary of the British Musicians Union and President of the International Federation of Musicians (FIM).

The meeting discussed possible collaborations between the two unions.
According to the MUSIGA president, the meeting was very positive, adding that that a lot of prospects awaited Ghanaian musicians, especially live performers and composers in the areas of training and skills development and participation in international festivals. Other areas include support with collective rights management.

The meeting took place at the offices of the MU at 62 Clapham Road in London. It is expected that as a follow up to the meeting, the twinning scheme proposed by MUSIGA would be signed during the FIM Congress in Argentina later in the year.

DKB To Emback On “ANTI-GENDER VIOLENCE” Nation-wide Campus Tour

DKB

Former Ghanaian representative to the big brother star game reality show DKB is ready to use the experience he gathered from the violence scandal he was involved in, with a fellow housemate that caused
his disqualification to educate and create awareness among the youth.

He has decided to embark on a nationwide “anti-gender violence” campus tour, from the senior high schools to the universities and polytechnics, from July 6th 2012.

The nationwide campaign dubbed “STOP GENDER VIOLENCE- respect yourself” is an “anti-gender violence campaign” geared towards discouraging acts of provocation and violence from men to women and from women to men.

According to his management teams Ecstasy Entertainment and Boom Entertainment, he had to go through an anger management programme in order to come out reformed, improved and empowered to educate the young ones on the consequences of uncontrolled anger.

He is approaching the high school students preceding the higher institutions because they are the ones from which adults are formed and must be well informed and made aware of the repercussions of uncontrolled anger culminating into violence and how to deal with it so they become better adults. 

Details of the tour, which is set to EDUTAIN (educate and entertain) include a talk session by himself, a Clinical Psychologist and a Domestic Violence representative; questions and answers time, exclusive photo taking with autograph signing coupled with a sizzling performance of his apology song.

The tour would start from his alma mater, St. John’s Grammar School, then to other schools including Labone High School, St. Mary’s High School, Presec, Accra Academy, Accra High School and then to high
schools in other parts of the country.

According to DKB, ‘‘He hopes this noble initiative would positively impact the youth and also prepare them towards a violence free elections’’. He lastly added that he hasn’t left out his fans and supporters who cherish him for his comedy art and promises them a non-stop rib-cracking comedy show coupled with good music after the tour dubbed ‘’DKB and Friends – ONAAPO!!!’’

For further info on the tour, contact : infotoecstasy@yahoo.com

BET NAMES SARKODIE AND WIZKID ‘BEST AFRICAN ACT’

Wizkid and Sakordie

Sarkodie has won the award for ‘Best International Act: Africa’ at the 2012 edition of the BET Awards!

The Ghanaian rapper jointly won the award with Nigerian pop act ‘Wizkid’   at the awards ceremony taking place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on July 1, 2012.

The EME act and Sarkodie had faced tough competition from other nominees – Nigerian rapper Ice Prince, Kenyan Hip-Hop/R&B group Camp Mulla, South African singer Lira and French speaking Malian rapper Mokobe for the coveted Best African Act prize.

‘Thankful!‘, an excited Wizkid tweeted.

This isn’t the first time the Best African Act award will be jointly won. Last year, African pop giants D’banj and 2face came out tops and received a joint award prize in the same category.

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