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BASS Awards nominations out – Bandana says 'Mi No Need Ya Award'

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bandan ghana music awardThe final nominations list for the first annual BASS Awards has been released by the organizer of the Awards. Preceding the release of the nominations, the Awards committee headed by Daddy Bosco had been meeting for three weeks, working to prune down the number to the present list after more than 300 songs were entered for this year’s Awards. Songs that got nominated for the awards this year are reggae/dancehall songs released between 2010 – 2012.  Conspicuously missing from the nominations list is Bandana who according to the committee declined to be part of the Awards, he is said to have written on his facebook page declining to be part of the Awards. Two songs from Samini “Papistic” and “Body flame” all featuring Kaakie, were missing from the nominations, these two were disqualified during the shortlisting process due to its sexually explicit lyrics, Daddy Bosco explained, adding that one of the criteria that qualifies a particular song to be nominated is it’s lyrics, “Lyrics must obviously be clean and devoid of swear words, violence and should not be sexually suggestive”. Samini’s other song, Time bomb featuring Nigerian music star Wizkid was however nominated by the committee in three different categories. Bass Awards comes off at the National Theater on 6th July, 2013, preceding that will be a nominees Jam featuring Jamaican Dancehall act Elephant Man, Samini, Stonebuoy, Jupiter, Kaakie, Natural face among other acts. The BASS Awards 2013, is an annual event that seeks to reward African Reggae and Dancehall music makes its first entry in the Ghanaian Entertainment and Events space. The Award Scheme seeks to appreciate and celebrate musicians within the Reggae and Dancehall genre. BASS Awards is the first of its kind and the future looks very bright as it touches on one of the most respected genre in the world. It is an established fact that Reggae and Dancehall has made a tremendous impact among music lovers and the artistes themselves hardly get noticed or appreciated. The award is specially designed to show gratitude to reggae and dancehall musicians, to serve as an annual gathering of lovers of reggae and dancehall and generally present top notch entertainment to the public. The name of the event was derived from Rhythms and BASS (pronounced Base) which happened to be the basis for the reggae and dancehall genre. The BASS Awards is organised by Rackus Productions and powered by Bullhaus Entertainment and Solid Multimedia. Check out the final list below: FINAL LIST FOR BASS AWARD CATEGORIES MOST POPULAR REGGAE SONG OF THE YEAR(S) 1. Rocky Dawuni (African Reggae Fever) 2. Black Prophet (Wicked Soul Train) 3. Knii Lante ( House Of Pain) 4. Edem (Ghetto Arise) 5. Blakk Rasta / Kaywa (Miss Right) 6. Sammy B (Tongue Tied) 7. Sherif Ghale (Ghetto Side) 8. Ras Kuuku ( Wa ye bibioo) MOST POPULAR DANCE HALL SONG OF THE YEAR(S) 1. Iwan (Who Is Bad) 2. Stonebwoy ft. Samini (Climax) 3. Jupiter (Money) 4. Kaakie (Toffee Pon Tongue) 5. Samini ft. Wizkid (Time Bomb) 6. Trigmatic (Hold Yuh) 7. Shata Rako (Good girl gone bad) 8. Mugeez of R2Bees (Am done) DISCOVERY 1. Natural Face 2. Episode 3. Lutha 4. Jupiter 5. Kaakie 6. Sean Taylor 7. Gully Princess COLLABORATION /DANCEHALL SONGS 1. Eazzy/ Jupiter (Go Go Wind) 2. Stonebwoy/ Samini (Climax) 3. Iwan / Black Prophet (Tell Them Again) 4. Samini/ Wizkid (Time Bomb) 5. Tinny/Jupiter (Highway) COLLABORATION / REGGAE SONGS 1. Blakk Rasta/ Jah Amber ( Our Africa) 2. Adez/ Stonebwoy (Budin) 3. Red Fayah/ Esssence (The Turban) 4. Gavana / Torch Agoal ( Virtuous Woman) 5. Friction/ Guru (Life Is Not Easy) 6. Kese ft. Jupita (Care) 7. Ruff and Smooth ft. Iwan (Time Changes) ALTERNATIVE 1. Joe Mettle – (I am yours) 2. Herty Borngreat – (Kaa Nu Seiyaa) 3. No Tribe – (Get up) 4. Skulfuor – (Take your child to Church) 5. Cwesi Oteng – (God dey bless me) FEMALE VOCALIST 1. Kaakie (Toffee Pon Tongue) 2. Gully Princess (Gully Love) 3. First Lady (Big Woman Thing) 4. Louisa Fever (Fever) 5. Yasmeen Helwani (Padi) MALE VOCALIST 1. Rocky Dawuni (African Reggae Fever) 2. Knii Lante (House of Pain) 3. Sherif Ghale (Ghetto Side) 4. Stonebwoy (Climax) 5. Lutha (Love) 6. Kese (Care) 7. Mugeez (Am Done) ALBUM OF THE YEAR 1. Blakk Rasta (Born Dread) 2. Rocky Dawuni (Hymns Of a Rebel Soul) 3. Iwan (My Time) 4. Stonebwoy (Grade 1) 5. Black Eye (African Skies) BEST AFRICAN ACT ( REGGAE /DANCEHALL) 1. 2 Face Idibia – Nigeria (Rain Drops) 2. Wyre – Kenya 3. General Pipe – Nigeria (Champion) 4. Bufallo – South Africa 5. Davido – Nigeria (All Of You) 6. Ice Prince – Nigeria (Magician) 7. Wizkid – Nigeria (Wadup) PRODUCER OF THE YEAR(S) 1. Genius Selection (Jupiter Money) 2. Kaywa (Miss Right) 3. J.M.J (Toffee Pon Tongue) 4. Infectious (Logic Rhythm) 5. Kill Beatz (Time, Am done) YAA ASANTEWAA AWARD (RECORD OF THE YEAR) (S) 1. Iwan ( Teenage Pregnancy) 2. Na U (Independent Day) 3. Knii Lante (Rocky Road) 4. Field Marshal (Oh Father) 5. Friction (Life Is Not Easy) 6. Kojo Kombolo (Leaders) 7. Ruff and Smooth (Time Changes) 8. Chizzy Wailer (Liberation) RIDDIM OF THE YEAR(S) 1. Forget Rhythm 2. Logic Rhythm 3. Extra Large Rhythm KWAME NKRUMAH AWARD (ARTISTE OF THE YEAR(S) 1. Rocky Dawuni 2. Blakk Rasta 3. Samini 4. Kaakie 5. Knii Lante 6. Sherif Ghale 7. Iwan BEST PERFORMER (REGGAE/DANCEHALL) 1. Samini 2. Stonebwoy 3. Rocky Dawuni 4. Iwan 5. Blakk Rasta BEST SONG WRITER (REGGAE/DANCEHALL) 1. Knii Lante (House Of Pain) 2. Iwan (Teenage Pregnancy) 3. Black Prophet (Wicked Soul Train Driver) 4. Rocky Dawuni (African Reggae Fever) 5. Stonebwoy (Hills And Valley) BEST DANCEHALL ARTISTE 1. Samini 2. Stonebwoy 3. Jupiter 4. Iwan 5. Kaakie BEST REGGAE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR 1. Rocky Dawuni 2. Blakk Rasta 3. Black Prophet 4. Sherif Ghale 5. knii Lante MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR(S) – REGGAE Knii Lante (House of Pain) Edem (Ghetto Arise) Friction ft. Guru (Life is not easy) Black Prophet (Wicked Soul Train Driver) Rocky Dawuni (African Reggae Fever) Na U (Independent Day) Blakk Rasta (Miss Right) MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR(S) – DANCEHALL Samini (Dadiekye) Stonebwoy (Climax) Sonni Balli (All I See) Kaakie (Too Much) Natural Face (So High) Eazzy (Go Go Wind) Iwan ft. Black Prophet (Tell Them Again) LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (REGGAE/DANCEHALL) 1. Root Anabo 2. Felix Bell]]>

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Lagos police arrest gay gang of criminals, who raped their male victims

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The police in Lagos have recorded a breakthrough by arresting eight members of a vicious gang of criminals that specialize in subjecting their victims to several hours of anal sex after dispossessing them of their properties and cash.

The arrest, said to be one of the biggest successes of detectives recently, under the watchful eyes of Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade so far, was made in the highbrow areas of Lekki, Ajah and Ikoyi areas of the state and efforts are in top gear to round up fleeing members of the dreaded gang made up of young men between the ages of 23 and 40.

Giving details of the operational strategies of the gang, police sources said the young men usually perpetrate their evil acts by renting living apartments in the highbrow areas of the city after which they embark on search for their victims.

It was learned that they normally place notices in strategic areas of the city, advertising job vacancies and acting as estate agents.

Sources said desperate job and accommodation seekers who respond to their adverts would be taken to their apartments usually situated in one of the booming estates where they are subjected to all kinds of torture with a view to forcing them release their account details after which they would be forced into several hours of anal sex by members of the gang.

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According to sources, their operational method is to roam around with exotic cars including high flying SUV’s. They place fake advertisements in strategic areas of Lekki, Ajah, Banana Island and even Ikoyi after which they also scout around, looking for fine and healthy-looking men.

As soon as they succeed in getting a victim, they drive the person to their apartment where they torture him for hours. While torturing their victim, they would extract all information about him including his financial status.

“As soon as they are in possession of those personal facts, they swing into action by proceeding to his house or banks to empty his money and other valuables. The second round of their operation is to subject their victim to hours of anal sex which they take turns to have their fill. They usually record their exploits on video and later relax to view it while enjoying their loot.”

It was gathered that their criminal exploits were blown open after they succeeded in cornering and maltreating a relation of a mobile police officer. The enraged officer was said to have gone to one of the police stations at Lekki to lodge the report.

Based on this development, the Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade gave marching orders to his special squad to round up the criminals without delay.

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The Special Squad, it was learned, succeeded in penetrating the gang and rounded up seven of their members including their oldest member said to be a lawyer.

Crime Guard learned that during interrogations, members of the gang who were looking unruffled stated boldly that their victims were healthy looking young and old men that will satisfy their sexual urge through the anus.

“They reportedly shocked detectives when they confessed that they had been operating for over three years and that they choose highbrow areas where they could easily track well nourished and endowed men.

Police sources said: “They were boasting to us about how many healthy looking men they have abused through the anus. They said they reject men that are not looking health, stating emphatically that they have no business with women. After their arrest, we confined them in separate cells so that they would not descend on our male suspects inside the cell.

“However, few days later, one of them raised alarm that the oldest member of the gang who claimed to be a lawyer was having same affair with a member of the gang. When we accosted him, he said the relationship had been going on since they have been operating as a gang.

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“Our greatest problem now is that some members of the devilish gang have escaped and we strongly suspect that they must be carrying on with their devilish criminal acts wherever they are.

“We are spreading our dragnets and we are sure that very soon, we will round all of them up. I must state that if not for the swiftness with which our Commissioner directed the operation, many men in Lagos state would have been endangered species by now.”

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Joyce Dzidzor to release Tatata featuring Freddy Meiway

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Former Aids Ambassador and actress Joyce Dzidzor is gearing up for the release of her latest single Tatata featuring Ivorian Legendary musician Freddy Meiway.

Scheduled for release on April 10 the song recorded by King Dee, mixed by Donguy and mastered by Franz talks about broken heart and how to come out of it. Speaking in an interview with Joyce she said Freddy will not just jump on any song if he is not okay with it “How many musicians have been able to feature him on a song. It was not easy getting him on the song but finally we did and I am so grateful for that.

Asked why she went in for Meiway she said she has so much respect for him and even got a tattoo of him at her back said that her latest tattoo at her back.

“Meiway songs helped me her come out from depression. His music was a therapy for me when I was going through severe depression in 2019 in Hamburg and I tattoo him at my back to celebrate his achievements as an artiste for the past 35 years” she said Asked about her next project and collaboration with other Ghanaian musicians Joyce said that will only depend if this project goes well.

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“ I have a lot of plans for my music career but that will depend on how my latest single goes. If it goes well and accepted by Ghanaians it will give me the energy to continue my music career and feature other musicians” she said. Joyce has been doing music for more 15 years now and has backed musicians like Highlife musician Gyedu- Blay Ambolley and singer Sherifa Gunu.

She was also a member of Dela Hayes Women of Colour band. She pleaded with musicians in Ghana to acknowledge backup singers for their contributions they play. “It is only few musicians who come out to acknowledge who backed them in a studio but I have backed a lot of musicians in the past and they know it. It is just right that they acknowledge our contribution we play so that we can do fill happy for a good work done. When that is done, other musicians who probably liked what we did on other songs can employ us on their projects. That has been my worry for sometime and I wish it could be addressed” she said

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Henry Fitz and 2 others being sued over Serwaa Amihere video

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Serwaa Amihere has filed a suit at the Dansoman circuit court against Henry Amponsah popularly known as Henry Fitz, Edem Saviour Ketti and Candylove Kwaykewaa Ababio. (more…)

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‘Jenifa’s Diary’ actress Aderounmu Adejumoke is dead

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Nigerian actress, Adejumoke Oreoluwa Aderounmu, popularly known for her role as ‘Esther’ in popular TV series Jenifa’s Diary, is dead. (more…)

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Nyantakyi admits $100,000 payment to Anas to suppress corruption documentary

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Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) president Kwesi Nyantakyi has confessed to paying a hefty sum of $100,000 to journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas in an effort to halt the release of the Number 12 documentary. (more…)

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‘7 armed men invaded our residence, demanding proceeds from Efya’s UK show’ – Sleeky Promotions

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Sleeky Promotions, the organizers of Efya’s recent show in the UK, has issued a press release addressing a distressing incident. (more…)

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