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WAYOE REVELS IN B.B.A REVOLUTION EXIT
Ghana’s Representative at the 2009 Big Brother Revolution, George ‘Ras’ Wayoe, says he has no regret after he became the first evictee from the house.
Speaking to Yaw Sakyi on The Rundown, the Web developer says he acquired valuable experience during his 7 days stay in the house. He had for his troubles $ 2,500 from Big Brother – making him the first representative from Ghana to earn that from the fourth edition of the competition.
Wayoe, a former Law Student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology told viewers about the intricacies and the rigorous auditions that he had to go through both home and abroad before he was selected among dozens of Ghanaians.
Wayo’s seven-day stint in the competition is the shortest ever for Ghana. He entered the show speaking ‘partoa’ and preaching a Rastafarian doctrine for African unity and came under a salvo of criticisms amongst Ghanaians from the day he entered into the competition. Many felt he didn’t represent Ghana well with his Africa union strategy and Rastafarian persona.
But Wayo also intimated on The Rundown that, Big Brother’s idea of a revolution may have gone against him since there were a combined number of 24 housemates this year and so at any point more than one person would have to be eliminated.
The Rastafarian believes he came out of the game too early without showing Africa what he has to offer. He however hopes to make the most out of the opportunity that the show has offered him and he would like to keep ties with the new friends he made while in the house.
OKYEAME TO COME HOME WITH TWO CHANNEL O AWARDS
August 5, 2009
Okyeame Kwame the 2008 artiste of the year at the Ghana Music Awards have assured Ghanaians that he will bring home at least two of the awards out of the three he has been nominated for in this years channel O Music Awards. He made this remarks when he surfaced on The Rundown with Yaw Sakyi. The 2009 Channel O Music Video Awards comes off on thurday oct. 29, at Carnival City in Guateng. As in previous years winners in the Channel O Music Video Awards are chosen by the public via SMS. Vote 14c, 12c and 10a for the best West African artiste, best hip hop video and best video of the year respectively. The number to use is 0027839208400. Okyeame praised Abraham Ohene Djan for the Music Video adding that the video topped the chart for almost a month in the viewers choice category. The favourite rappers favourite rapper also revealed he together with Kwabena-Kwabena will be recording a duet called ”Media Aba”.
Nobody thought hiplife could stand the test of time in Ghana when it was first introduced twelve years ago. But today hiplife creates the buzz and artiste involve are being signed on as Ambasadors for brands in the corporate world. Thanks to Reggie Rockstone. He has been described as the ”Godfather of Hiplife” since he spawned the new music genre in the country. Currently hiplife has grown in popularity abroad especially in the UK, US, Canada and Germany. Reggie together with Prof. Jesse Shipley (Haverford College, USA) sat on The Rundown to explain to viewers the rationale behind documenting the history of hiplife.
D.J Advisor and Michael Quaye (D.J Mercury), representatives from the nation’s heart beat Choice FM appeared on The Rundown to invite loyal listeners, the public and business associates to the Choice FM fun party to be staged at the forecourt of the station on Friday August 7, 2009 at 7pm. The idea behind the event is to bring Corporate Executives under one roof get the opportunity to network, have fun and socialize. The opportunity will also be use to celebrate D.J Advisor’s two year stay at the station.
DOWN TOWN featured Bright and Mawuse
STORY: Serwaa returns home after 15 years abroad to attend her younger sister’s wedding. She arrived a night before the wedding so did not get get to meet the couple. She got to the wedding grounds on Saturday only to realise that the man, Ekow, her sister has been praising all this while is her classmate who raped her back in school.
Because of the stigma attached to rape victims, she never told anybody about the incident. Should she tell the story right there or keep quite to allow the wedding to go on?
MICHAEL JACKSON ON THE RUNDOWN
July 1, 2009
Michael Jackson
The Rundown was dedicated to Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) referred to as the ‘King of Pop Music’. Patrons of The Rundown were trilled to see his music videos and a slot on his life history. The king of entertainment talk Yaw Sakyi used the ocassion to celebrate one of the world’s finest musicians. For the records Jackson’s 1982 album, Thriller remains the world’s best-selling album of all time, and four of his other solo albums are among the world’s best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and History (1995).
Live in the studio were SCORPY and MOLATO. These young talents could well be described as the latest hiplife duos making the entire buzz in the Ghanaian music corridors. Their song “Di wo lane mu” is currently a hit song being pumped hard in the clubs, radio stations and everywhere. According to the group the promotional song has so far been well received by music lovers in Ghana. It is their dream that the song travels beyond the borders of the country. With their latest video the group has proven its staying power and a strong pull on the audience. Scorpy indicated to Yaw the host that the album will be launched in the middle of July and features the likes of Castro, Screw face, Ebo etc. Molato also revealed, “this is the round one version of the album. He added “Ghanaians expect the round two which is likely to go with the title “Me di wo first”.
O. J BLAQ
O. J BLAQ, known for his exploits in Suncity, a sitcom on TV had his first ever television interview on The Rundown to virtually launch his maiden album called ‘Biggie Boy lover”. As the latest man to hit the hiplife scene, O.J revealed that he has been in music long before his acting career began. One of his tracks “Wa nya lie no” which doubles as the promotional track is currently receiving lots of airplay and has very well being noticed in the music market. The Lynx entertainment recording artiste told Yaw Sakyi that he is in the game not only for the money but the passion and the quest to change society. O.J’s promotional song seeks to advice the extended family to take very good care of the members of the family or they become deviants. When asked if he fears anybody in the game, his responded “I don’t fear anybody in the game. The soft places that other musicians in the game do not see I’m gonna hit there so hard”. He added. Finally O.J assured his funs to expect nothing but the best of music.
The friends of The Rundown SAM and STEVE had their latest television appearance on the show. The duos invitation to The Rundown was as part of their twenty third (23) birthday celebration. The twins stole the show when they perfectly executed one of Michael Jackson’s hit tracks ‘Hail the World’ to the surprise of the host. It was a beautiful experience seeing the two young men put their arsenals together to sing like pop star Michael Jackson.
DOWN TOWN featured KINGSLEY and BRIGHT. Two heavy weights when it comes to debating issues on the Rundown.
STORY: Lawrence goes to the club with his fiancée Beatrice, and his best friend Albert. They had a lot of fun but the excitement couldn’t last as Lawrence got so upset with his best friend Albert at a point.
This was because Albert requested to dance with Beatrice when his favourite song “I will always love you by Whitney Houston” was played in the club and got an erection in the dancing process. Lawrence noticed it and got upset saying Albert has bad intentions for his fiancée.
Lawrence doesn’t want to see Albert again. Is this conclusion justifiable?
BLAKK RASTA TO DINE WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA
BLAKK RASTA
Prolific reggae artiste Blakk Raster granted his latest television interview on The Rundown with the King of entertainment talk Yaw Sakyi. The highly elated radio presenter told Yaw that he is billed to perform during Obama’s visit to Ghana, alongside other prominent musicians. The massive show slated for the independence square is organized by the Ministry of information and is expected to attract a large audience from all walks of life. According to Blakk Rasta he is also billed to have dinner with the US President and his wife. His song “Barak Obama” which was declared by CNN as the most popular song is generating the same euphoria it did during the US presidential elections that brought the first black president of America to power. US President Barack Hussein Obama is due to visit Ghana with wife Michelle on July 10, 2009.
JIM IKE’S latest video featuring 2 FACE IDEBEA was also captured on The Rundown. Thereafter except of Jim Ike’s launch at the Silver Bird studio’s was shown to viewers.
The latest beauty pageant to hit the shores of Ghana is GA Awula. GA Awula which literally means GA Lady seeks to re-establish the GA identity in the people of the Greater Accra region. Naa Okailey, one of the organizers surfaced on The Rundown to explain the rationale behind the event. She said, ‘‘the culture and tradition of the GA people is getting lost and this is a perfect platform to restructure and revive it’’. The winner of Ga Awula becomes the Ambassador for the GA traditional area and will be expected to educate the people on culture, teenage pregnancy, child abuse etc. This Friday will see the launch of the event and the pageant proper comes off a week after the launch.
Organizers of Grab the Mike
Organizers of Grab the Mike, a new musical concert designed to hunt for fresh talents appeared on The Rundown. COX TAMAKLOE, the Chief Judge and JERSEY AGYEPONG, a member of the Planning Committee were on The Rundown to discuss the opportunities for underground musicians who wish to become stars. Jersey revealed that they are not only building an ordinary flamboyant brand but are looking for essential qualities that will make a real star.
According to Cox the first audition will be held in Accra for talents above eighteen (18) and later to other parts of the country. He told Yaw that the country has been divided into five blocks to aid the selection exercise. The winner of Grab the Mike takes home four thousand Ghanaian cedis while the two runners up take two thousand and thousand Ghana cedis respectively.
DOWN TOWN featured BRIGHT and APOLLINE who debated on the topic below:
BRIGHT AND APOLLINE
TOPIC: Dennis, the man Bella has loved for two and half years is in town. Barely three months to their grand wedding has Bella discovered that Dennis is a bi-sexual and even knows some of his partners who happen to be her friends? When she confronted him, Dennis admitted and promised to stop after the wedding.
Should Bella proceed with the wedding or quit this relationship? Your comment on the issue would be very much appreciated.
KONFI AND KWAW KESSE ARE NOT ENEMIES
ATO KWAMINA SAGOE (JAGOO) and EBO OWUSU AMPOSAH
One of the latest eye-catching duos on the Ghanaian music scene is the group KONFI. Made up of ATO KWAMINA SAGOE (JAGOO) and EBO OWUSU AMPOSAH also known as Pimp Juice (PJ), the two are out with a single titled “Like father like son”. The young talents are coming out with an album called “Deeper than hiplife”. Speaking on The Rundown the duos revealed that the will call their style of music Street Pop (message from the streets) and not Hiplife. According to them hiplife has lost direction and face. The slogan for Street Pop is “WO NI HO” which literally means ‘soldiering on in the right direction’. The album will be out later this year in September.
In another development the group KONFI lay to rest the bad blood existing between them and KWAW KESE. The group alleged that Kwaw Kese, a Ghanaian hiplife artiste had used part of their lyrics in the Zoom Lion project. Jagoo alleged that he is the brain behind most of Kwaw Kese’s hit tracks. When asked of their next line of action Jagoo responded “If you’re born an all time lyricist, you can easily put words together. Our lyrics are God sent”. They added. According to KONFI they would not take any legal action against their friend and former manager.
Sam and Steve with Yaw
Also on the bill were SAM and STEVE, a gospel duo whose ministration comes with uniqueness in voice. The two gentlemen who sound like ladies made their latest television appearance on The Rundown. They told Yaw Sakyi that they are looking forward to work with a manager who can help them develop and churn out more songs. “We want to be big stars so we’re looking for a producer in this wonderful world” they added.
The latest Movie on the Ghanaian market receiving lots of attention is SOCRATES SARFO’S, Sakawa Boys. The movie tells the story of three frustrated young men who gets introduced to a quick way of making money by a friend. Little did they know that there is a price to pay for becoming rich? Socrates, the producer of the movie and his friends were on The Rundown to explain the concept behind the movie.
DOWN TOWN featured ETHEL (Almal Bank) and FAMOUS (Metro TV)
Would you like to marry a single parent?
TOPIC: Would you like to marry a single parent?
GEMAN EXPOSES PRISON LIFE
June 3,2009
Nana Kwasi Agyeman, known as Geman in Ghanaian music circles made a huge appearance at TV Africa on Yaw Sakyi’s The Rundown show. The music legend now known as G-Love is currently the founder and President of New Life Christian Love Fellowship. Geman took pains to explain the circumstances that landed him in jail. The songwriter and singer was the subject of headlines in 1995, when he shot a taxi driver after an argument had ensued between the two.On January 2005 Geman was released after serving a ten year sentence. The highlife maestro lamented that life in Prison (condemn cells) was very difficult. He added “my life changed totally;Prison is not a good place for any man to live”. According to him he regrets his actions at the time and prays nothing of such nature comes his way again. The humourous and talented music icon now a pastor encouraged upcoming talents by urging them to keep their dreams alive and adviced present day musicians to know that money and fame is not everything. He added “young people Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and its righteousness and all other things shall be added unto you”.
One of the sensations in the Ghanaian gospel industry today is ALLEN. The Cape Coast born musician brings her warm vocal touches to a new pack of delightful songs in his maiden album called “Agyenkwa”. The 24 year old songwriter and founder of Allen Bennah Ministries, an outreach group based in Accra revealed that his new album will be launched at the Calvary Light Chapel in Accra. The promotional track for the album is “Bompae” and is under the Management of Ezekinah Links Record Label.
Also live on the The Rundown were two ladies from the department of fashion and Textiles, Accra Polytechnic, Matilda and Ruby. The two designers appeared on the show to invite the public to the annual fashion bazaar slated for the National Theatre on Friday 29th May 2009 at 6pm.
DOWN TOWN featured CHARLES ABBEY (IPS) and ETORNAM (GIJ)
You introduced your new fiancee to your mother or your father and a week later caught them red-handed in bed making love.Who would you forgive?
OKYEAME KWAME FIGHTS HEPATITIS B.
May 20, 2009
Come June 17 2009, Ghanaians will witness another breathtaking musical Reality Show on TV called “SHABAK”. Shabak which means Praise in Hebrew is designed to cater for music talents hiding in the various churches. The programme which seeks to create a unique platform for upcoming stars in gospel music circles hopes to unearth fresh talents and develop existing ones. The revelation came to light when organizers of the event, George Lutterodt and King Richard Offor granted an exclusive interview on The Rundown to spell out the rules of the game. The good news about this reality show is that participants are expected to minister the songs they present rather than excite the audience. The rationale is to produce songs that bring spiritual fulfillment and healing to the hearts of believers and music lovers alike. Shabak will be shown exclusively on TV Africa every Sunday at 9pm.
Call him your favourite rapper’s favourite rapper, OKYEAME KWAME is in the studio working on his yet to be released album called “The King”. The 2008 Artiste of The Year plans to use this album to raise public awareness on the spread of hepatitis B in our society. He made these interesting facts known when he had a one-on-one chart with the King of entertainment talk Yaw Sakyi on The Rundown. The Rap doctor who is 2009 Coca-Cola Ambassador is determined to use his unique rap style to address the ills of society. He added that “Rap music has the authority to change the world”. When asked of the ingredients of a good song, he answered; “a good song is one that contains sounds agreeable to the ear, should have a sense of social appeal and finally one that can be marketed readily”.
Again the 32 year old music icon hopes to bag another international award as he has been nominated for the Ghana-UK and Anansekrom Music Awards slated for later this year.
RICHARD ABBEY, the Marketing Manager of TLG Concepts, the producers of Romantic Nonsense surfaced on The Rundown to invite patrons’ of stage theatre to yet another hilarious stage production titled YOU MAY KISS THE CORPSE. The play which is written and directed by Nii Commey, one of Ghana’s finest playwright comes off at the National theatre on May 22nd and 23rd 2009.
STEVE KELLY, a gospel artiste based in the U.S has admonished Ghanaian musicians not to limit themselves to the Ghanaian market but should go the extra mile to make their music acceptable to the international market. Steve said “Ghanaian stars don’t call yourself local artiste, let your music reach the world audience”. He made this revelation when Yaw Sakyi, host of The Rundown caught up with him during his short visit to the United States of America.
DOWN TOWN featured ANNE SENAKU AND KINGSLEY MOTEY
TOPIC: Should age matter in a relationship?
RAP IS IN MY BLOOD, REGGIE ROCKSTONE DECLARES
May 13, 2009
Hiplife progeny REGGIE ROCKSTONE denied speculations that he has retired from active music. The Ghanaian born writer and rapper who has been tight lipped on this issue for a year, finally spoke to the King of entertainment talk Yaw Sakyi. He lamented, “I will not make music when I have little to say”. He continued “I do not struggle to write”. Rap is in blood and i know the effect of music on soceity”. Reggie who recently completed a music tour dubbed CULTURAL CARAVAN across some selected districts in Ghana appeared on the Rundown to speak on the essence of the tour. The tour which made excitig stopovers at different venues across the country paraded artistes like Kwaw Kesse, King Ayisoba, Kubolor and others. The idea was to bring music and drama to the door step of the masses.The hiplife hero also took the opportunity to excite his teaming funs on his new single ready to hit the market. The single called PRO-ACTIVE reveals the story of life and death. Reggie beamed and said; “watch out Ghanaians, i’m coming out with something new. The video is big”.
REGGIE ZIPPY, a Ghanaian hiplife artiste who was almost forgotten because of his long absence is back on the scene with the remix of ADOMAA BRA. Adomaa Bra is a song that portrays the lifestyle of an adulterous man pleading with her dear one to forgive him. This new track which is under a new management, Dark Records promises to find its tune in the heart of many music lovers. Reggie Zippy who is currently putting final touches to the song revealed that he is hopeful that this new arrangement will catalyse his career to other markets particularly the Nigerian market. Reggie Zippy admitted that promotion and maketing do the trick and this time he is ready to work with his record label to make this dream a reality. He expressed all these refreshing traits on The Rundown last Wednesday.
Another exciting interview was that of OHEMAA MERCY,the 2007 Ghana Music Award winner. The Ghanaian gospel artiste is currently in the US on a working tour. Ohemaa, whose first album was a huge success exclusively revealed to The Rundown that she is working on her new album which she hopes to release later this year. She promised her funs to expect nothing but the favour of God in the coming album.
DOWN TOWN featured SAMMY ESHUN AND ANIDEL ASANTE
TOPIC: JOSI, who broke broke up with her Ex after 2 years of courtship because he failed to disclose his impotency,is now asking her fiance MARK to sleep with her before marriage. She claims she doesn’t want to make a second mistake that will cause her to look outside the relationship but Mark says he is a Christian and cannot engage in pre-marital sex. Josi is in love with Mark and cannot afford to loose him. What should she do?
