US Mayor gives Shatta Wale 'major' Key To Worcester City, Massachusetts(photos)

In recognition of Shatta Wale's contributions to the arts and honoring the City of Worcester with his presence (performance at the Hanover theatre last night), the Ghanaian Dancehall musician has been given the Key to the City of Worcester, Massachusetts in the United States by Mayor Joseph M. Petty.

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Shatta Wale Unveils funny AF cover art of 'Comfortable Lead' song against rival Stonebwoy as he wins MTV Base Africa's Ghana Dancehall King polls. Check it out

This is the cover art of Shatta Wale's upcoming song that he calls 'Comfortable Lead' against Stonebwoy, his number one Ghanaian rival in the Dancehall genre of music as they still compete for the enviable position and crown of the 'King of African Dancehall.'

A recent online poll by MTV Base Africa puts Shatta Wale in the Comfortable Lead as the Dancehall King in Ghana with 55% as against Stonebwoy who pulled 40%.

The highly anticipated song, Comfortable Lead will be released this week, and it is produced by Da Maker.

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Counselor Lutterodt Condemns Stephanie Benson for 'indecent' dressing but Commends Samira Bawumia for the opposite, and Charges Ghana women activists to speak against the 'nakedness' of the former at the Ghana Music Honours 2017

To add to the condemnations, Counselor George Lutterodt has vehemently condemned the 46-year-old Ghanaian singer and songwriter, Stephanie Benson for what according to him, is improper and indecent dressing and outfit of her when she appeared as one of the invited-guests for the Ghana Music Honours 2017 and to present an award to Ghanaian songstress, MzVee.

The Reverend, marriage and relationship counselor was in a morning program dubbed 'Family Matters' on Starr FM(with three other persons including the host) and he passed the below comments before the start of a discussion on the responsibility of a man in marriage.

He first commended the wife of the Vice President of Ghana, Samira Bawumia as he said she is well trained due to how she carried herself during Ghana's 60th Anniversary celebration at the Independence Square in Accra on 6th March, 2017 and was decently dressed.

This is what he said, "Let's commend the wife of the Vice President(Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia). The woman, she is well trained. I say she is well trained...you see in life when people are sitting down watch their face. Constantly she was smiling. And this is to show that Bawumia is doing well---he is getting shine because of the wife, because everywhere she goes...this is not to mean that the rest who came there are not properly dressed or something, But I like women who are decently dressed. This is Ghana!"

Though he didn't mention the name of Stephanie Benson in his comments, his description makes us believe she is the person he is talking about because the singer-songwriter made news for herself at the music honours for her kind of dressing and amount of skin she 'exposed'.

This is what he said, finally, "As indecent as what happened at Ghana honours MUSIGA. I don't know if you were there. That honours they did? Can you find a woman who was naked whilst we are celebrating Ghana? The women activists should come out and say something about this nakedness of a...not a small girl---a mother! Not partially naked...fully naked in front of children. What is that? Ghana at 60?"

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Read Blakk Rasta's interview on BBC Focus on Africa plus his views on Barack Obama and Donald Trump

Check out the full unedited text of Ghanaian reggae musician, Blakk Rasta's interview on BBC Focus on Africa a moment ago with Audrey Brown(interviewer) as he talked about Barack Obama as the first black man president in America, why he likes him, and Donald J. Trump plus why he doesn't like him and more.

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These were the raggae artiste's first words on Barack Obama (outgoing American president) for the start.

"Well, I am so proud of him for the fact that a black man has bee been able to go in there and he got a second nod for a second term...for me I think that it is great achievement...I mean he has been able to show everybody---every tom dick and harry that yes I mean a black man is able to do what people thought originally that he couldn't do. So for me has done well..."

These were the reggae musician's views on Barack Obama, his government and his foreign policy achievements with regards to Africa. 

"Yes! There was a lot of hype because that was the first time a black man was coming in there. Some people thought  that God was coming to take over. Some peoole had a lot of expectations---beyond human expectations. No, not at all. I have never rated any human being beyond his human capabilities. So for me, he has done very well. I mean there was a lot of mess when he came...terrorism all over the place, bombs were flying, people were being cut into pieces.

"Well, yes. I mean bombs flew. I am talking in terms of comparing him to some other people. He was a more peaceful president.

"We had dinner together in 2009. It was a wonderful meeting. For me I couldn't just believe it that he decided to come to Ghana as his first stop on his African tour. And he gave us some very inspiring speeches here and there. It was marvellous, it was wonderful."

And these were Blakk Rasta's views on and reasons why he doesn't like the American president-elect, Donald Trump.

"For real. No, I don't, I don't, at all. Well I mean Donald Trump before he became president, I neher thought for once that he would ever we be president. Donald Trump has said a lot of terrible things against Muslims, He said a lot of things against black people and he has also said a lot of things against General immigration. They did! and a few days after he won the elections those things vanished from his website. He started going back on some of the things that he said I mean during the campaign period. For me, he is not a courageous leader. For me, he is not a leader at all."

Lastly, according to Blakk Rasta, he thinks Donald Trump is dumb.

"I think he is. I think he is. I mean I will always change my mind when people decide to turn a better leaf. I don't think that he stands for anything. Not at all. He is changing almost everything. Certainly, I am looking forward to that. And I will be the first person to sing a song for him."

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On BBC Africa: Manifest Interviews Grandfather, Prof. J.H. Kwabena Nketia

Below is the full unedited text of Ghanaian musician, Manifest interviewing his Grandfather and emeritus professor of music at the University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Professor J.H. Kwabena Nketia, 95, on BBC Focus on Africa.

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Introduction by the interviewer (rapper Manifest)
We are sitting in front of the old African Institute building. And I am here with my 95 year old grandfather, Professor J.H. Kwabena Nketia. As a young person who often wonders about days past and about how life as a Ghanaian was in the 60s 50s before colonial times. I am fortunate enough to have a prime resource to go to my grandfather who is 95 and still sharp as a tack.

Mr. Grandpa, I think my first biggest question was. What do you see as the biggest difference between Ghana back then and Ghana back now?

"Well, first the independence period as an exciting period because we were beginning  really to accept ourselves as Africans and so forth and so on---trying to be on our own when we became conscious of the fact that we were colonial. For me it was an interesting period because we had a few revolutionary people like the musician Amu who suddenly discovered his culture and wanted to wear African clothing and teach African kind of music and so forth." - Grandpa

For people who don't know I guess we can explain Ephraim Amu as a pioneer in the study of African music and Ghanaian music.

"Yes, he was a pioneer...he was a musician who wanted to follow his own culture and wanted to perform African music, teach African music and so forth. He was the first to become conscious of the fact that colonial era was making us despise our own culture.

"Certainly, many cultures borrow. There was a scientist who said that "all cultures borrow." What is important is how you use what you borrow." - Grandpa

Judging from what I here from you, there were conscious efforts made very early in the beginnings of Ghana by... yourself to find a careful balance between the things that we learn from the western world and being able to create new traditons and combining the two and it is a difficult thing to do nowadays in Ghana---We are very exposed but I think I have greater resolve to maybe seek more from tradition and to seek more from an authentic Ghanaian way of being.

"Anytime you move out of your culture to another culture and to other cultures you a're collecting all kinds of ideas that you are able to bring into your own composition. The foundation is in your culture. That is what supports you." - Grandpa

Okay Grandpa, one final question. Do you like my music?

"Yes, yes, yes. Well, I am learning something from your way of...you know the kind of emphasis you bring into your thing. "Creativity is not just a one shot thing you know. It is a continuous thing and life's experience will shape whatever you are doing in terms of a creative result emerging from it." - Grandpa

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Read Shatta Wale's BBC interview with Akwasi Sarpong, full text | European tour

Shatta Wale is currently on his European tour with his new released album 'After The Storm' and he passed by the BBC's studios in London to have this interview with Akwasi Sarpong.

To begin with, the host Akwasi Sarpong asked the musician about the Jamaican dialect (patois) he sings with and he said, "That influence came from my cousins here in London because when I was like seventeen (17) years my dad brought me here for the first time. When I met them, they were always speaking patois and I asked my auntie, why, they don't speak like the British English I know? And she was like their fathers are Jamaicans, and I was like wow I love the language so because I was sleeping with them I was forced to speak. You know, so I was learning from them, gradually and I started getting perfect with it and I love dancehall from the start so that is the influence became greater and I think it has helped me though and sometimes that is..."

And whether or not singing in patois has opened the door for him, the dancehall musician said, "Well I think dancehall music has a bigger market because back in the days you know Ghanaians used to go with hiplife and hiplife was just on a small scale but I believe dancehall that I took was a worldwide thing that anywhere you go, when you say you do dancehall music at least you get the market space you know to also exhibit your talent so I felt that me not promoting so much of like  Jamaican songs, why don't I fuse in a little bit of where I am coming from you know that is why I fuse in Twi, Hausa, Ga you know sometimes...you know so I just fuse it in the songs so that sometimes when you listening to the song you feel like; wow, is he Jamaican? Oh! What is he saying here? Then maybe I can tell them where I am also coming from.  So, at least to promote my culture."

The dancehall artiste, was then asked to tell  the story behind the song 'Kakai' which undoubtedly is amongst his biggest hit songs, and the musician continued, "Kakai is something scary. You know when we were kids, you know, you doing something and you don't wanna stop and your mum goes like "Kakai will catch you, stop it."

"Kakai is about how you know things went on with me back in the days you know and how I came without them knowing; you know, I came from the back door quietly but wow  BOOM! Kakai tells a whole story from Bandana days to Shatta Wale. I was even doing a personal song but God really blessed it. It goes like [ Shatta Wale sings Kakai song]"

He was further asked how celebrity has changed him and he added, "Sometimes; you know, I just want to walk; you know, ride bicycle and just go and buy something by the road side like those days;  you know, like or go to a chop bar buy some fufu; you know; but it really hurts me; you know. I really wanna do them things you know; like the old days; you know; like I can go and like pick a taxi; you know like or pick  trotro you know but it doesn't happen anymore."

And lastly, when Shatta Wale was asked whether he would give this up for anything, he ended by saying, "No; no; no; no; no."

Source: SasuGhana

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Funny Face Divorces wife, Elizabeth Nana Adjoa Ntim

Reports reaching SasuGhana indicate Ghanaian comedian, Funny Face real name Benson Nana Yaw Oduro Boateng has ended his two years marriage with Elizabeth Nana Adjoa Ntim.

According to the comedian, the divorce occurred seven months ago and not today.

And reason(s) as to why they both decided to go their separate ways is yet to be known from the parties involved but sources say the woman's character is the reason.

Funny Face took to his Facebook page to confirm this divorce news.

He wrote, "Just saw this ... I guess you can't light a candle and hide it under your bed ... Ppl will see the light .. It's been Seven months ago ... All I will say is "I TRIED , IT JUST DIDN'T WORK"'"

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Shatta Wale Samini beef: Shatta reveals 5 Things about Samini and you should know

Ghanaian dancehall artiste, Samini, after releasing his diss song titled 'Vextra' to Shatta Wale a few days ago, went on Accra-based radio station, Pluzz FM and GH One TV yesterday and he talked about the 'beef' he has with his fellow dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale real name Charles Nii Armah Mensah.

In both interviews, Samini made risible but savage remarks about his number one rival, Shatta Wale and he resisted all urges to call him by his stage name rather than Mr. Mensah because Shatta Wale calls him 'Olu'.

Samini said he does not know Shatta Wale's Twitter account because it is not verified adding that, even his (Samini) boys have verified twitter accounts. Also, he revealed Mr. Mensah as he called him is carrying a 'football age' and teased him to hurry up with his reply to his diss song 'Vextra' which Shatta wale earlier promised he will.

Shatta Wale aka Mr. Mensah, after hearing how Samini 'destroyed' him yesterday took to Twitter this morning to respond and he revealed these 5 Things about Samini as a result. 

Shatta Wale tweeted, "Ibe verification man go chop,ade beg build house,get ur own car and stop impregnating ghana women abroad for papers and you not getn dem too.

"Ade beg fly ur boys too small cuz if inobe castro like Tuu yemi nogo london before...

"You have to learn much about life education not twitter verification ..Why twitter be east legon plot.. come and let me show u how to build...

"Dont bring yuh kids into this beef factory cuz they cld be shredded up .PG only please...

"my bro if u want attention please wait for 6th march at least ppl will see u well in the sun...Olu abr3...."

In Summary, Shatta Wale alleges Samini does not have his own built house, his own car, he does not fly his boys abroad, he lacks life education and lastly, he impregnates Ghanaian women abroad for papers.

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Obrafour is Sick and he needs our prayers - Sarkodie

According to the currently beefing (with Manifest) Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie, Obrafour is sick and he seriously needs our prayers.

Sarkodie revealed on social media platform, Twitter that the Ghanaian hiplife legend and undisputed rap Sofour, Obrafour is sick and has been hospitalised for almost a month now.

This is what Sarkodie wrote on Twitter this afternoon

"Was keeping this on the low but now it's getting serious and will need us all to pray for my godfather @iamobrafour..."

"@iamobrafour been admitted almost a month now .And his current state ain't dat gud but he will be fine .Jst want us 2 rmb him in prayer.."

Pray for Obrafour.

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