Ghanaian afro-pop musician KiDi has announced his sophomore album – just
two days after grabbing the "Artiste of the Year" award at the 2021
3Music Awards.
The Lynx Entertainment label signee bagged the coveted accolade at the
just ended 3Music Awards after beating Kuami Eugene, Stonebwoy,
Sarkodie, Adina, Diana Hamilton, Medikal and Fameye.
And to celebrate the big win, KiDi took to Twitter on Monday, March 29, to announce his next project.
According to the “Say Cheese” hitmaker, the album, titled “The Golden Boy”, will be released in June this year.
“THE GOLDEN BOY ALBUM...COMING THIS JUNE,” he announced on Twitter on Monday, March 29.
KiDi has three body-of-works, however, The Golden Boy is his second album. He has one EP in-between.
His first album titled “Sugar” was released in 2019 and won the
album of the year at the 2020 edition of the VGMAs, beating Sarkodie,
Okyeame Kwame, King Promise, Joe Mettle, Kwesi Arthur and Nacee to
secure the top spot in the category.
His first EP, “Blue”, which was released last year won the “EP of the Year” at the just ended 3Music Awards.
Switch TV Presenter cum actress Joyce Maina has officially
broken the silence over her relationship status with boyfriend, Tony
Kwalanda.
Through her Instagram stories, Joyce had asked her fans to ask her anything in which she would respond.
One fan asked her if she was single to which she said yes.
Fans then started getting into specifics with one asking whether she was
still dating her colleague Tony Kwalanda, which she responded to with
an 'No'.
However, one fan asked her how she had already moved on to which she replied, “I don’t take what people have to say about me personally.”
The actress had last December announced that she had got engaged. and was off the market after she was proposed to by her boyfriend Tony Kwalanda.
JAE5 is regarded as one of the Ghanaian UK based most coveted producers
and his recent GRAMMY win (for production on Burna Boy’s ‘Twice as Tall’
album) is proof of that.
Today, he releases the track and visuals to his debut single ‘Dimension’ featuring Skepta and Rema.
Paying homage to his home country of Ghana where the visuals
were shot, the producer teamed up with British rapper Skepta and
Nigerian Afro-trap artist Rema to release a single that embodies all
that the famed producer stands for.
Giving a culturally rich (literally and metaphorically, as the
opening scene shows a hand adorned with gold) and modern portrayal of
the West-African country, JAE5 gives fans a glimpse into its colourful
and ornate heritage, customs and vast landscapes.
Also proving to be a tale of two halves, the visuals offer a
modern portrayal of Africa – it’s rise as a hub for creativity and
self-expression of its youth, whilst holding on to traditional values
and norms by showing elders in customary wear and women donning regional
hairstyles.
Infused with JAE5’s signature afro-infused melody, the track is further enriched by Rema’s smooth vocals in the chorus, “the place where I come from be another dimension / nobody be look my face when I’m there on my own”, and Skepta’s effortless flow – where he provides two powerful verses.
Speaking on the track JAE5 states: “For my first single, I
wanted to pull off something that represented me well. It had to be
heavily influenced by Afrobeats and the UK urban scene. Skepta &
Rema are the perfect combination. Dimension is a meaningful track with a
vibe! Skepta as always delivers the maddest verse and Rema on the hook -
that guy just isn’t normal! I hope everyone enjoys the track.”
Taking home the award for 'Best Producer' at the 2020 MOBO Awards and ‘Producer of the Year’
at 2020 GRM Daily’s Rated Awards, the East-London producer has been
famed for his genre-bending style of infusing Afrobeats, hip-hop,
bashment and dubstep sounds into his production.
With 4 UK Top 10 singles and 10 UK Top 40s under his belt, JAE5
is the mastermind behind the scenes of some of the UK’s biggest hits,
including J Hus’ 2017 platinum-selling debut album ‘Common Sense’ and also the rapper’s Number 1 Gold second album ‘Big Conspiracy’.
Having worked with some of the biggest names there are internationally
such as French Montana, Future, Koffee, Popcaan, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Sam
Smith, Anne Marie, Mark Ronson, Jess Glyne, Dave and much more – JAE5 is
now stepping out into the spotlight and coming into his own, we can
only expect his trajectory to skyrocket from here onwards.
Ghanaian new rave and hot music sensation, Gyakie has just
released a bubbly remix to her chart-topping single “Forever” in
collaboration with Naija’s next rated superstar, Omah Lay.
Gyakie debuted on the music scene in 2019. Erstwhile, she had
only been known as the daughter to Ghanaian high life music legend, Nana
Acheampong who was one-half of the famous Lumba Brothers.
Having borne witness to the building of a successful legacy
during her formative years, she’s now put all that training into
practice to become a certified superstar today.
In what might seem like a short while, Gyakie has released
high-impact music including Love Is Pretty (2019), Never Like This
(2019) and Sor Mi Wu feat Bisa Kdei (2020) to mention a few, all of
which embody the characteristic of a deep soul. Not only does
The reception for SEED EP was incredible as it was massive too.
It catapulted Gyakie to continental consciousness amassing 11 million
cumulative streams across DSPs till date.
Also, the focus track “Forever” recorded a streak of wins; it
peaked at number 1 in Nigeria and Ghana on the music charts, and
continued its takeover assignment across Africa on platforms like Apple
Music and iTunes, Billboard, Shazam, Triller and YouTube.
With this remix featuring Omah Lay, Gyakie will continue her
valiant strides while using this motherland association to further
solidify her status as the next takeover star from Africa whose eyes are
set beyond the Atlantic embankment.
Rocky Dawuni has been to the Grammys before and he is sharing what took him to a prestigious global platform as such.
The Ghanaian singer was nominated for the Grammys in 2015 for
his sixth studio album titled 'Branches of The Same Tree' in the
category of Best Reggae Album. The nomination made the 'Black Star'
singer the first Ghanaian to be nominated for Grammys.
Speaking on Joy FM about the Grammy brouhaha over why no
Ghanaian act has made it to the Grammys like Burna Boy and Wizkid who
won their first Grammys last weekend, Rocky Dawumi is saying that it is
about the uniqueness of the artiste's craft.
Citing himself as an example, he said “I created a blueprint of an album which fused highlife gospel Reggae music and great songwriting which is really always the key".
The 52-year-old singer emphasized that the Grammy Recording
Academy voters were attracted by his dynamics and how different the
album sounded different from the numerous ones submitted.
“It propelled them to vote for me instead of something they were familiar with,” he told Lexis Bill, the host of Joy FM's Drive Time show.
Speaking on the way forward for Ghanaian acts, a report by myjoyonline.com reported him to have said that "his
album could be one of the projects that local artistes can learn from
to help improve their sound to increase their chances of a Grammy
nomination".
Rocky Dawuni added that it is high time Ghanaian artistes stop
forcing themselves on the Afrobeat train to gain international
recognition because Nigerians have taken it and made it their own,
hence, it is important for Ghanaian artiste to carve their own niche in
the international market.
He concluded that “you don’t jump on the train when it has already left the station, you have to create your own innovative ideas.” Watch the video below as Rocky Dawuni talks about moving back to Ghana.
The multiple award-winning Canadian global icon who is based in
the U.S has featured the Nigerian singer in a new album he has released.
Justine Bieber titles the project 'Justice' which comes with 16 tracks.
The "Never Say Never" featured Burna Boy on one of the songs
titled "Loved By You". The album releases come a few days after the 63rd
Grammy Awards which happened last weekend with Burna Boy winning his
first Grammys.
Burna Boy's 'Twice As Tall’ album was declared as the Best
Global Music Album. Moving forward, the singer is already on another
potential Grammy-winning project with his latest collaboration with
Justine Bieber who has 2 Grammys in his name with 14 nominations.
Burna Boy is the only African artiste on the new 'Justice' album
that also features Khalid, Chance The Rapper and a few others. 'Loved
By You' is a love piece that see the acts singing for their love
interest.
Announcing the collaboration, the 'Ye' singer wrote "Loved
By You” by @justinbieber ft. Myself out now on his new project #JUSTICE
link in his bio 🏆🚀 Big love to the bro @skrillex and #rocketboy @leriq
for the vibes".
Strongman does not seem to be slowing this year with back to back releases.
The Ghanaian rapper Strongman is back again with a new single
with accompanying visuals dubbed ‘Stress’; video directed by Kobbyshots.
This comes off as a His third release this year after chart toping singled Facts and No Diss.
Flaunting his prowess and marking his territory, Strongman
weaves his lyrics with a grim-like delivery in a dark-themed visual.
Switching styes and mood with great audibility and clarity in his lyrics
while He keeps it clean as always.
‘Stress’ comes off with a soothing vocal from up and coming
singing gem Malai and a cameo who drives up the mood of the song with
his melodic voice.
It is of no doubt that He stand as the best rapper in the country and this new release made that clear.
There is certainly no strongman song without quotable and this comes with a lot of them.
