Happenings In Gold Coast

Amakye Dede, during a short performance at the 2019 VGMAs eulogized Kuami Eugene who won the Highlife Artiste of the Year award on the night and went ahead to put a crown on his head as the "Highlife King". It's almost year after the incident and seasoned music Producer Zapp Mallet has added his voice to the issue. To the best knowledge of Zapp Mallet, there may be something wrong with Amakye Dede to have done that on the night. Zapp Mallet speaking to Hammer Nti of "Hammer Time" fame, said h still can't figure out the rationale behind the action of the ace Highlife musician. He envisage that Amakye Dede has clearly shown he has sold his hard-won throne and fame to the little boy Kuami Eugene. "How can you crown Kuami Eugene as King of Highlife whiles the King is still alive. Even you who crowned him King, is he better than you)? What is wrong with you? How can you go and take your throne and go and give it to somebody"? Zapp Mallet made his wild comment in an interview with Hammer Nti on "Hammer Time" show. Zapp Mallet insisted that Amakye Dede could have been pardoned if he had crowned the young artistes as a "Prince". "If you had said he is the Prince that would be understandable but to say he is the King.", he said. Source | Summary

A member of music duo Keche has indicated that the Ghanaian music industry and the country as a whole is not ready to accept the involvement of politicians in the industry. Speaking in an interview with Happy 98.9FM's Doctar Cann on Showbiz Xtra, Keche Andrew asserted that the careers of artistes should not be affected because they endorse one political party over the other but, "That is what happens in Ghana". "In Ghana, we have not grown in political issues as compared to other countries. In those places, an artiste can endorse a political party and that will not affect them in anyway. But the situation is different here in Ghana", he told Doctar Cann. On his account, there are many stories of Ghanaian musicians who had their blooming careers cut short because they endorsed a political party. "There are many stories of celebrities losing their careers because they endorsed political parties and these Ghanaian artistes always come out to complain about it". The musician noted that because of the Keche fan base, the duo will never jeopardize their career by endorsing any political party. "In Ghana, politics is a very emotional affair. We have fans who belong to different political parties and when you endorse one, you divide your fan base and it affects you. We will not endorse any party", he reiterated. The debate on celebrities endorsing political parties has been going on for a while now. There are two schools of thought with one school believing a celebrity openly supporting a political does so at his/her disadvantage with others arguing it is a profitable venture they would gladly engage in. Source | Summary

Ghanaian actress turn singer and media personality Emelia Brobey has began trending once again because of this audio. The actress went viral the first time after she released her single 'Fa me joe' which music did not really accept but ended up still enjoying air plays. Since then anytime the actress drops or releases a song she automatically gets the attention and trends for a while because people are eager to listen to what she did this time around, and she keeps surprising them with a better performance each time. This time around the singer is trending on TikTok and Instagram not because of her music but because of something she said during an interview. In an interview Emelia Brobey said when goes out and hears hip-hop songs, they are like noise in her ears but when she hears our local artists she will 'get up and stand', and this phrase is what has got many replicating her in their videos. Source | Summary