Kelvyn Boy, a celebrated Ghanaian musician, has sadly lost his dad, Solomon Owusu Yeboah, and social media users are mourning with him. The Afrobeat advocate took to his pages on Sunday, December 13,2020 to announce the unexpected news to his fans. You could notice the pain in his words on social media although he did not disclose the cause of his father's death. "I Woke Up to the painful news of the loss of my dad. Oh what a year Rest Well Mr Solomon Owusu Yeboahtill we meet again. God always knows best," the Mea hit maker wrote. Source | Summary
Fadda Dickson Spends Over Ghc 2Million On A Brand New Rolls Royce Ahead OF Christmas
Managing director of the Despite Media Group, Fadda Dickson has bought a new Rolls Royce estimated to cost over 2 Million Ghana Cedis. Fadda Dickson Narh shared a video of the arrival of his early Christmas gift to his home and his followers could not help but admire the vehicle. This new Rolls Royce adds to his existing fleet of luxurious and exotic whips. He bragged a little saying he is not entering the new year, 2021, as the owner of old car collection. Source | Summary
Kelvyn Boy’s father passes away [ARTICLE]
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Kelvyn Boy, who is Stonebwoy's protégé, announced the passing of his father through an Instagram post on Sunday. The "Anada" singer in an Instagram post this afternoon revealed that his dad, Mr Yeboah had passed on. "Woke up to the painful news of the loss of my dad. Oh what a year. Rest well Mr. Solomon Owusu Yeboah.till we meet again. God always knows best," he captioned a photo of him and his dad. Last week, Kelvyn Boy shared his musical journey and how his father influenced his career in his first interview with Billboard Magazine. He said his father sang in the choir and raised him on gospel, reggae greats like Lucky Dube and country music, which he says shares many of the same chord progressions as church music. Despite his father's push behind his music career, Kelvyn Boy said his father encouraged him to finish his education first. "He was like, 'You're not going to get money. I did music and got nothing.' But I knew what I had and where I was going," he disclosed. Source | Summary
Kelvin Boy Gives Savage Reply To Fan Who Begged Him For Mobile Money » GhBasecom™
Fans have been inundating the social media handles of their favourite celebs to ask for money and other things that can ease their discomfort in this lockdown regime as covid-19 continues to cause mayhem worldwide. Some celebs like Sarkodie, Shatta Wale, Jackie Appiah, Wendy Shay, Afia Schwar and others have reached out to vulnerable people with relief items and money. One fan also wanted Kelvyn Boy to do the same by sending him ?50. "Hello, during this lockdown period things are getting tough. Daddy was the one taking care of all the little financial affairs of the family and he left us a while ago. I'm with mummy who can't also provide. We're six in the family and I am the oldest.Things are really hard not to talk of what to eat". "We have nothing to eat and no one to depend on also. had to borrow 50gh from a friend and she is also all over my nerves because she is in the same situation. I have no choice than to do this. Please any amount from your heart can help us get something. I might not be able to help you in any way but please am in need and Gos will surely replace you. 0594415529 Joana is the name in case you want to help.” "But the former Burniton Music Group signee wasn't in any mood to follow suit. He told him: 'Herh gyae nay a y3 shi sen wo", a reply in Twi which translates as " herh stop it we are even struggling than you". Source | Summary
Meek Mill donates over GHC2.9m Rolls-Royce Phantom for COVID-19 aid
American rapper Meek Mill has made a significant donation to the All in Challenge aimed at raising funds for coronavirus aid. The music star offered up his Rolls-Royce Phantom which is reportedly worth over GHC2.9m.- Mill shared a photo of the luxury automobile on Instagram as he made the announcement. As the world continues to wage war against the coronavirus pandemic, it has become evident that it is important for everyone to come together in concerted effort in other to defeat the virus which continues to pose a threat to humanity. In light of this, wealthy individuals, corporations across the world have continued to make huge financial contributions to help provide food and medical relief for those who have been affected with COVID-19.One of such commendable efforts is the All in Challenge which is now trending on social media. It is a challenge that sees celebrities making significant contributions for coronavirus aid. Among those that recently made a significant contribution to the challenge is American rapper Meek Mill. The music superstar donated his Rolls-Royce Phantom which is reportedly worth over GHC2.9 million, towards the COVID-19 aid. Sharing the news on his official Instagram page, Mill described the luxury automobile as the dream car that motivated him to chase success. The rapper also noted that he is going to miss the car. Mill said: "This my baby ima missssssss youuuuuuuuuu papers signed!! #donated my dream car that motivated me to chase success!! #allinchallenge. Yeah I be snapping with helping people too". According to reports by Daily News, the All In Challenge has raised over $2 million and will divide 100% of the proceeds among the charities Meals on Wheels, No Kid Hungry and America's Food Fund, who will then disperse the funds to World Central Kitchen and Feeding America. Gh reported that Meek Mill shared his plan to buy a mansion in Africa. Although Mill did not reveal the country where he will be buying the mansion, Nigerian, Ghanaian and South African nationals tried convincing him to buy it in their country. The Africans that took to Meek Mill's comment section told the rapper what he stands to gain in their country. Know someone who is extremely talented and needs recognition? Source | Summary
I Used To Be Jealous Of Ladies Around Sarkodie
Being the spouse of a very famous and attractive rapper can be hard. While you may be the most important thing in his/her life and hence deserve all the attention, there are fans too who want a piece of him/her. Tracy, wife of award-winning Ghanaian Rapper Sarkodie, has stated that she's grown out of the "Childish" behaviour of being jealous. According to her, there was time she was jealous of other ladies prying on her man, but she's learnt to grow out of it. "I use to be jealous but that was a long time ago. Once I matured in the relationship I stopped that childish behaviour," she replied. Source | Summary
Our New Colonial Masters China Will Come Back For Their Aid
Ghana was blessed with a donation from the Republic of China some days ago as part of the country's resolve to support Ghana in the fight against the deadly coronavirus. The items given to Ghana were Personal Protective Equipment to support health workers who are at the frontline of the fight against the deadly virus. The President during his sixth update on measures the country has put in place to ensure coronavirus is contained in Ghana used the opportunity to thank the Chinese government for the aid and called for more support and collaboration during the period. Reacting to this, Yvonne Nelson who has been advocating for an Independent Africa and especially Ghana believes Ghana and Africa will pay for the aid from China because they do not give things for free anywhere. In a tweet, the only Ghanaian actress who has been critical of governments said "The Aid africa is getting isnt for free.we will pay for it later.they will come and mine and mine and mine and mine and leave us hollow!!! For now give way to our new colonial masters to save the day! Check my old tweets about our new masters!". Ghana is currently battling COVID-19 and several measures have been put in place to protect the citizenry and also prevent the numbers from escalating. Ghana's current positive cases stand at 566 whiles deaths due to the virus are 8 in number. Source | Summary
Police Arrest Bride, Groom And Guests During Marriage Ceremony In Darkuman
A man, his bride, and over 25 guests out of 50 have been picked up by the Greater Accra Regional Police Command during their wedding ceremony in Darkuman. According to the Police, the remaining guests managed to escape during the raid. President Akufo-Addo had earlier announced a ban on public gatherings as part of efforts to control the spread of the novel coronavirus. In a later address, he gave a stern repetition of the ban in place, assuring the public that anyone who goes contrary to the law will be "Dealt with fully". The President has also imposed a partial lockdown on Accra and Kumasi, the hotspots for the coronavirus, and has asked everyone apart from essential service providers to stay at home. DSP Efia Tenge, the Accra Regional Police PRO, said on Accra-based radio station, Citi FM that the arrested persons would be put before court within this week. "We received information on an ongoing marriage ceremony around Darkuman-Nyamekye Masalachi. So the Police proceeded to this very location and truly, to our surprise, there was a marriage ceremony ongoing. It was in attendance with 50 or more people. So the Police managed to arrest a number of them while others also escaped. In fact, we had 29 suspects and all these people were cautioned and have been granted police inquiry bail for them to reappear before court this week," she noted. In a similar incident, Police at Obuasi, days ago, picked up 49 persons, including a groom and his bride, for flouting the ban on social gathering protocols. The groom, Philip Ahenekwa, aged 35, and the bride, Ama Frema, aged 40, and the other persons are currently in police custody. They were also arrested while holding the wedding ceremony by the COVID-19 taskforce at Akaporiso in the Obuasi East District of the Ashanti Region. Source | Summary
Diddy talks to Tiwa Savage about plans to invade Africa with top American acts [ARTICLE]
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The American Hip Hop mogul, during an Instagram live conversation with Tiwa Savage, made known his intention to lead a park of top American acts to invade Africa soon. "I am about to come to Africa soon as possible," Diddy said. Further answering Tiwa's question of when he plans to visit the continent, the music millionaire who is known for his committed Pan-Africanism agenda, added that "Really going to hit Africa with the vibration and have a homecoming". The 50-year-old who is well networked with most top American acts including Jay Z, Usher, Rick Ross among others, also mentioned that "I'ma bring all the other artistes with me from America and we gonna bring all the artistes from Africa, we gone mash-up and celebrate unity and we gonna realize the worldwide global power that we have". Diddy's empowering comments have been well received by fans, seeing an excerpt of his conversation with the Nigerian singer going viral on social media. The pair have once met at Jay Z' Roc Nation Brunch. Source | Summary
Coronavirus: Enforce Total Lockdown, Stop ‘Over Pampering’ Us
TV broadcaster, Gifty Anti has called on President Akufo-Addo to stop pampering Ghanaians and enforce a total lockdown of the country to prevent further spread of COVID-19. Ghana's COVID-19 cases have soared to 566 with 8 deaths and 4 recoveries. The government, as part of measures to prevent further spread of the virus, has extended the restrictions on movement imposed on Kasoa, Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions by an additional week while the ban on social gatherings has also been extended by an additional 2 weeks. The TV broadcaster, who tested negative for COVID-19 recently, was among over 1,000 persons who were compulsorily quarantined and tested after entering the country from coronavirus-hit countries. In a Facebook post on Sunday, April 12, 2020, the TV broadcaster called on President Akufo-Addo to stop pampering Ghanaians and impose a total lockdown instead of the partial one. Source | Summary
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