Okyeame Kwame Becomes First Ghanaian Artiste To Launch a Brand Book

Most inspiring, creative rapper Okyeame Kwame will be going down the history of showbiz and the corporate community as the first Ghanaian musician to possess a brand book, having had the official launch yesterday, 31st February 2016 at Zylophon Media in East Legon.

The brand book, as indicated by his Business and Brands Manager, Mrs. Annica Nsiah-Apau who doubles as the author was written to “provide a guide for the Okyeame Kwame brand and partners”. According to her, the creative arts is stuffed with some disturbing ways of survival by some practitioners, a thing she wants her artiste to dissociate from; hence the publishing of the said guide.

“The mission of the OK Brand is to become one that intelligent professionals aspire to work with… we go beyond exciting, creative content. We value your values”, she said.

The press launch hosted the media, members from the corporate community and practitioners of arts. It was hosted by Earl Ankrah, was graced by Mr. KwabenaAgyekum of CIMG, Bola Ray, KSM, corporate managers from Unilever Ghana Ltd, West Hills Mall, private businesses and many others.

The event also saw the release of the rapper’s calendar of events for 2017, a list which includes the annual Versatile Show, “Flaunt Your Lover” Movies Night, the OK Rap Reality Show, international music tours, his 5thAlbum release etc.

The OK brand book launch, powered by Firm Bridges Communications was sponsored by SC Johnson, Ransbert (Dealers in Unilever Products), Zylofon Media and Menzbanc.

Ghana Music Week Celebration Is A Joke - Ben Brako

Veteran Ghanaian Highlife musician Ben Brako has bashed the organizers of the Ghana Music Week celebration for putting together what he describes as a poor show.

The “Mewie M’agro Dzi” hitmaker asserted that the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has failed in using the right people to organise a successful event.

The musician, speaking in an in an interview with Joy Prime’s Ibrahim Ben-Bako at the re-launch of the Ghana Music Week into a festival last Friday, noted that MUSIGA’s inability to use qualified persons has led to the poor patronage of the celebration.

“Please let’s be candid. Look at this show, nobody even heard about it and this is something organized by the Musicians Union.

“When ordinary shows are done here, do you see how full it (the venue) is? And at the launch, you see how empty it is? This is because they are not letting the right people do the right things and they are not recognising their priorities to push the right things,” he said.

The musician, when asked if he has benefitted from the Ghana Music Week celebration since its inception said; “No! This is even the first time I’ve been invited...but seriously, we need to start thinking.

"We need to know who we are and where we are going. If we don’t define ourselves and take our definitions from outsiders, then we are fools.”

Death Threats ‘Empty’ - A-Plus

Ghanaian musician Kwame A-Plus has described threats on his life from anonymous persons as empty.

According to him, he takes his personal security seriously, hence is not intimidated by such messages mostly posted to his social media pages.

A-Plus was instrumental in the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s victory in the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections.

Speaking on Accra FM Tuesday January 31, he said: “I felt that…as a nation we all needed to support the change of government. People fought for the independence we are enjoying in Ghana today, others lost their lives, their properties. At a time it was even difficult to travel around the country. Some Ghanaians stood up to fight the British for our freedom and so why should I be scared to change a government through the ballot.

“Everybody in this world will die and so I am not scared to die for my country. There are some people who are just going about threatening me. I have received so many death threats on social media but those threats do not push me. Sometimes I walk alone at night because I feel those threats are empty. If someone really wanted to harm you, he would not give an indication.

“But whoever believes he can harm me should attempt and see what will happen. I have prepared myself. I have boys around me, more than 100 boys, and so whoever wants to attack me should attempt and see what will happen.”