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 “I know what I am, and I know what I do well,” confidently says FBI Agent Jackie Rohr played by Kevin Bacon on the American cable network, SHOWTIME’s Boston crime drama ‘City on A Hill.” This quote largely represents Sports Journalist, Gary Al-Smith’s unapologetic conviction about his qualities and capabilities. A real-life, more apt or perhaps a better representation is Ghanaian artiste, Shatta Wale, who the JOY FM presenter is a fan of. “Talent is never enough and nothing encapsulates that for Shatta (Wale) than his recent collaboration with Beyonce. That is exactly the kind of thing I am talking about. It is not about the talent,” says Al-Smith to OnAir Magazine regards his admiration of Wale.  “Yes, along the way, I have my own beef with him. Some of his things are cringe-worthy but at the core of his being is a guy who is talented, who works hard, understands his craft, knows his strengths, knows his weaknesses, amplifies his strengths, occasionally allows his wea...

In early February 2021, Kenyan Media Personality  and  activist   Adelle  Onyango   celebrated a new achievement  – 100 episodes of her   Legally Clueless   podcast. On the podcast, Onyango documents her journey as an “evolving unapologetically African woman.”  She also shares experiences of Africans around the world.  Since its debut in March 2019,  Legally Clueless  podcast has  grown  to become a chart-topping favourite. It averages about 10,000 plays per week, and has over a million streams in total. Onyango resigned from her  high-profile Kiss FM  job to  focus  on the  podcast . “This  milestone  validates  my  journey, as well as tells other Africans it is possible to come into the [podcasting] space and have agency over their stories,” says Onyango. Legally Clueless  was ranked as one of the most popular podcasts in the East African country in 2019 per a  ...

  In July 2020, a song by Ghanaian soul singer, songwriter and producer, Ria Boss debuted on HBO, the American pay television network and BBC One, the first flagship television network of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Titled ‘Intro,’ the song plays as Terry (Weruche Opia) and Kwame (Paapa Essiedu) engage in a heartfelt chat in a bathtub in episode 7 of ‘I May Destroy You,’ the critically acclaimed British comedy-drama television series created, written, co-directed, and executive produced by Michaela Coel who also plays the lead role of Arabella in the show. The song is off ‘BORNDAY’ EP – one of 11 EPS Ria released within 11 weeks on her #ThankGodItsRia project between September and November 2018. She produced, mixed and mastered the song herself. Maria Emmanuelle Grace Bossman-Damiba was born in London to Ghanaian and Burkinabe diplomat parents. She was raised in Ghana, and relocated to the United States of America in her late teens. She moved back to Ghana in 2017, and in...

Songstress Jane Fara Fauzzier Afia Boafowaa Yahaya Awindor, known in showbiz circles as  Efya  continues to ride up high. Her recent success stories, which include winning Best Female Video at the just ended 4Stye Muisc Video Awards, justify the hope many personalities in the Ghanaian music industry have in her as the next big thing. Efya got introduced to the Ghanaian music scene when she made it as one of 12 finalists of the music reality show “Stars of the Future” in 2008. She placed second in the competition to winner Irene Logan. Efya is a product of Yaa Asantewaa secondary School and University Of Ghana, Legon, where she graduated with a degree in Theatre Arts and Music. Between 2008 and 2011, she was part of the group ‘Irene and Jane’. They released one album “Unveiled” before going their separate ways. After the break up, the then Jane changed her name to Miss Jane and then later, to Efya. Efya got signed to  One Nation Entertainment  in 2011. Her first singl...

A  decade ago, a young man sporting a few inches of dreadlocks, burst onto the local music scene. He rode on the back of a controversially-laced, sexually explicit single aptly couched in the female name ‘Linda’ to make it big at first attempt. Linda became an instant hit, and enjoyed a heavy nationwide rotation. The song was even the subject of a huge ‘suitability’ debate at the 2004 Ghana Music Awards.  Despite the controversy, he won two awards; Hiplife Artist of the Year and New Hiplife Artist of the Year. It gave him the much needed major breakthrough, and mainstream pass.   Now known as Samini, and then commonly referred to as Batman, ‘Linda’ was the first single off his debut album ‘Dankwansere’ (Batman). The album also had the song ‘Gyae Shie’, another controversial song. Born Emmanuel Andrews Samini on December 22, 1981 in Accra, to Mr G.A Samini and Theresa  Samini, he would later go on to become everybody’s darling boy. In the early years of his ...