Ghana Showbiz Latest News and Updates

Headie One delivered a powerful performance of his hit ‘Ain’t It Different’ at tonight’s (May 11) BRIT Awards – you can watch a snippet below.Joined by AJ Tracey, one of the track’s two guest stars (the other being Stormzy), Headie performed inside a a box designed by Virgil Abloh featuring smeared newspaper clippings highlighted in the colours of the Ghana flag, representing Headie’s heritage.Headie, who was nominated this year for British Male Solo Artist, used the performance to speak out

WizKid has shared a new video for ‘Essence’, his collaboration with Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems – watch it below.The track appears on ‘Made In Lagos’, WizKid’s lauded full-length album from 2020.The new video sees the pair lounging around the streets of Accra, Ghana. It’s the fourth video to be released from ‘Made In Lagos’.Watch the new ‘Essence’ video below.WizKid’s ‘Made In Lagos’ came out last October.

Skepta has hinted that he might be retiring after the release of one more song.Following the release of his collaboration with Jae5 and Rema on the new song ‘Dimension’, Skepta took to social media to reveal that he’s stopped recording and any verses heard from here on out were recorded last year.“This Jae5 song/video featuring Rema and myself was recorded and shot last year in Ghana,” Skepta revealed in an Instagram Story.

Yaw Tog, the breakout star of Ghana's rising Asakaa drill scene, has joined forces with Stormzy and Kewsi Arthur for a remix of his song "Sore." Check out the video for the "Sore" remix above. "Sore" was first released in 2020 and became the first Ghanaian drill video to pass the 1M view count.

Stormzy and Kwesi Arthur have teamed up to collaborate with the rising Ghanaian rapper Yaw Tog for a new remix of his break-out song ‘Sore’ – you can hear the track below.Drill rapper Yaw Tog dropped the original version of ‘Sore’ back in September, which featured O’Kenneth, City Boy, Reggie and Jay Bhad.Yaw Tog’s new collaboration with fellow Ghanaian musician Arthur and Stormzy came after the London MC took a trip to Ghana at the turn of the year, where he performed his ‘Sore’ verse at UPP

Naomi Campbell and Idris Elba are in solidarity with LGBTQ+ Ghanaians (Pics: Georges Biard / Harald Krichel)

Riot Games has revealed the next agent coming to Valorant, Astra, a cosmically powered controller agent.As Episode Two, Act Two of the competitive shooter fast approaches, Riot has released a gameplay trailer which gives a brief overview of the new operator and her abilities.Astra, who comes from Ghana, is shown to be able to view the map from an elevated perspective befitting her cosmic abilities.

The LGBT+ center was officially opened on 31 January (Pic: LGBT+ Rights Ghana)

Stevie Wonder is planning out his future. The music legend recently revealed to Oprah Winfrey that he is set on heading out to West Africa to spend his remaining years.«I wanna see this nation smile again, and I want to see it before I leave to travel to move to Ghana,» Wonder, 67, told Winfrey in a recent interview.

Stevie Wonder has plans to move on. The 70-year-old music icon recently opened up for an interview with Oprah Winfrey, where he revealed that he plans to permanently relocate to Ghana, a country in western Africa.

Stevie Wonder is ready to say goodbye to the United States.

Stevie Wonder is opening up about his plans to move his family to Ghana.

EXCLUSIVE: In the wake of a hot 2020 which saw Blitz Bazawule’s Beyonce visual album Black Is King debut on Disney+, in addition to scoring the directing gig for The Color Purple feature musical, the filmmaker’s debut novel The Scent of Burnt Flowers has just been acquired by Ballantine Books.

SK Global and The Mazur Kaplan Company have acquired the rights to acclaimed Ghanaian writer and academic Peace Adzo Medie’s novel His Only Wife in a competitive situation.

AMSTERDAM -- To tell the troubling story of the Netherlands' deep historical links to the slave trade, the country's national museum is making it personal.The Rijksmuseum will open a major exhibition on the subject in February, bringing slavery to life by pulling into sharp focus the lives of 10 people, from a man enslaved in Ghana and transported to work in Brazil, to a wealthy Amsterdam socialite whose portrait was painted by Rembrandt van Rijn.Work on the exhibition started in 2017, long

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A Kirkcudbrightshire chemist’s son who went on to become President of Ghana has died in hospital in Accra, the country’s capital, aged 73.Jerry John (JJ) Rawlings is reported to have contracted Covid-19 after attending his mother’s funeral in the city.He was the son of James Ramsay John, a pharmacist from Castle Douglas who spent almost 30 years in the country.James became head of Kingsway Chemists, now part

following an acrimonious departure from the network.O’Brien’s popular travel specials, “Conan Without Borders” — which has visited such far-flung locales as Greenland, Korea (including the Joint Security Area, or JSA, separating North and South Korea), Cuba, Ghana and Qatar — will continue on TBS.“Twenty-eight years is a monumental achievement in late-night television,” said Brett Weitz, general manager of TNT, TBS and truTV.

Arsenal thing" for a star signing to be sidelined early on in their Gunners career. That is the verdict of Kevin Campbell after seeing Partey ruled out with a thigh complaint midway through the defeat to Aston Villa last weekend.Ghana midfielder Partey has made an impressive start to life at the Emirates after Arsenal swooped to meet his £45million release clause at Atletico Madrid on Deadline Day.

DEALSChristina Aguilera has signed a new management deal with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, according to Variety.

Naman Ramachandran The widow of cameraman Mark Milsome, who was killed in an accident on the Ghana sets of BBC/Netflix series “Black Earth Rising” in 2017 hopes that a new inquest into the death will end her three-year quest for answers.Milsome, 54, was fatally injured when a Land Rover Defender crashed into him during filming. The series, written and directed by Hugo Blick, was produced by Forgiving Earth Limited.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterAn inquiry into the death of Mark Milsome, the UK cameraman who was killed while filming on the set of BBC and Netflix series Black Earth Rising in Ghana in November 2017, is underway.The final inquest had been due to take place in June at the West London Coroner’s Court but was delayed due to pandemic reasons.

Can Black History be confined to just ONE month? No, it is abundant and relevant all year! Since 1987, October has been set aside to shine a light on unknown or “whitewashed” Black heroes of the past. As British Ghanaians, we, the founders of Afro Leads (@afro_leads) are happy to embrace this month and are honoured to share what Black history means to us.

Pan troglodytes verus , is the first group of chimpanzee to be added to the list of critically endangered apes.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Hot off of co-directing Beyoncé’s Disney+ visual album feature Black Is King, Ghana-born filmmaker Blitz Bazawule is set to direct Warner Bros.

Recent years have seen the popularity of Afrobeats soar across the world. This week sees the launch of the first ever Official Afrobeats Chart, a weekly Top 40 initiated by Afro Nation that will shine a spotlight on Afrobeats artists enjoying success in the UK, where the scene has been thriving for the best part of a decade.

British Vogue, later sacked the security man, Edward said what happened to him ‘goes to show that sometimes it doesn’t matter what you’ve achieved in the course of your life: the first thing that some people will judge you on is the colour of your skin.’The 48-year-old was appointed editor of the prestigious fashion magazine back in 2017, taking over from Alexandra Shulman.Upon being appointed, the Ghana native spoke openly about his mission statement and the changes he wanted to implement

Who is signing where? The Hollywood Reporter's Rep Sheet is a snapshot of notable recent agency and management signings: Filmmaker Blitz Bazawule has signed with CAA. The New York-based visual artist was formerly with Paradigm.

Idles, Courtney Barnett and Glass Animals.The ‘Pooneh Ghana and Friends T-shirt Collab Fundraiser’ will raise money for a large number of charities, including a slew of anti-racism organisations and those tackling the coronavirus outbreak, such as the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO.As well as the three aforementioned artists, the likes of Cage The Elephant, Sunflower Bean, The Big Moon, Pond and DIIV are all also featured in the charity t-shirt range, which will be on sale until July

Ghanaian Afropop singer Stonebwoy addressed both pandemics plaguing the world, coronavirus and racism, during his poignant Billboard Live At-Home performance Monday (June 1) that raised money for My Friend's Place, which supports the homeless youth.Performing from Ghana's capital of Accra with his DJ, Stonebwoy (real name Livingstone Etse Satekla) started off his set with none other than "Black People," a painful and incredibly timely testament to feeling lost in the world that doesn't want to

Amaarae joins Billboard's Platoon Africa Artist Showcase Friday (May 22) with a swoon-worthy Billboard Live At-Home performance from her Accra, Ghana hometown.

As part of Billboard's Platoon Africa Artist Showcase, emerging star Kwesi Arthur kicked things off Thursday afternoon (May 21) with a fun and vibrant Live-At Home performance from the Ground Up Chale Studios in Ghana. Sporting an I Heart NY hoodie, Arthur's opening included rousing showings of his popular songs "Kill My Spirit" and "Back on the Wall." Arthur's energy never waned, especially on the former, which serves as a motivational tune for those seeking escape.

Billboard Live's At-Home series is headed to Africa thanks to a showcase of Apple's artist services company Platoon.From Thursday (May 21) to Saturday (May 23), Billboard Live At-Home will highlight two rising artists each day from countries such as Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria who are making a name for themselves on the global music landscape. The showcase kicks off Thursday at 1 p.m.

The decade-old “Astronomia” has become the unlikely soundtrack to a pandemic.

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2 min read A conference on LGBTIQ rights has been banned by the Government of Ghana but the organisers insist that they postponed it because of the coronavirus.