New Music: Iyanya ft Diamond Platnumz - Nakupenda

New Music from the Mr. Oreo himself Iyanya ft Diamond Platumz. Its called Nakupuenda. Seriously dont know what that means tho. Click the Link below to Enjoy.

Joel Orleans Is $200k Richer - Signs Mouthwatering Deal With Coptic and The BlackStar Line

Coptic, The Black Star Line & Joel Orleans have come to an agreement and signed a recording contract worth 200 thousand US dollars. The contract also provides Joel with production, distribution and promotion of his music in the United States and Europe while safeguarding all his copy-writes and royalties.

J.O.E.L. is not your average MC, he’s A Radio Host, TV Host, Award Winning Event MC, Rapper and Entrepreneur.

After signing the contract, Joel had this to say “I feel honored that Coptic and The Black Star Line were so interested in working with me. I have featured on 2 volumes of the Rising Stars of GH series produced by Coptic with records like ‘I Am The Best’ and ‘Money’, I’m guessing I made a good impression. I am thrilled and looking forward to collaborating with a label in the US because I feel my music has a global appeal and should cross borders, and Coptic is definitely ‘The Guy’ who has the experience and network to make it happen. I am glad that we were able to come to a mutual agreement.”

Coptic who is also a Ghanaian, has won numerous awards for his production skills, including a #1 Billboard award for “I Need A Girl” which features P. Diddy & Usher. Coptic feels that he can mold the great talent that Joel already has into something that can be sold to a worldwide market. Coptic stressed that even though Joel will keep making records for his Ghanaian fans, he will be making different records for the US that are more suitable to what those fans are used to hearing.

Ghanaian music Icon and Hiplife originator Reggie Rockstone commented on the agreement saying it’s the “Best thing to happen since powdered Fufu”.

Wizkid And Skales Exchange 'Fierce' Words On Twitter

I woke up this morning to some disturbing and somewhat 'Hilarious' tweets from former EME co-stars Wizkid and Skales.
It was a little disturbing at first for people who have really created a lot of hit songs together and on a personal level.

Here are a sample of tweets I was able to retrieve from Wizkid's timeline.

My guy @youngskales I know u're looking for publicity for ur new album. So I won't say nothing anymore! When u see me! U see me!
— Wizkid Ayo Balogun (@wizkidayo) February 23, 2015

I went on tour with u even when nobody called u for the show! Nd split my money with the whole team! Wow!
— Wizkid Ayo Balogun (@wizkidayo) February 23, 2015

Life is crazy my people! Can't explain how much I've learnt since I came up. Ur enemies are closer than u think!
— Wizkid Ayo Balogun (@wizkidayo) February 23, 2015

U hate ur brother because he's got it more than u. Wow! Na God dey bless everybody my brother!
— Wizkid Ayo Balogun (@wizkidayo) February 23, 2015

“@legendurybeatz:The Azonto beat was fully payed for by @wizkidayo I don't know what @youngskales is talking about..I created that beat!!!!”
— Wizkid Ayo Balogun (@wizkidayo) February 23, 2015

Since u start ur career u never fit drop one album u say u write me song! God punish ur left balls!!
— Wizkid Ayo Balogun (@wizkidayo) February 23, 2015

Skales!! Even when the label wanted to drop ur ass cos u didn't make one naira for 3years! I was there! U a foolish guy with zero brain!
— Wizkid Ayo Balogun (@wizkidayo) February 23, 2015

All u know how to do is wear fake chains nd beg hoes for money! I'll help finish ur dead career!
— Wizkid Ayo Balogun (@wizkidayo) February 23, 2015 

Skales u a fuck boy for coming at me sha! Lol U can compose tweets but can't compose one hit song.
— Wizkid Ayo Balogun (@wizkidayo) February 23, 2015

“@TrendsOfNigeria: did @youngskales just said he wrote super star !!!! I still dey hear sha”> someone that can't write himself a hit song!
— Wizkid Ayo Balogun (@wizkidayo) February 23, 2015

Unfortunately i could not find any of those related tweets on Skales' timeline. However here are a few screenshots for you.

TechNews: Apple To Venture Into The Manufacturing Of Electric Cars in 2020

Apple Inc., which has been working secretly on a car, is pushing its team to begin production of an electric vehicle as early as 2020, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The timeframe -- automakers typically spend five to seven years developing a car -- underscores the project’s aggressive goals and could set the stage for a battle for customers with Tesla Motors Inc. and General Motors Co. Both automakers are targeting a 2017 release of an electric vehicle that can go more than 200 miles on a single charge and cost less than $40,000.

“That’s the inflection point -- the proving ground -- that brings on the electric age,” Steve LeVine, author of “The Powerhouse,” a book about the automotive battery industry, said on Bloomberg TV Thursday. “Now you have Apple coming in and this is critical mass. Was GM really going to be able to match Tesla? Apple can.”

Apple, which posted record profit of $18 billion during the past quarter, has $178 billion in cash with few avenues to spend it. The Cupertino, California-based company’s research and development costs were $6.04 billion in the past year, and Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is facing increased pressure to return cash to shareholders. The CEO has been pushing the iPhone maker to enter new categories to further envelop users’ digital lives with Apple’s products and services.

Apple’s possible foray into cars follows a similar path it’s taken to break into other industries. The company wasn’t the first to make a digital-music player or smartphone, and only entered those markets once it had a product that redefined those categories.

Apple representatives declined to comment for this story.

Car Team

Apple cars are expected to hit roads in early 2020

Tesla’s success in creating a startup car company has shown that the traditional barriers of entry into the auto industry aren’t as difficult to overcome as originally thought, said one person, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private. At the same time, automakers have struggled to bring technical leaps to car development, something that Silicon Valley is also seeking to accomplish. For example, Google Inc. has invested in developing an autonomous vehicle since 2010.

“Apple would have some advantages as a new entrant to the auto industry,” including its cash, ability to connect with its own devices and the infancy of the electric-vehicle market, Barclays analysts Ben Reitzes and Brian Johnson wrote in a note to investors. “Finally, Apple’s brand – arguably the most important advantage – is a big attraction for the next generation of car customers.”

Apple may decide to scrap its car effort or delay it if executives are unhappy with progress, as they’ve done before with other secret projects, the people said. The car team, which already has about 200 people, began ramping up hiring within the past couple of months as the company sought out experts in technologies for batteries and robotics, said one of the people.

Battery Lawsuit

An experienced automaker typically spends five to seven years developing a new vehicle before bringing it to market, according to Dennis Virag, president of Automotive Consulting Group.

“If you’re starting from scratch, you’re probably talking more like 10 years,” Virag said. “A car is a very complex technological machine.”

A lawsuit filed this month gives a window into Apple’s efforts to create a automotive team for the project. Apple began around June an “aggressive campaign to poach” employees from A123 Systems LLC, the Waltham, Massachusetts-based battery maker said in the lawsuit.

Apple hired five people from A123 and has tried to hire battery experts from LG Chem Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co., Panasonic Corp., Toshiba Corp. and Johnson Controls Inc., according to the lawsuit.

“Apple is currently developing a large-scale battery division to compete in the very same field as A123,” the battery maker said in a separate state-court filing.

The recent hiring effort at A123 began with Mujeeb Ijaz, a former Ford Motor Co. engineer, who founded A123’s Venture Technologies division, which focused on materials research, cell product development and advanced concepts. He began at Apple in June and began hiring direct reports from A123’s venture technologies division, which he had headed.

How The Apple Car (iCar) would look like

Tesla CEO Elon Musk told Bloomberg Businessweek this month that Apple was seeking to hire away his workers, offering $250,000 signing bonuses and 60 percent salary increases.

Bricks and Mortar

“Apple is good at developing technology but car making is, and will continue to be, a bricks-and-mortar proposition,” Matt DeLorenzo, an analyst at Kelley Blue Book, wrote in an e-mail. “Apple will need a partner, perhaps a Chinese manufacturer, with an infrastructure if it’s going to hit the five-year goal.”

Some parts of the automotive industry seem unfazed by Silicon Valley’s increasing interest in the market. Last month, before Apple’s efforts were revealed, Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn brushed off the increasing competition.

“We’re not afraid of these new competitors,” Winterkorn said at a reception outside Stuttgart, Germany, according to a transcript obtained by Bloomberg. “The opposite is true: they encourage us to look more intensively into the chances of the digital world.”

Source: Bloomberg

Check It Out: The JonesLifestyle EP By Shay Jones And Gray Jones

Shay Jones and Gray Jones presents ''Jones Lifestyle The EP'' 
It's time for Africa to hear THE NEW SOUND. A blend of Afro-trap, Afro-house, Afro-beats and r&b. With Shay Jones dropping his catchy hooks and bars, and the slaying voice of Gray Jones doing the rest weather it's Gray or Shay singing or rapping, these two compliment each other better than most. this multi-talented duo are ready to go big. "IT'S A LIFESTYLE" like the Joneses say.

Watch: Mentally Disabled Man Comments On Dumsor

The state of Ghana's energy crisis is so appalling that it has come to the notice of even the physically challenged. A mentally retarded man on Wednesday February 18, 2015, joined thousands of members of the New Patriotic Party who took to the streets of Accra to demonstrate against the NDC government's “poor” handling of the nation’s energy crisis among other “leadership failures”.

The man who seemed very enthused about the protest march had an interesting explanation for the reason behind the demonstration.

Listen to the words he managed to mumble when asked by journalists if he was aware of the purpose of the protest march.

MzVee, Sarkodie And Guru Top Nominations In Provisional List of 2015 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards

Here's a a provisional list of nominees for this year's Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, which sees Mzvee and Sarkodie top with 5 nominations each.

“”ARTISTE OF THE YEAR””

Sarkodie
Shatta Wale
Stonebwoy
Kwabena Kwabena
Mzz Vee
Samini
Guru

“”VODAFONE SONG OF THE YEAR””

Castro-Seihor
Stonebwoy-Baafira
Sarkodie-Adonai
Mzz Vee-Natural Gyal
4×4-Baby Dance
Shatta Wale Feat.Sarkodie-Dance Hall Commando
DL-Nea Woho Betow
V.V.L.P-Selfie
Kwabena Kwabena-Bue Kwan
Guru-Pooley

“”BEST MALE VOCALIST””

Kwabena Kwabena
Bisa K Dei
Knii Lantey
Castro

“”BEST FEMALE VOCALIST”‘

Wiyaala
Mzz Vee
Efya
Anita Afriyie
Gena West

“”RAPPER OF THE YEAR””

Guru-Pooley
Sarkodie-Adonai
Edem-Koene
EL-Ayaya
Kofi Kinaata-Oh Azay
Manifest-Odasani

“”COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR””

Sarkodie Feat.Castro-Adonai
Shatta Wale Feat. Dancehall Commando
4×4 Feat.Davido- Baby Dance
Castro Feat. D Black
Pope Skinny Feat.- Wa Shatta Me
Akoo Nana Feat. Castro- Me Yadaw
Emelia Arthur Feat. O.J and Esther Smith-Kyere Me Kwan
Mzz Vee Feat. Stonebwoy-Natural Gyal
Stonebwoy Feat. Sarkodie- Baafira

“”AFRO POP SONG OF THE YEAR””

Tiffany Feat. Fuse ODG- Spanner
4×4- Feat. Davido
Ruff And Smooth-Send The Fire
R2bees-Lobi
Fuse ODG Feat.Sean Paul-Dangerous Love

“”HIGH LIFE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR””

Bisa K Dei
Kwabena Kwabena
Kwame Zaggy
DL

“”GROUP OF THE YEAR””

4×4
R2bees
V.V.I.P
Double

“”HIP HOP/HIP LIFE ARTISTE””

Sarkodie
Edem
EL
Guru
D Black
Joey B
Pappy Kojo

“”GOSPEL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR””

Selina Boateng
Gifty Osei
No Tribe
Emelia Arthur
Rose Adjei
Diana Asamoah
Anita Afriyie
Ohenemaa Mercy

“”GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR””

Emelia Arthur-Kyere Me Kwan
No Tribe-Yesu Ye
Ohenemaa Mercy-Wufiri Mu
Kwabena Kwabena-Bue Kwan
Anita Afriyie-Adehye Mogya
Selina Boateng-Alpha And Omega
Diana Asamoah-Osore Ndwom
Rose Adjei-Wa Hwe Meso
GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Diana Asamoah-Osore Ndwom
No Tribe-One God
Ohenemaa Mercy-Prophecy
Selina Boateng-Alpha And Omega

“”HIP LIFE SONG OF THE YEAR””

Guru-Pooley
V.V.I.P-Selfie
Edem - Koene
D Black Feat Castro-Personal Person
Castro Feat D Black -Sei Hor
Sarkodie Feat Castro-Adonai

“”HIGH LIFE SONG OF THE YEAR””

Quarme Zaggy-See Saw
DL- Nea Woho Betow
Sarkodie Feat. Bisa k’Dei - Chingam

“”HIP HOP SONG OF THE YEAR””

EL-Ayaya
D Money – Finish Line
Pappy Kojo-Realer
Joey B – Wave

“”RECORD OF THE YEAR””

Stonebwoy-Run Go
No Tribe-Yesu Ye
Kwabena Kwabena-Bue Kwan
Episode-Mandela
Rooteye- Heaviest Rain
REGGAE SONG OF THE YEAR
Stonebwoy-Baafira
Rooteye-Heaviest Rain
Shatta Wale Feat. Ja Vincci-Party
Sarkodie-Love Rocks
Mzz Vee-Natural Gyal
Samini-Iskoki

“”NEW ARTISTE””

Pappy Kojo
Rose Adjei
Emelia Arthur
Koo Ntakra
Teephlow

“”AFRICAN ARTISTE””

Davido
Tiwa Savage
Patoranking
Yemi Alade

#Note: This Is  Dan Lartey’s MOCK Nomination List For This Year’s VGMA.Its Not Yet Official.. What Do You Make Of It?

Finalists And Judges Announced For Airtel Trace Music Stars Finals

Five exceptionally talented amateur singers, with no previous stage experience, have been named finalists in the Airtel Trace Star Music Competition. They will compete for top prizes of GHC 50,000 on Saturday, February 14, 2015, at the forecourt of the World Trade Center, Accra. Three highly experienced and talented stalwarts of the music and entertainment industry in Ghana will serve as judges for the final phase of the competition. Edem and Raquel both well-known and accomplished musicians and Kafui Dey ace television and radio personality will serve as the judges Known as the largest mobile musical competition in Africa, Airtel TRACE Star competition is an opportunity to develop the African music industry by creating a platform for the exposure of African music and musicians to the rest of the world. The competition recognizes talented young singers who are dramatically and musically convincing in a wide range of repertoire.

It is also an opportunity for Airtel to connect and communicate with their customers globally. Airtel Ghana has partnered with TRACE TV because it is a globally recognized brand that gives the seal of recognition to many international artists. This initiative is in line with Airtel’s commitment to unleash the potential amongst our youth to enable them achieve their dreams Finalists were selected from thousands of entries made via phone calls through the short code 533. The 2015 Airtel Trace Star Finalists include; Francis Tengey also known as DON, Cassandra Tettey also known as CAS, Linda Goraseh also known as LIN,  Princess Dartey also known as PBD and Angela Ackim also known as DZU. Voting is open to the public by texting nickname of contestant to short code 533. Airtel Trace star will award special prizes at the finals in addition to the top prizes. The finalists will perform their entire programs for the judges on Saturday 14TH February. The competition will culminate with the final announcement of the overall winner for Ghana. The Ghanaian finalist will compete with the best singing talents of 11 other African countries for the run for the Title of best African Music Talent. The overall grand prize comprises of a recording deal with Kon Live, a distributed label through Universal Music Group, and an intense mentorship programme with Akon in the United States of America.  

Source: Airtel Ghana 

I Am Not On Drugs - UCC SRC Presidential Aspirant

I’m sure you might have heard of or watched the leaked videos of one Nana Abena Korkor Addo, a student of the University of Cape Coast which has gone viral on social media since yesterday.

Well, the girl claims she is responsible for leaking her own videos and although I’m tempted to think there is something wrong with her ‘upstairs’, she says claims there’s nothing wrong with her and all is well.

In a short video circulating on Instagram, Nana Abena Korkor Addo says;

“I won’t do any blame game, nobody paid me anything… I posted everything myself. I’m not on drugs, they can come and test my blood…what is my course? Bio-medical and Forensic Science. Check background before you act!”

The University of Cape Coast has begun investigations into the matter and the SRC President of the institution Francis Kwabena Arthur says, Nana Abena had not been confirmed as a candidate for their imminent SRC elections so therefore she could not hold herself as such.

Well, my little checks suggest Abena is a female activist and a member of The African Research Academies for Women, an organization with a mission to encourage and inspire STEM education among African women.

Lil Wayne Breaks Silence On Lawsuit - Hints At Retirement

Last December, Lil Wayne hit send on a series of tweets that rocked the music world. "I am a prisoner and so is my creativity," he wrote, blaming Cash Money Records and its cofounder, Bryan "Birdman" Williams, for refusing to release his long-delayed album Tha Carter V. "I want off this label and nothing to do with these people, but unfortunately it ain't that easy."

Eight weeks later, the 32-year-old rapper dropped another bombshell: In a 21-page document filed with a federal court in New York on January 28th, Wayne sued Cash Money for $51 million, citing a wide range of alleged financial misdeeds. Among other things, the lawsuit claimed that Cash Money withheld key accounting documents from Wayne, and that the label owes him $8 million for Tha Carter V under a 2012 deal that guaranteed a staggering $10 million advance per album. (Cash Money reps did not respond to repeated requests for comment.)

Lil Wayne has been one of Cash Money's flagship stars since he signed with the label at age 12, and for years he saw Williams as a father figure, frequently dubbing himself "Birdman Jr." on record. But that relationship has broken down, perhaps irreparably. Wayne tells Rolling Stone that he and Birdman are no longer on speaking terms. "I have no words," he says. "I'm super-numb to it, to tell you the truth."

It's 2 p.m. Miami time when Rolling Stone reaches the rapper by phone last week. But Wayne is just waking up and is understandably prickly about discussing the lawsuit. "That's a legal matter, homeboy," he says. As for the "I am a prisoner" tweet from December, he tries to play it off with a sex joke at first: "I love being a prisoner in some pussy. That's what I meant." After we talk some more, he admits that the legal wrangling has been weighing on his mind. "I'm human," he says. "But it's nothing that a good blunt can't cure."

Wayne says that Tha Carter V, which he finished recording some time ago, is on ice for now. "It's super-done," he says. "Cake baked, icing on top, name on top, candles lit. I would have released it yesterday if I could. But it's a dead subject right now. It's a jewel in the safe. It's that stash-house money."

In the meantime, he's been putting in 12-hour studio shifts on an all-new project: the cleverly titled The Free Weezy Album, which he plans to release for free in March. "I'm working on it every day, man," he says. "I guarantee it's going to be something dope. If you don't want a musician being creative, don't get The Free Weezy Album."

The album will follow another unconventional release from Wayne's circle: If You're Reading This It's Too Late, by his protégé Drake, which went up for sale online in mid-February with no advance warning. The project, which includes some apparent lyrical shots at Cash Money, sold nearly 500,000 copies in its first four days and debuted on the Billboard 200 at Number One.

"Right now, anybody could put out a new song on the Internet and it could become the hottest thing ever," Wayne says. "When I was starting, you couldn’t do that type of shit. But that's wonderful – the game is wide open, and my job is just to stay vital."

Wayne keeps up with younger artists – "I like Rae Sremmurd and Migos," he says – but after nearly 20 years in the business, he feels that his age is starting to show. "Sometimes I don't know what the hell they're talking about on Instagram," he says with a laugh. When that happens, he turns to his 16-year-old daughter, Reginae: "I had to call her, like, 'What the hell is "on fleek"?'"

Last year, Wayne hinted that he might be ready to retire from music, but he says he's got other ideas now. "I've thought about it," he says. "But for a person like me that bleeds, eats, sleeps and shits music, it's hard to do." He hopes to spend much of 2015 on tour, and he'd like to do some recording overseas while he's at it. "When I go home, I want my actual house to be a vacation," he says. "And I might give y'all three new kids from four different women. You know how I do it."

Lil Wayne's Free Weezy Album Due In March

Lil Wayne says he's no longer speaking to Birdman, and confirms that "The Free Weezy Album" is on the way.

Lil Wayne hasn't revealed much on the going-ons between him and Birdman, save for a few tweets and the legal documents that surfaced after he filed his $51 million-lawsuit against Cash Money. Recently Weezy got on the phone with Rolling Stone, and opened up a bit about his current situation, including The Free Weezy Album.

Around Valentine's Day it was reported that FWA would be dropping as a mixtape, and although Lil Wayne tweets hinted at this too, Mack Maine shot it down. Talking to Rolling Stone, Wayne confirmed that he is working on it while he waits on the release of Tha Carter V (which he says is "super-done"), and that he plans to release it for free in March.

"I'm working on it every day, man," he said of FWA. "I guarantee it's going to be something dope. If you don't want a musician being creative, don't get The Free Weezy Album."

As for the highly anticipated C5, he says, "It's super-done. Cake baked, icing on top, name on top, candles lit. I would have released it yesterday if I could. But it's a dead subject right now. It's a jewel in the safe. It's that stash-house money."

Finally, on the subject of Birdman, Tunechi is reportedly no longer speaking to the man he dubbed his father. "I have no words," he said of the situation. "I'm super-numb to it, to tell you the truth." He also would not speak on the ongoing legal issues.

The Reason Behind Drake's Surprise Album Release

It's still unclear whether If You're Reading This is a price-tagged mixtape or if his long-awaited fourth LP, tentatively titled Views From the 6, evolved into this collection. The album features previously released cuts like "6 God" and "Used To," the rapper's collaboration with Lil Wayne that also appears on Wayne's Sorry 4 The Wait 2. Views From the 6's rumored artwork also appears on the bottom half of the If You're Reading This cover.

In addition to Lil Wayne, the-light-on-features If You're Reading This also boasts appearances by Travi$ Scott and OVO's in-house singer PartyNextDoor. Longtime Drake producers Boi-1da and Noah "40" Shebib" contribute beats t

o Drake's latest along with Vinylz (who recently teamed up with Drake, Kanye West and Big Sean for the latter's "Blessings"), Illmind, Wondagurl, Frank Dukes and PartyNextDoor.

Given what's transpired between Drake and Diddy in recent months, many on social media wondered about the timing of the release. Drake unveiled the album at the same time Diddy performed at a live-streamed pre-NBA All-Star Game concert in New York, leaving fans to speculate if the Nothing Was the Same rapper was trying to overshadow the Bad Boy mogul. Diddy has allegedly accused Drake of stealing the beat to the Grammy-nominated hit "0-100/The Call Up," even though Boi-1da offered it to both rappers. The beef resulted in Diddy reportedly punching Drake at a Miami nightclub this past December.

Source: RollingStone

Drake Releases Surprise Album - Hints On Cash MoneyExit

Rap superstar Drake surprised everyone Friday, 13th February with the sudden, unexpected release of a new project. The 17-song record, If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late, came out just hours after the rapper released a long-form music video called Jungle.

Always one for grand statements, Drake saw his surprise new mixtape “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” explodes onto the top of the U.S. album chart, selling 535,000 units and finally dethroning Taylor Swift’s monster hit, “1989,” which had spent 11 non-consecutive weeks at the No. 1 spot.

Label squabbles aside, Drake’s latest has already made headlines for other reasons, chiefly its big week on Spotify. According to Billboard, “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” has achieved the highest number of streams for a debut week in Spotify history (17.3 million streams in three days), beating out Drake’s own “Nothing Was the Same,” which previously held that record with 15.8 million streams.

In addition to Drake’s huge week, a second release entered this week’s chart with, ahem, a bang: the soundtrack to “Fifty Shades of Grey,” which moved 258,000 units following the film’s complete domination of Valentine’s Day weekend (raking in $94.4 million). The album features sensual tunes from Beyonce, Ellie Goulding and Sia, among others.

So where does that leave Ms. Swift? The reign of “1989” may be coming to an end, with the album slipping to the chart’s fifth spot this week, moving 125,000 units, a 16% change from last week, when Swift was still No. 1. This lapse coincides with the lukewarm reception for Swift’s latest music video, “Style,” which some found to be “very boring.”

The album follows on the heels of recent similar little-or-no-notice projects  by D’Angelo, J. Cole, and, of course, Beyonce. While D’Angelo’s Black Messiah and Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive both sold well and were critically acclaimed, Drake’s album, in terms of sheer numbers, is closest to Queen Bey. The Beyhive snatched up 80 thousand copies of her 2013 self-titled record in the first three hours, on the way to sales of over 600,000 in the first few days. It was platinum by week three,  and has now sold over five million worldwide.

Drake’s record is starting out almost as strong. It looks like his first-three-day sales total will be around 500,000 - maybe not Nothing Was the Same, which had a more traditional (and, by extension, expensive) roll-out, had

first-week sales of 658,000. If Drizzy ends up anywhere close to that after week one, the current trend of sudden superstar albums is likely to continue for a while to come.
Bey’s 617,000, but within shouting distance. For comparison, the rapper’s last album, 

The mystery surrounding this album is intense, and has almost overshadowed the music. There have been months of rumors about Drake releasing a mixtape. Simultaneously, he has been talking of an upcoming album since this past summer; one he claimed would be called Views From the 6. As of yet, he hasn’t said whether this is meant to replace one of those projects, or is in addition to it. However, he does call it a “tape” in the project’s handwritten thank you’s.

The somewhat sparse nature of the record has led to speculation that it was released as a contractual obligation, because he wants to get off of Cash Money Records. There is a certain plausibility to this theory, since the label’s flagship artist Lil Wayne is currently suing them, and Nicki Minaj reportedly turned away label co-founder Birdman from her recent Grammy party. Wayne has been very public about wanting to takeMinaj and Drake with him when he leaves Cash Money.

It is not known how many albums Drake owes the label, but it is public knowledge that Wayne had a four-album deal. This release would, not surprisingly, be Drizzy’s fourth, something that has not gone unnoticed. In addition, there was a fair amount of confusion around the record’s release. All of If You’re Reading This… was briefly available for free on Soundcloud right after going up on iTunes, then taken down.

There is one final clue as to Drake’s state of mind. Notably, the thank-you’s for the album, which go as far as to mention “Amanda who took me to that poetry reading in Baltimore” and “the entire Raptors organization,” have no mention of Birdman or Cash Money.

NEWS: DEBORAH VANESSA COULD BE ARRESTED

The pretty TV presenter/model/ musician was worried about what she claimed to be false reports of her raking in millions of cedis with her nude photo on social media but she has more to worry about after the revelation that, she could be arrested over her spreading of the said money-making nude picture(s).

Legal luminary, John Assan Benson, has advised that any Ghanaian can lodge an official complain to the police for Debora Vanessa Owusu Bonsu aka Deborah Vanessa or Sister Debbie –to be arrested for circulating her naked pictures on the internet.

Unknown to many Ghanaians, the public circulation of naked pictures or videos – whether willingly or unwillingly is a criminal offence – it’s against Ghana’s Criminal Act.

The Criminal Act states: “A person who publishes or offer for sale an obscene book, writing, or representation commits a misdemeanor”- section 280 of Criminal Offences Act, 1960.(Act 29) Section 281 (1) of Act 29 also states that “A person commits a misdemeanor (a) for the purpose of or by way of trade, or for the purpose of distribution or public exhibition , makes , produces, or has in his possession any one or more obscene writing , drawings , prints , paintings, printed matter, picture, emblem , photographs, cinematography films or other obscene objects.”

The Criminal Code of Ghana debars anyone from publishing or offering for sale, any material that has the tendency to deprave societal morals. Any publication that is unnecessarily and improperly calculated to excite passions or corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences can be held for promoting obscenity.

Obscenity also involves having in your possession, putting into circulation or publicly exhibiting obscene drawings, prints, posters, photographs or any other related obscene objects. This means that downloading indecent materials and images from the internet as is often done, also amounts to a criminal offence, even though there are no plans to publish or circulate the obscene objects.

This is because downloading constitutes a pseudo- photograph (would-be). Moreover, downloading in effect is making a new copy of the original material. Possessing a material of obscene nature amounts to an offence, whether or not there is intent to circulate it. For the purposes of trading or sale in obscene publication, if any person imports, conveys or exports materials related to obscenity, that person also commits a criminal offence.

In an interview with Lawyer Benson, he corroborated the illegality in Deborah Vanessa’s conduct. “It’s criminal! Under our criminal codes, you can’t circulate nude pictures of yourself or another person. You can’t publish that. She (Vanessa) who put it out there and all those who further circulated are all liable.”

He added that, “Even the newspapers in town that carries naked pictures of girls on their front pages commits criminal acts! Unfortunately, that portion of the law nobody seems interested in. The police are not interested in enforcing it” he explained.

Though the paper drew Lawyer Benson’s attention to the fact that Deborah Vanessa willingly snapped and uploaded her nude picture unto her Instagram page, he insisted that her will to share is what even makes the case worse. “On her own, she can pose nude and snap but the moment it’s published or circulated in the public, it becomes criminal under our criminal codes!” he emphasized.

He also advised that, “Any Ghanaian can lodge an official complaint at the Police Station for her to be invited, arrested and prosecuted.”

Sister Debbie confirmed on Neat FM’s Tuesday Entertainment Ghana on 20^th Jan, 2014, her action without mincing words. She said: “Boudoir photography is into arts and modeling as well. That is something I do and I am passionate about. In our society, majority of us are not used to such photographs, which is fine,” she said.

Boudoir photography is another form of photography that has to do with taking sexually suggestive images of nude women or women in lingerie at luxurious hotel suites. According to Sister Debbie, the artistic nude picture was barter between herself and her photographer who was working on one f her projects.

“The artistic nude picture which was taken in June 2014 is a barter trade between me and my photographer and that is not the first nude picture that I have put out there. I have three sets. I said barter because when I need promo pictures which should cost me over GH¢2,000, the photographer will do it for me,” she added.

The ‘Borla’ singer, who received a lot of bashing from her Ghanaian fans after her nude pictures were released, disclosed that when she gets those negative remarks about her nude pictures she does not get angry.

She continued: “When people see the picture and they don’t like it, I don’t get mad. It is not a problem because if you don’t understand, it is normal that you would dislike it or something.  I feel as a human being, if you are passionate about something you should do it as long as it is legal and it won’t affect anyone or you won’t be attacking anyone.”

She also admitted that since she posted the picture on Instagram, views on her YouTube account had shot up massively.

“When I found out that the picture was already out there and people were tweeting, I also posted it myself so that people will not think it was a leaked picture. Around that period, the views for my ‘Borla’ video had gone down and, yes, after I posted the picture myself, my views shot up to about 5,000 views. So yes, it did help and I would agree to the fact that I used it to push myself,” she noted.

She recently expressed her happiness at a recent feature of her naked picture by a Romanian newspaper, LiberTatea Lumea.  In the publication, she is praised for outshining Kim Kardashian.

Deborah, who was the 1st runner-up of Miss Malaika Beauty Contest in 2004, again, posted a picture of the newspaper publication on her Instagram page and remarked:

“I woke up in Romanian newspaper #LiberTateaLumea in @mummyzboi ‘s locker room in Cluj!!! It says that I’m one of the most loved Ghanaian artistes especially because of my songs and extremely hot pictures and that African media soon forgot about Kim K’s nude pics after I posted mine to the delight of my fans.”

 Source: Razz News Online

Watch Justin Bieber’s Sad Valentine’s Day Video: Missing Selena Gomez?

If you follow the news, you’d probably know by now Justin will always think Selena is “the one.” I learned that he can’t find “the same feeling with any other girl but Selena.” He holds her on a higher pedestal than any of the other girls he’s been with. This Valentine’s Day must be difficult for Justin. He’s been convinced that Selena would come back to him eventually, and it looks like that’s not happening now more than ever. Selena Gomez on the other hand Still Thinks About Justin Bieber. Justin will always have a place in Selena’s heart no matter what. Even though she’s with Zedd, she’s still looking out for him. Selena posted a hot picture with Zedd on Feb. 9 and wrote a very flirty caption. She quickly deleted the caption because “she doesn’t want to hurt Justin.” But hold your horses, Jelena fans. Selena is very happy with Zedd and looking forward to spending Valentine’s Day with only him.

Watch the emotional instagram video here

Happy Valentine's Day

A video posted by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on Feb 14, 2015 at 10:26am PST

The Grammys - Kanye And Beyonce Steal Show

Nobody swung from an actual chandelier, but the 57th Annual Grammy Awards were a three-and-a-half-hour emotional roller coaster, shifting from moments that were thrilling (AC/DC’s pyrorific opening set) to sober (President Obama’s message about domestic violence) to historic (Paul McCartney taking the stage with Kanye West and Rihanna). Legends like Annie Lennox stepped in to raise the bar, while West threatened to step onstage and cause a scene when Beck grabbed Album of the Year from Beyoncé — this time he was kidding (mostly). After Taylor Swift finished shaking it off in the front row, we were left with these 21 moments that best summarize the night’s beautiful highs and embarrassing lows.

It was once the most daring, adventurous thing in music. Kanye West — one of music's few monocultural icons under the age of 40; rap's master of prog-centric, Hawaii-recorded, 9-minute epics — was stripping his performances bare. Doing "Blood on the Leaves" as a silhouette at the Video Music Awards or wearing a mask to Bonnaroo, West took the very idea of celebrity and reduced it to a stark shadow. Thing is — we've seen it. His performance of "Only One" was all heartbreak with no 808s, performing on a steamy porthole in the type of fuzzy suit that Rev. Run wears around the house. Later, he teamed with Rihanna and Paul McCartney, assuredly three of the richest people in the room, for a performance in front of a white square and some cloth. They rehearsed for that? What was once a unique way for West to subvert these giant award shows is no longer noteworthy. Blank space just seems more and more like an empty gesture.

The very minimalism that hurt Kanye became a real benefit to Usher and his harpist, who performed Stevie Wonder's "If It's Magic" with two spotlights and nothing else. Unlike Kanye's stylized AutoTune croon, Usher went with nothing but his naked voice and a smooth suit — and didn't need much more to wow a crowd. But even more impressive with the idea of raw talent wowing a crowd was Stevie himself, who played, like, four bars of harmonica and stole the whole thing.

After the show, Kanye West vented to E!'s Khloe Kardashian, admonishing the Grammys for "diminishing art and not respecting the craft" of Album of the Year nominee Beyoncé. While the performer might have lost the award to Beck, her subsequent performance left no one doubting the craft. Backed by an all-male gospel choir arranged to form an X, she sang "Take My Hand Precious Lord" (MLK's favorite song) and hit every note — then hit those notes again and again.

Last year Madonna popped up during Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' gay-marriage-themed moment on the Grammy stage, but the Queen is always at her best when she can realize her own full vision. "Living for Love" was a snapshot of the imaginative, athletic performances she dreams up for her brilliant tours. Debuting her first Rebel Heart single live, she echoed the song's video, arriving in a matador's cape while masked, muscled minotaurs swarmed the stage. She tangled with her dancers for nearly five minutes — lifted, tossed and spun above their shoulders in front of a massive screen — before she pulled out the last stop and brought out a red-robed gospel choir. Promising "Love's gonna lift me up," she exited the stage in equally dramatic fashion: hoisted up and away, out of the frame as the audience was left stunned beneath her. 

While the memoriam montage remains one of the more poignant moments of the Grammy ceremony, it never fails to bring sharp focus to musicians left off the reel. This year that meant Stooges drummer Scott Asheton, Gwar's Oderus Urungus, Mars Volta/Jack White keyboardist "Ikey" Owens, footwork pioneer DJ Rashad, Survivor singer Jimi Jamison, Primal Scream guitarist Robert "Throb" Young, Jethro Tull bassist Glenn Cornick, Static-X's Wayne Static and DJ E-Z Rock of "It Takes Two" fame, among others. However, perhaps the biggest memoriam oversight was Joan Rivers, who, earlier in the day, posthumously won the Best Spoken Word Album Grammy for her Diary of a Mad Diva.

By this time last year, Sam Smith and Mary J. Blige had both appeared on Disclosure records but otherwise had little in common. They've since collaborated, offered mutual inspiration and now, performed together on the Grammy stage. And where those Disclosure records showed how naturally both singers could align themselves to a groove, these five minutes proved what they can do when given the chance to let loose. Smith, who readily admits his love for R&B singers like Blige, seemed to tremble for a moment, but from there he showed no sign of nerves, adding a delicate touch to what is now the best alternate version of "Stay With Me." Sorry, Darkchild.

On a night when every performer, presenter and attendee seemed obsessed with themselves, Sia remained firmly committed to being invisible, letting her music speak for itself. In a total removal of ego, she never appeared in the onscreen graphics showing each category's nominees (the box reserved for her smiling face simply showed a blond wig) and performed her entire Record of the Year-nominated "Chandelier" with her back to the audience as Maddie Ziegler, the 12-year-old dancer who appeared the song's video, pranced and cavorted with an identically outfitted Kristen Wiig. The anxious, desperate, visceral choreography said it all. Wiig beautifully portrayed the intense desperation of a party girl attempting to escape her demons as Ziegler jerked and swooped by her side, showing her an alternate reality — and love. The SNL vet, a surprise addition to Sia's performance, was remarkably limber, emotional and free. There was plenty of skin onstage last night, but Sia managed to execute the only truly naked — and perfect — performance.

What a blessing and a curse to have the great Annie Lennox as the special guest of your Grammys performance. Still-emerging Irish newcomer Hozier teamed with the Eurythmics songstress for a hair-raising medley of his breakthrough hit "Take Me to Church" and the Screamin' Jay Hawkins' classic "I Put a Spell on You" (covered by Lennox on her latest album, Nostalgia) which gave a night opened by AC/DC it's biggest jolt of electricity. But who was talking about Hozier after the smoke cleared? Lennox stole the performance that stole the show. She belted out that husky "Sweet Dreams" voice, sounding more powerful and ferocious than ever. She danced with the rolling hips of the sexiest-scariest 61-year-old in a sparkly shirt on the planet. She played an invisible harmonica. She ended with eyes ablaze, clearly more entranced by the moment than every audience member in the palm of her hand.

It's difficult to spoil a commercial break, but this year, Target and Imagine Dragons rose to the occasion. Though Grammy producers spared us from the Vegas band's White Man Group drum assault, Target purchased an entire ad block and filled it with a clip from what appeared to have been a recent hometown gig. The entire endeavor set a weird precedent: With the right campaign and corporate sponsor, any performer can literally buy their way into music's biggest night. As the ceremony ended, a press release trumpeted the "first live concert experience to air during a

commercial break in the 57-year history of the Grammy Awards." With any luck, it will also be remembered as the last such "experience" — or better yet, won't be remembered at all.

Dressed in boots, leather pants and a vest straight out of The Road Warrior, Miranda Lambert delivered a sassy, pyro-heavy version of Platinum's "Little Red Wagon" that could make Kiss' makeup run. With her whole band playing crimson instruments — including the steel guitar of Spencer Cullum Jr. — it was impossible to miss the "red" theme, but the lack of subtlety is what made it impossible to look away. Lambert boasted about her "backyard swagger," swatted away her bangs like flies and shot a seemingly endless stream of looks at the camera. And in an especially rock & roll turn, Lambert warranted the only seven-second delay of the evening, with CBS censors silencing her "I do all the shit you wanna do" rant.

Katy Perry's performance of "By the Grace of God" was prefaced by two very important messages, the first coming from none other than President Barack Obama. Via a video message taped in the White House, Obama made a brief but powerful statement directed towards the stars in the room, encouraging them to take a stand against sexual assault and domestic violence. Citing statistics on how many women have been victims of rape and domestic violence, Obama was a great intro to the impassioned spoken word of domestic violence activist and survivor Brooke Axtell. While Perry's performance was strong and poignant in its own right, nothing compares to hearing the POTUS take such a strong public stance against violence against women just before a woman had a platform to deliver her experiences in her own words. 

Don't call it a comeback. LL Cool J, hosting the Grammys for the fourth time, has got this down to a science. He got in one great joke ("I'm goin' back to Cali… I –I – guess so…") before announcing — up front — that he was avoiding a monologue ("for your safety and mine"). He got the the right balance of "promote social media" and "not sound like a dad" ("hashtag to your heart's content") and gave props to 89-year-old Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein without being treacly ("Everybody say, Hi George!"). Even if the Grammys aren't going to actually air rap awards, at least the whole thing gets to be hosted by one of its greatest performers.

Missed The Grammy's - Here's A Full List Of Award Winners

While Sam Smith and Beck dominated the 57th annual Grammy Awards, they were hardly the only winners Sunday night. From Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament (and Eddie Vedder, using his pseudonym "Jerome Turner") scoring Best Recording Package to Beyoncé taking home Best Surround Sound Album, here is the full rundown of all the Grammy winners.

Record of the Year
Sam Smith – "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)"  Steve Fitzmaurice, Rodney Jerkins & Jimmy Napes, producers; Steve Fitzmaurice, Jimmy Napes & Steve Price, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer Label: Capitol Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Songs LLC obo Naughty Worlds Ltd./Universal-Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Salli Isaak Songs, Ltd./Universal Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Method Paperwork

Song of the Year
Sam Smith - "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)"
James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters

Album of the Year
Beck - Morning Phase
Beck Hansen, producer; Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

Best New Artist
Sam Smith

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance 
A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera - "Say Something"

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga - Cheek To Cheek

Best Pop Solo Performance
Pharrell Williams - "Happy"

Best Pop Vocal Album
Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour

Best Rock Performance
Jack White - "Lazaretto"

Best Rock Album  Beck - Morning Phase

Best Rock Song
Paramore - "Ain't It Fun"
Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters

Best Alternative Rock Album
St. Vincent - St. Vincent

Best Metal Performance
Tenacious D - "The Last In Line"

Best Rap Performance
Kendrick Lamar - "I"

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Eminem Featuring Rihanna - "The Monster"

Best Rap Song
Kendrick Lamar - "I"
K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters

Best Rap Album
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2

Best R&B Performance 
Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z – "Drunk In Love"

Best Traditional R&B Performance
"Jesus Children"
Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Best R&B Song
Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z - "Drunk In Love"
Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters

Best Urban Contemporary Album
Pharrell Williams - Girl

Best R&B Album
Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer - Bass & Mandolin

Best Dance/Electronic Album
Aphex Twin - Syro

Best Dance Recording
Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne - "Rather Be"

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media 
Frozen
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media 
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media
"Let It Go" from Frozen
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)

Best Country Album 
Miranda Lambert - Platinum

Best Country Solo Performance 
Carrie Underwood - "Something In The Water"

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
The Band Perry - "Gentle On My Mind"

Best Country Song
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)

Best Bluegrass Album  The Earls Of Leicester - The Earls Of Leicester

Best American Roots Performance
Rosanne Cash - "A Feather's Not A Bird"

Best American Roots Song 
Rosanne Cash - "A Feather's Not A Bird"

Best Americana Album 
Rosanne Cash - The River & The Thread

Best Folk Album
Old Crow Medicine Show - Remedy

Best Music Video
Pharrell Williams - "Happy"

Best Music Film
20 Feet From Stardom
Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill
Morgan Neville, video director; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, video producers
We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Solal Micenmacher, Jett Steiger, video producers

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical 
Max Martin
"Bang Bang" (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)
"Break Free" (Ariana Grande Featuring Zedd)
"Dark Horse" (Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J)
"Problem" (Ariana Grande Featuring Iggy Azalea)
"Shake It Off" (Taylor Swift)
"Unconditionally" (Katy Perry)

Best Instrumental Composition 
John Williams - "The Book Thief"

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella 
Pentatonix - "Daft Punk"

Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals 
Billy Childs - "New York Tendaberry"

Best Recording Package 
Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix & Jerome Turner, art directors
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package 
Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)

Best Album Notes
Ashley Kahn
John Coltrane - Offering: Live At Temple University

Best Historical Album
Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer
Hank Williams - The Garden Spot Programs, 1950

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical 
Beck - Morning Phase
Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer
John Legend – "All Of Me (Tiesto's Birthday Treatment Remix)"

Best Surround Sound Album
Beyoncé - Beyoncé
Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Beyoncé Knowles, surround producer

Best Regional Roots Music Album
Jo-El Sonnier - The Legacy

Best Reggae Album
Ziggy Marley - Fly Rasta

Best World Music Album
Angelique Kidjo - Eve

Best Children's Album
Neela Vaswani - I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai)

Best Musical Theatre Album
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical 
Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

Best Blues Album
Johnny Winter - Step Back

Best Spoken Word Album
Joan Rivers - Diary Of A Mad Diva

Best Comedy Album
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Mandatory Fun

Best New Age Album
Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman - Winds Of Samsara

Best Improved Jazz Solo
Chick Corea - "Fingerprints"

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Dianne Reeves - Beautiful Life

Best Jazz Instrumental Album 
Chick Corea Trio - Trilogy

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album 
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Life In The Bubble

Best Latin Jazz Album
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - The Offense Of The Drum