Entertainment
Amerado, Okyeame Kwame, and many others join “Get the artistes” platform
“Get the Artistes” Ghana’s first online artiste booking platform for professionals and event organisers in the entertainment industry, has debuted with artistes including Amerado, Okyeame Kwame, Sista Afia, Abiana and Epixode, among others, joining the platform.
The platform seeks to ease the work of event organisers and people in the entertainment industry, who would want to book an artiste for various shows and programs.
Photo: Kwame Baah and Frims at the Get The Artiste Launch
Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the launch, Mr Kwame Baah, a digital marketing expert and the head of the “Get the Artistes” initiative, said that the main goal of the platform was to serve as a bridge between the artistes and the event organizers. He added that the initiative would help curb the issues of artists not showing up for shows and the scam surrounding the booking of artists.
“Get the Artistes” is here to bridge the gap between event organisers or anybody who needs an artiste or the artiste’s management. We go as far as contacting the artistes and giving them the date for the event and making sure the artiste is there and on time, briefing them, and letting them know exactly what they are going to do beyond performing,” he said.
Photo: Mc Portfolio, Okyeame Kwame & Sweetie Abrochie at the Get The Artiste launch
Ace musician Kwame Nsiah-Apau, popularly known as Okyeame Kwame, also told the media that the new initiative would be of many benefits to the artists as it will put them in easy contact. “So the benefit is very simple. Now when people want to find us and do not know any of our relatives, they would be able to find us because an international professional platform is available for people to go through so that they would find us,” he said.
According to the Rap Doctor, as he is popularly known, the “Get the Artistes” platform is a new concept that would bring change and development to the entertainment industry by easing the work of artists and pushing the works of Ghanaian artists beyond their borders.
Photo: Abiana at the Get The Artiste launch
“For me, when I think of getting the artists, the first thing that comes to mind is the bottom line. I am about to make money because more people would be able to find me. And secondly, the industry is about to survive, the industry is about to grow,” he added.
Castro Owusu Ansah Sarpong, an artiste manager, film director, and producer, added: “The whole thing is going to help the whole industry in the sense that it is going to bring all the artistes to one place like an ecosystem or hub, and it makes the work of the manager a lot easier in terms of maybe going to look for gigs and all.
“At the end of the day, it takes some burden off the manager. To me, in as much as it is going to be beneficial to the artistes, managers, and industry as a whole.”
Source: The Ghanaian Standard
JAY-Z has cemented his lead as the world’s richest rapper with a net worth of $2.5 billion.
The new figure is reportedly due to money for Armand de Brignac champagne and D’Usse cognac, a business venture that belonged to the rapper, until recently.
Interestingly, this increase in wealth comes without Hov, as he is often called, releasing a new album or going on tour.
In February, it was announced that JAY-Z had reached a settlement in his legal battle with D’USSE.
According to Bloomberg, HOV and Bacardi managed to settle a multi-billion dollar lawsuit that saw the Brand buy Jay’s stake in the company for $750 million. However, the rapper is said to retain a “significant interest,” indicating the acquisition of JayZ’s majority stake while he retains a minority stake within the company.
JAY said in his statement, “Growing D’USSÉ over the past decade from an idea to one of the fastest-selling spirits in history has been a blessing,”
According to TMZ, JayZ and Bacardi’s partnership began in 2011, and Hov intended to take over all of D’Usse’s books, records and deposits on drinks and accessories. Sources claimed that he also wanted physical inventory and process details.
The lawsuit states that the rapper “intended to monitor [Bacardi’s] business conduct to protect SC’s rights as a partner.”
Entertainment
Storage Wars’ star Gunter Nezhoda dies aged 67 after losing battle with cancer just months after diagnosis
Gunter Nezhoda died in sleep in Salt Lake City from lung cancer complications.
The ‘Storage Wars’ star Gunter Nezhoda has died aged 67 after losing his battle with cancer, just six months after his diagnosis.
Nezhoda died in his sleep in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night as a result of complications from lung cancer, his son and fellow ‘Storage Wars’ star Rene Nezhoda told TMZ.
Rene said Nezhoda was diagnosed with lung cancer in September after smoking for 30 years – but the chemotherapy treatment left holes on his lungs.
Nezhoda flew to Utah for an emergency surgery to treat his lungs, but medics said there was nothing more they could do for him, Rene said.
In a video, Rene said: ‘I’m telling you guys this because I know that you guys connected with my dad.
The ‘Storage Wars’ star Gunter Nezhoda (pictured right with his son Rene on Storage Wars) has died aged 67 after losing his battle with cancer , just six months after his diagnosis
My dad was one of the guys on Storage Wars that never really got any hate, people just loved him and being around him, including the crew.
‘Everybody loved working with my dad, so I appreciate the support.
‘A lot of people have been asking how my dad is doing and I just haven’t really talked about anything because we kept it private and we thought he was going to fully recover but unfortunately he didn’t.
‘He was 67 years old and all the love that you guys have shown him and support he really appreciated that.
‘And so hopefully he’s up there in heaven with my mom, dancing again with no more pain.’
Rene said Nezhoda’s son, Ricky, was with him when he passed away on Tuesday.
Gunter, who was born in Vienna and then lived in Frankfurt, Germany for ten years before moving to Las Vegas in 1990, starred in seven episodes of ‘Storage Wars’ from 2015-2019.
He was also a movie star and worked on Bass with the musicians Pat Travers, Leslie West, Michael Schenker, George Lynch, and Kevin Dubrow.
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