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For our winter session, Four Corners Music comes to Leeds for their takeover event!

Having just celebrated 100 releases on the label, Melinki is back at the Old Red to take you on a tour de force through the signature, pigeon hole defying sounds of his imprint - with each DJ on the lineup having released music on the label, all bases from Liquid, Funk, Rollers and Tech will be fully on the menu!

Hosting throughout MC Subliminal returns, alongside Salem Focus & LD to keep you locked into the grooves on the dance floor all night long.

Expect an inclusive atmosphere and weighty tunes over a thumping sound system until the early hours. 

FREE advance tickets are available however places are VERY limited, make sure you bag one before hand to secure entry for zero cost!

Free tickets are valid until midnight. 

Entry is £5 after midnight for all guests. 

Doors open 23:00, 18+ only.

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Central Music Awards 2024: Full List of Nominees

Heritage Promotions proudly unveils the official 13th Central Music Awards nominees list. Congratulations to all 358 nominees shortlisted respectively for the 37 categories.

New Categories Introduced:

Best Dance Group of The Year

Best Event of The Year

Voting duration for the Central Music Awards 2024 is from Wednesday, October 9, 2024, to Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at 11:59 PM.

The general public can vote for their favourite artiste by dialling *920*208# and INSERT NOMINEE CODE or visit https://jetcast.app.com

The 13th Central Music Awards’ main event night is Friday, November 29, 2024, at the Center for National Culture, Cape Coast. Below is the full list of nominees for the 2024 Central Music Awards.

 FULL LIST OF NOMINEES FOR CENTRAL MUSIC AWARDS 2024

 CAMPUS ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

ShySoul Belle – Holy Child College of Education

Begin Boy – Nyankumasi Ahenkro SHS

Yaw Filla – Oguaa Senior High Technical School

Bambi Blazing – Edinaman Senior High School

S. Square – Aggrey Memorial SHS

EMERGING ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

Asomade

Akyedie Yao

Kueci Jahsky

Stacy Maclean

Lady B. Queenstar

Kwaku Waddle

Kobina Prime

Jah Raty

The Same

Styley

JDH Empire

CK Black

Brother Osei

Etovibez

Kay Study

NEW ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

Tee Tonie

Ashby Guy

Gabby Kan

Juliet Duodu

Iam Rock

Bonyo Hyness

Bush Girl

Flamingo

Kofi Weather

Kwaku Tugabwoy

MannyRain

Y askyface

 GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR

Stacey Maclean – Lifter of my head

Bishop Isaac Baah – Enka Ho

Obaapa Peace – Daye

Juliet Duodu- Winning Side

Lady B. Queenstar – Celebration

Cindy Mezziah – Grateful

Brother Ishmael – Adom Nyame

Empress Christy – Aseda

Brother Osei – Adom Bi

FEMALE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

Bush Girl

Lady B. Queenstar

Ama Nova

Minab

Stacy Maclean

Akasii

GOSPEL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

Stacey Maclean

Bishop Isaac Baah

Obaapa Peace

Juliet Duodu

Lady B. Queenstar

Cindy Mezziah

Brother Ishmael

Empress Christy

Brother Osei

REGGAE SONG OF THE YEAR

Andy Prophett – By Grace

Jah Raty – Otanfo

Adomba Effah – it’s been long

Jeneral Rojah – Jam for love

Tallybo – Lovely Vibes

DANCEHALL SONG OF THE YEAR

Mula Palmer – Dollar sign

Idi Kawawa – Gidigidi

Emogy DJR – Most High

Jahdone Ratty – Skin pain

Okintoe – U nah geh sense

Real Survive Money – Guide me

Freme Kwame – Style no

Empaya Alonso – Run Di Place

AK Bwoy – Kasland Time

 BEST RAPPER OF THE YEAR

Kojo Vypa – Kinging

Goddy Wan ft. Big Tim – Mars

Skyty Nero ft. Kwesi Amewuga x Abu Trica – Heat Remix

Born Legend ft. Ypee – Non-Stop Remix

Mai Daawa – Freestyle Fury

Bonyo Hyness – Nzama Wura

Omar Burner ft. Lyrical Joe – My time

Minab – Ataya

Erny – Your brother’s keeper

Lyrical Famous – More money

Kweku Cidic – Survivor

Day3 Bee – 167 Gang

Idi Kawawa – 19th June

Freme Kwame – Abuburo Kosua

Okintoe – Rap Demon

Kwame Ebuburokosua – Pimpinaa Ft.Goddy Wan & Rich Kid

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Twicy – Live it up

Y aw Blvck – Hennessy

Y aw Darling – TGIF

Pentiumm – Jangolova

Iam Rock – Follow

Brother Ishmael – Adom Nyame

Mr. B-Fly – Baby Boo

Akyedie Yao – Over me

Khuami Sly – Ginger

Supa Shank – Abrabo

Mula Palmer – Time Up

EK Nacosty – Da N’ase

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Bush Girl – Donkomi

Lady B. Queenstar – Celebration

Ama Nova – Look at me now

Minab – V oodoo

Stacy Maclean – Lifter of my head

Akasii – Bebe

Juliet Duodu – Winning Side

Cindy Mezziah – Grateful

Empress Christy – Aseda

Obaapa Peace – Daye

 PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Supa Shank

Gachios Beatz

Wyz Beatz

LiugeeBeatz

Beat Classic

Etobeatz

Mogyeez

SOUND ENGINEER OF THE YEAR

Supa Shank

Gachios Beatz

Brown Beatz

LiugeeBeatz

Beat Classic

Baron Beats

Ofasco Ne Beat

Mrbrownbeatz

Mogyeez

GH MOST POPULAR SONG OF THE YEAR

Lasmid – Puul

Amerado – Kweku Ananse

Gyakie – Rent Free

King Paluta – Aseda

King Promise – Favorite Story ft Sarkodie & OliveTheBoy

KiDi – Lomo Lomo ft Black Sherif

DopeNation – Zormizor (AsaBone)

Safo Newman – Akokoa

Kofi Kinaata – Effiakuma broken heart

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Yaw Daring – TGIF

Twicy – LOTTO

Loyce Sings – Confessions

Juliet Duodu – Winning Side

Yaw Blvck – Holy Sinner

Kojo Vypa – Kinging

Goddy Wan Mars Ft. Big Tim

Jay Baba – Dorime Ft. Quamina MP

Yhaw Fargo – Daily Bread

Iam Rock – Follow

Tee Tonie – Money

Born Legend – Waakye

Idi Kawawa- God Dey

Bush Girl – Donkomi

 BEST PROMOTER OF THE YEAR – PRESENTER 

Mc Sparrow – Oxygen FM

Dj Poppah – Rock FM

Nii Johnson -Obrempong FM

Kojo Kin – Pax FM

Mista Chanti – Obantanpa Radio

Nac Abrantie – Bohyeba FM

Akua AJ – Kastle FM

BEST PROMOTER OF THE YEAR – DJ

DJ Kobby – Hope FM

DJ Apeeco – The Truth Pub

DJ Akesesem – Obrumankoma FM

DJ Kaygee – Kastle FM

DJ Brain – The Truth Pub

DJ Cesh – Mingles Night Club & Bar, Kasoa

DJ Kobby Roro – Nap Radio

DJ Pacolo – Bohyeba FM

ONLINE PROMOTER OF THE YEAR

Media Connect Gh

Kofi Tutu

Cape Coast Promota

Macshat News

Believe Promotions

NAJ Media

Flyt Media

King Herod Media

BEST PUB/NIGHT CLUB OF THE YEAR

Aussie Pub and Lounge – SinCity Agona Swedru

The Truth Pub – Agona Swedru

Heritage Hut – Agona Swedru

Downtown Pub – Breman Asikuma

2nd Kastle – Mankessim

Tipsy’s Pub & Restaurant – Mankessim

Finest Pub – Assin Fosu

Cloud 95 – Assin Fosu

NK City – Cape Coast

Whispers Tales – Cape Coast

Blue Top Villa – Kasoa

LIVE BAND OF THE YEAR

DreamSounds Live

Band Emintsimadze Band

Dynamics Band

2nd Kastle Band

Oguaaman Band

 BEST MANAGEMENT OF THE YEAR

Shabad Records

The Blvck Tribe

Kingzy entertainment GH

Checkzone Family

Sky Entertainment

BEST BRASS BAND OF THE YEAR 

Cape Vibes

Adom Mysterious Band

Blu Band

CoastPlay Movement Band

Flat Five Band

MASQUERADE GROUP OF THE YEAR

JUSTICE MASQUERADERS – Cape Coast

OHY3W AKOMEM MASQUERADERS – Cape Coast

HOLY CROSS MASQUERADERS – Cape Coast

PANYA MASQUERADERS – Cape Coast

EMIRA TES MASQUERADERS – Cape Coast

SANATO MASQUERADERS – Cape Coast

ADZEPA MASQUERADERS – Cape Coast

BEST FANBASE OF THE YEAR 

Day3 Bee – 167 Geng

Jah Raty – Possible Movement

Khofy Guyson – Guysonity Soldiers

Skyty Nero – Waguan Movement

Bonyo Hyness – Bonyo Movement

DJ Cesh – Cesh City

Tallybo – Cat Nation

Erny – WJ Family

BEST EVENT OF THE YEAR 

Made In Ekumfi Concert

Goddy Wan – 24Hours With The Trees 2023

Kojo V ypa – MOE Concert 2024

Blow Media – Abankese Festival 2023

Cape FM – Orange Friday 2023

Kastle FM – Asankamu Festival 2023

Believe Promotions – Loud in Mfantseman Concert

DJ Cesh – We from far festival

Aussie Pub and Lounge – Swedru Akwambo Celebration with Kuami Eugene

The Truth Pub – Halloween Night

Heritage Hut – Kofi Kinaata live concert

Messi Music Promotion – The Lambo Concert

Mista Chanti Promotions -Yellow on Black Party

 BEST DANCE GROUP OF THE YEAR 

UNDHEM Dancers

Swedru Lords

ECAC Dance Troop – Ekumfi

Team Groove Dancers

Elmina Dance Academy

The Subscribers

B Boys Kings

Team Warriors

Monsters Dance Group

Massive Dance Family

Greatness Dancers

`HIGHLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR

Yaw Blvck – True or False

Khuami Sly – Ginger

Y aw Darling – TGIF

Supa Shank – Abrabo

The same – Mframa

Gabby Kan – Goodbye

EK Nacosty – Da n’ase

Jay Baba – Dream Big

Bonyo Hyness – Moneria

Minab – V oodoo

Enaph Mhoni – Showdown

Skippy Brown – Kp3l3 Kp3l3

DJ Repentance – Feelings

HIPLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR

C Burn – Detti water (Ankos)

Kwesi Taadi – Thy grace

Flamingo – Wataado

Kwaku Tugabwoy – efie nipa

Minab – Ataya

Skyty Nero – Heat Remix Ft Amewuga & Abu Trica

Kubi Brown – stand firm

Adoma Kracker – me ko me ni

Ogatoo – Hustle

AK Bwoy – Ginger Love ft. Gachios

Kwame Ebubrunkosua – Vida

Okintoe – Rap Demon

Joemexx – V er

CK Black – Big Six

 INTERNATIONAL ACT OF THE YEAR

Osagyefo AYPC (Qatar)

DayVybz (Germany)

Tee Tonie (Belgium)

Brother Ishmael (USA)

JDH Empire (Nigeria)

Jay Baba (USA)

TallyBo (USA)

HIP-HOP SONG OF THE YEAR

Kojo Vypa – Kinging

Kweku Cidic – Survivor

Yaw40fyd – Sika Ho Adwen

Omar Burner – My Time ft Lyrical Joe

Amankrado Gh – Dear God

Yhaw Fargo – Daily Bread

Goddy Wan – Mars Ft. Big Tim

Is Hommie – Broken heart

Bonyo Hyness – Nzama Wura

Don Proph – Move

Kwame Ebuburokosua – Pimpinaa ft. Goddy Wan & Rich kid Erny – Huhuhu

Born Legend – Non-Stop Remix ft. Ypee

Mc Kay ft kasland stars – Kasoa Must Shine

Kofi Weather – Crazy

Conqra – Broke & Famous

MannyRain – Drip Check

AFROPOP SONG OF THE YEAR 

Yaw Blvck – Holy sinner

Bush Girl – Donkomi

Ama Nova – look at me now

Yaw Darling – stay with me

JoeMexx – Y aa baby

Revlaytion – In the name of Jesus

Khofy Guyson – My vibe

Twicy – Live it up

Jay Baba ft Quamina MP – Dorime

Pentiumm – Jangolova

Yhaw Fargo – Pull Up

Iam Rock – Follow

 BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

Kojo Vypa – Location ft. Snowbell

Kwesi Taadi – Thy Grace Ft. Fameye

Yaw Blvck – Chargie ft. LuigeeBoi

Goddy Wan – Mars ft. Big Tim

Born Legend – Non Stop Remix ft. Ypee

Jahdone Ratty – Chance ft. Ras Kuuku.

Ashby Guy – Friday night ft. Kojo Vypa & LiugeeBoi

Skyty Nero – Heat Remix Ft Kwesi Amewuga & Abu Trica

Flamingo – Wataado ft. Oja420

Emogy DJR – Cold World ft. Kahpun

Tee Tonie – Last Last ft. Boggy Wenzday

Kwaku Tugabwoy – Hope ft. Kofi Sika & Joe Mayar

Jay Baba – Dorime ft. Quamina MP

Amankrado GH – Dear God ft Umaru Kiddin & Joe Mayar

Idi Kawawa – God Dey ft. Kopow

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Kwesi Taadi – Thy Grace

Twicy – Live it Up

Yaw Darling – TGIF

Skyty Nero – Addict Prayer

Marahny – Story

Jay Baba – Dream Big

Yaw Blvck – Mine Your Business

EK Nacosty – Da N’ase

Kubi Brown – Stand firm

Amankrado GH – Enjoyment

Supa Shank – Abrabo

Khofy Guyson – Cemetery

Gabby Kan – Goodbye

Andy Prophett – Nanso

Abrantie Boabis – Champagne

Pentiumm – Jangolova

BEST MUSIC GROUP OF THE YEAR

Nyamekyeame Praiz Ministry

Sobologeng

Smelling Good Geng

Akoo Show Choir

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Dupla szerepben Nicki Minaj, különdíjat kap Shakira

Sztárparádét és látványos műsort ígér az MTV videós díjátadója A legjobb videoklipeket díjazó MTV VMA szeptember 12-én tér vissza, hogy honorálja a popzene aktuális ikonjait. Az idei gálán az egzotikus szépségű és stílusteremtő énekesnő, Shakira is visszatér, aki 2006 óta először lép a műsor színpadára. A jelöltlistát Taylor Swift vezeti, míg az est házigazdája és egyik legvárósabb fellépője, Nicki Minaj lesz. A műsort az MTV Hungary nézői szeptember 13-án 02:00-tól élőben is megtekinthetik. Egy kultúrákon átívelő legenda, Shakira veheti át szeptember 12-én a Video Vanguard díjat az MTV VMA átadóján. A megtiszteltetést a kolumbiai származású énekesnő egy bombasztikus előadással is megkoronázza, ugyanis 17 év után újból a gála színpadán léphet fel. A Global Icon életműdíjat idén az amerikai rapper Diddy kaphatja meg, akit utoljára 2005-ben láttak az MTV VMA nézői. 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The Weeknd, 21 Savage, Diddy - "Creepin' (Remix)" Rema & Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" LEGJOBB POP Demi Lovato - "Swine" Dua Lipa - "Dance the Night" Ed Sheeran - "Eyes Closed" Miley Cyrus - "Flowers" Olivia Rodrigo - "Vampire" P!NK - "Trustfall" Taylor Swift - "Anti-Hero" LEGJOBB HIP-HOP Diddy ft. Bryson Tiller, Ashanti, Yung Miami - "Gotta Move On" DJ Khaled ft. Drake & Lil Baby - "STAYING ALIVE" GloRilla & Cardi B - "Tomorrow 2" Lil Uzi Vert - "Just Wanna Rock" Lil Wayne ft. Swizz Beatz & DMX - "Kant Nobody" Metro Boomin ft. Future - "Superhero (Heroes and Villains)" Nicki Minaj - "Super Freaky Girl" LEGJOBB ROCK Foo Fighters - "The Teacher" Linkin Park - "Lost (Original Version)" Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Tippa My Tongue" Måneskin - "The Loneliest" Metallica - "Lux Æterna" Muse - "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" LEGJOBB ALTERNATÍV Blink-182 - "Edging" Boygenius - "The Film" Fall Out Boy - "Hold Me Like a Grudge" Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste - "Candy Necklace" Paramore - "This Is Why" Thirty Seconds To Mars - "Stuck" LEGJOBB LATIN Anitta - "Funk Rave" Bad Bunny - "Where She Goes" Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma - "Ella Baila Sola" Grupo Frontera & Bad Bunny - "un x100to" Karol G & Shakira - "TQG" Rosalía - "Despechá" Shakira - "Acróstico" LEGJOBB R&B Alicia Keys ft. Lucky Daye - "Stay" Chlöe ft. Chris Brown - "How Does It Feel" Metro Boomin ft. The Weeknd, 21 Savage, Diddy - "Creepin' (Remix)" SZA - "Shirt" Toosii - "Favorite Song" Yung Bleu & Nicki Minaj - "Love In The Way" LEGJOBB K-POP Aespa - "Girls" Blackpink - "Pink Venom" Fiffty Fifty Fifty - "Cupido" Seventeen - "Super" Stray Kids - "S-Class" Tomorrow X Together - "Sugar Rush Ride" LEGJOBB AFROBEATS Ayra Starr - "Rush" Burna Boy - "It's Plenty" Davido ft. Musa Keys - "Elérhetetlen" Fireboy DML & Asake - "Bandana" Libianca - "People" Rema & Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" Wizkid ft. 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On August 18, 2009 (14 years ago today), "Million Dollar Bill" was released as the lead single from Whitney's 7th studio album "I Look To You." Written and produced by Alicia Keys and her husband Swizz Beatz, the song had chart success in many countries. It spent 30 weeks on the R&B/Hip Hop chart in the U.S.

Here is her live performance of the song in NYC's Central Park on September 2, 2009 that was broadcasted on ABC's Good Morning America:

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Queen Millz X Jolliffe - Slow Down (Rude Boi) [Drum & Bass]

Последние пару недель основательно подсел на релизы лейбла DnB AllStars и эти выходные провел под убойный сингл “Slow Down (Rude Boi)” от талантливой исполнительницы Queen Millz, работавшей с Roddy Beatz (Central Cee), AC Slater, Sigma и мастера по части бэйс-музыки – продюсера Jolliffe. Заводной речитатив, крепкий, упругий бас, скоростные биты, мелод��я с намеком на жаркие тропические вайбы и по…

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A Love Story of A Certain Fox and Bun

In a condo that was close to the ZPD and in the heart of Savanna Central, there was a certain fox in the living room having to returned home after a nice long jog. The fox Nick Wilde. He took a couple of pants as he was in his black shorts and green shirt. He had with him a bottle of water as he started to twist the cap and began to drink the cold refreshing water in hand. He sighed from feeling it starting to cool him down as he putted the cap back on and twisted it to shut it. He stretched his arms up as he could feel himself getting fit and feeling strong. He had to of course. For the sake of his lovely bun. He took off his shirt and thrown it on the couch to let the AC that was already on to cool him down as he showed off his not so swole but not so fat body. His average hot body. Today was a hot day today despite the Winter Season with the wind not even be so cold. So today was perfect for him to go out. He hasn’t jogged in months and only got to do some training back at ZPD. He wasn’t a health nut, but he does it just to mess with his rabbit who looks at him as if he was eye candy. He loved his adorkable bun. From there he went to the kitchen to see what could be there to eat. There was leftover chinese food he could eat from last night. Maybe a fish or chicken sandwich he could make. His mind was flourishing with food as his stomach growled out of hunger. I guess it would have to be chinese food. All that was there was General Tso’s chicken and some egg rolls to microwave. So Nick grabbed a plate, put the food on the plate and got it in the microwave and setted the time to one minute and thirty seconds in a matter of fifteen seconds. He was quick when it came to food. From there he was going to wait till the microwave was done. Until he heard the door open and the call of his rabbit was what got him to smirk and look over. There was his rabbit. His lovely hot rabbit that he loved dearly. That he was glad to be dating and wanting to spend the rest of his life with. Jack Savage. The black suit and tie and matching pants wearing mammal was walking in with a bag of cleaning supplies as he was calling out to Nick. “Hey Nick! You home?” Jack says as he was putting the stuff on the coffee table and waiting for his lover fox to make a response. “Yeah Jacky boy I am.” Nick walks in and showing off his ‘Too Hot To Handle’ upper body with the rabbit looking and having his eyes widen and cheeks showing a hint of pink. “W-why are you shirtless?” The blushing rabbit says as he tries not to look. Let alone think of the fox in his underwear. He be too hot even for the sun.   “Well I came back from a jog and I needed to let myself get cool.” The fox said as he smirked again from seeing his rabbit trying not to look at his spicy self. “Is that a problem stripes?” “No no! Just uhhh. Well you just ummm.” Jack couldn’t think of anything. He was doing quick glances at his fox who had that devilish grin as he knew that Nick would tease him. Jack always loved this fox for his hotness. Yet his words also were melting the striped bunny along with how despite being a mess who jokes around, Nick has a heart of gold. Jack now feels flushed with his cheeks growing more red. Before the blushing rabbit could even say anything he felt a warm hug catch him by surprise as he looked over to see his Nick holding him close with Jacks face feeling the soft warm fur. He could smell the musk of a strong alpha male fox that would make soyboys like Jack swoon into Nick’s arms. “Y-you smell like you haven’t showered.” Jack says to try to act like he wasn’t loving this. All Nick could respond with was a small lick on Jack’s head. A fox lick was like a kiss according to the history of foxes, to which Jack could feel himself screaming on the inside all girly like. “And you taste like bleach.” Nick told out as he loved how much of a clean freak Jack was. Nick could watch him clean all day with his cleaning gloves. And that apron. And with the almighty power of Dr. Clean sponge and soap combo. The fox wanted him badly now. Jack looked up at Nick’s adorable hot face to have his own light-ish blue eyes meet the foxes green as grass eyes. They just stared into their eyes as if the world had stopped. Like the pause button was pressed. Jack could only sigh as a happy anime girl as he pressed himself further to feel more of the fluffy fox fur and looking simply adorable. “I love you Nick.” Jack says out the truth as Nick briefly chuckle before holding the face of the ‘fully in love’ rabbit who has hearts for his pupils. “I love you too Stripes.” Nick calling out by his nickname for the bunny as he held on to Jack’s hips and slowly started to bring him up to have the bunny be right in front of the face of the handsome fox. From there the two shared their romantic heartfelt loving and affectionate kiss. Something that everyone has been waiting for some years according to ZNN. From there the kiss slowly was pulled away to having the two lovers smile with blushing showing on both of their cheeks. Nick then has that smirk again. That sexy plan making smirk. “Hey Jack. I was thinking about something.” “Yeah Nick?: Jack questioned as he was waiting for Nick to reply with what he was thinking. “We should have a baby.” Jack gasped loudly after what Nick had said. A baby? He was wanting to have babies with Nick since day one of being his partner. Of course he would be screaming yes of joy and hugging on his fox with joy over taking him. “Yes! Let’s go make some in the room~” Jack seduces Nick while then the fox starting to carry Jack like he was the bride with Jack giggling and be happy as they walk over to the bedroom and shutted the door. All day was nothing but steamy, hot, sexy, totally wholesome hand holding. They was tired at the following night but happy to be holding hands passionately and pleasing each other. Seven Months Later Nick gives birth to beautiful innocent babehs. They were called the Kit Kats. Author Note:  I hope you enjoyed this special love story that I made x3 i AM SORRY. It is a joke story for this special lovey dovey day, but I am sure someone will love this random story XD. Of course I will do WildeHopps soon. Just gimme some time and boom, WILDEHOPPS ) (also the kit kats belong to @msitubeatz I AM SORRY BEATZ! DON’T KILL ME! OH GO-DIFJOS *dead spazz*)

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Central Music Awards 11th edition successfully hosted — see list of winners.

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Central Music Awards 11th edition successfully hosted — see list of winners.

The 11th edition of the Central Music Awards took place at Glitz City Hotel in Cape Coast with a Classy Black Carpet hosted by Effua Nkoso. The event begun with a magnificent Brass Music opening challenge between Adom Mysterious Band and Cape Vibes Band.

The main event night which had about 2000 attendees was hosted by MC Deefio with support from Effua Nkoso as Co-MC. The big night had trilling and electrifying performances from the Smelling Good Geng, Kojo Vypa, Quarmy Zaggy, Mr. Fantastic, Yaw Black, Emogy, Loyce, AmWan, Goddy Wan, Bassaw, and other great live band performances from Emintzimadze Band and Cape Vibes Band.

Heritage Promotions saw to the presentation of 42 Awards to Musicians, Industry players and Stakeholders for their Hard work and immense contribution to the creative industry in the region.

“Fine Boy” hitmaker, Orkortor Perry was crowned the Artitse of the Year for the 2022 edition of the Central Music Awards. Legendary Ambassadar Da Sada received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his unflinching support to the Industry and paving way for the current musicians in the region.

Other renowned personalities and stakeholders who were honored during the big night include Hon. Kingsley Kofi Karikari Bondzie, Deputy CEO for Coastal Development Authority, Nana Obokese  Ampah, the Apagyahene of Asebu Traditional Area, Uncle Ato Trustworthy, Sammy Flex, Dr. Pounds and Nhyiraba Kojo.From the glitz and glams on the Black Carpet to the electrifying performances on the Kanin stage, the event saw in attendance top Government officials, Traditional Rulers, Corporate Business personalities, Media Personalities, Industry players, Nominees and music Lovers.

Below is  the full list of winners at the Central Music Awards 2022

ARTISTE OF THE YEAR – Orkortor Perry

  LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – Ambassadar Da Sada 

HERITAGE OUTSTANDING MUSIC PERSONALITY – Nyhiraba Kojo

HERITAGE OUTSTANDING MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR – Uncle Ato Trustworthy

HERITAGE OUTSTANDING MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR – Dr Pounds

HERITAGE OUTSTANDING CHIEF PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR – Nana Obokese

HERITAGE OUTSTANDING MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR – Sammy Flex

HERITAGE OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY  – Kingsley Kofi Karikari Bondzie

SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR – JAY BABA

AFROPOP SONG OF THE YEAR – Joemexx Ft Dube Ari – Struggle

INTERNATIONAL ACT OF THE YEAR – New Vision 244

BEST FANBASE OF THE YEAR – Cat Nation – Tallybo

BEST EP/ALBUM OF THE YEAR – Mr. Lova EP – Quarme Zaggy

SONG OF THE YEAR – Moe – Kojo Vypa

LIVE BAND OF THE YEAR – Emintsimadze Band

BEST CAMPUS MC OF THE YEAR – MC Fareeda

BEST CAMPUS ARTISTE OF THE YEAR – Miss A Jay

BEST PUB/NIGHT CLUB OF THE YEAR – Truth Pub

BEST MASQUERADE GROUP OF THE YEAR – Adzepa Masquerade

BEST BRASS BAND OF THE YEAR – Adom Mysterious Band

  HIP HOP SONG OF THE YEAR – Erny – North Face Gucci

BEST GROUP OF THE YEAR – Smelling Good Geng

BEST MANAGEMENT OF THE YEAR – Jams Aty Records

BEST PROMOTER – ONLINE OF THE YEAR – Nana Antobam Jnr

HIPLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR – Fine Boy – Orkortor Perry

HIGHLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR – Only Yo – C Burn

GHANA POPULAR SONG OF THE YEAR – Kofi Kinaata – Wo Pri

BEST PROMOTER – PRESENTER OF THE YEAR – DJ Track – Hope FM

BEST PROMOTER – DJ OF THE YEAR – DJ Kobby – Hope FM

BEST PRODUCER OF THE YEAR – Liugee Beatz

MUSIC OF THE YEAR – Boabis – Soul Mate

DANCEHALL SONG OF THE YEAR – Mr. Fantastik – Good Loven

REGGAE SONG OF THE YEAR – Mr. Fantastik

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR – Loyce

BEST SOND ENGINEER OF THE YEAR – King Odyssey

GOSPEL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR – Adjoa Praiz

BEST RAPPER OF THE YEAR – 2 Feet

BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR – How Far Bru – 2 Feet Ft. Taboo x Size Zero

NEW ARTISTE OF THE YEAR – Blark Tana

EMERGING ARTISTE OF THE YEAR – Denzel White

GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR – Maa Fausty ��� Nkwagye Nyankopong

FEMALE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR – Ama Nova

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The Break Down

I visited the birthplace of Hip Hop at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the Bronx, on a Friday afternoon.The neighborhood that birthed the genre is quiet, the building is tall and unassuming and nestled off the side of the highway. Few people are out, even mid day. The character of the neighborhood and it’s history are only made clear to me by the graffiti that laces the side of apartment buildings, flags that hang from windows, and the occasional car cruising by with it’s windows rolled down and the driver playing music. In the tight knit, neighborly community, everyone communes at the bus stop to pick up their children as they arrive from school.   I can understand how only about 50 years ago a genre grew infectious among this small community at block parties and neighborhood gatherings and eventually spread to other parts of the borough, city and world. According to data and statistics from market.com Hip Hop and Rap is one of the most popular genres of music in the past 10 years only falling behind pop and classic rock. The genre is especially popular among millenials (16-24 year olds), data from statista.com illustrates that Hip Hop/Rap is the second most popular genre of music for that age demographic. Like with most media, music has both indirect and direct influence over it’s consumers. Hip Hop is no different. This essay will explore the ways in which Hip Hop and beauty standards overlap and the effect on it’s consumers, particularly black femmes.        Hip Hop began in the Bronx, in the late 1970s. The genre was one that initially only included male artists until MC Lyte’s debut album release of Lyte as a Rock in 1988. Lyte was a pioneer for women in the genre and culture and created space for other Black female MCs within the genre. Contrary to modern day Hip Hop and beauty ideals, MC Lyte was said to have purposely worked to separate her image from her sound or appeal to her music. She “underplayed her beauty, without hiding it, because she was so determined to be respected as an artist and a person.” (hiphoparchive) While Black women became more prevalent and visible in Hip Hop as both Muses (in music videos) and rappers, the sexualization of Black women within the Genre also became more present. In the late 90s early 2000s, sex became ingrained in Hip Hop culture, this of course had an effect on the community of Black women looking to infiltrate it. Rappers like Lil’ Kim embraced their sexuality and were embraced by the Hip Hop community (but ultimately were still met with unattainable standards of beauty). Black women looking to be embraced by the culture but didn’t fit the expectation beauty put forth, sought other means of fulfilling Black beauty standards, like cosmetic surgery. A study published by the US library of Medicine National Institutes of Health depicts and discusses the increase in cosmetic surgeries from the year of 2006 to 2007. The most popular procedure among the Black community in that year was a Rhinoplasty (nose job). In recent years liposuction, breast augmentations and buttock enhancements like augmentations or lifts have increased. In her article “Are Beauty Standards Pushing Black Women Into Dangerous Back-Alley Surgeries?” Health journalist Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez says that the increase in the procedures in the Black community come from “the extreme societal pressure put on Black women to have an hourglass figure.” what she regards as the “ideal Black body type.”    Body type aside the Hip Hop community has also put forth ideals about hair type and skin tone within the Black community. An article on BET.com features some of the most forward lyrics by Rappers that blatantly express their preference or profess their love for lighter skinned women. On Eric Benet’s song “Red Bone Girl” Lil Wayne raps “I like them light skin, lighter than a feather/ And if she red hot, I’m biting that pepper.” The article also features a Travis Scott Lyric “Nothin' like the light-skinned mamacitas in H-Town /They got them pornstar big booties” which both glorifies women with lighter skin and sexualizes women with “big booties”. In a controversial 1997 cover story by Black feminist theorist and cultural critic bell hooks for Paper Magazine Kim. One of hook’s most notable pieces is Gangsta rap and the piano where she compares white maleness of Steward a possessive and predatorial male love interest of a mute woman named Ava in the movie, his presence strips her of her artistic dedication to playing the piano, sex becomes what takes precedence over her music. Yet their love is seen as non threatening, “natural” as hooks puts it. Where Black men in Hip Hop are considered misogynist and murderers so as depicted by white critics of the culture for rapping about these same sexual desires and committing the same offenses as white men. Hooks also points out that when critiqued for the culture of violence portrayed in gangsta rap, white critics don’t consider Blackness within the context of white supremacy. Hooks speaks to this when she writes  “To see gangsta rap as a reflection of dominant values in our culture rather than as an aberrant "pathological" standpoint does not mean that a rigorous feminist critique of the sexism and misogyny expressed in this music is not needed. Without a doubt black males, young and old, must be held politically accountable for their sexism. Yet this critique must always be contextualized or we risk making it appear that the behaviors this thinking supports and condones,--rape, male violence against women, etc.-- is a black male thing. And this is what is happening. Young black males are forced to take the "heat" for encouraging, via their music, the hatred of and violence against women that is a central core of patriarchy.”     In Paper Magazine Lil’ Kim speaks on her sexual image and music from an empowerment perspective. When hooks asks about her right to be a sexual being, with sexual desire, Kim’s response is about letting go of shame and taking ownership, when she says "We havin' sex. Tell whoever — make sure you tell 'em how good I did it!" Kim says she represents both, the liberated woman and the sexy girl of men’s dreams when asked. In many ways she was right her image became the quintessential image for Black femmes both in and outside of the Genre. Petite, yet curvy, skin that was a palatable brown tone and long straight dark hair. With this, even she had insecurities projected on her by men and the genre, she says in the interview she is still rebuilding her self esteem. Fast forward to modern day hip hop, between MC Lyte and Cardi B. Hip Hop is more forward than ever about who and what is beautiful, sexy, attractive, desirable. Especially in the age of social media. Data from smartinsights.com shows the growth of visual based social media platforms like instagram and snapchat among the millennial demographic. According to the data half of instagram’s users use the app daily and according to mediakix.com 50 million followers are maintained by the top 10 beauty instagram influencers,  meaning that, on the platform millions of people see their posts informing beauty standards daily. Black beauty standards are also informed by Hip Hop when taste makers of the culture   choose spouses who they go public with. Rapper, Kanye West for instance who is one of the most talked about artists in the genre right now, has used his brand to leverage his socialite wife Kim Kardashian. Kim Kardashian is a white woman who has often come under fire for appropriating Black culture, emulating Black features and profiting from it. While Black women who boast these same features naturally, are ostracized and even systematically discriminated against for these same things. Kardashian posed for the winter 2014 issue of Paper Magazine and the picture on the cover of the issue bore a striking resemblance to photos taken of a former slave and south african woman named Saartjie Baartman who was recruited and exploited by a white German man to be a spectacle for masses throughout Europe showing her nude body, special attention was brought to her large buttocks. In the picture Kim Kardashian mimics this by poking her own surgically enlarged butt out. Baartman’s naked body was a source of curiosity for Europeans, sometimes she was asked to perform native dances or play instruments while nude for audiences according to TIME. Kendall Jenner sister of Kim Kardashian has also been scrutinized for appropriating and benefitting from Black culture and emulating Black beauty standards. Jenner much like her elder sister, dates another Black rapper, Travis Scott, according to statista.com she follows close behind her older sister Kim, with the 7th most instagram followers in the world. She is known for her beauty brand Kylie Cosmetics that is most notable for its lip kits, that include a variety of lip glosses, sticks and liners. However, her marquee feature, her lips are cosmetically enhanced to emulate the features of Black women. While Black women have been ostracized for having large lips, the personality’s lips and lip kits have launched her to the top of the Forbes celebrity 100 after just three years of business according to the site, Jenner grossed almost a billion dollars. Many rappers and other taste makers in the culture (i.e. DJs, Hosts, Record executives, producers etc.) date women who fit into the ideal mold of Black beauty standards which according to Hip Hop Historian and Podcaster Byron Morgan includes being shaped similarly to a barbie doll in stature, with large breast, a large butt but a contrasting small waist. Rapper Merci D of rap trio Blemme says these same standards of beauty include Fair skin and eurocentric facial features like a narrow nose, smaller eyes and full but not oversized lips. The image of the most beautiful woman to hip hop is a woman who is not “too imposing” the rapper said in our interview. In 2016 Hip Hop producer Swizz Beatz posted a post VMA photo of he and other Hip Hop moguls Jay Z, Steve Stoute, Kanye West and Diddy with their wives/partners after the Video Music Awards. This photo perfectly illustrates that the features both Morgan and D refer in our interviews are necessary to be considered beautiful by the culture. When the photo first surfaced some took to the comments to point out the stark difference between the skin tones of these men and their wives. One comment read “Beautiful pic. Interesting that it’s mostly dark-skinned black guys with light-skinned women. We’ve come so far in the black community.” and ended with a thinking emoji. The women in the photo from Alicia Keys all the way down to Cassie fit into the aforementioned ideal beauty standard. Comments like the one under that photo that Swizz Beatz posted are much like comments other rappers and Hip Hop influencers have received when expressing a dislike or distaste for women who are conversely dark-skinned, with coarser textured hair, are fat or not coke bottle shaped, with wide noses and thick lips, women who are undeniably black and are not ambiguous as rapper Merci D put it. This younger generation of rappers has been unapologetic about their dislike for Black women, especially darker-skinned Black women. Rappers like Kodak Black and ASAP Rocky have made comments in recent years about dark-skinned Black women that fueled anger among many. In an interview with The Coveteur in 2013 rapper ASAP Rocky said that women had to be “fair skinned” to “get away with” wearing red lipstick. Rocky’s interview has since been removed from the site, however, his original remark can be found here. That comment from the interview with the site spurred many hateful memes about the subject matter. One meme portrays Black women as the character Mr.Popo from Dragon Ball Z a character that is literally the color black with bright red lips, who don’s a turban and gold hoop earrings. The meme reads “when darkskin girls put on red lipstick.”  A quick twitter search of “darkskin girls red lipstick” yields some pretty disturbing search results one tweet remarked “Dark skin girls with red lipstick give me nightmares.” Similarly Kodak Black took to an instagram live stream in 2017 where he remarked I dont really like Black girls like that sorta kinda after the backlash he received for his initial comments on the subject matter he responded by saying he only likes “red bones, he doesn’t like Black b------, like this” the rapper says as he gestures at his own skin, he only likes “yellow h---.” (6/26/17). Many took to the internet to say that the Rapper’s dating preferences were a reflection of self hate. What I would like to consider is how instances like the ones above and others, pressure Black women to conform to the standards of beauty that were previously outlined. In my interview with Merci D she states explicitly that getting a Brazilian Butt Lift and a breast augmentation are at the top of her list in terms of physical desires when she strikes big with music or writing, she also remarks that this desire could be rooted in the fact that she’s seeing women with these enhancements frequently in mainstream media and in the culture. The rapper also details the ways she feels pushed outside of the mold of ideal Black beauty standards due to her size. She says that at her first Kiki ball she didn’t feel completely comfortable because of the fact that she was fat and because she felt as if her expression of femininity wasn’t fully appreciated. Singer\songwriter K Michelle and even rappers like the esteemed Lil’ Kim are great Black women celebrity examples of how the negative effects of the pressures to be a “Beautiful” Black woman can be unsafe and detrimental to not only their self esteem but physical health. K. Michelle went on the talk show the real to talk about the state of her health following her enhancements to her buttocks. The songstress said “I’m having trouble with men right now, I thought maybe if I had a big ol’ a huge butt I’d get even bigger love.” She says she also got work done on her teeth and hips. The pain from complications of her buttocks surgeries even caused her to get checked for lupus. In the interview Michelle sympathizes with women who have gotten the same enhancement and are similarly having complications due to them but may not have the money to seek removal or help as she did. Rapper Lil’ Kim has been forthcoming about her love for plastic surgery and over the years she has grown to look much different from when debuted in the 90s. In 2016 when the rapper made an appearance on the reality show Love and Hip Hop fans and spectators made comments about the stark difference in skin color and facial features, comments accused the rapper of bleaching her skin. Although the rapper denied these allegations, the incident caused comments made by the rapper in the 2000 in Newsweek to resurface in the Newsweek article she  remarked “Guys always cheated on me with women who were European-looking. You know, the long-haired type. Really beautiful women [who] left me thinking, ‘How I can I compete with that?’ Being a regular black girl wasn’t good enough.” Through my interviews with Black Hair Specialist/Scholar Kameesha Tate, Rapper/Storyteller Merci D, Musician/Multi-instrumentalist Tyrone Wilkins Jr., and Hip Hop Historian/Podcaster Byron Morgan and  I also heard about the ways that these harmful standards of beauty birthed movements of resistance and self-love. The natural hair and body positivity movements were heavily referenced in my interviews with those listed above. As Tate stated in her interview the natural hair movement was born of the Black is Beautiful and Black power movements of the 60s. In the PBS documentary Black is Beautiful historian Tricia Rose says the the “Black is Beautiful Movement was an effort to sort of throw off the shackles of the way White supremacy constructed Black bodies they’re not as intelligent, they’re not human, they’re not as beautiful, they’re not valuable she also said that in order “to undo that one has to directly attack that ideology.” Which Tate elaborated more on in  my interview where she details her big chop and embracing of her natural hair despite negative comments from people some of whom were even her family, she says that the natural hair movement is about black women embracing their natural hair which is inherently political, because it can often be a matter of of contention in places of employment and schools. Merci D referenced Fatima Jamal, fatfemme on instagram as a source of inspiration and for being encouraged to accept her own body through being encourage to wear what she wants by the model. She says she’s witnessed Jamal embrace her body by wearing “dainty” and “feminine” clothes that hug curves that aren’t celebrated like her stomach. According to ThePerspective.com, the body positivity movement was founded in 1996 and encouraged self love and self acceptance as opposed to shame about one’s body and getting rid self imposed food restrictions.

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The Odd Routines Of Billionaire Partying Exposed

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” From where I stood, the crowd looked substantial, maybe a thousand individuals, mostly white, mostly young, majority ladies … Our table was stacked with large bins filled with bottles of liquor and champagne, little Evian waters and juices, and rows of champagne flutes and glasses. Nearly everyone held a beverage.”

This scene, explained by Ashley Mears, could be anywhere preferable: New York, Los Angeles, Monaco, Miami. The area does not matter. Just include spending on a scale you’ve never ever seen before and you have all the trademarks of the worldwide celebration circuit of the super-rich.

It is the shear costs that captures Mears’s attention in her new book ‘Very Crucial Individuals’. Why, or perhaps how could a millionaire spend over $100,000, or even $1 million at a single club in a single night?

Not just is this extraordinary behaviour however it occurs in a world strictly behind closed doors. The global celebration circuit is where the 0.1?n flaunt to one another however no one else. Doorman, entrance charges and unique areas stop the world witnessing this severe waste. Previously.

Visitors attend Dan Bilzerian’s Halloween Party in Los Angeles in 2015.

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Model-come-academic Ashley Mears was able to take advantage of the former of her professions to sustain the latter. From Cannes to Los Angeles, she partied as a “lady.”

A “girl” in this instance is referred to as “young (generally sixteen to twenty-five years old), thin and tall (a minimum of 5 feet 9 without heels and over six feet with them). They are generally however not exclusively white.”

Ladies, most of them designs or Instagram influencers, are recruited by promoters, some of whom let Mears tag along for her research study.

Stories of the costs are so mind blowing that it almost drowns out Mears’s careful ethnography.

Fugitive financier, Jho Low (best) reportedly spent over $1 million on a night out in the South of … [+] France. He is envisioned here with producer Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys at the 2014 GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles.

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” Potlach” was a term created by anthropologist Franz Boas when studying 19 th century people along the Pacific Northwest. Potlaches are competitive gifting events, where a tribal chief would extravagant “presents of significant riches upon his visitors to advance his title or rank.” Often these rituals would involve breaking canoes or burning things to reveal one’s worth.

The abundant are no different, argues Mears. In spending on VIP tables and champagne, “the host loses a lot of wealth however gains acknowledgment among his peers.” Canoes or champagne: It is the very same.

In reality, there is a whole industry set up to capitalise on this routine of the rich.

Drake and Chris Brown started tossing bottles of champagne at each other in a spending war that got … [+] out of hand at a nightclub in 2012.

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The Secret Business Behind Billionaire Partying

Ever wondered why VIP areas in clubs are raised above others? (Or if you haven’t, have a look next time you are enabled into a bar.)

Spending is a spectator sport. Unless everybody can see you spend stupid sums of cash on your night out, what’s the point? Or a minimum of that’s the rationale of the abundant.

It is the very same reason champagne homes produce large bottles with glow-in-the-dark labels and names like Nebuchadnezzar.

And if there are 2 huge spenders (or “whales” as they are understood in clubs) they are put at VIP tables opposite each other in the hope that their extra-large egos will fuel a costs war, and a healthy bar tab.

More crucial than all this, however, are the women. Somebody with a table packed with bottles is one thing, however what truly makes them stick out in a club, along with on social media later on, are the ladies around them. “Customers are less likely to spend if they are surrounded by mere civilians,” keeps in mind Mears, referencing the club terminology for individuals who are “neither pretty nor wealthy enough.”

This is “woman capital,” says Mears.

In other words, ladies end up being a currency which allows entry to clubs, a seat at supper parties or invites onto private yachts.

The girls themselves are unimpressed with the spending spends lavishly, says Mears.

Private yachts are central to the global celebration circuit.

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The Global Celebration Circuit Today

Beyond being, frankly, unusual, and oddly attracting, why does any of this matter?

And so we should. “The males I talked to were conflicted about such overindulgence,” states Mears.

They are clashed since they know what such excess appearances like in a world of widening inequality.

‘ Very Important People’ was written prior to the coronavirus pandemic, however Covid-19 makes it more appropriate. Lockdown has actually widened inequality as poorer households loose jobs and depend on their cost savings. The abundant are getting richer, leading to pent up demand for celebrations, girls and bottle trains among those who have actually already missed out on a season of it.

Absolutely Nothing could be more out of location than a sudden return to the pre-coronavirus global celebration circuit.

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