We are on MTV iggy

people are commenting on the article and supporting HipLife from all
over the world, please make sure to leave your comment as well.”

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HomeGrown Movie screening

Haverford’s Sharpless Auditorium Thurs. 3/22, 7 pm. Followed by panel and Q&A with the artists. WATCH http://tinyurl.com/73dagje LEARN http://tinyurl.com/6tgsdpt JOIN http://igg.me/p/55857?a=161050

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Boogie Down Nima’s Annual Ghana Independence Concert w/ VIP & Tiffany

Nigeria Entertainment Awards Sept. 3rd (New York)

NYC-GHANA PICNIC WITH NANA BOROO + MORE

WE BRINGING IT BACK LIVE @ GHANA PICNIC WITH NANA BOROO WITH SURPRISE GUEST ON AUGUST 6TH 2011 IN QUEEN NEW YORK THEN AFTER PARTY IN THE BRONX

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OUR NEXT PROJECT IN COLOMBIA!

THE NEXT PROJECT from Director of ‘HomeGrown: HipLife in Ghana’ ELI JACOBS-FANTAUZZI.. please help this project become a reality!

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VIP wins ARTIST OF THE YEAR at the 2011 Ghana Music Awards

One of the most sensational groups to have hit the music scene in Ghana, VIP, walked away proud winners of the coveted ‘Artiste of the Year’ award at the 12th MTN Ghana Music Awards festival on Saturday April 9.

The Vision In Progress (VIP) group chanting “The myth is broken” on stage, took home the Hip Life/Hip Hop Artiste(s) of the Year award.

The star studded event, organized by Charter House, was held at the Dome of the Accra International Conference Centre and saw celebrities and high profile personalities from all walks of life in attendance.

Big winners on the night included Highlife sensation Kwabena Kwabena, who took home the Highlife Song of the Year and Highlife Artiste of the year.

Cecelia Marfo took home the Gospel Song of the Year whilst his husband took home the Songwriter of the Year award.

Engineer Abraham Ohene Gyan, CEO of OM Studios, was offered an amount of GHC 5000 by the World Bank to dedicate airtime on his entertainment channel Fiesta on Skyy Digital TV, to promote music for development.

The ever riveting Osibisa band also received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award and was represented by Teddy Osei.

Despite a well-attended and well-organized show some awards sent the hundreds of music fans at the venue wondering.

The mention of winners like Knii Lantey for Male Vocalist of the year, Herty Borngreat for Discovery of the Year and Sammy B with record of the Year, were met with met with mixed reactions.

However performances from MOGO award winner, CK MANN, 2face Idibia from Nigeria, Efya; who incidentally took home the award for Best Female Vocalist of the year, Trigmatic; who took home the Best Rapper of the Year Award, made the night a truly enjoyable and memorable one.

Below is a list of all the Categories and their Corresponding winners:

1. Best Reggae Recording of the Year: Iwan

2. Gospel Song of the year: Cecelia Marfo

3. Highlife Song of the year: Kwabena Kwabena with ‘Dadeanoma’

4. Best Hiplife song of the year: Castro feat Asamoah Gyan with ‘African Girls’

5. Hip-hop song of the year: D’black with ‘Get on the dancefloor’

6. Afro pop song of the year: ‘Kiss your hand’ by R2bees.

7. MUSIGHA Merit Award: Emeritus Prof J.H Nketia

8. Traditional Artist of the year: Mustapha Addy

9. Instrumentalist of the year: Emmanuel Koomson

10. Best Collaboration: Castro Feat Asamoah Gyan with ‘African Girls’ 11. Songwriter of the Year: Pastor Boamah

12. Best music for Development: Reggy Zippy with GHC 3000. All the other nominees took home GHC 300. Abraham Ohene-Gyan of OM Studios took home GHC 5000

13. Gospel artiste of the year: No tribe

14. Highlife artiste of the year: Kwabena Kwabena.

15. Rapper of year: Trigmatic

16. Record of the Year: Sammy B

17. Male Vocal Performance: Knii Lantey

18. Female Vocal Performance: Efya

19. Most Popular Song: Aha ye De by Nana Boro

20. Album of the year: Samini with CEO

21. Discovery of the Year: Herty Borngreat

22. Producer of the Year: Zapp Mallet

23. Video of the Year: Phamous People

24. Best African Artist: K’naan

25. Artiste of the year: VIP

26. Hip Life/Hip Hop Artiste(s) of the Year: VIP

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=206649

April 2nd HomeGrown @ Trinity International Hip Hop Festival

April 2nd

6:30pm – 8:00 pm Film Screening: Hiplife in Ghana with Q&A with director Eli Jacobs Fantauzzi (Hillel)

9pm – 2 am Concert with Jean Grae, Profetas (Columbia), Omar Offendum (Syria/USA), Amkoullel (Mali), Emicida (Brazil), Eekwol (Canada), hosted by the ReMinders. (Vernon Social)

***It’s free and open to the public.***

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African Studies Link:
http://africanstudies.wp.trincoll.edu/2011/03/page/5/

BDN GHANA @ 54 INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION CONCERT IN NYC WITH OFORI AMPONSAH

TO BUY THE TICKET TODAY CLICK ON PHOTO!!!

Time Saturday, March 26 at 9:00pm - March 27 at 3:00am

LocationPARK CENTRAL BALLROOM 870 7TH AVE 55 STREET BET 7TH AND 8TH AVE New York, NY 10019

Created ByBoogie Down Nima, Clifford Owusu, August Nana Ama Brobbey

More Info *Boogie Down Nima’s Annual Ghana Independence Concert BENEFIT*.

This year’s concert comes on the heels of last year’s performance by the
heavy weight of High life music; kwabena kwabena.History will repeat itself again on 26th of March, 2011 with king of high life the ladies man OFORI AMPONSAH

MUSIC BY
Dj RONY
Dj Ice from UK
Dj Ronny Ron
Dj E-love
DJ LG

MC
PAPA LINC
FLIPMAN


GUEST ARTISTS
NANA NYC
K5
BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR
STAY TUNED FOR MORE INTERNATIONAL AND OTHER AFRICAN ARTISTS

TICKETS ARE OUT NOW AND ALSO AVAILABLE WWW.HIPLIFEMOVIE.COM


VIP TABLE AVAILABLE

PARTIAL PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE GIRLS INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL LOCATED IN AGOGO GHANA and 4REAL 4 kids. www.yist-africa.org

FOR MORE INFO
HASHIM 7188666648 
COS 3472002509 
BERNARD 9173628667 
SAMED 6466614426 
RANSFORD 9172329822 
JUNIOR 8622181549 
BDNENT@GMAIL.COM


ONE NIGHT, ONE PEOPLE, ONE LOVE
GOD BLESS OUR HOME LAND GHANA.