May 2012
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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.”
http://www.mtviggy.com/articles/where-we-come-from-ghanas-vip-reps-hiplife-roots-worldwide/
March 2012
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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
February 2012
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Distribution DEAL with the people!
Boogie Down Nima’s Annual Ghana Independence...
MARCH 17th NYC 2012!
*Boogie Down Nima’s Annual Ghana Independence Concert BENEFIT*. 2012 concert comes on the heels of 2011 performance by the king of high life the ladies man OFORI AMPONSAH; History will repeat itself again on 17TH of March, 2012 with International super stars,2011Ghana Artist of Year and stage stoppers VISION IN PROGRESS (VIP) AND Ghanaian number female artist the Queen of...
August 2011
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Nigeria Entertainment Awards Sept. 3rd (New York)
July 2011
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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
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163957240340111
come and enjoy…
April 2011
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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!
PLEASE HELP… 1. Donate some money 2. Post it in a blog or news letter (share it… E-mail, Facebook, Tweet, etc) 3. If you have any connections that would be helpful, please let us know.
VIP wins ARTIST OF THE YEAR at the 2011 Ghana...
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...
March 2011
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April 2nd HomeGrown @ Trinity International Hip...
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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February 2011
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BDN GHANA @ 54 INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION CONCERT IN...
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...
Screening at the University of Miami Feb. 24th
University of Miami’s African Student Union in collaboration with the Africana Studies Program and the African Film Festival Present:
The Award winning film HomeGrown: HipLife in Ghana With Q&A + Discussion with filmmaker Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi February 24, 2011, 7pm, Wesley Art Gallery
January 2011
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Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story
Click on image to see the video of Chimamanda Adichie talking about the “The danger of a single story” HomeGrown: HipLife in Ghana tells another story…
November 2010
3 posts
VIP WINS AGAIN! BACK ON TOP 2010
4SYTE MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2010
Best Group Video VIP - I Think I Like Am
Best Hiplife Video VIP - I Think I Like Am
African Studies Association in SF!!!
I had a great time this weekend at the African Studues Association Conferance this weekend in SF. I got to attend some amazing panels and hear some intresting papers. For those of you who missed it you can find some information here: http://www.africanstudies.org
VOTE 4 VIP
VOTE for VIP!!! NOMINATED FOR BEST DUO OR GROUP OF SOUNDCITY MUSIC VIDEO CHECK IT OUT AND VOTE http://www.soundcity.tv/smva/
October 2010
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BET Cypher Ghana
We in Ghana 2010!!!
BOOGIE DOWN NIMA and CLENCHED FIST PRODUCTIONS back in Ghana… Here is a preview of what is about to Happen.
New VIP video… more photos coming soon
FOI video up next After that we got NANA NYC ft. SAMINI
It’s going down, stay tuned!
September 2010
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Stanford University Sept. 29th @ noon
Eli Jacobs Fantauzzi will present: “HipLife in Ghana: the politics of empowerment” The Africa Table is a lunch time lecture series (only 30min) The table starts at 12pm in Encina West 202.
August 2010
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COPENHAGEN DOC FESTIVAL 2010
The 8th edition of CPH:DOX Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival
HOMEGROWN: HIPLIFE IN GHANA af Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, Ghana 2009 Hip Hop plus Highlife = Hiplife, også kendt som den mest populære musikgenre i Ghana. V.I.P. (Vision In Progress) er genrens konger, og den tre mand høje gruppe leverer altid varen i den helt rigtige kombo. Det er derfor ingen overraskelse at der er...
HBO NYILFF Thank you to all who came out!
Launched in 1999, the New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) is now the premier Urban Latino film event in the country. The NYILFF’s mission is to showcase the works of the hottest emerging Latino filmmaking talent in the U.S. and Latin America.
May 2010
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HomeGrown @ Stanford (then go see common)
May 26th 2010 I will be screening HomeGrown: HipLife in Ghana at Sanford with the homie DR. H. Samy Alim (“Creating ‘an empire within an empire’: Critical Hip Hop Language Pedagogies and the Role of Sociolinguistics” in Alim, Ibrahim and Pennycook, eds., “Global Linguistic Flows: Hip Hop Cultures, Youth Identities, and the Politics of Language” - Routledge,...
March 2010
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Nneka Rep's for HomeGrown: HipLife in Ghana
Check out the T-shirt!!!
http://ow.ly/1nFv8
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT WE LOVE AND SUPPORT YOUR MUSIC Forward Eva!
February 2010
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DVD release TOUR: come check us out or bring us to...
Check out the photos from the West Coast Tour! (from Sacramento to San Diego) http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=387187&id=132339270233
New Album *OFFICIAL VIP LAUNCH PARTY*
DATE : SAT 13TH FEB 2010 TIME : 10PM TILL 6AM VENUE : BOOMERANG NIGHT CLUB @ ACCRA DRESS CODE : RED & WHITE ONLY PURCHASE A COPY OF NEW V.I.P ALBUM @ DOOR FOR FREE ENTRY THIS IS A BIG ALBUM LAUNCH YOU DONT WANT TO BE MISS!!!
January 2010
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BDN "Giving Back In Order To Move Forward"
HomeGrown: HipLife in Ghana Producer Hashim Haruna; Fruit of Inspiration Artists (F.O.I.), Double Eye and Lil Kryz; and BDN Artist D Flex, giving back to the Youth Institute of Science & Technology, in rural Agogo-Ghana. Haruna presented a laptop computer, pledged a scholarship fund for students and promised to help fund a free lunch program at the school.
for more info. visit:...
Ghana is in the Africa Cup of Nations finals!!!
It will be Ghana’s first Nations Cup final appearance since 1992. Ghana now take their place in the final on Sunday against either Algeria or Egypt. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8483215.stm
HomeGrown: HipLife in Ghana
I know many of you have been waiting for the DVD. The DVD release tour is kicking off Feb. 2010 look for it in a city near you!!! (more dates coming soon)
Feb. 11th & 13th @ African & African Diaspora Studies Film Festival and Photo Exhibit FIU (Miami) http://issuu.com/africana/docs/african_diaspora-_worldwide_underground_issuu__2_ Feb13th @ Sol Collective (Sacramento) with Blitz the...
December 2009
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VIP's NEW VIDEO... "i think i like am" Blazing up...
New Video From FOI reppin' BDN
New Video from Mensa!
November 2009
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HomeGrown screening @ New School Fri, Dec 4th
Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi’s film HomeGrown: HipLife in Ghana will be making its New School debut on Friday, December 4th from 6-8 PM (a great way to kick-off the GPIA end of semester party). We will be at 66 W. 12th St, Rm 510.
August 2009
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Ghana Parade NYC
Young Ghanaians to do what has never been done before….
In less than one week ….the long awaited event is almost here as the first ever Ghana Day Parade will be taking place in New York City on Sunday, August 16, 2009, in the Crotona Park section of the Bronx.
The Ghana Parade Council (GPC) has joined ranks with The National Council of Ghanaian Associations (NCOGA) to make an...
World Up!
http://www.worldup.org/blog/?p=727
HomeGrown: HipLife in Ghana on MTV blog
http://blog.mtviggy.com/2009/08/06/homegrown-hip-hop-from-ghana-hits-the-bronx/
HomeGrown: HipLife in Ghana -FREE in NYC-Aug7th...
Friday, August 7, 2009 Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm Location: across the street from the Bronx Museum Street: 1125 Grand Concourse City/Town: Bronx, NY
June 2009
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HomeGrown on News Stands NOW!!!
Im going to a book store to pick up ARISE MAG. they showed HomeGrown some LOVE! (you should do the same!)
http://www.arisemagazine.net/
May 2009
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HomeGrown goes home, photos...
HomeGrown is coming HOME!!! (Ghana here we come)
Real Life Documentary Festival 2009 (Is Bringing HomeGrown Home!!!)
Saturday MAY 23rd ‘FREE IN GHANA’ 8.30 pm OUTDOORS SCREENINGS at NKRUMAH CIRCLE HOME GROWN, HIPLIFE IN GHANA (In Competition) By Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi (2009, 58 min., Ghana)
http://www.ka-yelema.org/festival/fimguide.html
The 4th annual Real-Life Documentary Film Festival (May 18th to 25th /Screening May 21st...
Reggie Rockstone on Twitter
Check out the God Father of HipLife Reggie Rockstone on Twitter. You don’t have to sign up. Just click link and read his personal posts.
http://twitter.com/ReggieRockstone
April 2009
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BDN makes moves in Ghana
The Making Moves for the Global Market (MMGM) in Accra, Ghana WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!!!
The ‘Making Moves for the Global Market (MMGM)’ music industry conference was held at the Alisa Hotel, Accra on April 16th to found ways of moving the industry forward. The organizers of the conference Hashim Haruna of Boogie Down Nima (BDN) Productions and Yist Media, brought all sectors of the...
HipLife on Al Jazeera with Dir. Eli JF/ VIP and...
March 2009
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BDN's Ghana @ 52 photos
Boogie Down Nima Has done it again!!! BigUp to Hashim for making this happen, SAMINI killed the show! (if you missed it, we told you not too)
Tickets on sale today!!! ...
Host: BOOGIE DOWN NIMA/ BDN Starts: Sat., March 14, 8:00pm Ends: Sun., March 15, 3:00am Location: HSA BALLROOM Street: 4 WEST 43RD STREET City/Town: New York, NY
February 2009
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BDN crew having fun in New York!
big up to kwaw kesse, and the BDN fam!
HomeGrown: HipLife in Ghana playing @ NYU
Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: NYU @ 802 KimmelStreet: 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012 (Tuesday, February 24, 6:00-8:00 p.m., NYU Kimmel 802) http://www.nyu.edu/diversity/ This event is FREE and will fill up, please RSVP with Tanesha.barnes@nyu.edu
HomeGrown: HipLife in Ghana playing @ the Texas...
The Studio Movie Grill is located about 8 miles north of downtown Dallas. Thursday, February 5th 2009 http://www.texasblackfilmfestival.com
*UPDATE THIS SCREENING HAS SOLD OUT!
January 2009
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Ghana @52 Independence Day Celebration Concert NYC...
Ghana @52 Independence Day Celebration Concert
Boogie Down Nima Productions of Bronx, New York is set to host an explosive celebration of Ghanaian music and culture inNew York City during the Ghana @52 Independence Day Celebration Concert on Saturday, March 14, 2009.
Last year hip life music enthusiasts coming from the entire East Coast were in...
Photo Show of Cali tour
photos from DJ Rasbroni here: http://flickr.com/photos/jimbosowers/sets/72157612100773476/show/
December 2008
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Vision In Progress & HomeGrown on the WEST COAST
Dec. 30th Los Angeles Preview Screening of HomeGrown: HipLife In Ghana
Q&A w/ Eli Jacobs Fantauzzi, Director V.I.P (vision in Progress), HipLife Stars Live from Ghana The Downtown Independent Theater 251 South Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 movie @ 8pm Q&A @ 9pm
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