Gyedu-Blay Ambolley

I Like Everything About Wiyaala – Ambolley Confesses
18 Aug

I Like Everything About Wiyaala – Ambolley Confesses

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Ghanaian musician, composer, and songwriter, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, has praised Afro-pop singer Wiyaala, for the originality of her craft. Noella Wiyaala is widely known around the world for singing in her native language, Sissala, and Waala, even on international platforms. Currently, Wiyaala is one of the few Ghanaian female musicians who has been touring the world with her unique art. However, acknowledging her style and how she has been able to project the Ghanaian culture globally, Mr. Ambolley during an interview with Kingdom FM said, “I like the way she is doing her things because she has been herself and she only…
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Ambolley Blames The Media For Low Highlife Patronage
17 Aug

Ambolley Blames The Media For Low Highlife Patronage

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Gyedu-Blay Ambolley has accused radio and TV presenters of being responsible for the seeming collapse of Highlife music. Speaking on Kingdom FM, Ambolley revealed that most of the presenters are young and have little idea of Highlife music, hence they do not make it a priority. He said the current crop of presenters and DJs would rather promote new genres instead of pushing highlife music on their various platforms. “When you visit most radio and TV stations today, you’ll realize most of the presenters are in their early 20s; this means the majority of them do not know much about Highlife…
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Dancehall Can Be Fused Into Highlife – Ambolley Tells Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy Others
17 Aug

Dancehall Can Be Fused Into Highlife – Ambolley Tells Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy Others

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It is emerging that, the Ghanaian music scene in recent times has been dominated by foreign music genres especially Dancehall music which is now by Shatta Wale, and Stonebwoy, among others. However, legendary Highlife musician, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley thinks it is wrong to fully adopt the genre and make it look as though it is a Ghanaian craft when it originated from another country. According to Ambolley, although the music genre is not Ghanaian, artistes can still fuse it into the indigenous Ghanaian highlife music. The “Simigwa-Do rapper”, while speaking in an interview with Kingdom FM said adopting a foreign style isn’t wrong but there…
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Okyeame Kwame Wins Defamation Lawsuit Against Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
03 May

Okyeame Kwame Wins Defamation Lawsuit Against Gyedu-Blay Ambolley

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Veteran Ghanaian musician Gyedu-Blay Ambolley has lost a defamatory lawsuit filed against him by colleague musician Okyeame Kwame, Ghana’s Hub For Pop Culture & Urban Entertainment News – www.nydjlive.com can confirm. Following an arbitration process which was subsequently adopted by the courts as a consent judgement on March 23, 2023, Gyedu Blay Ambolley has as part of the settlement issued an apology retracting his defamatory comments against Okyeame Kwame. In a post shared on LinkedIn weeks ago, Gyedu Blay Amolly wrote; “In the course of an interview on 3FM on the 22nd of February 2020 concerning the use of some funds donated by the…
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Your Biggest Song Is ‘Ragumragumzo’ Yet You’re Criticizing People’s Lyrics – KOD Slams Ambolley Again
23 Apr

Your Biggest Song Is ‘Ragumragumzo’ Yet You’re Criticizing People’s Lyrics – KOD Slams Ambolley Again

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Media Personality, Kofi Otchere Darko popularly known as KOD, has resuscitated his fight with veteran highlife singer, Gyedu Blay Ambolley. The two have since been engaging in a series of back-and-forth on social media following Ambolley’s comments on the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs). KOD has since expressed disappointment with the jabs, positing his views on the issue, whiles lambasting the highlife musician in the process. The Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) who seem to have been keeping tabs on the development from afar, called on the two industry stakeholders to bring a stop to their feud. But it appears that KOD isn’t ending…
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MUSIGA Asks Ambolley, KOD To ‘Hold Their Peace’
14 Apr

MUSIGA Asks Ambolley, KOD To ‘Hold Their Peace’

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MUSIGA has called on Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and Kofi Otchere-Darko (KOD) to bring a stop to their feud. In a statement issued and signed by the union's Acting President Bessa Simons, MUSIGA also asked music fans to stoking up the fires of the feud. MUSIGA indicated that it believes both Ambolley and KOD "are passionate about the growth, development and preservation of highlife music." It also expressed belief that the awards scheme cited by both Ambolley and KOD in their fight; the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs), and others "all have good intentions for the Ghanaian music industry in general, and…
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Wisdom Is Not A Preserve Of Old Age And Grey Hair – KOD Fires Back At Ambolley
12 Apr

Wisdom Is Not A Preserve Of Old Age And Grey Hair – KOD Fires Back At Ambolley

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The feud between broadcaster Kofi Okyere Darko (KOD) and highlife musician Gyedu-Blay Ambolley gets murkier as they keep slinging invective at each other. Kofi Okyere Darko in a recent post on Facebook has written a epistle titled ‘My Final Words to Ambolley’ chronicling his contribution to the highlife genre, his support to Ambolley’s career and the music industry at large. “Lee won’t sit on the VGMA Board (in & out for over 20 years) & allow Hilife to die when he’s played, produced & managed some of the best hilife songs & artistes for almost 30 years. Celebrated Hilife musicians…
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I Fed Him Before – KOD Replies Commenter Over Brawl With Ambolley
12 Apr

I Fed Him Before – KOD Replies Commenter Over Brawl With Ambolley

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Media personality and fashion designer Kofi Okyere-Darko while responding to a commenter’s statement that he should refrain from replying Gyedu-Blay Ambolley because the Highlife legend is old enough to be a grandfather, stated emphatically that he once fed the musician. “I’d still straighten up an ungrateful grandfather. I fed him before and promoted him for almost 30 years. If anything, he owes me money too,” KOD’s reply read. Ambolley and KOD have, in the last couple of days, disagreed on the former’s claim that the Ghana Music Awards is an enemy of Highlife music. In his interview with Graphic Showbiz, Ambolley said:…
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KOD And Gyedu Blay Ambolley ‘Fight’ Over Highlife Genre Decline
12 Apr

KOD And Gyedu Blay Ambolley ‘Fight’ Over Highlife Genre Decline

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Well-known radio presenter and fashion designer, Kofi Okyere-Darko, popularly known as KOD, has been involved in a social media altercation with veteran highlife legend, Gyedu Blay Ambolley. KOD recently posted on Facebook that the experienced composer wants to engage in a verbal confrontation with him, but he will decide whether to respond in kind or not. “Ambolley wants violence (vawulence) in comparing records. Maybe I won't mind him,” he said on April 11, 2023. On April 10, 2023, the altercation between the two celebrities intensified when Ambolley accused the Ghana Music Awards of contributing to the decline of the highlife genre. However, KOD dismissed…
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Gyedu Blay Ambolley Schools ‘Shallow-Minded’ KOD
11 Apr

Gyedu Blay Ambolley Schools ‘Shallow-Minded’ KOD

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When Highlife legend, Gyedu Blay Ambolley accused the Ghana Music Awards of contributing to the collapse of the Highlife genre, fashion designer and radio presenter, Kofi Okyere Darko (KOD) described his utterance as pure nonsense. "Such nonsense! Which awards scheme has projected our music industry like VGMA since independence? How many have projected our musicians beyond GH. How many have consistently done more than 10 years? Some of our musicians have failed to evolve and quick to blame others for their personal mishaps. When was the last time he released an album? He should be blaming some of the radio…
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