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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…

20 Apr

Was I Supposed To Cover The Boxers With Kente? – Okyeame Kwame Replies Politician Calling For His Arrest

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Okyeame Kwame has thrown an interesting response at Mr. Haruna Amaliba, an NDC communication team member, who called for the musician’s arrest after spotting a picture of his boxer shorts on social media. Okyeame unveiled his special boxer shorts brand to mark his 47th birthday and he was captured as its model. Social media was buzzing after chancing on pictures of the Ghanaian rapper rocking a pair of tight boxers in several colours. While this ‘unexpected development’ generated some level of excitement, others labeled it as an ‘indecent exposure’. Haruna Amaliba, who joined the list of critics, said Okyeame Kwame should be made…

17 Apr

May God Forgive My Eyes – Moesha Buduong Reacts To Okyeame Kwame’s Provocative Birthday Photo

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Ghanaian actress and model Moesha Buduong has reacted to Okyeame Kwame's recent controversial birthday post. In the post, the musician celebrated his 47th birthday by sharing a photo of himself wearing blue boxer shorts as he went shirtless. Moesha Buduong couldn't help but comment on the photo, saying, "You trying to overtake me. May God forgive me my eyes @mrsokyeame. Happy birthday to my favourite Ghanaian singer." Her comment although seemed both playful and flirty, touched on the musician's attractive physique while wishing him a happy birthday. Aside from Moesha’s comment, the post has sparked a lot of controversies, with some…

16 Feb

It Can Take Hours To Write And Produce A Good Song – Okyeame Kwame

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Rapper and songwriter, Okyeame Kwame, says that writing a good song is not limited to any particular duration. According to the ‘Rap Dacta,’ all that matters is getting the inspiration and thoughts well pieced “Once the idea has come to you and whoever is producing the song also understands the direction you are going, and it is instant it mustn’t necessarily drug or take a long time,” he intimated. “It can take one hour to write and produce a good song or sometimes it can even take a year,” he added. He made this revelation in a Twitter Spaces conversation…

15 Feb

Add Melodies To Your Rap, It Works – Okyeame Kwame Advises Rappers

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‘Rap Dacta’ Okyeame Kwame is alluding to the belief that change is the only constant in life. He has advised rappers to switch up their style of rap to attract more commercial success. The revered rapper’s comments came while sharing his take on the most recent Billboard’s ‘greatest rappers of all time’ list. While others believe Drake did not deserve a spot on the list, Okyeame Kwame thinks otherwise, stressing that it is even more difficult to possess a melodic rap style. “In rap music, what we sort of call melody is a cadence. The more melody you put in…

14 Feb

I Would’ve Worn Kente To Grammys – Okyeame Kwame

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Artiste Okyeame Kwame has spoken about how he would have appeared at the 65th Grammy Awards if he was invited. He told Sammy Forson on Joy FM’s ‘Showbiz A-Z on Saturday, February 11, 2023, that if he attended the event, he would have put on a kente cloth. “I would have gone in my kente, in my ‘ahenema’, with my beads all around, and get like a boom box, a boom player and be playing ‘adowa’. Since I cannot go with a whole ensemble, I would have a whole boom box following me, and then I would gone in my regal…

17 Nov

25 Years Of Relevance: Okyeame Kwame On Transiting From Commercial To Indigenous Songs

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Ghanaian musician Okyeame Kwame discussed his music journey with Berla Mundi on The Day Show. He talks about maintaining relevancy whilst transitioning into more authentic sounds. For Okyeame Kwame, making music for 25 years comes with its aha moments. One such is when he realised the need to shift the focus of his music to create impactful meanings in his environment. “When I was much younger, I was very conflicted about what type of music to make because it was either I make something that people like and get paid for it. Or I create something from within that people…