Taking to Twitter, he revealed plans to pay tuition fees for students during his upcoming school tour.

“I will be paying tuition fees for some students when my school tour commences, both high school and tertiary. Will pick 1 student from each school and cover their fees till they complete school,” Medikal tweeted.

I will be paying tusion fees for some students when my school tour commences, both high school and tertiary. Will pick 1 student from each school and cover their fees till they complete school.

— Medikalbyk (@Medikalbyk) May 16, 2024

Medikal’s announcement has garnered praise from fans and followers, highlighting his commitment to giving back to the community.

The rapper’s school tour is anticipated to provide further opportunities for him to connect with fans and make a positive impact on the lives of Ghanaian students.

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Having officially retired from professional football on July 1, 2020, Quincy Owusu Abeyie is exploring his talent in the entertainment industry.

Abeyie who previously played for the Netherlands before switching his nationality to Ghana, has made headlines with a viral video showcasing one of his rap sessions.

It was captured during one of his interviews where he was required to perform in a freestyle session.

The rhythm of the music, his charisma, tempo and lyrics all attest to his dominance in the rap game.

Fans have expressed excitement about his transition from the soccer pitch to the music stage, describing him as an exceptional midfielder, but an even better rapper with a distinctive style.

Abeyie released an EP in 2020 titled New Chapter, signifying his commitment to exploring fresh opportunities beyond the sporting arena.

The EP has garnered attention for its unique blend of beats and thoughtful lyrics.

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According to her, once the girls enter the undisclosed premises at Teshie-Nungua in Accra, their mobile phones are taken from them.

The I Am Not Yvonne Nelson author, in a tweet, added that, the musician usually loves to eat Jollof and friend eggs.

She wrote: “There’s this beach front opana takes his many girls. When he doesn’t trust you, they take your phone. We’ll talk about that later, properly. After he eats his fave jollof and fried egg . Around teshie/nungua [SIC].”

The statement has since sparked conversations on social media, with many calling out musicians they believe fit Yvonne Nelson’s description.

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Renowned for his soulful singing, he unveiled the reasons behind his break from the rap scene in his latest interview on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM.

“I stopped doing rap because I hardly remember the lyrics,” he admitted. “I only remember my lines when I sing.” He acknowledged his knack for melodies, which became his stronghold in unfamiliar rap territory. “I am not good at freestyles, but I can use melodies to find my way.”

Regarding his hiatus from rapping, Fameye candidly expressed that while rap intrigued him, it didn’t bring the desired outcomes.

“Rap didn’t bring me anything, but I would not say others shouldn’t rap,” he explained. “If you are good at it, and you are comfortable that’s fine.”

Fameye shared his plans to infuse his singing with rap elements in upcoming projects. “I can do a new song and add a little rap to it,” he revealed.

He also highlighted his past rap creation, “God’s Warning,” a track that showcased his hip-hop flair. “It’s a correct Hip Hop that I released two years ago,” he said. “Those kinds of songs are done for hardcore people.”

For aspiring artistes, Fameye had a straightforward suggestion: “I’d advise you to sing but if rap is your talent fine.” His personal journey underscores the importance of embracing individual strengths and authentic artistic paths.

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On Saturday evening, it was revealed that the rapper was shot and killed minutes after he shared his location on Instagram and sent a message to his enemies to come through if they were brave enough.

On his Instagram Story, Rollie Bands shared that he would be home within a certain time frame, and anyone who has a bone to pick with him should stop by.

“A lot of these n***as [know] where I live at fr. I sleep in peace. If a n***a want smoke I’m at my crib in 5 mins,” he said.

It’s unclear if he had issues with others that caused him to share the post, but within minutes of being home, the rapper was shot and killed.

According to Fox 13, he was followed not only on social media but on his way home. As he arrived outside of his apartment just moments after sharing the Instagram story, he was shot and killed.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reportedly responded to the shooting, which took place in Tampa, Florida.

Rollie Bands reportedly died at the hospital after being transported by a good Samaritans.

Police are still to find and charge the suspect. Reports online suggest that it was a lone gunman who committed the act, while police reports suggest that the individual was known to the rapper.

In the meantime, many have reacted to the rapper’s death as some call out the sheer ignorance of his actions. Not much is known about Rollie Bands yet, but he is an upcoming rapper from Florida and has several singles out, including songs like “Pusha P,” “Struggle,” and “Foreigner.” Unfortunately, he received more attention on him as a rapper in death than when he was alive.

His social media account has since been flooded with comments and posts from persons mocking his death.

While addressing his followers, Pononoi headed for the bush, where he placed his phone at vantage point to capture his moves.

In the video, Ponono could be seen climbing a tree with a rope in his hand.

He wrote on his Facebook live video post:

“People won’t understand what you going through until you act stupid… I am sorry  I love you all”.

Ponono’s “suicide attempt” comes just a couple of days after South African rapper, producer and songwriter, Ricky Rick committed suicide.

Riky Rick, real name Rikhado Muziwendlovu Chifaro Makhado, died on Wednesday after allegedly committing suicide. He was 34-years-old.

Riky Rick was found hanging by his friends at his estate home in north Joburg. His friends managed to rescue him and immediately rushed him to the hospital. Unfortunately, it was too late, and he did not make it.

Riky Rick suffered from severe depression and previously made a video in which he talked about his mental condition.

Before he shockingly took his own life, Riky Rick spent his last moments penning heartfelt letters to his wife Bianca Naidoo and his two children Maik and Jordan.

In his suicide note, Riky Rick revealed he was struggling with depression and he couldn’t go on. He pleaded with his wife Bianca Naidoo and his two children to forgive him for giving up.

Lil Nas X hinted he was expecting; not a baby, but his debut album Montero.

The rapper who came out as gay ended his fans’ anticipation when he showed off his pregnancy in a video he posted across all his social media platforms.

In celebration of the impending delivery of his “baby” on Sept. 17, the musician, 22, did an over-the-top pregnancy shoot, complete with a bump and flower crown.

Lil Nas X (né Montero Lamar Hill) tells PEOPLE exclusively that he came up with the idea to do the shoot after listening to Megan Thee Stallion’s verse on his new song “Dolla Sign Slime” for the first time.

“I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is amazing,’ so I immediately called my stylist,” he says. “She was like, ‘Wow, this all comes together. Your album. Your baby.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, this is my baby, huh?’ As a joke, she was like, ‘Yeah, you should do a pregnancy shoot.'”

“I was like, ‘You know what? That’s actually brilliant,'” he continues. “So now we have this entire thing coming out, and it’s going to be amazing.”

The timing of the photos coming out now also couldn’t have been better, as Lil Nas X just posted a spoof to Instagram on Monday of Drake’s Certified Lover Boy cover art featuring several pregnant women emojis with the difference being that his features pregnant men.

“I was like, ‘There’s no way the universe is lining up this perfect for this to happen,” he says with a laugh.

Asked whether the album is an immaculate conception of sorts, Lil Nas X responds, “I guess I am the father as well as the mother.”

“But I guess the producers who worked on it are like the dads too,” he says, before giving it another thought: “Or maybe uncles.”

Montero was largely created over the past year in lockdown. The creation of this new music, Lil Nas X said on Twitter last week, was “therapeutic.”

“I’ve changed in so many ways,” he says now. “I’ve changed the way that I handle a lot of situations, the way I manage my sadness and anger and just understanding that I don’t have to react to emotions in certain ways. I can’t choose how I feel, but I can choose how to react. I’ve learned to let people’s comments roll off my back.”

“The only person that really has to believe in me is myself,” he says. “It’s been a lot of self-affirmations this year that I probably would not have been able to do two years ago.”

From the personal “Sun Goes Down” to the catchy “Industry Baby,” the songs on the new album represent Lil Nas X’s total journey here, from “places I’ve been to places I want to go.”

“You’re getting a lot of stories about me,” he says. “You’re getting a lot of stories about my past and where I want to be in my love life. But they’re also a bop. I feel like I finally found a great balance between being as real as possible within my music and making a hit song.”

Along with the Megan Thee Stallion collaboration, Lil Nas X teamed up with Elton John for “One of Me,” Miley Cyrus for “Am I Dreaming” and Doja Cat for “Scoop” on the album, which also includes his previously released single “Montero (Call Me By Your Name).”

Like any parent, he has a lot of hopes and dreams for his “baby” on the way.

“I hope every single corner of the globe is reached with this album,” he says, before declaring, “It’s going to happen!”

At his graduation ceremony in Atlanta, the man threw $5,000 cash in the air and continued doing so despite authority trying to stop him.

His flagrant disobedience got him arrested and detained by the police. A video of the act has since gone viral on Twitter.

HipHopWired, which gathered that the money was more than $5,000, quoted the young rapper as saying that he only wanted to create memories.

In the clip, the young man gyrated on the stage, throwing dollar bills in the air as co-graduates scream.

TMZ reports that the man vowed to repeat the same thing at his brother’s graduation which would come up soon.

This kid in Atlanta threw $5,000 in cash at his graduation, he was arrested shortly after. pic.twitter.com/nGmQLuIJ81

— Everything Georgia (@GAFollowers) May 26, 2021

The AMG signee said he is currently focused on being the best rapper and artiste he could be, hence, does not focus on what others are doing.

“I don’t listen to any rapper right now, so, I don’t know how they (currently) sound like or how their music is now. I just listen to myself because I want to be better,” Medikal told George Quaye on Showbiz A-Z, Saturday.

The ‘Ayekoo’ hitmaker explained that he has created a league of his own he is trying to flourish in.

However, that does not downplay the impact or works and talent of other rappers, Medikal added.

“I feel I am good at what I do and obviously other rappers are good as well. I won’t make someone else look bad and raisE mine because everybody thinks about himself first.”

Medikal stated that he appreciate every artiste he has worked with especially those who helped him grow to the league he is now, namely Sarkodie, Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy among others.

He said that these artistes were at their peak but they showed him love when he was an upcoming act and nurtured him into the rapper he is now.

“I am in that position right now and I know how hard it is to be working on yourself, recording your own songs and being under pressure to do songs for other upcoming artistes as well. So big ups to any artiste that helped me.”

The 43-year-old musician made series of wild allegations in a dramatic Twitter rant this morning – also branding his mother-in-law Kris Jenner a “white supremacist”.

On his Twitter page this morning, he wrote: “They tried to fly in with two doctors to 51/50 me.

“I been trying to get divorced since Kim met with Meek at the Waldorf for ‘prison reform.

“I got 200 more to go. This my lady tweet of the night … Kris Jong-Un. Lil Baby my favourite rapper but won’t do a song wit me.”

He appears to be referring to the time Kim and Nicki Minaj’s ex Meek Mill teamed up to speak at the inaugural Criminal Justice Reform Summit in Los Angeles in November 2018.

Last year, 33-year-old Meek had an 11-year drug and gun conviction dramatically overturned after spending 11 years on parole.

30-year-old Qaw’mane Wilson – who performed under the name Young QC, ordered a hitman to kill Yolanda Holmes back in 2012.

He was convicted on Friday in Chicago alongside the hitman Eugene Spencer, who received a 100 year sentence.

The court heard how Wilson cleared his mum’s bank accounts out after her death.

“The word is ‘matricide,’ meaning murder of one’s own mother,” Cook County Judge Stanley Sacks said in court.

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“Whatever he wanted, his mother gave to him. A car. A job. One could say he was spoiled. She gave Qaw’mane life, and it was his choice to take it away from her.”

After her death, Wilson used his mum’s money to customize the Mustang she had bought him and evidence was shown to the jury of him withdrawing large amounts of money and later throwing cash into crowds of people at one of his shows.

Wilson, who was 23 at the time of her killing, ordered Spencer to enter her apartment in Chicago, where he shot her in her sleep.

When asked if he had anything to say before the verdict was given, Wilson said: “I just want to say, nobody loved my mother more than me. She was all I had. That’s it.”

People say no one knows when they will die and how they will but a Yoruba rapper predicted his death and so did it happen.

This is the story of Nigerian rapper DaGrin.

Born Oladapo Olaitan Olaonipekun on October 25, 1984, DaGrin, was a rapper from Ogun, who rapped in Hausa, English and Pidgin English.

He was active in his music career since the year 1994 and came out with all-time hits like ‘Kondo’ and his national favourite but a controversial song, ‘Pon Pon Pon’.

Some albums he came out with during his time included, ‘Still On The Matter. C.E.O, The Genesis Of C.E.O, Bulleribang, If I Die and C.E.O Ep.

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Sometime in 2010, DaGrin released a song which seemed quite controversial and drew so much attention as the subject matter of the song sounded a very peculiar one.

As it stands, the song has still remained a long term topic for contemplation and there is just a question whenever the song comes to mind “did he intuit his departure from the face of the earth?”

This is because the song that sparked so many controversies was just as complicated as its title ‘If I die’.

The song had very strange lyrics; “if I die, if I die….. make you no cry for me.”

It sounded as though the rapper sensed an impending danger especially at a point in the chorus where he said in Yoruba, “Kole Ye Won, Ko Ye Won meaning “The World Will Never Understand, They Don’t Understand”.

Just as he had predicted in the ‘farewell’ song, few days after on April 22, 2010, he passed away in a gory accident.

His car ran into a truck in Mushin in Lagos.

Dagrin’s mangled accident car 

Other reports also speculate DaGrin may have been a victim of Nigeria’s faulty healthcare system. According to DaGrin’s mother, Mrs Olaonipekun, the rapper’s final eight days on earth were marred by neglect by medical professionals of the Lagos State Teaching Hospital (LUTH) who were striking at the time. She told journalists that LUTH nurses neither gave the rapper appropriate care nor had facilities to run high-end tests that could’ve ensured his survival.

Perhaps the only real mystery around DaGrin’s death is an eye witness report that a companion who had been clubbing with DaGrin before his unfortunate accident, tried to tag along. And oddly, DaGrin who is usually receptive of his squad had refused, insisting that he’d rather drive through the night alone. Admittedly, this singular final act is hard to explain without attributing it to factors outside the ordinary, especially against the backdrop of a lone posthumous single like “If I Die”.

In 2019, SaharaReporters.com reported that the trucks which DaGrin ran into nine years earlier, were still parked at the same point they were on the day of the accident.

Candlelight service organised in his memory 

The late rapper was buried at the Ebony Millennium private Vault, Atan cemetery.

He was buried wearing white hand gloves, a white belt and a white T-shirt; and black west coat, black bandana around his neck, a black trouser and a black face cap.

His burial day 

The 36-year-old singer famous for his hits such as ‘Mask off’, ‘Turn on the lights’ and several others confirmed this with a 25-second video that was posted.

Future Live in Concert will mark Future’s first appearance and performance in Nigeria. The event is also timely for the international star as he recently won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance and released his seventh studio album titled ‘The Wizrd’.

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Adetoro Fowoshere, Chief Executive Officer, TEC, the company responsible for Future Live in Concert sharing a statement shortly after the announcement, said, “It is an amazing time for Africa most especially Nigeria in the music scene all over the world. Our music has been accepted worldwide and international stars are open to more collaborations now. We are excited about Future Live in Concert in Lagos and we can’t wait to have an experience on December 29, 2019, see you there.”

An example of America’s P. Diddy and most comparisons bring up the same name. Hate him or love him, D-Black has been a major success. 

He has won awards in the music industry as an artiste, a record label. His signed producer, DJ Breezy won the coveted Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) producer award before and his first artiste Joey B, won Best New Act at the VGMAs. D-Black made history being the first Ghanaian rapper to be nominated for the Best International Act (Africa) at the prestigious Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards.

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He is the only Ghanaian act with a Channel O Award.

His awards are not only limited to music. He has won awards in the movie industry for his 2015 produced movie ‘Why Should I Get Married’. In the business space, he won the ‘40-under-40’ awards for Best CEO in the hospitality industry with his night club ‘Club Onyx and Oasis Lounge. 

Forbes Africa recently published an article on him calling him a force to reckon with and Africa’s next entertainment industry millionaire. A week after half the new artistes on his Black Avenue Muzik label parted ways with the company, D-Black forged ahead to put out a hip hop E.P ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ as he readies his fourth studio album ‘Loyalty’.

Currently, his label’s main artiste ‘Sefa’ has one of the biggest songs in the country ‘Shuga’ featuring Dope Nation. 

In just under 10 years, the 32-year-old has achieved enviable feats as an artiste and as an entrepreneur. 

Let’s break things down:

The Artist ~   Shows / Performances 

D-Black has performed extensively around Ghana and the world. He kicked off his career by headlining his own nationwide tour ‘The Yes Boss Tour’ in 2011, a year after his first and second single releases ‘Somebody’ featuring Kwabena Kwabena’ and ‘Get on da Dancefloor’ featuring Dr Cryme’. He hit the road touching all 10 regions of Ghana then with up and coming acts and rising stars back then including Sarkodie, Efya, Yaa Pono, Trigmatic, Nana Boroo, Ruff N Smooth, and Stay Jay in 2011. 

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He has collaborated with artistes from all over the continent including Nigeria’s Davido, Seyi Shay, Phyno, M.I, Ice Prince, MoCheddah, South Africa’s Cassper Nyovest, Bucie, Mi Casa, Stanley Enow from Cameroon, Vanessa Mdee from Tanzania, Buffalo Souljah from Zimbabwe and some of Ghana’s greats including Sarkodie, Bisa Kdei, Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Efya, VVIP, Castro. He has more with three albums under his belt.

D-Black has performed to audiences around the world in London / Coventry (UK), Holland, Italy, Sweden, Capetown/Johannesburg (South Africa), Dubai (UAE), New York/Washington DC/Atlanta (U.S.A), Toronto/Ottawa/Montreal/Edmonton (Canada), Lagos (Nigeria) and more. 

He has performed in Ghana at numerous concerts/events including The Rick Ross Live In Ghana Concert, The Chris Brown Live Concert, Busta Rhymes Live Concert, The Jay Z Live Concert, Miss Malaika, Ghana Meets Naija, Ghana Rocks, Night Train Beach Jam, Miss Ghana Beauty Pageant, Night with The Stars and more.  

With three albums, one mixtape and a number of hit songs and collaborations around the continent, more 20 award wins under his belt and over 70 award nominations, D-Black, also referred to as the Ghana Bwouy, has definitely cashed in via his music as well as achieving the feats of being the first Ghanaian rapper to be nominated at the BET Awards in 2011 and the only Ghanaian to win a Channel O Music Video Award which he bagged in 2012. He has been nominated twice for Artist of the Year at the Ghana Music Awards. 

D-Black releases his 4th studio album after an almost three-year hiatus later this year titled ‘Loyalty’. His first single ‘Dat Ting’ featuring Joey B is currently making rounds on TV and radio. 

D-Black has represented the following brands below: 

Endorsements / Brand Ambassador

–    Rlg Phones (2013-2014), 
–    Ciroc Vodka (2014-2016), 
–    Belaire LUC (2017- 2018)

Black Avenue Muzik (Record Label) ~

The music mogul kicked off his label in 2010 after he and Kwaku T separated as a group that same year signing only himself to his imprint. He immediately got a BET Awards nomination for Best International Act in 2011, a string of Channel O nominations and a win for Best West African Act beating the likes of Wizkid, P-Square and Sarkodie in 2012.

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After held the successful nationwide ‘The Yes Boss Tour’ that saw D-Black hit the road with artistes like Sarkodie, Efya, D Cryme, Ruff N Smooth, Stay Jay, Yaa Pono, Flowking Stone, Nana Boroo and more in 2011. Sold-out shows at the Tamale Sports Stadium, CNC Auditorium in Sunyani, Prempeh Assembly Hall in Kumasi and more, saw D-Black cash in Big time. 

D-Black also signed award-winning producer and DJ, DJ Breezy in 2013 and made him Head of A&R and The Director of Music at the label in 2016. In 2013, award-winning Afrobeats act Joey B was as well signed to his Black Avenue Muzik Label. With two state of the art music studios and a production outfit, D-Black also makes revenue from the use of his studios located in his office building in North Kaneshie, Awudome Estates.

He recently signed six new artistes to the Black Avenue Muzik imprint including ‘Ekikimi’ hitmaker Wisa Greid and new up and coming acts Sefa, Dahlin Gage,  Freda Rhymz, Kobla Jnr, Nina Ricchie and Osayo and added music producer Rony Turn Me Up to the huge family. 

Livewire Events ~ 

Livewire Events has been a force to reckon with since their 2014 inception. D-Black is the CEO of Livewire Events and majority shareholder of the firm. They have put together sold-out concerts including the 2018 Bhim Fill the Dome Concert with Stonebwoy, the 2018 Kundum Festival with the Ministry of Tourism, The Night Train Beach Jam with Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, D-Black, Bisa Kdei, Joey B and more.

Livewire Events also put together the Joy Dadi Bitters sponsored Bukom Banku vs Ayittey Powers Rematch Fight in Kumasi on Boxing Day to rave reviews pulling in over 20,000 people to the Kumasi Sports Stadium. Livewire Events has also produced events for Ciroc, Moet & Chandon champagne, Belaire LUC, Remy Martin, Jack Daniels Whisky, Forewin Ghana Ltd. and more. 

Black Avenue Works/Volcano ~

Now named Volcano, the Celebrity Advertising & Marketing firm which boasts of campaigns/advertisements/content provision for clients including:

–    Rlg Communications 
–    Smirnoff ice 
–    Guinness Ghana 
–    Vodafone Ghana
–    Tropo Farms
–    Fiesta Condoms 
–    Global Media Alliance
–    Black Sun Energy Drink 
–    Red Bull
–    Night Train 

Black Avenue Works has been in inception since 2011 and has shot commercials for clients in Ghana and South Africa, documentaries, media buying and developed marketing strategies for some of the companies/brands listed above. Now named Volcano, the firm is located in the Black Avenue Office Complex. 

Club Onyx ~ 

D-Black is the sole proprietor/CEO of Club Onyx, a plush nightclub located in the heart of Cantonments, three minutes away from the Jubilee House, the seat of government. Club Onyx is the newest addition to nightlife in Accra and boasts an amazing interior decor setup and celebrity clientele. D-Black frequents his nightclub most weekends when he is in Accra.

Oasis Lounge ~ 

D-Black is the sole proprietor/owner of Oasis Pool Lounge also located in Cantonments next to Club Onyx. With a cool serene environ, Oasis Lounge is open Thursdays – Sundays every week from 5 pm. 

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Black Avenue Clothing ~  

D-Black owns a clothing brand ‘Black Avenue Clothing’ launched in 2014. The brand sold out its first designs (t-shirts, hoodies, caps) by 2015 and is yet to see its second season.

Black Avenue TV/Black Avenue Films ~

The Ghana Bwoy cashed in after his first produced and directed movie ‘Why Should I Get Married’ hit cinemas in 2015 starring superstar actors, comedians and musicians like John Dumelo, Prince David Osei, Efya, E.L, Maria Nepembe, Reggie Rockstone, Princess Shyngle, Funny Face and more. Three Premieres in Accra, Kumasi and Cape Coast saw a huge turnout at all three venues. 
Black Avenue TV/Films produced the Peace Hyde hosted ‘The EFGH Show’ that aired on GhOne TV, ETV and 4Syte TV to rave reviews in 2014. 

Philanthropist ~

D-Black is also a philanthropist and has over the years donated to over nine charities in Ghana and supported the education of numerous children and young adults. 

He supported the Korle Bu Children’s Ward, Teshie Orphanage among others and is set to create ‘The Desmond Blackmore Foundation’, to support creative arts students reach their full potential. He financed the tertiary educations of 15 students last in 2018 via social media. 

D-Black is also a venture capitalist.

With a few singles out ‘Dat Ting’ & Obiba ft. KiDi, a hip-hop E.P ‘Smoke & Mirrors’, D-Black’s new album after a three-year musical hiatus is scheduled to be released this year titled ‘Loyalty’.

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Announcing the change on Twitter on Saturday, he wrote: “The being formally [sic] known as Kanye West. I am YE.”

West, 41, has been nicknamed Ye for some time and used the moniker as the title for his eighth album, which was released in June.

The change came ahead of his appearance on Saturday Night Live, where he was expected to launch his new album Yandhi.

He replaced singer Ariana Grande on the show who cancelled for “emotional reasons”, the show’s creator said.

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As well as being an abbreviation of his current professional name, West has previously said the word has religious significance for him.

“I believe ‘ye’ is the most commonly used word in the Bible, and in the Bible it means ‘you,'” West said earlier this year, discussing his album title with radio host Big Boy.

“So I’m you, I’m us, it’s us. It went from Kanye, which means the only one, to just Ye – just being a reflection of our good, our bad, our confused, everything. The album is more of a reflection of who we are.”

He is one of a number of famous rappers to change their name.

Sean Combs has been variously known as Puff Daddy, P. Diddy or Diddy, but this year announced his preference for the names Love and Brother Love.

A former West collaborator, JAY-Z, has also made do with or without a hyphen and capitals.

According to the artist who first broke into the music industry as Ayigbe Edem, Ghanaian rappers are feared by top-class foreign rappers.

He noted that foreign rappers fear to face rappers in the country because of the high level of maturity and punches.

Asked on the Kasahari Show on Adom FM by host Pope Skinny whether rap music in Ghana is falling, Edem said rap music has taken a new dimension in Ghana which is making it more attractive and mature.

“I can’t say that rap music is falling, the thing that it is changing its dimension. I think we’re up there.

“I tell established and underground rappers you can compete with anybody on the globe because we go up there and top rappers fear us. They know that we are world class rappers,” he said with a lot of airs.

Born Denning Edem Hotor, Edem named some of his favorite rappers as Strongman, Koo Ntakra, Medikal, who he labelled as amazing.

“The new boys are amazing. Some of my favorites are Strongman, Koo Ntakra – they have so much in content and delivery and Medikal, who has amazing punch lines as it takes intelligence to rap like that.”

Edem has got three albums to his credit. His albums have a fusion of hip-hop, dancehall, reggae and highlife but has revealed that he will soon be releasing a full reggae album for the reggae lovers.

Tanzanian rapper Emmanuel Elibariki, known as Nay wa Mitego, has been arrested for releasing a song deemed insulting to the government.

The song emerged last week and has been widely shared on social media.

One line in it asks: “Is there still freedom of expression in the country?” and refers to a “doctor” who can’t tolerate criticism.

Nay wa Mitego’s arrest comes days after President John Magufuli warned media to be careful about exercising freedom.

“Media owners, let me tell you: ‘Be careful. Watch it. If you think you have that kind of freedom – not to that extent,’” Mr Magufuli said.

Police confirmed the arrest to local media, saying the rapper would be questioned “for releasing a song with words that malign the government”.

He was reportedly held at a hotel in Morogoro, about 190km (120 miles) from Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam, to where he was being transferred.

Local media reports said Nay wa Mitego’s lawyer was due to file a request for bail.

Other lines in the song said: “Who are you now? Don’t you want to listen to advice? Don’t you want criticism?”

The lyric is addressed to someone he calls “a doctor specialising in lancing boils”.

The phrase “lancing boils” has been used repeatedly by Mr Magufuli to refer to people he deems obstructive.

‘Madman’

Mr Magufuli, who came to power in 2015, presents himself as a no-nonsense man of the people, unafraid of sacking corrupt or incompetent officials.

Recent opinion polls have suggested he is popular, but critics accuse him of an impulsive style of governing and being intolerant of dissent.

Another line in Nay wa Mitego’s song goes: “I see you handed a club to a madman,” which has been interpreted as referring to an official appointed by the president who has been accused of heavy-handed behaviour.

The BBC’s Sammy Awami in Dar es Salaam says the rapper is popular for his scathing lyrics, attacking not only the government but even his fellow artists.

On his social media accounts he uses the name “NayTrueboy”, saying he always speaks his mind and tells the truth.