SLIM FLEX’S VIDEO PREMIERE

You are not a real artiste unless you have a live band to perform with said Slim Flex during the premiere of his video ”Abroanoma”  last Friday.

Felix Appiah-Korang, known as Flex is a hi-life, hip-life and RNB artiste based in Canada and a sensational singer at the Canadian record label Hype Records.

Flex discovered his singing abilities when he was 6years old in Ghana and continued to sing for those who were ready to listen to him just to prove his talents until his arrival in Canada in the year 2000.

He was first signed with independent label entitled old Ruff and was featured on a compilation CD entitled “the legacy continues”. He then did a number of popular tracks including; ‘I love you’, and “yearning for you”.

In 2006, he recorded his first album entitled “Odehyea (Royalty)”, produced in Twi language and has performed in many venues in Ghana and Canada.

Being influence by artiste like Bob Marley, Prince, Marvin Gaye and Kojo Antwi, he enjoys using live band.

“I enjoy using live band and wouldn’t have it any other way” he adds.

Slim Flex has already release his mixtape for 2010 titled “confession of a boss” which features a track simply titled “Boss”.

His first album “Fyah” was a club banger and he is currently working on his new album with Hype Records.

According to Flexy, he will continue to strive and further his career until he reaches his goal of super stardom.

CHEMPHE BACK ON “TRACK” AFTER SOME YEARS

  

 Rocking the world’s stage, Henry Chemphe  Is out  with a new ‘single’ of his album titled number one featuring D-Crym ,which is already enjoying air play and a video premiere slated on the 1 September at Golden Fox Trap in Kumasi and 17 inside Barcadis Nightclub after two years silence.

To enable revels things well, DYVA-S had a Question and Answer interview with him when  caught on WhatsApp (a social mobile network).

  WHY THIS SILENT?  “I’ve never  been silent, my music is broad so I’ve been out there rocking the world’s stage and people think I’ve been silent because they’ve not seen any new video of me in about two years now but I have my songs on radio” he explained this when he was asked why he was silent for some years.

WHAT’S NEW?  “Am out with new single from my new album, song titled number one featuring D-Crym and will also premiere a video as well.

HOW MANY ALBUMS SO FAR? “ I have three albums out ,no pampanaa, why treat am bad and new day which was  launched in Norway on June 30^th this year but would  prelaunch in Ghana together with the other CD, hidden emotions making double  CD.  A hidden emotion is a love album and a new day is an inspirational album”.

DID YOU FEATURE ANY ARTISTE? “There are other artiste likeTic Tac,Trigmatic, D-Crym and surprise international artiste which will be on the video”.

WHY D-CRYM? “D- Crym is a great guy and a close friend so I think he is best fit the song

And also we both on the same record label e-jam records and we are so easy going”.

WHY ARE YOU NOT PREMIERING THE VIDEO IN ACCRA FIRST? “We thought of Accra but decided to do things differently this time. My album tour will have all the city covered .we know the video will leak after we are done with Tema so it wouldn’t be special if we do Accra first.

 WHEN IS THE ALBUM TOUR? “More singers coming out will finalize and confirm the album and when it will be out”

STILL UNDER FLEXY’S (YFM) MAGEMENT? “Parted ways before I left for the TT Global festival in Norway this June but now am under James Korsah Brown’s Management, E-Records with D-Crym

ESTATE DEVELOPER ARRESTED

An estate developer, Maria O’sullivan who is accused of unlawfully causing damage and stealing has been summoned before an Accra circuit court.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Nketia, the crime officer of Spintex told the court that in 2003, the accused awarded a contract to the complainant, Anthony Kwarteng for road networks and demarcation of lands for estate development.

According to DSP Nketia, instead of the accused paying the complainant, she gave him four plots of land to defray the payment of the contract and also provided him with the necessary documents covering the land.

He said, in April 2009, the complainant started developing the four plots of land, only to be confronted by one Mark Addo who also claimed ownership of the same plots of land to have purchased it from the accused for USD $52,000.00. A report was then made to the police and all of the three; the complainant, accused and the said Mark Addo were invited for investigation. However, after a lengthy interrogation, It became apparent that the complainant was the rightful owner. Hence, both the accused and the said Mark Addo were advised to stay away from the land.

On Thursday 30/04/09 at about 3:30pm, the accused called the police that she would demolish the whole structure put up by the complainant. A day later, the accused proceeded to the land site and threatened the workers of the complainant to demolish the building. A witness in the case called the complainant on 02/05/09 that the accused had led four armed soldiers, six armed policemen and eight land guards to demolish the complainant’s building structure and a security kiosk without any demolishing order, as well as stealing the working tools as stated in the charge sheet.

Consequently, the accused was invited by the police but she refused to honour the invitation, saying police has nothing to do with land matters. Thus on this account, criminal summons was served on her to appear before court for hearing.

10 PASS FOR GHANA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL

Ten pretty ladies, each representing a region in the country, have ‘passed’ various screening and auditioning processes to contest for the ultimate in the season v of the cultural reality show, Ghana’s most beautiful.

They are; Ama Amoakwaa ( Ashanti Region), Agor Christiana Enam ( Volta Region), Huzeimat Napaa Alhassan ( Northern Region), Asuma Celestine( Upper East), Suzzy Abenaa Kyei Boakye ( Brong Ahafo Region), Jacqueline Akweley Mantey-Amoo ( Greater Accra), Benedicta Efua Apprey(Central Region), Susana Afiba Amoah( Western Region), Matilda Adjoa Densu ( Eastern Region) and Joana Yelikuma Joana  ( Upper West Region).

According to TV3,the organizers, the ladies were selected to represent regions of birth after a ‘rigorous’ screening and auditioning exercise that lasted one week in Accra and Kumasi, after which ‘we took them for medicals’.

Prince Darkey, brands Executive of TV3 in charge of the show, told ‘Spectator Agoro’ after a photo-shoot for the contestants, that this year’s edition would be more detailed in content and substance.

‘Unlike the previous seasons, we’re going to hold send-off durbars for each contestants in Accra, Kumasi and Sunyani between August 10 and 16^th where chiefs or traditional leaders will formally hand them to us-the organizers.

“The idea is that culturally, you can’t go somebody’s house and take away his child without informing him “he explained, adding that by this “we would make the chiefs and our traditional leaders more involved.”

He said there would also be the inclusion of what he termed “Regional Weeks” where contestants would take turns to celebrate the culture and traditions of each region in their performance. “We hope to achieve what we’ve termed ‘cultural convergence’ with this”.

The GMB Season V will be officially launched on Sunday, August 21, at the premises of TV3.