Apinke Magazine Boldly Shares The African Experience In Atlanta

A Glossy, Informative Resource for the Culturally Inquisitive Mind

Launched January in Atlanta, APINKE Magazine is being embraced by the residents of Atlanta, and a growing nationwide following of people from all African background and others simply interest in Africa the continent. APINKE (pronounced by many as ‘apinkay’) comes from the West African meaning ‘to share and Nurture’. The varied content, neat layout and international contributing experts, is building this magazine to become a fun packed resource educating and entertaining people about the different African nations and culture.

The magazine features a financial column from Robert Kiyosaki, (the best selling financial author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad); It presents eight useful points to know before jumping into the housing market with expert Realtor, Ronke Odugbesan; it showcases Hollywood interview with 24 bad boy, Hakeem Kai-Kazeem (played Dubaku in season 7), and interviews comparable international actors including Omotola J.Ekeinde, Stephanie Okereke and Pascal Atuma, in the aim to highlight issues affecting Nollywood film industry as recently noted on the Opera show.

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Congrats To Ameyaw Debrah Appointed As Coptic’s Manager For Ghana/Africa

Ghanaian celebrity/showbiz reporter and publicist, Ameyaw Debrah has taken up a new job of managing Billboard topping music producer, Eric Kwabena ‘Coptic’ Matlock’s businesses in Ghana and Africa. Coptic is a producer renowned for his works with Bad Boy Entertainment and hits such as ‘I Need A Girl’ Feat Diddy, Loon & Usher, “Child Of The Ghetto” Feat G-Dep ,  ”If I Should Die Before I Wake” Feat Notorious B.I.G, Black Rob,Ice Cube & Beanie Segal, “Living The Life” Feat Notorious B.I.G, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Faith Evans,  among several others.

Besides producing hits for American artists, Coptic, through his Brooklyn Bridge Entertainment is currently working on a project called ‘The Black Star Line - Close To My Roots’, which basically aims to bring American rappers back to Africa, and close to their roots.  He believes that there are a lot of really good African rappers and singers that the American/European audience is not fully aware of, and would like to use the album to showcase such talents.  He also would like to do a tour of Africa with the artists featured on the album. Already a fine selection of African artists has been recorded alongside several American acts and more are yet to be recorded for the project.

‘The Black Star Line – Close To My Roots’ album would be Coptic’s real introduction on to the African market and subsequently, African artists would have access to world class productions from one of their own, through Ameyaw Debrah.  Ameyaw shall make sure that all of Coptic’s interests in Ghana/Africa are being handled properly, whether with contracts or money. He is also in charge of getting new production work or remixes on quality artists not just in Ghana but all over Africa and not limited just to Hip Hop.

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Filmmaker Shirley Frimpong-Manso Set To Premier ‘Checkmate’

Ghanaian filmmaker, Shirley Frimpong-Manso may be saying ‘Checkmate’ in her latest production but certainly, this is not the end of her wonderful works. While her last two productions, ‘Perfect Picture’ and ‘A sting in a Tale’ continue to receive critical and commercial acclaim she is set to dazzle audiences yet again with the thriller, ‘Checkmate’ premiering in Ghana on April 1.

‘Checkmate’ revolves around a young man, Kwame who has made all the right moves in his life; a good job, a beautiful devoted wife, an adorable child, and an impending promotion as a senior customs officer at the airport. But what seems like a typical guys’ hangout on a weekend away from home in the company of his new friend and mentor, Kiki turns out to be a bad move with dire consequences for Kwame. After losing a game of Chess, he succumbs to a bet to seduce the attractive, sexy Caroline. 
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Factory Bois – Sika Nie (Got money)

Hype Records presents Factory Bois with their new single sika nie(got money) from their new album hip hop democracy coming soon. video directed by Big OJ. Videos for ‘my lady 4 life’ and ‘come give me love’ coming soon.

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Sakordie – Borga (Official Video)

Sakordie finally shot a video for the  song that many would argue is his biggest hit. The video was very. It was songs like’ Boga’ that brought the Tema rapper aka “The Twista of Ghana” to stardom. He recently sign with US based record label Konvict Records, partly owned by Akon.

Quabena Maphia – I go pay

Maphia has officially taking over hiplife Canada with this new banger called ‘I go pay’. Album info soon to be released.

AO Gorman – Aspiring Artist From Toronto, Canada

Albert Okwasi Gorman will be known in the music industry as Young AO. He is the Ghana-born, Toronto-raised rapper who has been consistently on his grind, both in and out of his hometown for the past few years. Now preparing to release another mix-tape this spring titled, ‘Sky High’, he remains focused on the bigger picture- his official album release, executive-produced by one Toronto’s elite beat makers, T-Nyce. He’s in a good position; currently riding of the hype of his well received ‘Ready for Takeoff’ mix-tape that dropped last year which spawned the popular ‘Ryderz Remix’ featuring Chubbz, OG, Jonny Roxx, Jaydahmann & Frankie Payne (produced by T-Nyce).

At a young age he experienced the break-up of his family unit and briefly lived in a shelter with his mother & step-brother. More than a decade later, he is once again a witness to the dissolve of yet another tight circle – his family unit with the friends with whom he originally formed an entertainment company, Topflight Entertainment. Determined to keep it moving, he traveled to his home country last year where he left an impressionable impact.

He collaborated with hit makers of “Lyk Father Lyk Son” (Konfi Muzuk), one of the most popular tracks circulating on the Ghana airwaves in the summer of 2009. They recorded the song “Yewo Town” which he describes is his home-town as a “street anthem”. Due to the success of the single, he was featured on Ghanacelebrities.com; a popular website which highlights Ghanaian talent, locally and abroad.

Still making appearances in and around Toronto, as well as over-seas, he is featured on DJ Flacco’s “Come Up” mix-tape and Slip & Slide’s DJ Swiss Ivory’s mix-tape “The Showcase Mix-tape Vol. 58″. He’s on the right track to achieving his 5 year goal of becoming an international artist. He is embracing changes in his life as he matures. “I was raised in the hood so I still have those experiences to convey in my music, but as I grow I feel more comfortable being able to talk about new topics such as world & political issues. Also, doing mix-tapes allows me to experiment with different new sounds & styles”. Keep your eyes & ears on Young AO because you never know where he’ll end up next.

‘A Sting In A Tale’ – Ghana Film Review

Fast growing Ghanaian film writer/producer/director  Shirley Frimpong-Manso decided to include the most glamorous ghosts yet out of Africa in her much anticipated fourth production, ‘A Sting In A Tale’. And for me, this very much represented the general feel-good theme of the movie; it is one for laughs and not taking life too seriously.

From the trailer and synopsis that floated around before the premiere, it was clear that the movie would be full of twists and turns just in case the title was not suggestive enough. So how well was Shirley able to pull it off? I will get to that in a moment.
A Sting in a Tale’ revolves around two young couples in their quest to survive the harsh realities of life after university; unemployment, uncertainty, desperation and in the middle of it all, love. Young graduate, Kuuku (Adjetey Anang) is frustrated with unemployment and is faced with the possibility of losing his true love Frema(Lydia Forson) because Frema’s mother (Doris Sacketey)sees no good future in that relationship. With these pressures, Kuuku moves heaven and earth trying to find a good job and a means to provide the future he so desperately seeks for himself, his future wife and kids. He takes the most drastic measure by resorting to rituals and soon after that, his Frema passes away. After her death, Kuuku gets a well paying job and becomes a millionaire almost overnight.
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Quabena Jay aka Maphia

The ladies call him A.J…his stage name KWABENA JAY…On the streets, he’s known as Maphia….Can’t say it enough but this is the newest and hottest sensation to hit the music industry.

Very few people make waves both in front and behind the scenes. The recent trend to hiplife tunes prove what visionaries like the godfather Reggie Rockstone said about how dynamic this genre was going to be.

Listening to Quabena Jay popularly known in showbiz circles as Maphia spit out his lyrics will make you fall in love with hiplife music for the first time in your life.
Quabena Jay (Maphia) is one of the best individual singing rappers of all time since he kicked in the door of the hiplife scene. Definitely by now, you’ve seen or heard ‘Akokora Bone’ on TV or Radio. Everywhere you go be it the pool side, club, gas station or school, they are talking about Quabena Jay or politics.

Things seem to come easy to the biggest, hottest and sexy new sensation in Ghana the last couple of years. I will admit that where the list of lyrical MC’s is debated, his name is somewhere near the top.

To many, Quabena Jay represents the hope for hiplife and he’s not been afraid to bear this title.
Quabena Jay has always made music for party people. Watching ‘Akokora Bone’ tells you of his ability to act out everyday events with the originality his contemporaries lacked.

His maturity as a singer and rapper manifests itself in more ways than one on ‘Twa Me Last’, which features the hiplife destroyer Castro.

Hiplife and rap can’t be anything without Quabena Jay who has survived everything from criticism to laughs after his critics believed he would not come to the top of the game.

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Daddy Lumba For ‘Lady In Red’ Valentines Day Bash

CELEBRATED MUSICIAN Daddy Lumba will on Sunday treat fans to a spectacular night of music as he performs live at the National Theatre in Accra.

The event is part of this year’s Val’s Day celebration, to ensure that lovers enjoy the best romantic but preferential entertainment. The event is being organized by Budget Cash&Carry Limited.

The occasion is to also officially outdoor the company’s latest Lady In Red Wine, a special wine, for this year’s Val’s Day celebration and any other occasion.

Lady In Red Wine entered the market a few weeks ago from Germany, where it is produced.

The wine has a nice aroma and tastes like sweet cherry. It can be served cold or with ice.

With an alcohol volume of 10 per cent, its ingredients range from natural cherry juice, red wine, sugar, citric acid to potassium sorbate.

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