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  • Sarkodie did his one-way rap on Bob Marley’s song – Blakk Rasta

    Sarkodie did his one-way rap on Bob Marley’s song – Blakk Rasta

    Bob Marley will be rolling in his grave over Sarkodie’s one-way rap that was placed along the lyrics of ‘Stir It up’, a song he personally wrote for his wife, this is according to Blakk Rasta.

    The famous radio presenter who doubles as a reggae musician is of the strong view that Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie failed to honour Bob’s legacy but rather desecrated it.

    “You urinate right into the grave and walk away, laughing like a madman on heat. It hurt me so much that I decided never to talk about this issue,” he said.

    Speaking on his show on 3 FM, Blakk Rasta sided with talent manager, Mr Logic, who claim there was nothing special about Sarkodie’s re-make of ‘Stir It Up’.

    Blakk Rasta rated the new project as a disaster. He said: “The thing Mr Logic said is going to bruise some ego but I’m going to bruise more ego with what am going to say.

    “What Sarkodie did was nothing but a desecration of the legacy of Bob Marley. It is so shameful, what Sarkodie did is nothing but a desecration of the holy music…should I go deeper? It is like a king has been buried and you go and dig him up, and steal the gold and diamonds that he’s been buried with.”

  • ‘Show me your office, I will return the trophies you gave me’ – Blakk Rasta to RTP Awards CEO

    Blakk Rasta has disclosed his intentions to give back all the trophies presented to him at the RTP Awards over the years.

    This comes after reports that the RTP Awards CEO, Prince Mackay, had asked the radio presenter to return all the plaques he won at various editions, following claims that he doesn’t believe in a “voting to win” scheme.

    In a video shared on Instagram, Blakk Rasta said Mackay once alleged that he (Blakk Rasta) was pained because he wasn’t winning any awards.

    “I heard the CEO of RTP Awards, my very good friend, Mackay, say that Blakk Rasta was so happy when he was winning the awards but now he wants to collapse the award. I am one of those who actually gave him the name. Well, Mackay with all respect and with all love. You know that I will never do anything to destroy anything positive that you have started, with all respect Mackay, the thing that you said maybe you said them out of anger. You said Blakk Rasta if you don’t want us to nominate you anymore, bring back the award you gave back to you, wait I am bringing them to you. Show me where your office is, and I will make sure you get all of them. These are all of them,” he said.

    Blakk Rasta said one of the awards he received in the past was broken, however, the fixing wouldn’t be needed anymore since he will be giving it all back.

    “Remember I told you earlier several years ago that the pole that was holding this one got broken, it was the only one that I had and you promised to replace them. Now you wouldn’t need to replace it. I am returning everything. It’s a matter of principles. Mackay said that when you were winning you didn’t complain, but now that you are not winning, you are getting angry. No! Bossu, it’s not about when I was winning it. I am the best Reggae man on the radio whether you like it or not, I don’t need any endorsement. The fans have already endorsed me, time and again. In the whole of Africa, I don’t see anyone who does Reggae on the radio like me,” he added.

    Blakk Rasta, however, seized the moment to heap praises on himself.

    “It’s confidence, it’s not called boasting. People who listen to me from those times till now will tell you that this guy has no peers. I took my time to learn the trade and by the spirit of God I have been able to move. I am the only Reggae presenter in the whole of Africa that does prime-time radio for four hours.

    “Mention one more, nobody. In Ghana, those who use to hold the fourth are now relegated to dawn time or late at night when people are asleep. I have no disrespect for them, I love them. That is where they are right now. Let us even push them more, but Blakk Rasta continues to be here from when I started,” he boasted.

    Source: Ghanaweb.com

  • ‘Just show me your office, I will return the trophies you gave me’ – Blakk Rasta to RTP Awards CEO

    Blakk Rasta has disclosed his intentions to give back all the trophies presented to him at the RTP Awards over the years.

    This comes after reports that the RTP Awards CEO, Prince Mackay, had asked the radio presenter to return all the plaques he won at various editions, following claims that he doesn’t believe in a “voting to win” scheme.

    In a video shared on Instagram, Blakk Rasta said Mackay once alleged that he (Blakk Rasta) was pained because he wasn’t winning any awards.

    “I heard the CEO of RTP Awards, my very good friend, Mackay, say that Blakk Rasta was so happy when he was winning the awards but now he wants to collapse the award. I am one of those who actually gave him the name. Well, Mackay with all respect and with all love. You know that I will never do anything to destroy anything positive that you have started, with all respect Mackay, the thing that you said maybe you said them out of anger. You said Blakk Rasta if you don’t want us to nominate you anymore, bring back the award you gave back to you, wait I am bringing them to you. Show me where your office is, and I will make sure you get all of them. These are all of them,” he said.

    Blakk Rasta said one of the awards he received in the past was broken, however, the fixing wouldn’t be needed anymore since he will be giving it all back.

    “Remember I told you earlier several years ago that the pole that was holding this one got broken, it was the only one that I had and you promised to replace them. Now you wouldn’t need to replace it. I am returning everything. It’s a matter of principles. Mackay said that when you were winning you didn’t complain, but now that you are not winning, you are getting angry. No! Bossu, it’s not about when I was winning it. I am the best Reggae man on the radio whether you like it or not, I don’t need any endorsement. The fans have already endorsed me, time and again. In the whole of Africa, I don’t see anyone who does Reggae on the radio like me,” he added.

    Blakk Rasta, however, seized the moment to heap praises on himself.

    “It’s confidence, it’s not called boasting. People who listen to me from those times till now will tell you that this guy has no peers. I took my time to learn the trade and by the spirit of God I have been able to move. I am the only Reggae presenter in the whole of Africa that does prime-time radio for four hours.

    “Mention one more, nobody. In Ghana, those who use to hold the fourth are now relegated to dawn time or late at night when people are asleep. I have no disrespect for them, I love them. That is where they are right now. Let us even push them more, but Blakk Rasta continues to be here from when I started,” he boasted.

  • Blakk Rasta to return over 10 awards he has won over the years

    Ghanaian artiste and radio personality Blakk Rasta has solidified his years of preaching against “voting to win” at awards with an announcement.

    The radio show host said he would return every trophy he received over the years from various award schemes in a video posted on Instagram.

    “I hardly do a thing like this but once in a while we just need to answer a few questions, you know. I have said time and again that I do not want to be part of any award scheme that has to do with voting to win.

    “For me, it’s a way of buying votes. Now, if you have an award scheme, you nominate some people and then you ask the fans of these people that you have nominated to vote so that their favourite artiste can win then you go ahead and tell them that the more you vote, the more you place your artiste on a higher pedestal of winning and if the artiste doesn’t win, the biggest excuse they normally give is your people didn’t vote,” he shared.

    He noted that in the past, he had been blind to the reality that these awards were bought and that deserving individuals were deprived of their achievements and recognition.

    According to Blakk Rasta, he prays that people will come to the same consciousness as him with time.

    “So it becomes a vote to win an award, it’s not about merits anymore. You can be the best, but as long as your people do not vote, you will be the worst. So I decided that I will not be part of this anymore. It’s done, it’s dusted.

    “In the past, we were part of it. But when consciousness hit us, we decided that it was all over, and we will not do it again. Many people haven’t come to that consciousness yet. I don’t fault them, everybody has their time. Their time will come,” he added.

  • Blakk Rasta throws jabs at Cameroonian president ‘Paul Biya’ in new song

    Ghanaian reggae star, Blakk Rasta, popularly known for his outspokenness, has composed a song for Cameroonian President, Paul Biya, for the atrocities he is causing individuals of Cameroon.

    As per the artiste, his song exposes the evil actions of the president who has been in power since 1982 while terrorising his citizens and keeping them in outright servitude.

    He added that while Paul Biya remains the only president in history to rule his country from Switzerland, using his thugs to do his dirty work, he still fights to remain in power.

    Before the ‘Barack Obama‘ artiste delivered his ‘Bwoy Biya’ melody on November 9, 2022, he had released ‘Daaro’ while delivering another single, ‘Fatima’.

    While these melodies vary in tunes and beats, he seizes the opportunity to excite admirers of different music with some fervor.

    Blakk Rasta, known officially as Abubakar Ahmed, is known for some of the controversial statements he makes when given the platform and is the host for ‘The Black Pot’.

  • I’ve not changed – Ordained pastor Blakk Rasta says

    Media personality now turned pastor Ahmed Abubakar popularly known as Blakk Rasta has stated that he is still the old person he used to be even after being ordained as a pastor.

    Blakk Rasta is known for being one of the outspoken media personalities in Ghana. He has stated that he will not change his personality even after being ordained.

    A few days ago, Blakk Rasta was ordained as a pastor after passing out from the Breakthrough Family chapel Bible school. There were photos of the media personality in a clerical collar that went viral on social media.

    “Nothing will change about my views on topical issues. I always say that I speak to build and not to destroy. Speaking my mind is a way of helping society to develop so I will continue with that,” he told Graphic Showbiz in an interview recently.”

    “In fact, I had no respect for anything spiritual and that is because I have read widely and believed everything has to be physical.

    Even though I had more than 20 men of God telling me I would join them one day, I still believed if I have to succeed in life, it has to be physically and that is by working hard. I never believed in spiritual things,” he asserted in an interview with Graphic Showbiz.

  • I have nothing against Shatta Wale; I’ll love to pray for him – Blakk Rasta

    Singer and radio presenter, Blakk Rasta has expressed plans to lay his hands on Shatta Wale to offer special prayers for him.

    Blakk who was recently ordained as a pastor after graduating from Breakthrough Family Chapel Bible School has disclosed that he will love to preach the word to the popular Dancehall musician, whom he will love to collaborate with on a song.

    He made this known in an interview with Graphic Showbiz; adding that it will be good to work with the leader of the Shatta Movement.

    The ardent critic of Shatta Wale clarified that he has nothing against his colleague despite his previous jabs at him.

    “For now God has not told me to lay my hands on people but if God gives me the go-ahead, I will lay my hands on Shatta Wale. I am also looking forward to sharing bible knowledge with him. It will be great to see the two of us do this together. More so, I want to have a collaboration with him and discuss issues together,” he said.

    Blakk Rasta added: “I have nothing personal against Shatta Wale. He is a brother but if I need to tell him the truth, I will not mince words. Shatta Wale is loud and I’m also loud so we are alike. He speaks his mind on issues and that is exactly how I am.”

    Source:ghanaweb.com

  • Why sack Ofori-Atta and leave ‘incompetent’ Akufo-Addo – Blakk Rasta booms

    Radio presenter Blakk Rasta has waded into recent calls for the sacking of Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta by a bloc of ruling party lawmakers.

    In his view, there was no point going after Ofori-Atta alone especially when the man who appointed him stresses his continuous belief in his competence.

    Speaking on the October 25, 2022 edition of his show on Accra-based 3FM, the ardent government critic said Ghanaians had allowed Akufo-Addo too much leverage to be toying with governance.

    “This is a very democratic country that has sat back to look at this president play with this country. I am most excited that this president has proven to the whole world that he is most incompetent, he is too old to be president and his faculties stopped working several years back, the best he could have done to us was to retire.”

    He continued that whiles the group of 80 New Patriotic Party Members of Parliament want, “want the Finance Minister to leave, may I extend it to the president himself? Why do you sack a man who believes and still believes that the Finance Minister is the best?

    “Why do you sack the Finance Minister and leave the man who believes in him. To send Ofori-Atta home … and leave this sleeping president to continue sleeping and playing the Don Quixote,” he quizzed.

    The group said it will not do business with government nor support the 2023 Budget if the president fails to heed their call to remove Ofori-Atta and the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen.

    According to them, the move follows previous concerns sent to the government that have not yielded any positive results.

    “We have had occasions to defend allegations of conflicts of interest, lack of confidence, and trust against the leadership of the Finance Ministry.

    “The recent development within the economy is of major concern to our caucus and our constituents. We have made our grave concern to our president through the parliamentary leadership and the leadership of the party without and positive response,” Andy Appiah Kubi said.

    The MPs believe the move will change the current economic situation in the country.

    “We are by this medium communicating our strong desire that the president changes the Minister of Finance and the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry without further delay in order to restore hope into the finance sector and reverse the downward trend in the growth of the economy,” he added.

    Source: Ghanaweb

  • Blakk Rasta ordained a pastor

    Outspoken Ghanaian radio personality, Blakk Rasta, has been ordained a preacher by the founder and president of the Breakthrough Family Ministries, Bishop Samuel Osei-Tutu.

    A post sighted by GhanaWeb on Graphic Showbiz’s Facebook page captured the ‘Daaro Daaro’ artiste among some men bedecked like preachers.

    “Seasoned On Air Personality, Blakk Rasta Has Been Ordained By Bishop Samuel Osei-Tutu. Congratulations to him and we wish him the very best on his new journey,” Graphic showbiz captioned.

    Blakk Rasta uniquely clad an African print fabric with a clerical neatly inserted in his collar.

    Indeed, his clothing was an affirmation the artiste has been appointed a Man of God.

    Be that as it may, scanning through his various social media accounts, the artiste hasn’t made a post about the occasion.

    Meanwhile, some netizens have thrown questions with the hopes of finding answers. They have asked if Blakk Rasta would quit producing mainstream tunes and focus on winning souls for God.

    On October 18, 2022, the artiste shared some pictures to promote his new song on his Instagram handle.

    The post saw the radio personality standing behind the heavily endowed woman in different poses.

    One of the images also caught him placing a mug on the curvy woman’s buttocks while clothed in a hoody and shorts.

    The caption that followed his post read, “Fatima…loading”.

    Source:ghanaweb.com

  • I’m your senior; show some respect! – Shatta Wale to Blakk Rasta

    Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as ‘Shatta Wale’, has asked reggae artiste cum radio presenter Blakk Rasta to pay him the maximum respect in the music industry.

    The dancehall artiste, while claiming that he is Blakk Rasta’s senior, said he should desist from throwing dirt on his name.

    Blakk Rasta has, on various platforms, chastised Shatta for what he describes as being a bad example to the Ghanaian youth.

    He has constantly spoken against Shatta’s display of wealth on social media, which he believes has no positive impact on his fans.

    That’s not all; he has also severally tagged the dancehall artiste as a lousy drug addict.

    But Shatta, in a bid to tackle Blakk Rasta, claims the ‘Barack Obama’ hitmaker cannot rub shoulders with him in terms of music.

    While stressing that they are not co-equals, the SM boss stated that Blakk Rasta was still busily searching for a job when he (Shatta) released his first ‘Bandana’ album.

    “You see someone like Black Rasta? I don’t know what his problem is. Whatever I am saying here now is even hurting him. As I am saying here that I’ve got money, its paining him. He goes to platforms to insult me. Telling me I behave stupidly and stuff. Blakk Rasta, I am your senior. I broke out in this industry before you. In music I am his senior. My song Bandana came out when Blakk Rasta was 38 years and looking for a job,” he stated on Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana.

    Source:ghanaweb.com

  • Shatta Wale to launch online radio amidst fight against media

    In the midst of a rigorous fight with the media, particularly entertainment pundits and radio presenters, Shatta Wale is to set up his own online radio platform.

    Named ‘SM Radio’ with the slogan ‘Music 4 life’, the platform, which is yet to be launched, intends to serve as a medium for pushing his craft.

    On Thursday September 22, 2022, the dancehall artiste shared the station’s artwork and transmission link via his social media platforms.

    He made the announcement while urging his fans to visit the platform and enjoy his songs.

    “‘Ok the wait is over !!!! SM Radio Online !! Are you ready to join the test transmission,’” the SM boss wrote on his Facebook page.

    Although Shatta Wale made his intention of opening a radio station known to the public sometime in 2015 during an interview with Hitz FM’s Dr. Pounds, this is the closest he has gone towards achieving that dream.

    It also appears the right timing because of his constant feuds with the Ghanaian media which have heightened in recent times.

    Shatta Wale and the Ghanaian media

    Shatta Wale has had a strong and lasting conviction that the Ghanaian media does not support artistes like him, who are representatives of the country on the global front, through music.

    He has consistently accused the Ghanaian media of only purporting a negative agenda and projecting the wrong image of artistes in the country.

    However, the dancehall artiste has also come under scrutiny several times for not pulling his weight as he should.

    A couple of journalists and pundits, including Arnold Asamoah Baidoo, Blakk Rasta, and Sally Mann, have labeled him a ‘local champion’, an inconsistent and confused artiste, among others.

    Read Shatta’s post below:

     

     

  • Patoranking cites Blakk Rasta, Taxi Driver radio show as an inspiration

    Blakk Rasta and his Taxi Driver radio show were one of the influences on Nigerian music superstar Patoranking, who chose to specialize on reggae/dancehall.

    The other is on Ghana’s thriving dancehall and reggae culture.

    On Tuesday, September 20, 2022, the prolific songwriter made this statement while serving as a guest on Accra’s Hitz FM.

    He began by recounting to Andy Dosty of Hitz FM his poor beginnings and his decision to pursue music.

    As soon as he “was like 17, 18 years old,” everything began on the streets of Osu, which later became his home.

    “From Container to Papaye to Towers, those were my zones. Maybe if I want to extend further, we’ll go to Blue Gate during evenings,” Patoranking indicated.

    Despite the harsh circumstances under which he lived in Ghana, he explained he was depressed “because I was seeing people going through the same thing, you know.”

    “I was on the street homeless for a very long time but still doing what I knew would actually change my life,” the Nigerian expressed his resolution adding he was, “trying to make music as well.”

    “And you know the reggae/dancehall culture in Ghana is huge, which is a part that I chose,” with his hands, he demonstrated his efforts to master the music style and revealed an inspiration: “Shout outs to Blakk Rasta [and his show] Taxi Driver. I was glued to that [radio] programme.”

    Blakk Rasta is a renowned reggae/dancehall artiste and radio personality currently hosting his Taxi Driver show on Class Media Group’s Class 91.3 FM.

    “Shout outs to PY, Bless the Mic, for the countless opportunities,” he also added.

    “Those were like the times I was listening to music [and] doing music as well,” the multiple award-winning singer noted.

    The ‘No Kissing Baby’ hitmaker earlier disclosed he had initially come to Ghana to pursue tertiary education at the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast.

    Due to insufficient funds from his provider and father, however, he had to result to the street life in the capital city of Ghana, Accra, including “the only thing I know how to do that can actually change the face of my family, music.”

    Patoranking is currently touring Ghana in promotion of his new single titled ‘Kolo Kolo’ which features the Tanzanian music star Diamond Platnumz.

  • Blakk Rasta talks about importance of Ghanaian entertainers in nation building

    Blakk Rasta, a renowned broadcaster, has emphasized the contribution of Ghanaian artists to national progress.

    He thinks that the entertainment sector is crucial in spreading important knowledge that can transform society.

    Blakk Rasta maintained during his appearance on GhanaWeb TV’s The Lowdown with Ismail Akwei that he will not follow the worldly customs of society instead aiming to improve the lives of the underprivileged and disadvantaged through his music and campaigning.

    If I wear a diamond necklace when my main supporters are suffering in the slums, I’ll feel like a failed artist or star.
    Before I can put myself first, I must be perceived to be doing something for them, he said.

    Regarding his beliefs, Blakk Rasta expressed his opinion that he does not adhere to religion and instead believes in spirituality.

    Watch Blakk Rasta’s enlightening and riveting conversation on Monday, September 5’s The Lowdown on GhanaWeb TV.