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ALL ABOUT WIYAALA

Wiyaala, aka ”the young lioness of Africa”, is a personification of modern Africa: creative, brave, strong, beautiful. Her name, Wiyaala, literally translates to “the doer” in Sissala, her tribal language in which she sings alongside English, and perfectly describes her approach to life. Frequently compared to Angelique Kidjo and Grace Jones, Wiyaala’s music is truly Afro-Pop fusing her African roots with contemporary world Pop music.

Wiyaala started performing in public at the age of 5 when she so impressed the patrons of a local bar in Tamale that they were moved to give her money, upon which the bold small girl confidently declared to her mother that she would grow up and “get money from singing”.

She is also an artist, designer and natural athlete with a very distinctive androgynous image. At school, Wiyaala would often get called “man-woman” and be the first to lead the boys and girls into the bush for “bushmeat” hunts.

At school, Wiyaala continued to perform and was frequently in demand as a session singer at Echo Soundz recording studio in Wa. After leaving school, Wiyaala gathered her small savings together and made her first and locally very popular album “Tuma” which was self-released in 2009 in the Upper West of Ghana.

Despite having few resources and the challenging environment that is Africa, Wiyaala made the long journey from the extreme north of Ghana to Accra in 2010 and auditioned for Ghana’s “Stars of the Future”. Although unsuccessful, she was not deterred and returned in 2011 to earn her way into the finals, winning two Golden Moments awards. Her success fired her determination to perform even harder, which prompted her to enter the Vodafone Icons Mixed Edition 2012 music reality show where her energy and strong voice lead her group Black n Peach to an overwhelming victory.

In 2013, Wiyaala emerged as a solo artist and released two video hit singles on the Djimba World label, “Make Me Dance” and “Rock My Body”, which were both nominated for awards in the “Best Discovery” and the “Best Reggae/Dancehall” catagories in Ghana’s 4Syte TV Music Video Awards for 2013.

In October 2013, Wiyaala secured an international distribution and publishing deal with JTV Digital in Paris. December 2013 brought the release of the EDM “club remixes” EP of “Make Me Dance” featuring five tracks in nu-disco, disco house, breakbeat, drum & bass and trance genres.

In April 2014, Wiyaala released her World Cup anthem “Go Go, Black Stars” for the Ghana National Football team which was featured on Billboard and adopted by Ghanaians as the unofficial “Official” World Cup Song for the Black Stars. The song also featured as a soundtrack to a BBC Afrique World Cup programme and in nationwide advertising campaigns in Ghana for Chinese Telecoms giant Huawei and Global Aviation.

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In May 2014, Wiyaala was confirmed as the face of Pepsi Ghana and June 2014 has seen Wiyaala nominated for Female Fashion Personality of The Year at the Fashion Icons Awards and receive three nominations for her single Rock My Body at Ghana’s Bass awards 2014 in addition to being featured on BBC’s Global Beats performing “Tinambayi”, a “war song” for women from her soon to be released album.

In October 2014 Wiyaala became the most nominated Ghanaian at The All Africa Music Awards (Afrima) after receiving nominations in four catagories including Revelation of The African Continent, Best West African Female Artiste, Best African Reggae, Ragga, Dancehall Song for Rock My Body and Most Promising Artiste on the African Continent.

Live performances this year have included the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Launch, Vlisco Dream Awards, the Ghana Stanbic Jazz Festival, GTP Nu-Style Fashion launch, Night of 1018 Laughs, Legends & Legacy Ball and Wiyaala in Concert at Alliance Francaise, Accra.

ALL ABOUT FANCY GADAM

Apart from his remarkable performance at UDS Wa campus on several occasions,

Fancy Gadam is a Hiplife Artist who was born in Hausa Zongo Tamale, Ghana on September 1988. His real name is Mujahid Ahmed Bello he hails from the Northern Part of Ghana.

Fancy Gadam completed Police Barracks high school in 2004. In his early days he was exposed to different genres of Music like HipHop, Dancehall & Reggae he use to copy most of the songs and sing them word to word. At the age of 12 he started performing at School Events And Public Occasions .

His ability to create his own music started at that time when they were assigning topics to write, act and sing about. After school his Interest in becoming an artist was boosted, and he started visiting different studios and developing skills of beat production.

He was influenced by Kaya, Banky W , Wizkid And Davido. all though he did recorded some rap songs,Hiplife and Dancehall was more appealing to him which at that point he started seeking a good management team.
Fancy Gadam first management team was 5 minutes Entertainment in 2011, That Brought out his first Official Album That had Many Talking About in The North.
The song “KALIPO” was Fancy Gadam biggest breakthrough among other massive hits such as: Alkawle Ft. Iwan And Bamba, Oyema, Nyaqsim , Lahazibsi all produced by Stone brain Records Based In The North.

He launched his debut album “KALIPO” under 5 Minutes Entertainment on 18th December 2011 at the Picorna gardens Tamale which was a sold out concert. The album featured top artistes like D Flex, Jamal Bamba, Stone Brain, Straw Da Rap and more, the album was accompanied by 8 music video’s and was creating a buzz and got lots of airplay.

Fancy Gadam preformed on all large stages in Tamale Ghana and participated on many big events such as Wizkid In Tamale, Davido and friends and lots More.
Fancy Gadam shared stage with many International artists such as Wizkid, Sarkodie, Davido, to name a few.

The Second Album “Ashili” was released on 4th January 2012 at Picorna gardens in tamale, this album featured 3 upcoming artiste under Five Minutes Entertainment. The songs “Dawgu” and “Alkaida” become huge hits all over the country.

Fancy Gadam Also brought Out massive hits Singles which became National Anthem on the streets of Tamale and the whole of the North, tittled Star Boi.

Fancy Gadam is Currently Working on this 3rd Album and has officially realesed a new single in the album titled Takahi, this song has been reviewed in most of the entertaiment programs as the best song ever composed and produced in the north.

ALL ABOUT IWAN

Iwan also known as Lyrical Gunshot due to his hard works was raised in the capital city of Ghana Accra New Town. He had his basic education at Accra New Town Basic School and later to St. John's Junior High in Kokomlele. He studied Visual Arts at Accra Senior High. He took the school leadership through Junior High and Senior High. Having passion for Music helped Iwan won the Entertainment Prefect. His father died during his childhood. He was then raised by his mother Hajara Mahmudu and other siblings in Accra New Town.

I Changed My name Again to Popa Razy and Went into

Being a Great fan of Hiplife, i use to Attend almost all Big Street Carnivals back in the Days. In the Neighbourhood am from, Raaco Down, Is full of musical Talents . Few of my friends were also into music so we decided to form what would become the very basis of our musical career . The UpCast Clan. The UpCast Clan consists of 4 of us. Faisal (BigJ) malik (RonzyJ), Me (Ryme dealer) and (Kofi jilado) Kofy.. We Always met and Do freestyles, end up creating songs, then contribute money and go record Simple Demos. some Of The Studios We recorded these demos Were Dope Rhymes (Nima), Babs studio (Nima), Tempo Sounds Mamobi and few of them. The

Group lasted For Just 6 months, we recorded about 5songs . The Reason we spilt was because i was More Serious with the Music. the rest Later gave Up. All of Them are Business Men Now. I Became Solo and Changed My Name To Odumfuo. started More Twi Rap cos It was The Time Obrafuo took Ghana music to The Kasahari World. It was these time I Visited More studios and met more people in The industry at Then. i met few people who wanted to manage me but most lied and wasted time. At the Same Time I developed Love for Producing Beatz and started learning it along the Line. I was Lucky to have met people Like War Leader, U Beatz who taught me A Lot in The Trade. Also Had Great Influences From Hammer, Jay Q, Appietus.. I encountered The Deep Love for reggae And Dancehall through Music Production. And

mainstream Reggae Music.(2003) Worked and recorded In Studios .Created A Click called Street Beatz. We Based in Newtown. My first studio time i worked professionaly as a studio engineer. I Met Bulldog, my first manager.

Lyrical Gunshot started his career by copyrighting other artists songs. He was used to performing songs which was originally composed by his influencers. He performed several edicative programmes like Funfair, Variety Shows and inter school events. After performing these roles, Iwan who was then called Popa Razy, started to develop his music career at his teen. He recorded several ground songs which gave him the title Rhyme Dealer. Currently Iwan is on his peace tour 2016.

IWAN is an acronym which stands for "I Win Always Naturally". He hails from Kumbungu, the Northern Part of Ghana.

After Senior secondary education, Iwan started sound engineering for almost four years while focusing on his talent. He had musical experience from the music production which helped him to developed quality timing, music composition and song writing skills. While working as sound engineer, Iwan recorded six master songs which include Party and others. After playing this role, Bulldog saw the potentials in Iwan so later had interest in managing him but later parted ways with the management team.Iwan also known as Lyrical Gunshot is known for the people in Ghana who made Dance hall famous after releasing his hit single Whos Bad.

Iwan Performed on all Big Stages like Ghana Music Awards (2011), Miss Ghana, and " O2 Arena" in London(First Intertanational STage). IWAN released his 3rd album on 12 sept 2014 which was a more matured Album this time. It was a full Reggae Album with 17 conscious Songs. it received More airplay and featured Veteran Artiste Like Black prophet, Ras Kuuku, Jah Kumbo etc. Songs Like Face of Jah, Marijuana, Obibiniba, Gideon Boots etc. are massive one Drop hits .

Iwan is an award winning