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Jamaica: Tenza Promotes Self Love With " African Empress" 

12/15/2014

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Recording artiste Tenza is appalled that skin bleaching is increasing in popularity in Africa and Jamaica, especially since some agents of the music industry are promoting the practice.

According to the singer, artistes should use their musical gifts to inspire, rather than to lead fans of their music into a direction which may have dangerous repercussions.

Tenza, who sold more than 500,000 copies of the single Too Hot as a member the electric trio Fya, formerly signed to internationally renowned record label Def Jam, is now a solo act. The Jamaica-born singer is now gearing up to lend her voice for a positive cause by releasing a new single called African Empress.

According to the singer, the song is intended to resocialise persons who have been misguided into thinking that black is not beautiful; hence they resort to skin bleaching.

African Empress was produced by Suncycle Digital and TMD Records and is available for purchase on iTunes. All proceeds from the sales of the record will go towards Tenza's charity initiative called the 'BossLady Charity'. The initiative is geared towards assisting less fortunate parents with the financing of early-childhood education.

Tenza hopes African Empress will make a powerful impact and assist with breaking down the barriers of social stratification based on the colour of the skin.

"It's a taboo subject, but a cruel racial hierarchy still exists in today's society where the lighter-skinned persons are regarded as superior to the darker-skinned. Dark skin is sometimes seen as failure and light skin is seen by many as being beautiful and equates to success," said the gold-selling singer.

Tenza thought the skin bleaching practice in Jamaica as a fashion trend would have eventually disappeared. However, a recent visit to Africa revealed just how serious the issue of self-hate was among people of African decent.

"I noticed that a number of young, beautiful, black African girls were bleaching their skin and when I asked why did they do this, they explained that dark skin is not beautiful enough to present opportunities," she said.

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Jamaican: Kelissa Gives Simmering Set In St Andrew

12/15/2014

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 ON Saturday night, the cool hills of St Andrew reverberated with the sounds of reggae singer Kelissa delivering a simmering set to warm the year-end temperatures
The young singer — who is part of the new reggae revival movement which includes the likes of Chronixx, Jesse Royal, Protoje, Dre Island, Kabaka Pyramid, and Jah9 — did not drop the baton, instead gave a strong showing which showcased her endearing vocals and well-written and produced material.
Kelissa Live was staged at Skyline Levels, the childhood home of the singer's mother, which has over the years evolved into a recording studio and live performance space high up on Skyline Drive with the lights of the city twinkling below. This intimate setting was perfect for the singer to perform in front of an appreciative audience.
Her opening mood was sombre and message-driven with tracks Love Letter, Afrika, Time is Now, and Slow Down. The tracks, with their slower tempo, were extremely effective in drawing the audience into the music and the artiste.
The second segment saw the tempo increase, adding to the entertainment value of the show. Songs of Love would open this segment which Kelissa layered with tap dancing by Samantha Strachan. Best Love would follow, which includes verses in Swahili. This went down well with the audience, particularly some Kenyan nationals who were in the house.

From here on in it was anyone's guess which one of her friends would be dropping in.

It started with Yung JR, the son of reggae act Junior Reid, who shared Wake Up, his collaboration with Kelissa. Keida would also step up to the microphone to give 'strength' to Kelissa. Drew Island was next to share the stage with the headline act on War. He was followed by Kabaka Pyramid, Runkus, and Jesse Royal. They all gave short but effective performances to please the audience.

The final guest of the night was Kelissa's brother Keznamdi. The brother-sister duo brought the curtains down with Live for Today.

Speaking to the Jamaica Observer following her performance, Kelissa was ecstatic noting that "it is always a joy to perform music for my people".

The petite artiste noted that 2014 had been a great year, adding that it has sent the trend for what she hopes to accomplish in 2015.

"This year was really about establishing who Kelissa really is for the public. I assembled a team including managers and my band — The Anbessadors — and we were able to go on the road with Chronixx including his 22-city European tour and stops in North America. This year was also about recording some really strong material and establishing a standard for how we write our material as well as musical production quality, we're big on that. We just want to continue that in 2015," she said.


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Jamaican: Macka Diamond Released New Gospel Song 

12/15/2014

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 DANCEHALL artiste Macka Diamond is pleased with public response to her gospel-flavoured song Prayer.

"I have been getting a lot of encouragement on social media from my fans and from ordinary Jamaicans in the streets. They say 'Macka keep it up, we love the new song', and I am getting a different kind of response in the streets and on radio," she said.

She shot a video for the single in St Elizabeth last week. It was directed by Super K studios/BOJ TV
"The shoot really went well, it was extraordinary...very professional. We had nice beach scenes and a couple of other exciting scenes the public will love. I don't want to give the plot away, but people are going to be very surprised," Macka Diamond said.
This is the second gospel-inspired track in weeks. Last month, she recorded the Danny Brownie-produced Answer My Prayer.
"I just feel blessed because I am getting a lot of calls for shows, my career is sailing along, my family is great, my son is doing wonderfully in school. I am in a good place right now because of God and I want to tell him thanks and this is my covenant with Him," she said.
Macka Diamond, whose given name is Charmaine Munroe, is known for a number of hit songs including Hoola Hoop, Washing Money Machine and Dye Dye.


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Uganda: Chamelone, Bebe Cool to Face Off In Kiwatule

12/15/2014

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This must be one of those tricks to pull massive crowds for the show as it’s not clear whether the named artistes will attend.
This comes after the Love you every day singer has got ten nominations in the forthcoming HiPipo Music Awards
Bebe Cool took it to his social media pages to express his gratitude about the nominations.
“Dear Gagamel Phamily, Friends, and Fans worldwide! We have scooped 10 nominations in the 2015 HiPipo Music Awards. Tukola Byafayo…. You Know How I feel. I Love You Everyday’’, said Bebe Cool.
The nominations are a clear reflection of the 2014 music industry performance as observed by about 15,000 music
Stakeholders including fans, media, and artistes who filled up nomination forms
Throughout the 34 categories, it is clear that 2014 will be remembered as the year of a powerful and dependable middle class that gave those already established serious competition.
This year Bebe cool, Sheebah, Eddy Kenzo, Radio & Weasel got the highest number of nominations.
These were closely followed by Chameleone, Bobi Wine, David Lutalo, Irene Ntale, Pallaso, and King Saha among others.
The HiPipo Music Awards- #HMA2015 will be held on Saturday 7th February, 2015 at Wonder World Auditorium, Kansanga.


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