Accra, 10 December 2007: Charismatic Ghanaian hip life star Tinny, a.k.a. Tinny Nii Addo Quaynor, is to have a brand new music video shot by sizzling hot US music video director Rachel Watanabe-Batton, with a special cameo appearance by French/Cameroonian turntable ‘royalty’, DJ Prince Charles.

The new video for Tinny’s track, ‘Incomplete’ will be shot on location in Accra by world-class director and producer Watanabe-Batton, as part of the MTV Making the Video with Shell initiative. Watanabe-Batton, who has worked with artists from Nas to Lil Jon, P Diddy, Timbaland, Will Smith, R.E.M and Oasis, will be assisted on the shoot by a group of Ghanaian music video directors participating in the MTV Making the Video with Shell video workshop, which took place in Accra, Ghana w/c 10 December.

As reported 4 months ago, MTVBase introduced a TRL radio show in Kenya by way of Capital FM. It was going to be a weekly 2-hour radio show makes its debut on Capital FM on 3 August 2007. Museke brings you the latest countdown, what music is hot and popular in Kenya these days.

This music includes music from all over the world, and like in many chart shows across Africa, American music dominates. The Kenyan musicians on the countdown are Nonini, Abbas, Jua Cali (who was in the running for the best African musician at the MTV Europe music Awards) and Amani. Here is the countdown of the top 20 songs.

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Johannesburg, 5 November 2007: South African hip-hop artist Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) aka the Hiphop Ninja has been selected to have a brand new music video shot by internationally acclaimed music video director Nick Quested, with a special cameo appearance by US R&B diva and double-Grammy Award nominee, Amerie.

The video, for HHP’s track, will be shot in Johannesburg this week by Quested as part of the MTV Making the Video with Shell initiative. Quested, who has made nearly 100 music videos for A-list stars such as P. Diddy, Nas, Common, Sting and Brandy, will be assisted on the shoot by South African video directors participating in the MTV Making the Video with Shell video workshop, which takes place in Johannesburg from 5 November.

After weeks of debating and voting for the MTV Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards, we finally have a winner. D'Banj, da koko master from Nigeria, edged out Samini (Ghana), Jose Chameleone (Uganda), Hip Hop Pantsula (South Africa) and Jua Cali (Kenya) for the award at the ceremony held at OlympiaHalle in Munich, Germany on Novermber 1. He succeeds South Africa's Freshlyground in what may be the biggest award an African musician could win these days and countryman Tuface Idibia who won the maiden edition in 2005. Congratulations to Oladapo Oyebanjo aka Skibanj.

Ahhhhhh Angola's finest in Kuduru music... Word is that Os Lambas kinda went back to the hood thing of drugs and all that but they're still theee shit

Watch the Comboio II video

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The time is nigh...By now everyone should know that the EMA nominations are out. For the third year running, the MTV Europe Music Awards have a category for the best African Act. The first ever winner of the award was 2Face Idibia (2005), while 2006 saw Freshly Ground walking away with the award. The nominees for the 2007 EMA BEST AFRICAN ACT ARE:

D'BANJ (NIGERIA)
HHP (SOUTH AFRICA)
JOSE CHAMELEONE (UGANDA)
JUA CALI (KENYA)

So the Channel O Awards came and went, leaving a bad taste on EVERYONE'S tongues.

First off, as with most events in S.A, the awards ceremony started late. After having being told that my VIP tickets were at the front desk, I had a bit of an embarrassing situation with people not finding my name or my ticket on their list. Without my tickets, I did the sensible thing and walked right past burly security guards and bouncers, and set about trying to find the person responsible for making sure that I had tickets. In my quest to find what I (much later) found out was the VIP desk, I landed up in the dressing rooms of the artists!! After spending some time with D'banj and his chilled out producer Don Jazzy; Crazy Lu of Jozi; Samini; Nameless; and a host of other artists, I set out to look for the rumoured "VIP DESK". After looking in all sorts of nooks and crannies of the City Hall building in downtown Jozi, I found the desk in the bowels of the building. There was a ridiculously long queue of VIP's trying to get their passes and tags! Not being one to queue, I went straight to the front of the desk and lo and behold my passes were nowhere to be found!! Media and VIP's STILL hadn't got their passes by the time the event started!

What a difference a month makes in what constitutes the best African music videos?
Sasha aka Nigeria's Missy Elliott has good staying power, as she has been on the countdown for over a month without much progress though. It seems Southern Africa continues to dominate on the countdown, with South Africa replacing Angola as the nation with the most music videos. Freshlyground is already on the countdown with their first single of the Ma'cheri album called Pot belly.

It seems South African men are taking to the rhythm and blues genre pretty well. After being dominated by Kwaito, House, Afro-pop and Reggae, Loyiso and Tumi are leading the surge of male crooners.

See the previous countdown here for the Adara music video by Sasha.

To the countdown,
10 Siphokazi (South Africa) - Amacala

9 Tumi (South Africa) - Give me you

8 Buraka Som Sistema ft Petty (Angola) - Wawaba (V1.8)

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The nominees for one of the biggest awards an African musician could get these days is out. One of the following, Uganda's Jose Chameleone, South Africa's HHP, Kenya's Jua Cali, Nigeria's D'banj and Ghana's Samini, will be named as the best African Act at the MTV Europe awards at the beginning of November. Freshlyground from South Africa won the award last year after Tuface Idibia had won the very first one in 2005.

All five nominations are well-deserved, they have been among the biggest musicians in their respective countries and had countless hits. I think this award is for work done mostly in 2006, because I don't believe any of them released an album this year. I don't think any of the nominees stands out among the rest so it is hard for me to choose a favorite. Voting is involved so I guess I have to reveal who I'll vote for eh.