city Accra, Ghana: Celebs Rumors

Coachella and its organisers Goldenvoice have filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Ghana-based festival Afrochella.According to the suit, which was filed in a California federal court on October 5, Goldenvoice claim that Afrochella (via Pitchfork) is “intentionally trading on the goodwill of well-known Coachella and Chella festivals and trademarks by actively promoting music events in the United States and in Ghana using the confusingly similar mark Afrochella”The suit continued: “Not simply content to imitate and attempt to trade on the goodwill of Coachella, Defendants even went so far as to apply in Ghana to register Coachella as their own trademarks.”“Despite repeated requests from Plaintiffs, Defendants have refused to adopt their own distinctive event name, and as a result, instances of actual confusion have already appeared on social media.”The lawsuit “seeks injunctive relief and damages for Defendants willful infringement in the United States and to protect the public here from confusion”Back in 2017, former Afrochella boss Edward “Deezy” Elohim took to Twitter to call the festival a “Coachella themed event”.Coachella first warned Afrochella in 2016. In the 30 page lawsuit filed against the festival organizers in Ghana, they add a screenshot of one of the organizers @deezydothis describing Afrochella as a "Coachella themed event" pic.twitter.com/EyAZCBiJK8— Ebenezer Donkoh (NY DJ) (@nydjlive) October 7, 2022Afrochella 2022 is scheduled to take place on December 28 and 29 at El Wak Stadium in Accra, Ghana.

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The 2022 Global Citizen Festival is starting soon, so let’s take a look at the lineup!

Vic Mensa donated $10,000 (£8,779) in fuel and also gave away some pre-rolled weed joints to Chicago residents earlier this month.The Chicago rapper visited his Southside neighbourhood over the recent Labour Day weekend (September 3-5) to promote his new cannabis business, 93 Boyz, with plenty of freebies for unsuspecting locals.According to a press release [via HipHopDX], Mensa helped fuel approximately 200 vehicles at a local BP gas station and handed out a pocket-full of pre-rolled cannabis joints.In a video clip shared by TMZ, an emotional woman is seen telling Mensa that she showed up at a pump with $5 (£4.39) and was worried that she wouldn’t be able to buy enough fuel to get her granddaughter to work.A post shared by @vicmensaMensa founded 93 Boyz, which is Chicago’s first Black-owned cannabis business, over the summer.Cannabis has been legal in the state of Illinois since January 2020 and as part of the brand’s mission the company will continue performing acts of charity for inner city minorities.“The brand was founded by Chicago-born musician and activist Vic Mensa with a vision of lifting up the neighbourhoods around him while lifting spirits across the state. That vision paired with the heaviest, headiest gas available anywhere is what fuels 93 Boyz today,” a statement on the company website reads.Elsewhere, Mensa recently joined forced with Chance The Rapper to launch a music festival in Ghana.The Chicago rappers are set to launch The Black Star Line Festival on January 6, 2023 in Accra, Ghana’s Black Star Square.“Everything we’re doing is with the goal of uniting and building a bridge between black people of the diaspora and the globe, with the continent,” Mensa previously said.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticThe New York component of this fall’s consciousness-raising Global Citizen Festival will bring together artists as stylistically diverse as Mariah Carey, Metallica, Maneskin, Rosalia, Mickey Guyton, Charlie Puth and the Jonas Brothers — with a “bonus Jonas,” as it were, in the form of Priyanka Chopra Jonas, the activist who’ll host for the live audience in Central Park Sept. 24 as well as an ABC broadcast special the following night.The stars will shine as brightly far away from Manhattan, as well, in Accra, Ghana, where the other half of the event will go down — also on Sept.

pledge to take action on the nonprofit’s key issues.With the economic scars of the COVID-19 pandemic remaining and Russia’s war on Ukraine looming, Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans recognizes the concert is coming at a more critical time than ever. “These are urgent issues,” the nonprofit’s exec told The Associated Press. “That’s why our campaign’s focus on ending extreme poverty now — not next year, not the year after, but right now.

Metallica, Mariah Carey, Rosalía, Måneskin, Jonas Brothers and Charlie Puth.The second festival, meanwhile, is being staged at Black Star Square in Accra, Ghana. Performers for that event include Usher, Stormzy, H.E.R.

Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa have announced plans to launch a music festival in Ghana.The rappers are set to launch The Black Star Line Festival on January 6, 2023 in Accra, Ghana’s Black Star Square.“Everything we’re doing is with the goal of uniting and building a bridge between black people of the diaspora and the globe, with the continent,” Mensa said in a statement (via Pitchfork).

Wilson Chapman editorKendrick Lamar made an appearance during Paris Fashion Week Thursday, performing songs from his new album at the Louis Vuitton showcase and paying special tribute to Virgil Abloh, the late fashion designer and artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear collection.Lamar appeared at the event seated in the crowd next to Naomi Campbell and his manager Dave Free, before going into performance mode. While the models walked the catwalk, Lamar rapped songs from his recent “Mr. Morales & the Big Steppers” album, wearing the crown of thorns featured on the album’s cover.

Kendrick Lamar has visited Accra in Ghana for a new mini-documentary in which he describes his new album as his “most present yet” while also reflecting on going to therapy.The four-minute Spotify film, titled A Day In Ghana With Kendrick Lamar, follows the rapper as he makes his first-ever trip to the capital of the West African country. “I can’t even tell you what day it is,” he said at the start.

Accra, Ghana as its sister city for the 2022 festival in September.This year’s 10th Anniversary of the Global Citizen Festival, taking place on September 24, will not only highlight a full decade of impact working with the world’s top music artists live from the iconic Global Citizen stage on the Great Lawn in Central Park, New York City, but it will feature a simultaneous show live from Accra, Ghana, making the event a truly global experience with some of the most popular artists from around the world. “Ghana is honored to host this year’s edition of the Global Citizen Festival,” said H.E.

Real Housewives of Atlanta O.G. Nene Leakes is currently painting Accra, Ghana red with her boyfriend Nyonisela Sioh. The TV personality and her beau shared snippets of their trip through their Instagram Stories. A post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom)The two have been seen wining and dining around the West African country, as well as driving around taking in the beauty and enjoying the company of others, as well as one another.

Chance The Rapper has performed new song ‘Child Of God’ on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert – watch the moment below.Chance’s latest single arrived last month (March 24) and features Moses Sumney on vocals.In the video for the new track, Chance is seen rapping in the same room from his 2021 music video, ‘The Heart & The Tongue’. In the background, artist Naïla Opiangah paints on a canvas behind him.

Chance The Rapper has shared the video for his new song, ‘Child Of God’ – watch it below.Chance’s latest single arrived earlier this week (March 24) and features Moses Sumney on vocals.In the video for the new song, Chance can be seen rapping in the same room as that for his 2021 music video, ‘The Heart & The Tongue’.In the background, artist Naïla Opiangah paints on a canvas behind him. The pair met during a trip to Accra, Ghana and have recently opened a contemporary art project together called ‘Child Of God’ at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art.You can watch the video here:Chance took to Twitter earlier this week (March 20) to hint that new music was on the way. He shared a cryptic post that read: “My mind is decided” alongside a release date.Chance has been hinting at his return for some time in a series of Instagram posts where he’s shared images from apparent writing and recording sessions.He also shared a snippet of some new political music earlier this month, in which he rapped about the death of the first US President George Washington.The track began with a symbolic narrative based around Washington’s death and his ownership of slaves.

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WizKid has shared a new video for ‘Essence’, his collaboration with Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems – watch it below.The track appears on ‘Made In Lagos’, WizKid’s lauded full-length album from 2020.The new video sees the pair lounging around the streets of Accra, Ghana. It’s the fourth video to be released from ‘Made In Lagos’.Watch the new ‘Essence’ video below.WizKid’s ‘Made In Lagos’ came out last October.

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