The fourth edition of the Ghana Meets Naija
concert was held at the Accra International
Conference centre with over 10 artistes gracing
the stage from Nigeria and Ghana.
Tickets were sold out days before the concert
explaining the huge attendance at the auditorium
which seats 1600 people, yet teeming fans had to
be part of the experience from the aisles due to
inadequate seats.
The amalgamation of popular music from the two
familial nations with so much rivalry opened by
Mz Vee and AK Songstress with a splendid
dancehall performance reassuring the industry of
a bright future for the music genre especially with
the involvement of women.
The stage was illuminating with beautiful designs
notably a replica of Ghana’s Independence Arch
with the black star on top.
Double, gave a short performance which ushered
in DJ Black, the headline DJ for the night as Nii Ayi
Tagoe held the fort at the forecourt of the
auditorium concurrently.
The MC for the night, actor Chris Attoh, in the
midst of beautiful ladies took charge while
dispelling a connotation of competition between
the two countries emphasizing the objective of the
concert which is for the love of music.
Guru took the stage with a rousing applause and
sing-along as he introduced Lil Win who was
ushered onto the stage by macho men while
performing his part of their popular Azonto Boys
song. They rocked the night especially Lil Win who
couldn’t help it but dance his heart out.
Selebobo from Nigeria opened for the Nigerian
acts with his track, Yoyo, getting the crowd off
their seats. He finally sang a piece of his new
song Selfie which should gain the attention of
VVIP.
Wizboyy got the Wizolingo going as the party
mood was set. DJ Spin from Nigeria and DJ Solo
from Ghana locked horns on the turntables as the
crowd got a taste of both nations.
The mood was charged when Edem surprisingly
joined the bill and performed his new song Koene
after Castro had taken over the stage with his
songs from the past to present.
The ‘Limpopo’ man, Kcee took his turn creating a
rapport with the audience gaining a positive
response. He worked the crowd to a dance
marathon including a short dance competition he
organised on stage rewarding the winner $200 in
between his performance.
Then came the arguably best rapper in Ghana,
Sarkodie who literally added heat to the already
warm auditorium as the audience got ecstatic. A
lady fan jumped onto the stage, as he performed
with Castro, just to touch his feet to which he
gave her a hug that almost got her collapsed to
the ground in emotions. Sarkodie got emotional
but wiped his face and the music continued.
The excitement was so intense during Sarkodie’s
performance that it got Bola Ray, CEO of
organisers, Empire Entertainment, to shower him
and his DJ with money during his performance as
a display of appreciation.
The concert got to another level of hyper when
Sarkodie performed Adonai with Castro.
Symbolically, Castro passed a basket around to
the audience for offertory as expressed in the
song, surprisingly the audience responded to it
and dropped money into the basket which was
later showered on Sarkodie by a fan.
The final act from Nigeria was Davido who had his
song, Aye, sang back-to-back by a seemingly
worn-out crowd.
The concert came to an end with the final act,
Shatta Wale who was ushered onto the stage with
a very formidable security team made up of over
a dozen military personnel, private security men
in uniforms, personal bodyguards and a huge
entourage with four huge dangerous looking
guard dogs.
He performed his usual as his fans trooped to the
front to take photos at close range. He shouted:
“Free Bull Dog” in the middle of his performance
and asked the crowd to repeat after him in a
show of solidarity to his Manager, Bull Dog, who is
in Police custody as a suspect in the murder of
Fennec Okyere, another artistes manager killed
some weeks ago at his home.
This year’s Ghana meets Naija concert organised
by Empire Entertainment would go into the
history books as one of the best shows ever
organised in Ghana.
Source: Ismail Akwei-GhanaWeb
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