Tuesday 31 January 2012

BANKY W, WIZKID, L-TIDO & BONIE TO RECORD TITLE TRACK FOR SHUGA: LOVE, SEX, MONEY




CONTEMPORARY MUSIC INCREASES RESONANCE & RELEVANCE OF HIV/AIDS DRAMA TO YOUTH AUDIENCE

Nairobi/Lagos/Johannesburg, 30 January 2012: Nigerian artists Banky W and WizKid, South African rapper L-Tido and Bonie from P-Unit (Kenya) have been commissioned to write and perform the title track forShuga: Love, Sex, Money - the second series of the sex and relationships drama set in Kenya.

Shuga”, a genre-defying Afro-Hip Hop-R&B-Soul-Pop hybrid has been commissioned by MTV Networks Africa in association with The MTV Staying Alive Foundation, PEPFAR (The U.S. President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief)The Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation (HFG) and the Government of Kenya as part of a ground-breaking multimedia campaign to spread the message about responsible sexual behaviour and tolerance. Star Nigerian music video director Clarence Peters will fly into Kenya in early February with Banky WWizKid and L Tido to record the music video for the track. 

Banky W and WizKid are also making cameo appearances in the TV drama alongside Nairobi-based Nigerian Ikubese Emmanuel (a.k.a. 9con)and Kenyan singer Avril.  Other artists to feature in the atmospheric soundtrack to Shuga: Love, Sex, Money include Camp MullaFlavourP-SquareWyreSTLMadtraxxJ MartinsSashaStella Mwangi and many others. 
The title song for “Shuga: Love, Sex, Money” will debut on MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) on Tuesday 14 February 2012.  The track will be available for download free of charge on the Shuga website (www.shuga.tv).
Shuga: Love, Sex, Money was filmed on location in Nairobi and Malindi during August - September 2011.  Living with HIV, stigma, rape, high-risk sexual behaviours and multiple concurrent partners are just some of the important topics covered in Shuga.

The red carpet premiere of Shuga: Love, Sex & Money will take place in Nairobi on 10 February 2012.

Shuga: Love, Sex, Money is being offered rights-free to other broadcasters around the world in order to spread the message about responsible sexual behaviour and tolerance.
Shuga: Love, Sex, Money airs on MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) from Tuesday 14 February 2012 (20:30 WAT/21:30 CAT/22:30 EAT, MTV Base, DSTV Channel 322).  The series will be followed by a half-hour discussion featuring the Shuga cast, public health experts and youth, to be broadcast on Tuesday 27 March 2012.
For more information about Shuga: Love, Sex, Money log ontowww.shuga.tv or               www.g-pange.com.  To share your thoughts onShuga: Love, Sex, Money, add #Shuga#ShugaLove#ShugaSex and#ShugaMoney to your tweets.

Statement issued by:
           Alison Reid                                                                  Rose Thuo
Director of Communications                                           Communication Manager
MTV Networks Africa                                                    Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation

Monday 9 January 2012

Untitled



I don't even know what to title this post, lemme just let the pictures do the talking...It's me and my many friends






us, out to get a Goode Rogering



I love music and radio, been a big of the Saturday Surgery on 5fm since the beginning. Roger Goode came to town, music to my ears. My name on the guestlist...EPIC night 

Mr Goode does his thing

Me and my friendly mate Sindie
Me and my Sindie

Future be looking too bright for my Sindie


Myself 

My teacher friend_Linda Mputa

Thoivo Jonisto

rapper's sneaker. Pic taken in the wee hours of the morning after a night long MC battle

Sunrise of the 1st day of  2012 in Mdanstane
sunrise on the last day of 2011


my friend Thoivo, Zora in the background
The stunning Vovo

myself and Thoivo's foot



WE spent New Years eve in Mdantsane(you heard right,lol), eNdaweni met some cool people

me and my friend Phaks Mvelashe
Myself and Lerato at The Africa open Golf challenge 2012




My lovies Lerato and Zora...Wine in the sun





Former tomboy Zora and the lady since Vantoeka Vovo
my cute fellow small towner Lerato Pholo
ZonRa
new year! new challenges, finally had the guts to wear a bikini (I'm somewhere in the background, looking all Zebra like, lol)



My girls breakin it down on the dance floor

Ready to party!