AKON SAYS AMERICA WASNT BUILT FOR BLACK PEOPLE

Senegalese-American artist Akon is a five-time Grammy nominee who has sold over 35 million records worldwide, and has collaborated with some of the biggest names in popular music, such as Michael Jackson, Snoop Dogg, Lady Gaga and David Guetta.

The musician, songwriter and producer, who was born in the US but spent much of his childhood in Senegal, is also an activist and a philanthropist - and he has turned his sights on helping Africa.

His current ambitious project, "Akon Lighting Africa," is working to bring solar-powered electricity to Africans in 49 countries by the end of 2020. 

Akon is also an ambassador for the non-profit organisation Peace One Day. Last year, he and actor Jude Law brought their celebrity power to Goma to a concert to promote peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

But Akon has also caused controversy through his performance style and his lyrics.

Akon talks to Al Jazeera about running his musical career as a business; his projects - both philanthropic and artistic; singing songs for peace and whether he thinks it can really make an impact; and being an African in the US.

Post by Deejay Bluemoon.

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MASIKA BIOGRAPHY

Masicka is the multi-talented, 19 year-old Dj, singer and songwriter on the verge of breaking into the tightly knit circuit of the Jamaican dancehall scene. Masicka is sure to be a big hit in dancehall music and is seeking to bring his one-of-a-kind style to international prominence. Today, Masicka is hailed as the next rising star in dancehall, with hot new singles, Guh Haad N Done, Whistling Clean and Lose Control getting heavy rotation on local radio stations, such as Zip 103, Hits 92 and Fame FM. Masicka has also been recently featured on some popular reggae/dancehall radio shows in the United States and UK. All of this airplay is greatly appreciated by the young Dj, who sees all the attention as reaching another milestone in his career. Masicka’s success also bodes well for his production and marketing team at One Motion Music. Masicka has already been fortunate to work with a variety of today’s talented dancehall producers over the past year. Producers like Equinoxx Music, a well-established riddim producer respected both in Jamaica as well as abroad. Icon, who does production for Ding Dong and many others. Makonen, who is popular for his tracks with Andrew and Wada Blood of the One Blood Family. Others include G3 Musik, TJ Records and CrashDummy Productions, the producer of Masicka’s latest single Guh Haad And Done. Masicka is thankful to have the opportunity to work with such great producers, but still maintains a special connection with one particular production house, One Motion Music. One Motion Music has been with Masicka from the begining and has produced some of Masicka’s most popular hits, like Whistling Clean and Lose Control. Masicka’s recent success has led the One Motion camp to film the first music video for Masicka with local video producers, SF Films. The video is eagerly anticipated by Masicka’s growing fanbase and is sure to take both local and international video scenes by storm very soon.

Masicka began his career as a promising local Dj with a lyrically insane flow of melodies and harmonies which can only be described as “Sick” or better then the average in terms of his delivery. His musical journey started by performing at local talent shows and competitions in his hometown of Independence City in Portmore, more popularly dubbed by Masicka as “Sin City”. There were many talented Dj’s in Sin City for Masicka to learn from and compete against and the place became a training ground for Masicka in which he was able to build his sick lyrical style. Masicka continued to develop his special talent while attending Calabar High School. He was dubbed “The Future” by classmates and teachers alike, after toppling all competition with his advanced word play. By the time Masicka left Calabar, he had gained the acknowledgement of all there that he would likely become the next young recording artist to take over the dancehall music scene. Interestingly enough, Calabar is a school well-known to be a producer of some other great talents, including one of the greatest lyricist and Dj’s of this generation and perhaps in Jamaica’s history, the artist known as Vybz Kartel. Masicka’s flow is rapidly becoming known by dancehall enthusiasts to be similarly incomparable to that of Vybz. Like Vybz Kartel, Masicka is blessed with a crazy, sick lyrical ability and rides upon dancehall’s most current riddims with a swagger that is unmatched by most others. Masicka is a vivid storyteller who is able to bring you with him to experience the life in Sin City on his records. Now only remains to be seen whether Masicka can establish himself as a perennial top-artist in dancehall, with the longevity only experienced among the true greats of the business.

During his Calabar days, A friend of Masicka introduced him to another schoolmate known to be heavy in
made his first official television appearance on Hype TV in 2009, he was already tasting stardom. Once again, Masicka performed extremely well as he went on to win Hype TV’s Dj competition, securing for himself as first prize, a recording session with Equinoxx Music. This resulted in the creation of one of Masicka’s most popular songs to date, “Anno Sometime” produced by Equinoxx. Equinoxx continues to work with Masicka and the One Motion Music crew today as the two production teams share a good relationship, mutual respect for the others musical talent and the hope that Masicka’s special, raw and unfiltered talent will continue to be properly directed and focused.

Masicka has also gained the acknowledgement of some established Dj’s, like Aidonia and Vybz Kartel, who feel that the young Dj Masicka has what it takes to compete in the industry and truly represent the culture and dancehall music. Every day Masicka seems to make a new fan as more people, whether in Jamaica or internationally, become familiar with his music. One Motion Music has set up a substantial web presence for Masicka. His music can be found today on Facebook, Youtube and local party sites like datmad.com. His music will also soon be released on One Motion Music’s own website and ITunes. Masicka certainly has come a long way, as he has grown quickly from the young boy of a single-parent home, forced to grow into a man in Sin City from an early age in order to help his Mother and siblings. Such life experience served to cultivate Masicka’s mind with an intense focus and an innate ability to think on a high level, usually attributed to a man older than 19 years. His fans receive the benefit of this as Masicka is able to clearly relay his unique experiences to listeners through his vivid lyrics and cool figures of speech. He will soon be featured for his talents in the Jamaican Gleaner and the weekly Star newspaper. These are just more milestones being met in the life of the young, talented Dj, Masicka. Throughout it all, Masicka says he won’t change, but instead, will continue to remain humbled and willing to work harder to be successful in the music business and give his fans good music. Let’s hope he’s right. Dancehall fans everywhere will receive the greatest reward.

the local dancehall scene. The schoolmate, Leon “Kabah” Brown, had already been a songwriter and producer for notable recording artists such as Bounty Killa, Movado and members of both the Alliance and Gully Squad. The link between Masicka and Leon proved to help mold Masicka’s raw talent. Kabah became Masicka’s producer, along with fellow One Motion Music producer, Addis Pablo who is the son of reggae legend Augustus Pablo. Addis is a talented musician and producer in his own right .With the home-based recording studio which the crew call the base of One Motion Music and the super Dj, Masicka. There, the young crew, including up and coming singer/songwriter Ramone “Unique” Derizzio, endure sleepless nights with countless recording sessions and are free to create their own musical concepts. They record on quality riddims and practice their skills constantly so that when they work with other studios and producers, they never fail to leave a great and lasting impression. As for Masicka, those long hours of hard work are certainly paying off. The Masicka buzz spread quickly throughout the generated across the local scene and soon became island wide. A cult following developed and by the time Masicka

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BETWEEN DAY LIGHT AND NIGHT

That moment when you started being too comfortable,
that very moment when you started reasoning,
that very first time you practically refused to let go of an issue,
you triggered this brutality, this insanity this cowardly act.

Power comes from up above, they said
respect those in authority, do not question just act,
when someone slaps you on this chick turn the other,
patience pays, and success comes to those who wait,

Talking to much was a dangerous act,
but you have the right of speech,
seeing too much is not good for you,
but you were given not one but two eyes,
if education is the key,
then why is it to expensive for we?

Something is not right here, Things are not adding up,
there is only one way to certain directions
going up, actually requires you to go up
and that is how it all started,
hatred was spread in ways we thought was normal
it was funny to share  that video online of some guy kicking the hell out of that drunk
it was paying well to talk funny, act funny and dilute your lyrics

You were the puppet, you were the teacher,
you were that father, who bailed on his child,
you were the executioner, you were the deejay
you, you, you..
get your act together, pick up from when you left
everybody falls down, what matters is how many get up
be slow to act and quick to reason during a confrontation
There is power in the people!!

Jah Bless! -Deejay Bluemoon

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OLDSCHOOL_HIPHOP_HUMPHREY_VS_BLUEMOON-MIXTAPE

Well i decided to go a little bit of my comfort zone and this mix-tape was the result of that move. Now everybody is talking about it. I got my inspiration from The talented Humphrey who does Capella of old school songs in different voices and merges them to one creating a nice harmony. People have missed the oldschool jams and as soon as requests started hitting my inbox and mail, i thought this was the best chance to go for it..Listen and enjoy.

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VYBZ KARTEL TALK TO DEM MIXTAPE 2015

Finally the long awaited Vybz Kartel Talk to dem Mixtape is out. Back to basics Vybz Kartel Proves himself Again that he is for sure the king of Dancehall with hit songs all over the dancehall chats. Its was just afew days ago that he was nominated to five youth awards. Even behind bars, his new songs are hitting the airwaves bigtime something that makes you wonder, what is it with Vybz kartel. Having made the first Vybz Kartel Mixtape that did very well on the social media downloads, shares and plays see (KARTEL MIXTAPE ONE) the demand for the second one was eminent. Well without much a do here is the play list of the mixtape.

Note; Vybz is still realizing more songs.

 

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DEEJAY BLUEMOON ON YARDHYPE.COM

It has been longtime coming for the world to recognize some of my works as a deejay, I sent out shout outs to yardhype.com for giving me that opportunity to spread my works large. Look out for my new mixtapes and deejay bluemoon coming to a club and a radio near you. Listen to my mixtape lickshot 2015 teaser on yardhype.com http://www.yardhype.com/deejaybluemoon-bm-set-52-lickshot-2015-teaser-mixtape/#_

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POSITIVE MUSIC VS MONEY

There has been serious debate over the time about the content the music nowadays have. Some artists, music co-operations, religious groups, activists and even some outspoken members of the society have raised alarm but nothing seems to happen. 

What makes me laugh at times is the ignorance some so called artists, would want to portray themselves as self righteous and speak against the current music, having bad language, the way it demoralizes the women and the society where as they are using bad language to speak this out. what change are you bringing if you yourself is not walking what you preach? 

Music is wide and general and it all depends on what you are promoting with it. It sounds really funny when someone comes and says that the art of music has been spoilt, people are singing gabbage, rubbish and they have no skill or talent. What is talent, what is skill, what is art? you have to ask your selves this first before you judge. does he sound good, can he or she really sing, are they creative, if so then you are in the avarta world of your own ignorance. 

My view is that music has taken a commercial turn and is used to promote agendas, New model cars, bling bling, other cultures, Pornography, cosmetics and other products, it no longer teaches and entertains the community as it did before but actually entertains this new generation's lifestyle. If i lived in the ghetto/projects or was born in the streets, hustled all my life to do things the right way and i get no correct feedback would you blame me? Ff i thought this was the idea way rather than strapping my waist with a cold 9 millimeter to robe a bank or an innocent civilian would you blame me? if this was the way i could feed my family after being let go from work because my boss is chopping off expenses would you still blame me?

I know this article will bring about mixed feelings, others would say i spoke the truth others will be like am an opportunist, but i call a spade a spade not a big spoon.

The thing is i think we should find a different way to deal with the system. Truth be told most of this funny

music is by black people ever wondered why? from Hip Hop to Dancehall Music. People's mindset has been put to believe that this is the right way to things, Most of this music get crazy air play unlike the rest and become more popular than the good old music that we used to have back in the day. Fame, "SUCCESS" and "MONEY" that comes with it blinds the entire generation. I think if we support the right music to a serious level, through huge concerts, massive air play, Proper branding, build a cool hype way of saying good and clean reggae/R&b, Hip Hop music is cool believe me you will see the difference and as strong black people we need to support the artists out there doing good music and teaching all the youths dem good morals. Lets not wait for a musical "jesus" when we can bring this changes our selves. It starts with YOU and ME. 

I know some of you will say, well as a deejay i should lead by example well, show me i can put food on the table with this concept and watch me make all the noise i can- Follow me at Deejay Bluemoon

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