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D-Black unveils new signings at Black Avenue Muzik annual brunch

2017-02-21

Ghanaian Music Mogul / Entrepreneur, D-Black in the showbiz circles announced his plans to sign new artists to Black Avenue Muzik which was once home to the Tonga smash hitmaker Joey B and saucy rapper Dee Money.

Everyone has since been on the lookout for the set of artists D-Black unveils for the fresh and brand new Black Avenue Muzik Squad! This dream team finally signed a deal over the weekend with Black Avenue Muzik and we think it’s safe to say we got all the juice on this exclusive news!

We are told from reliable sources, DBlack signed 3 male artists thus the “Ekiiki Me” Crooner Wisa, an extremely talented vocalist Singlet from Takoradi and a young fly kid by name Dahlin Gage.

D-Black further perked up the the signage by holding a mouthwatering Brunch at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel yesterday (Sunday) where the multi-billionaire King of Morroco was residing at the time.

We are keeping our fingers crossed until we get more details on the new artists and the way forward for the year ahead.

Check out pictures from the Black Avenue Muzik Brunch below.


According to the organizers, this year’s concert would seek to promote live gospel music and also help chart a whole new sense of purpose and direction for the church and Christian community as a whole.
The programme, due to take place at the church’s auditorium opposite the Adenta SSNIT Flats Block Four, would host gospel artiste Uncle Ato. Uncle Ato is expected to thrill the audience to live performances of some of his hit tracks including “Mensuro” among others. He would be supported by the Grace Outreach Choir, Gibson (The Anointed Guitarist), The Minstrels (Male crew), Choreography Team and many others.
Head of the Music Ministry of CCMI, Mrs. Mary Boateng-Antwi said: “gospel music should be used to save and uplift the souls of destitute and homeless children who are a blessing and a gift from God as he expects them to be raised in the right way”.
The organizers are optimistic that this year’s event will pull in the large numbers they anticipate. Let’s go do some singing and dancing @ Hosanna Praise!
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The ‘Black August’ project hopes to raise 50,000 Euros between now and December to purchase two dialysis machines for the Renal Unit. The startling reality is that the Korle Bu Renal Unit currently has only one machine. According to statistics, more than 2,000 Ghanaians across the country need kidney transplant, many of whom have had to depend on renal dialysis to survive. One dialysis session costs about 100 Euros and a kidney patient requires three sessions every week. Currently about 35 patients per year can be supported fully for treatment. 2131 hopes that the new Dialysis machine would provide support for the remaining patients by easing the pressure on the unit and help save more lives.
Dialysis is a procedure that is a substitute for many of the normal duties of the kidneys. The process allows patients with kidney failure a chance to live prolonged lives. There are about 5000-8000 patients in Ghana. However, for the three centers in the country, only 35 patients are receiving haemodialysis a year. The rest of the potential clients are being managed conservatively and most of them end up dying. The total number of haemodialysis machines in the country is 17 with 6 technicians and 6 trained nurses.
2131 will organize a series of events together with 4syte TV to help raise funds to embark on the project. On August 21, the first of the series of events will be launched at the Boomerang Night Club with the support of all the celebrities who have endorsed the project. These various musicians are also billed to perform live at the event. For a cool 20GhC (regular ticket) and 40GhC (VIP tickets) patrons would contribute to a worthy cause and get the opportunity to party with musicians such as: VIP, 4×4, Mzbel, Kweku T, Sarkodie, 4×4, VIP, Ayigbe Edem, Asem, Richie, Eazzy, Zigi, OJ Blaq, Trigmatic, D Black, Chemphe, Obuor, Tictac and J Town and many others.
Other events that will follow would be made public in due time. ‘Black August’ is supported by 4syte Studios and Global Media Alliance.
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Estifanos hails from the Amhara Tribe and with his impressive physique – 6 .5ft height, brown eyes and caramel skin – he has dazzled on the stage of several runways and graced the pages of print publications across the globe. He currently lives in Johannesburg, South Africa and shuttles between New York and Los Angeles under his agency, HEADS MODELS in Johannesburg <a href="http://www.headsmodels.co.za/">www.headsmodels.co.za</a>.
He started modeling rather unwillingly in High School at the 10th grade but today looks back on his journey with pride, having worked with some of the best stylists, photographers, and designers in the industry. He has worked as an assistant to the in house stylist at ENYCE, and appeared in several campaigns like: Absolut Vodka commercial in Paris, France; History Channel commercial in Hollywood, CA; Los Angeles Fashion Week; and BET Awards Fashion Show just to name a few.
I caught up with Estifanos, who lists Tyson Beckford, Tyra Banks, Kimora Lee and Iman as his role models in the industry, to find out about his journey into the world of fashion, his spirituality, his ambitions and personal battles.
Ameyaw Debrah: How did you get into modeling?
One of my younger sisters was into modeling in high school and I would take her to castings and fashion shows. Every time I arrived I was asked by the organizers and agents to model for them. I never accepted any offer or gave the idea much thought because in my culture modeling was just not something that men did. After hearing so much from every one “you should be a model, you have that look” I entered some nationwide model search competition only to be scammed out of my money. I thought this whole modeling thing is just one big convoluted mess. I went back to my life thinking “I can’t believe those judges chose people that clearly looked like they crawled from under a rock”.
<a href="http://ameyawdebrah.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/48afaf7421658.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-730" title="48afaf7421658" src="http://ameyawdebrah.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/48afaf7421658-203x300.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="300" /></a>In my sophomore year of college, Howard University, a guy that lived in my dorm was a photographer for a local upstart model agency. Every time I saw him, he suggested to me that I speak with the agents because I had the look that they wanted but of course I declined each time. One day while returning to the dorm from dance class, as I was sweating and breathing like a beast, I saw that guy and the CEO of the agency leaving the building. As fate would have it, I was stopped and questioned about modeling, and then asked to meet later with the agency. I did after several weeks of thinking it over and was given my first contract for representation. The rest is history
Ameyaw Debrah: What kind if modeling are you into?
Currently I primarily do runway and commercial print modeling. I think I would like to try my luck at fitness modeling as well. However, I’m afraid that getting so big would damage my opportunity to keep my career going for runway and commercial work. I would simply be too big and muscular.
Ameyaw Debrah: Do you think African models have the opportunity to succeed internationally while back home?
I personally think and believe that any African model worth his/her salt can hold it down anywhere on earth contrary to popular belief from the “powers that be”. It is very disheartening to be in this industry and see that everywhere outside of Africa black models are disappearing and getting less and less work. We have to fight three times as hard to be recognized in markets that are saturated by models from every corner of the earth excluding Africa. It hurts to sit in a fashion show and see twenty to forty models pass on the runway and not one face looks like my own and what’s worse is that I’m expected to buy and parade those garments around proudly. I do know that among our own in the Western world there are many opportunities to be taken advantage of. However, it remains a dream for so many models here in Africa to go to the West and work but it is more than possible!
Ameyaw Debrah: What else do you do aside modeling?
Currently I am working as a wardrobe stylist, I have designed a course for fashion show production/coordination and thankfully I will be lecturing at fashion institutions in the near future. I dance and choreograph (East & West African, Ballet, Modern, Jazz, some Hip Hop, & Salsa). I am also working to lay the foundation for the corporation that I’m breaking ground in the very near future. I was working for the U.S. Government while “doing my thing in fashion & entertainment” and decided that I would leave that job and country to come back home to Mumaland and make it happen here! The best decision yet!!
<a href="http://ameyawdebrah.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/6380_115843058337_676378337_3073137_868369_n.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-731" title="6380_115843058337_676378337_3073137_868369_n" src="http://ameyawdebrah.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/6380_115843058337_676378337_3073137_868369_n-235x300.jpg" alt="" width="235" height="300" /></a>Ameyaw Debrah: Do you have any other ambitions, say acting etc?
Well, I would love to work in the U.S. as an Actor on the silver screen, television and Broadway. I do dance so that is a good a place as any to do the same. I simply love being creative and choreographing pieces for stage, Theatre is my first love there is nothing like it! Aside from my career in the arts I do desire to be a powerful business man a force to be reckoned with.
Ameyaw Debrah: What have been your highlights so far?
Spiritually, I would have to say above everything else discovering the true me and finding out what my role is in the life of God on earth. In the natural sense, attending and graduating from Howard University; traveling internationally and living my dream in the fashion/entertainment industry, being a back up dancer for the South African Sensation Khabonina Quebeka , starring in a television show on DSTV Africa, writing scripts for Cartoon Network’s Dance Club, and acting in two films in the U.S. last year.
Ameyaw Debrah: What have been some of the challenges for you?
I think by far the most challenging entity for me has been the fight to be myself and not allow other people, their opinions and or good intentions build walls and hurdles for me to jump over. Once I decided that I would be my own man and live in my own world in way that is pleasing to both me and God “all hell broke loose.” I’ve observed that people are “ok” with you as long as they can figure you out or predict your next move, and manipulate you. They do so because of their own fears, inadequacies and failure to manifest their highest potential. In the presence of greatness & truth those areas are highlighted & magnified so it warrants that weaknesses need to strip you of your personal power. The moment one decides that he will sell out to the greatness, to the eternal inside himself every force of opposition arises to resist you. However, that which is inside you is greater than any opposition because it is the living God himself!
Another challenge for me has been the fact that I had no one physically to “hold my hand” and show me how things are to be done in order to accomplish goals and dreams. Well, that accompanied by the all too occasional person underestimating my strength and potential and resolving that I’m just another “pretty face” and that “there’s not too much to me.” In my pursuit of “pouring out myself” I’ve had to learn things the hard way by being left behind because I didn’t know what to do, say or where to be. I also had to educate myself about every aspect of this business, its functions, and how that affected me and how I was to respond accordingly. Through it all I learned to be resilient, proactive and not reactive. I learned how to live on the attack and stay ahead of the game! That experience really made me very strong and built me to last in this industry.
Ameyaw Debrah: What’s the fiercest or wildest photo shoot or job you ever did?
OMG! I was shooting once at the beach in Los Angeles and the photographer said she wanted shots of me sitting on a chair in the ocean. I thought, “Well surely there’s going to be one of those glass stands that don’t show up on film or a small pool in front of a backdrop of the ocean” ha! It was nothing of the sort. I had to sit in the ocean on a chair and pretend not to be bothered by the waves that constantly crashed from behind me without warning. Every time we set up the shot I would be catapulted to the beach and buried under what felt like tons of water before I could come up for air and that was the nature of that shot all afternoon. My God, this must have gone on for what seemed like hours until she said “Ok I think I’ve got the shot I want!” Major relief for me!
Ameyaw Debrah: Who is your favourite photographer?
Nigel Barker and Lope Navo
Ameyaw Debrah: What is the state of fashion and modeling in Ethiopia?
According to the models at home it sucks! There are barely any jobs that would pay a model a salary worthy of saying I’m a professional model and that’s all I do. There is somewhat of a fashion industry regarding the fact that there are models, designers and factory facilities to make any quantity of clothing upon order. I’ve learned also that some models are not very professional due to a lack of proper training that is. They have been known to go to the client directly and attempt to make their own deal under the table even if they have representation. That is a major NO anywhere in this industry!
I have observed that there are several emerging Fashion Epicenters in Africa and I personally intend to make certain that Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is one of them! I have designed training courses for models, wardrobe stylists, fashion show production and coordination, and currently I’m building one for agents and public relations. I plan, within the next five months, to collaborate with local agencies and modeling schools to implement these courses for all industry hopefuls and lay a strong foundation for world class fashion industry. I’m determined to do so and God has blessed me to know some really awesome and over qualified people at the top of their games from Los Angeles to South Africa to assist me in pulling this off!
Ameyaw Debrah: What is a routine day for you like?
I start at 5:30 am with prayer, scripture reading and worship to cover my day in God’s presence and so my mind and spirit are in alignment with Him. Then I’m off to the gym for an intense workout; after that I could be anywhere from rehearsal for a concert performance, on set filming a TV or Film production, going to model castings, go see’s and fittings with designers. My schedule does at times change by the minute. I have been on set wardrobe styling one day, then on location for TV, the next morning on a plane across the country to meet designers and sign contracts etc. and that night I’m back in Johannesburg to do it all over again the next day. I really believe that if I do not stay spiritually sober and connected to God at all times I won’t be very productive and humble.
Ameyaw Debrah: What is your training or exercising regiment like?
It is brutal! I must work out at 6am before I eat anything. My workout consists of weight and resistance training which includes exercises that incorporate two or more muscle groups at one time for maximum muscle response and sculpting. I try to do as many reps of any one exercise as possible in each set before moving on to the next exercise. I’m in the gym only three days per week to allow the body proper rest for muscle growth and when not there I do stretch, Pilates, and dance for cardio. I hate running on the treadmill it is an absolute bore but if I don’t have any choice I make it do what it do!
<a href="http://ameyawdebrah.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0303-web.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-732" title="DSC_0303 web" src="http://ameyawdebrah.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0303-web-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>Ameyaw Debrah: Any special diets or habits to stay in shape?
I eat only all organic foods absolutely no processed foods, white flour products, refined sugars and starches. For meat intake I only eat fish, turkey, and chicken grilled or baked. Red meats and deep fried food are categorized as saturated fats and are a major no for my diet of keeping very trim at all times. I do eat six small meals per day two of which are protein shakes that have enough calories to substitute a meal and multi vitamins. At each feeding I have two glasses of water and then a small portion of fruits and vegetables. This keeps the body well hydrated, suppresses the appetite, and boosts the metabolic rate. It has been a very good practice for me as well to do a total body cleanse every three months which promotes healthy organ and muscle function, a strong immune system, clean colon, and clear beautiful skin. 
Ameyaw Debrah: What’s your favourite African food?
Of course I’m partial to Ethiopian Food but Nigerians, Moroccans and Tunisians have some pretty good dishes also!
Ameyaw Debrah: What do you hope to achieve with your career?
I really want to simply live the life of a champion and open doors for so many others coming behind me that do not or may not have the opportunities that I’ve been blessed with. It is my dream to start my corporation that will build world class industry for arts, fashion and entertainment professionals in Ethiopia and across Africa; also build economically sound businesses that serve the Ethiopian population and possibly other countries in Africa. At some point I would love to open a conservatory for the arts in my country that will train and prepare artists in a pre-professional setting for the world of arts abroad. On a personal note I just want to work and do my thing as an Actor, Dancer, Model and Wardrobe Stylist in Africa and the U.S.
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