HANA'S HOTTEST MUSICAL GROUP-4X4

4X4 is a rap group made up of the strangely-named Captain Planet, Fresh Prince, and Abortion.

Mentored by hip-life duo Buk Bak (Ronnie Coches and Bright Bling Sparkles), they released their first album 'Siklitele' in 2003, followed by a second album, 'Contestant Number 1', in 2007. The group explain that they choose the name 4×4 because the whole crew was elevated by four minds: Bright, Ronny, Captain Planet and Abortion.

4X4 was initially a duo, later bringing Fresh Prince (Prince Tamakloe) on board to feature on their 2007 hit 'HotGirls.com'. He eventually joined the group permanently to make it a trio. Under the watchful eye of Buk Bak the group have made a massive name for themselves in the Ghanaian music scene.

Abortion, who is a ragga artist, started rapping in high school with a group called Kokorokoo which featured Ghana's premier Akuapem rapper, Pope Skinnie. Captain Planet also started rapping in secondary school with a group called the Wu Clan. He was discovered by Buk Bak after being featured on a television programme called 'Kiddafest' and is the first person to rap in Ghanaian vernacular languages which include Akuapem, Twi, Ga, Ewe, and Pidgin English.

As role models to the youth in Ghana, the members of 4x4 have worked extremely hard to get where they are today. Captain Planet has a degree in Advanced Marketing while Abortion studied his dream career of being an architect at ATTC.

Their example to the youth mixed with their pride for their country also sees 4x4 fit perfectly into the ONE8 African supergroup project. JK'S SA LAUNCH
Sensational singer Jordan Katembula popularly knows as JK launched his 'Akapilipili' Album in South Africa. The album as become a hit on the Zambian music scene. The launch was on Saturday August 28, at Monte Casino in Johannesburg where JK was accompanied by two artistes, Indeed K who recently released her 'Cherubim Chandi' album, and Afunika. JK’s South African fans were ready for the Zambian star and showed up in numbers to see him.

JK was also accompanied Bizzy Wizzy of Klub Vegas, one of the hottest clubs in Zambia, who displayed his skills during the show. JK is expected to tour Zambia to promote his album which has captured many of his local music lovers. Some of the songs that JK performed were 'Ka Pillow', 'Concrete Mixer', 'Kanyimbo', 'Poison' and many more. Other Zambian artistes that have recently been to South Africa for performances include Mampi, Dalisoul, K’Millian, Petersen and Ozzy who is currently promoting his 'Kobili' album,

JK recently released his single 'Akapilipili' song which features Salma Dodia another upcoming Zambian artist. The video for the 'Akapilipili' song is already being played on MTVBase and Channel O. This is JK’s fifth Album.