The official video for “my dream,” which was shot in Jamaica, captivates the audience from the onset with a breath taking view of the Caribbean Sea. Nesbeth is shown with a Jamaican flag draped around his shoulders on a picturesque cliff-top. This is a scene that is bound to evoke feelings of nostalgia in Jamaicans living abroad. The video develops with scenes of the snazzily dressed artist performing in his hometown, and the upscale areas of Kingston- offering a perfect juxtaposition of his life then and now.

The video, directed by RD Studios, captures the essence of the song with scenes of several individuals who have overcome challenges to become successful. One scene shows a youngster shunned by his peers when he wanted to participate in a race, but later becomes a champion athlete. Another scene features a Rastafarian who was, at one time, selling coconut water, but later becomes a successful business man selling bottled coconut water.

2015 has been an eventful year for Ghana’s International Reggae icon, Rocky Dawuni. The release of Rocky’s sixth album, “Branches of the Same Tree” earlier this year on Cumbancha, widened Dawuni’s international audience. The album highlights Rocky Dawuni’s ability to communicate a universal, uplifting message that crosses borders and has received endorsements from some of Reggae’s most respected voices including the house of marley
http://www.thehouseofmarley.com/blog/music-monday-with-rocky-dawuni/ .”Branches of the same tree” by Rocky Dawuni has been nominated for the Best Reggae Album at the 58th Grammys, coming up against stalwarts like “The Cure” by Jah Cure, “Acousticalevy” by Barrington Levy, “Zion Awake” by Luciano and Strictly Roots by Morgan Heritage http://www.grammy.com/nominees

Rocky Dawuni goes into history as Ghana’s first nomination at the Grammys. As a United Nations Ambassador for the Global Alliance of Clean Cookstoves, Rocky was in Ghana, when the country hosted the biennial Clean Cooking Forum in November, 2015. The event was part of a global effort to create a thriving global market for clean energy and to encourage the use of efficient cookstoves and fuels, especially in Ghana, where it is estimated that about 13,700 deaths occur each year as a result of exposure to household air pollution (HAP) from the traditional fire wood cooking stoves.

Rocky Dawuni’s effort to highlight the need to switch to more cleaner, more efficient cookstoves and fuels, to save lives, empower women, improve livelihoods, and ultimately protect the environment, cannot be over emphasized. Perhaps Rocky’s contribution to reduce household air pollution (HAP) and to combat climate change merits his nomination into the Grammys. We congratulate Rocky Dawuni in expectation of the accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States, to recognize his outstanding achievement in the music industry.

Story by: Adokwei Addo

Tripledose Production drops the awaiting ONE STEP RIDDIM that was in the making for over a year and a half now. This project is a compilation of artiste Jahvinci Only Jah, IQ carry On, Turbulence Done Wid, I Righteous Do This, Jim Kelly & Kamsha Crazy, Fantan Mojah Sugar and Zamunda Time Suh Dread.  Tripledose is known for doing authentic one drop reggae rhythms and have proved it with this project  as it have that up tempo live reggae vibe.

 One Step Riddim has been in rotation on local and international air waves and is getting a positive feedback so far. One Step is distributed by Hapilos distributions and now available on iTunes, amazon and other web base outlets.