Xenophobic attack affects ‘Tolo tolo baby’ video shoot – Ruff and Smooth

Xenophobic Attacks Brings Reality to Musicians When Ghana’s award-winning Afro beats duo, Ruff N Smooth landed in Johannesburg, South Africa to begin work on the visuals for their newest single “ToloTolo Baby” which features Nigeria’s Wizboyy, they never expected to be caught in the chaos of xenophobia.

In recent weeks, several reports and videos have circulated on the inhumane acts from South African natives against foreign migrants. The attacks and reports while gruesome did not prepare Ahkan and Bullet (Ruff N Smooth) for the harsh realities of being in the violence-ridden region. The trip, which only lasted five days [April 15th, 2015 to April 20th, 2015], was cut short due to heated attacks occurring in prime locations picked by the director for the video shoot.

To pay their respects to the victims, the shoot was suspended. Ahkan and Bullet expressed deep sympathy for those caught in the attacks and condolences to victims and families especially those of Ghanaian descent who lost their lives.

They have also implored their audience, fans and all of Africa to pray for peace and oneness to prevail in South Africa. “ToloTolo Baby”, the duo’s newest smash hit, which hit the airwaves by storm is another great Ghana-Nigeria collaboration featuring Wizboyy. The song fuses Twi, Pidgin English and different Nigerian words/phrases and looks to be one of the songs of the season.

It also continues to illustrate the beauty that can be produced when two different entities come together for a common goal (in this case music). Ruff N Smooth promises their fans in Ghana, Nigeria and all countries on the continent and beyond the release a world class video production of “ToloTolo Baby” as soon as the violence ceases to resume shooting in South Africa.

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An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.

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