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In an upcoming 269-Seonds track anxiously awaited, Cameroonian gospel music artist, LIA, has explained why we undoubtedly become more strengthened, when we pick up born again status. Further enlightening TIPTOPSTARS on the message in Cos I'm Born Again, the singer holds that when we become born again, God lives in us and we begin to exhibit supernatural tendecies. "We are His representation and representatives. When we sing, He sings through us and we are excellent in the things we do," she admits.

According to the Canada-based gospel musician, the story in her new Single, produced by Rad, is a reflection of her experience in faith. "It relates to my life's journey and how God turned my sorrows into honour and my weeping into singing," says the singer, who is also a minster of the Word and a journalist.

Even before Cos I'm Born Again is made public, LIA says she can be caught all the time chanting the soul-searching Single to herself. "This track strengthens my faith,  especially when faced by trials," she reveals. And adds: "I refuse to see challenges but choose to see God's glory and power above everything else, so I can stay focused on the calling entrusted to me."

Apart from English which takes a larger portion of the neatly crafted piece of music, Cos I'm Born Again is also sung in Ibo, Yorubo (Nigerian mother tongues) and some Ghanaian mother tongues. "This is in a bid to exalt and spread the Word of God further," the artist explains.

Cos I'm Born Again whose video sees the light of day next week, will be comprised in LIA's maiden nine-track album expected in the coming months. Other songs on the album titled Arise are Never Stop, Champion, You Are The Reason, Amazing Grace, Unstoppable, I'm Healed, Hosanna and Trinity. It will be uploaded on CDbaby eventually and will be available on iTunes Spotify as well.

It should be recalled that LIA (Lum Irine Asanji otherwise Lord Is Able) released a Single last year. Trinity, the said track has enjoyed a soothing acclamation from its audience.

LIA will be on Apex 1 Radio (www.apex1radio.com) in the next couple of days for updates.

God's time is the best. Music might have been the channel through which he is designated to evangelize, but it had to come at God’s appointed time. That time, certainly, is 2017, when Evangelist K. A Takang will emerge with his maiden gospel music album. The said album, Coat of Many Colours, sees the light of day by the end of the year.

However, a foretaste of Coat of Many Colours will be experienced as from Saturday, June 10, 2017, 12 noon, Belgium time, with the release of Eagle Wings, a single that will comprise the maiden album. “Eagle Wings is a prophetic revival praise song with a unique style,” the Cameroonian-born servant of God told TIPTOPSTARS. The beautifully woven soul-searching piece of art is intended to leave an indelible impact on the lives of its consumers, regardless of where they come from and who or what they are. And as they savour the pleasure in Eagle Wings, the artist who doubles as spiritual leader of the Antwerp International Mission for Christ in Belgium continues to teach that His father in heaven controls every circumstances and it is by no chance that He has vested the music ministry in former.

The choice of June 10 to release Eagle Wings is not by chance. It is the birthday of the musician, an indication that God’s time is always neatly and divinely planned.

Updates subsequently!

One man came to me and was so head-over-heels about me. He wanted to marry me and he told me how I would make him the happiest man on earth if it happened.

So, I asked him why he would be the happiest man on earth. He responded: "Ifaana, whenever you are on the microphone, I get uncontrollably thrilled.” “Everyone else is,” he added. He went 

Away from making a livelihood from her art, acting had since become Merlisa Determined’s close-to-heart thing. If she is not acting, she is getting set to go an act. And, when she is acting, the USA-based award-winning international is in the true sense of the word. She is just meant for this art. This would now explain why Merlisa, in manifesting her unquenc

hable knack for acting, has embarked on exploring all the facets, call it sub domains of the art. Her next big thing here has been action acting. “I like it, I yearn to do it and do it so well,” she had told us some time ago, craving for the opportunity to come. Such an opportunity showed up in Bedfellas, an upcoming Don Okolo film, produced by prolific Nkem DenChukwu. After filming the movie in a lead character role, the determined actress has settled to a job-well-done satisfactory mood and won’t hesitate to share that memorable experience. TIPTOPSTARS 

Editor caught with her ahead of the official release of Bedfellas. Merlisa, as usual, was very determined to pursue her action movie acting dreams. Excerpts!