LSG Exclusive.... 'N-Dex Public Service Announcement... Talking To EVERYONE About GH Album - Nothing Be Simple' (Monday, November 16th, 2009) On LSG!!

Exclusive Public Service Announcement (PSA) from the boy... 'N-Dex' talking about his upcoming GH album.... 'Nothing Be Simple'... Coming Out This Coming Monday - November 16th (which also happens to be the birthday of JP of LSG)... :-) Check out the video as well as details of the album.... Free Free Download Right Here On Lifestylz GH!... My Birthday Present to EVERYONE!!! SUPPORT & LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS... Enjoy... - Lifestylz GH!

'NOTHING BE SIMPLE.... Will be released on November 16th online Only for FREE @ Lifestlyz GH!... Courtesy of Lifestylz GH!, Rych Entertainment, iStandAbove, & NVNT Studios.

Album features... WanLov, Chase, M3nsa, Kursa, Skonti, Slick, EroDizzle with production by N-Dex, DJ Juls, Hammer, and Lil Shaker'

LSG Charity/Events... ' The iStandAbove Organization Presents - XPECT Leadership Program' (GH Event - Everyone Needs To Come Out & Support!!!)

Are you interested in guiding our younger leaders of tomorrow? Apply to be an XPECT Coach
Deadline: December 1st, 2009

Are you in JSS 1-3? Apply to be a participant in the XPECT Leadership Program!
Deadline: December 1st, 2009

Applications are available at www.xpectgh.com

Details of Event By The iStandAbove Organization... BE A PART OF THE XPECT Leadership Program ON FACEBOOK Group NOW!!!!!

'From December 28th to 30th 2009, the XPECT Leadership Program, hosted and run by the iStandAbove Organization (iSA) for Ghanaian students in the Junior Secondary School level of education is an avenue for these promising leaders of tomorrow to spark their leadership, teamwork and creative abilities through an array of activities such as Leadership games, Company Tours, Networking and Presentation skills workshops, and a forum with young Ghanaian entrepreneurs followed by a question and answer session.

During this program, the students will also learn the importance of community service as well as have an opportunity to give back to their community by being involved in the Read Aloud Book Drive.

Visit our website www.xpectgh.com or email us at xpect@istandabove.com for more information.'

LSG Charity/Event/Special Announcement... 'LSG In Support of Read Aloud Book Drive Event By The iStandAbove Organization' - Dec. 2009/Jan. 2010 In GH

LSG Family & Fans... If you are going to be in GH this December 2009/January 2010, please mark your calendars and be a part of this special initiative being organised by the 'iStandAbove Organization'... Lets put a smile on a needy child and put our 'clubbin/chillin' money to good use... As future leaders its essential to roll up our sleeves to lend a hand! The LSG Team & Crew will definitely be present and hope to see everyone at the 'Read Aloud Book Drive'... Event is on FB... be a part of it!!! See you there... Info below... - Lifestylz GH!

Facebook Event Page - Click Here!!!!


'Please join the XPECT Leadership participants in providing Books to underprivileged children of Accra, Ghana this New Year’s Eve!

In December 2009, during the XPECT Leadership Program, participants will be working to build and decorate book boxes that will be donated to children at the St. Mary’s Anglican Church of James Town, The Osu Children’s Home, and other reputable youth organizations.
We need help to reach our goal of 2000 books. And you can help. How? Bring a new or used book to iSA Ghana (0243-880-878), Your iSA School Rep, Or drop them off in the bins on the assigned dates below.

December 5th, 12th, & 19th, -
Frankies, Busy Internet, and the Accra Mall. Bins will be placed by the entrance.

The XPECT Leadership Program participants will be building and decorating these boxes on the Wednesday, 30th December 2009.
The presentation will be done during the iStandAbove community service day event on Saturday, 2nd January 2010.

The children receiving the books range in age from 5 -16 years.

Suggested Donations:
Coloring books, Picture books, Comic books, Dictionaries
Harry Potter, Goosebumps, Hardy Bros, Sport books, Novels,
Sciences, Dictionaries, Biographies, and other challenging books'

LSG CHARITY.... 'iSTANDABOVE' IN THE NEWS - GIVES TO CAPE COAST HOOPS' (GRAPHIC SPORTS)

'iSTANDABOVE' IN THE NEWS.... 'iSTANDABOVE' MADE PAGE 2 OF A GH SPORTS NEWSPAPER KNOWN AS 'GRAPHIC SPORTS' (REFERENCE - NO. 2712 JUNE 9th - JUNE 11th, 2009 EDITION) FOR THEIR GENEROUS AND PHILANTHROPIC DONATION TO A BASKETBALL CLUB IN GH KNOWN AS THE 'CAPE COAST HOOPS'... THE DONATION WAS MADE BY 'TESA ABLOSO' ( ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION WHEREBY HE PRESENTED INTERACTIVE BASKETBALL CDs & BOOKS TO THE BASKETBALL CLUB! DURING 'TESAs' ADDRESS AT A SHORT CEREMONY HELD AT THE LEBANON HOUSE IN ACCRA... HE NOTED THAT 'iSTANDABOVE' AIMED AT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE & EXPOSURE... 2 IMPORTANT ELEMENTS THAT ARE KEY IN THE PURSUIT OF SUCCESS VIA AID & INFO SESSIONS THROUGH WORK, SCHOOL, & SOCIAL LIFE. HE ALSO MADE MENTION THAT THE 'CAPE COAST HOOPS' CLUB WAS 'CHOSEN IN RECOGNITION OF ITS HARD WORK & DRIVE TO SUCCEED DESPITE BEING BASED IN CAPE COAST....'


LSG IS PROUD TO BE AFFILIATED WITH THE 'iSTANDABOVE ORGANIZATION' AND ACKNOWLEDGES ALL ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO GIVE BACK TO THE GH COMMUNITY... IN THEIR MANY INSPIRING & INNOVATIVE WAYS!!! MORE TO COME.... CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE!!! - Lifestylz GH!

LSG EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT (TODAY)..... 'WITNESS PROMOTIONS 1st ANNUAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT/BBQ' (US EVENT....)

THIS IS A LSG REMINDER TO EVERYONE.... TODAY IS THE 1st ANNUAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT & BBQ... THERE WILL BE BALLERS, MUSIC, PEOPLE, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE...??! OF COURSE THE LSG CREW WILL BE THERE TO MINGLE WITH EVERYONE AT THE GAME & ALSO TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT!!! WE ALSO WILL BE GIVING AWAY SOME GOODIES!!! :-) PLUS WE ARE WORKING ON SOME SURPRISES FOR EVERYONE!!! WE WILL LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT THAT IS NEXT WEEK! LSG WILL SEE U THERE.... :-)CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL EVENT PAGE ON FB... CLICK HERE.... OR WITNESS PROMOTIONS' NEW WEBSITE! DETAILS BELOW... - Lifestylz GH!

PS. I HEAR THE WINNING TEAM GETS THE CHANCE TO WIN TICKETS TO GH... IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN A TOURNAMENT IN GH!!! WOW!!!!

Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009
Time: 10:30am - 8:00pm
Location: Hillandale Park ,
Street: 16015 New Hampshire Avenue
City/Town: Silver Spring, MD

'5-ON-5 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT/ 3-POINT SHOOT OUT/ BBQ

WITNESS! Promotions welcomes players from all cities and states around the United States with a great skill level to compete and witness great excitement in its first annual 5-on-5 basketball tournament. The tournament is an outdoor, 5-on-5, elimination tournament. This division is open to male and female players, with the exception of a Women’s only group. Teams can choose to register in one of the following ways:

By e-mail; jason.agyeman@att.blackberry.net

By Phone; contact Jayson : 330-749-0990.

Online at: coming soon!

Concessions (Proceds Go To Support 'The iStandAbove Organisation):

Food and drinks will be available on site and proceeds from all sales will go towards the I Stand Above Non profit organization which seeks to help the needy children in West Africa. iStand Above is a nonprofit organization that believes in providing opportunities and knowledge to determined young individuals striving to climb the ladder of success. These individuals may have the best talent amongst their peers across the globe, but may be oppressed by pressures beyond their control, not allowing them to fulfill their dreams. These adversities may range from not having the resources available to live up to one’s potential, to not being exposed to the plethora of opportunities in life. These individuals are the future leaders of the world and the aim of iStand Above is to provide assistance and exposure, two of the most important ingredients in pursuit of success, to our future leaders through aid, informational sessions applicable to school, work and social life.

To add to all that please bring your old basketball sneakers and clothes that you no longer have use for as it will be very useful to a needy person in Africa. There will be a donation bin on site that you may just drop it in.


Music and Entertainment:

Music and entertainment will be provided by one of the areas most popular DJ.


Grand Prize:

1500 (DOUBLE YOUR MONEY) cash with city, state, street credentials and respect for the 5-on-5 tournament and $150 cash prize for the 3 point shoot-out.

Rules/Format of The Tournament:

There will be 2 halves for each game. 15 minute per half with 2, 30 second timeouts each for each team. There will be 2 referees present to make foul calls. Foul Calls will be standard but not too strict as NBA standard but free throws will be awarded. For the finals however, there will be 4 quarters, 10 minutes each quarter and 1 timeout each per quarter. Since all final gmes are intense there will be 4 referees for this game and fouls called will be more strict.


Participation Details:

Price for participating teams for this event is 150(this is the fee for the first 10 teams to register. Fee is set to go up after the 10th team. Early registration is highly recommended per team with 7 players per team for the 5-on-5 tournament and $10 each for the 3 point shoot-out. All fans and other guests will have free admission.

If you will like to enter the tournament on the day of this event please call or e-mail in advance to get a spot and bring payment in the form of a money order (no cash or check will be accepted on the premises)

Team 1 (WITNESS) - beat this TEAM and win DOUBLE the grand prize!!!!
1. Jason Agyeman
2. Kwame Adjei
3. Frank Apaloo
4. Sellasie Asamoah-Tutu
5. Nick Frimpong
6. Peter Yobo
7. Pichon Duplan'

Team 2 (8300)
1. Joshua Senavoe
2. Yinka
3. Akin Morakinyo
4. Jonathan Hutchful
5. Kwame Nkum
6. Billy Treadwell

Team 3 (Far Rock-da-World)
1. Dwayne Thomas
2. Rich Forbes
3. Carl Benn
4. Drew McCollough
5. Shanel
6. Warren McAllister

Team 4 (ub1)
1. James Owusu aka J ShYnE!
2. Daniel Armah
3. Cedrick Kannae
4. Kojo Price
5. Nana Poku
6. Salim
7. Albert

Team 5 (Faker Haters)
1. Nana Asante (snr)
2. Paakow Bartels
3. Owura Kusi
4. Bishop
5. Kapii
6. Robo
7. Kwame Francis

Team 6
1. Kwaku Adjei-Agyekum (Birdman J.R)
2. Junior Addo
3. Ernest Siaw
4. Charles Nana Ababio (ICEMAN)
5. Sawan Amoah
6. Fifi offie a.k.a big shogg, a.k.a shogg hov' (fiddle da dill)
7.

LIFESTYLZ GH EXCLUSIVE & PREMIERE.... 'N-DEX - DIG IT (GHANA GHANA GHANA) NEW NEW NEW!!!!! (OFF UPCOMING MIXTAPE: NOTHING BE SIMPLE)

AIIGHT Y'ALL... WE DECIDED TO GIVE Y'ALL A CHANCE TO ENJOY.... LISTEN.... & DOWNLOAD N-DEX's PREMIERE OF HIS NEW SONG... THAT WAS PLAYED YESTERDAY COURTESY OF WQRI 88.3FM - THE MONDAY NIGHT PARTY (DZIFA ABABIO & AK AGODO) DURING THE N-DEX & JP INTERVIEW!!!!! HERE IT IS... SPREAD THE WORD!!!!! IT'S ONLY ON HERE... @ LIFESTYLZ GH! 'N-DEX - DIG IT (GHANA GHANA GHANA)' (OFF HIS UPCOMING GH MIXTAPE: NOTHING BE SIMPLE) CHECK IT OUT!!!! DOWNLOAD..... DOWNLOAD... DOWNLOAD... ASOKPOR... ASOKPOR!!!!! GHANA GHANA GHANA!!!! MORE SURPRISES TO COME!!! :-) ENJOY! - Lifestylz GH!

LINK: N-DEX - DIG IT (GHANA GHANA GHANA)

LIFESTYLZ CHARITY SHOWCASE RECAP.... 'iSTANDABOVE - DECEMBER 2008' (DYNASTY BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION & 12 NEEDY KIDS - ST. MARY'S ANGLICAN CHURCH)

DYNASTY BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (DBA) is a non-profit organization that endeavors to develop, promote and raise the image of basketball in Ghana through its developmental programs and activities. DBA currently runs two in-house basketball leagues in Mays Educational Center in Dansoman, and Golden Sunbeam Montessori in Adenta. These leagues are part of the developmental programs orchestrated by DBA to help enhance basketball in Ghana. The leagues were established to provide the children of Ghana quality coaching, tips and drills of basketball, and enhance their teamwork and discipline skills.

On January 8th, iStand Above donated basketball coaching books and CDs to DBA. The presentation was done during the DBA’s Coaches Clinic at East Legon. In addition to these donations, Pichon Duplan and Peter Yobo, co-founders of iStand Above gave talks on how DBA can further enhance their mission of developing the image of basketball in Ghana. Both Pichon and Peter used their expertise from playing basketball in their high schools and colleges in the United States to share their knowledge with DBA. Pichon Duplan, a member of his high school varsity basketball team and captain of his high school varsity American football team, provided some ways DBA can utilize workouts to enhance the agility, speed and explosiveness of the DBA players. Peter Yobo, who has been exposed to Division one basketball at his college, San Jose State University, shared his knowledge on the game of basketball and gave his insight on tips and drills that DBA’s coaches can focus on during their workouts with the kids.

iStand Above has pledged to support DBA in their mission and hopefully will have more events this upcoming year where we can take this partnership to another level.







iSTANDABOVE always endeavors to assist our leaders of tomorrow to stand above their adversities in order to achieve their dreams in life. During a trip to Ghana, West Africa this past December 2008, members of the iStand Above Board (Pichon Duplan, Peter Yobo, Eddy Duplan, and Abdul Halim Musah) went downtown Accra to St. Mary’s Anglican Preparatory School to help children stand above their adversities. St. Mary’s Anglican Preparatory School is a public school that was started by the St. Mary’s Anglican Church in downtown Accra.
During the tour of the school, iStand Above saw potential in students but these students faced adversities that hindered their progress in society. After having a discussion with the Assistant Headmaster of the school and the Parish Priest, Father Tetteh, iStand Above devised a plan to help promising students overcome their adversities.

The St. Mary’s Anglican Preparatory School Administration is to select two students (a boy and a girl) in each class from Class One through to Class 6. These students would be chosen on the basis of their willingness to learn and determination to succeed. iStand Above in turn would then provide these twelve students with school uniforms for the year, exercise and text books for the subject they take, stationery for the year and also, each student’s examination fees would be taken care of. iStand Above felt that it was the financial means that was a major adversity for these children and by relieving them off this obstacle, it is our hope that these 12 children will have the motivation and determination to learn to their utmost potential and make something of themselves so they too can see the importance and essence of giving back to one’s community.

This presentation was announced to the whole church congregation on Sunday 19th of January at St. Mary’s Anglican Church. iStand Above would like to maintain this relationship with the school and church so as to sponsor these students up until they are ready to go to Secondary School. It is also our hope to expand our scholarship to different schools in different regions of Ghana in order to reach out to as many students as we can and to give them the opportunities they deserve while standing above their adversities in life. GREAT JOB GUYS... COME STAND ABOVE WITH....'iStandAbove'!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY N-DEX!!!!! LIFESTYLZ GH.... BLACKFACE ENT.... iStandAbove! CHECK OUT THE VIDEO!!!!!!

WHAT IS 'iSTANDABOVE!' ALL ABOUT....?!?!?! WELL HERE IT IS.... IT'S A MOVEMENT!!!!! 'COME STAND ABOVE WITH US IN ANY WAY U CAN!!!!!!'

**Lifestylz GH is a proud partner & sponsor of the 'iStandAbove Campaign'!!!! Just to also let y'all know.... this is a movement with so many events up it's sleeve come December 2009 in GH!!!! Get on board... and COME STAND ABOVE WITH US IN ANY WAY U CAN!!!!!! If you interested in being a member... or want to learn more... contact the following @ 'standwithme87@gmail.com', pduplan@gmail.com', 'jeanpierre.duplan@gmail.com' - Just to let u know we aint playin... iStandAbove has held 2 Basketball Clinics.... and just recently sponsored 12 Brilliant Needy Kids (picked out by the St. Mary's Anglican Church in Accra, Ghana) and paid off their tuition for the full year!!! Lifestylz GH/iStandAbove is currently monitoring the progress of the 12 kids.... (More Details to follow) COME STAND ABOVE WITH US!!!!!** - Lifestylz GH/iStandAbove!

'iStand Above' Campaign

The “iStand Above” campaign is a nonprofit organization that believes in providing opportunities and knowledge to determined young individuals striving to climb the ladder of success. These individuals may have the best talent amongst their peers across the globe, but may be oppressed by pressures beyond their control, not allowing them to fulfill their dreams. These adversities may range from not having the resources available to live up to one’s potential, to not being exposed to the plethora of opportunities in life. These individuals are the future leaders of the world and the aim of the “iStand Above” campaign is to provide assistance and exposure, two of the most important ingredients in pursuit of success, to our future leaders through aid, informational sessions applicable to school, work and social life.


Goals

Throughout the creation process, the “iStand Above” campaign has decided that it is best to accomplish certain ends by phasing in certain sections. Outlined below are the goals which the organization will strive to accomplish.
I. Provide financial assistance to young determined students who demonstrate drive to succeed.
II. Provide exposure to and knowledge of individuals who have strived with similar hardships
III. Maintain dedication to the cause of the organization.
IV. Work to integrate innovation and entrepreneurship into the “iStand Above” campaign community.

***COME STAND ABOVE WITH US IN ANY WAY U CAN!!!!!!***