Last Saturday, some of the crème-de la-crème of the music industry paraded themselves on stage at the Boomerang nightclub as part of 2131’s black August show to raise funds for the dialysis unity of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

Among them were Runner, VIP, 4x4, Trigmatic, Keste, Echo, Asem, Richie, OJ Blaq and Sarkodie and more who took turns on stage to wow the audience. However, not every artiste who promised to rock the stage was able to make it. Mzbel, Kweku T, Chemphe, Ayigbe Edem, D Black, Eazzy and J Town were all not seen on stage.

Even though NEWS-ONE didn’t spot Chemphe, Ayigbe Edem, Mzbel, and Eazzy at the exciting event, Kweku T and D Black were there. MC and 2131 executive producer, Jay Foley kept on announcing that Kweku T and D Black will perform their ‘Move’ track but the two disappointed their fans as they didn’t show up on stage.

At a point, they were introduced to come on stage but they were nowhere to be seen. No reason was given for their action. Their act was replaced with a dance performance by 2010 Malta Guinness Dance champions, High Spirit.

The two and other artistes who failed to show up however didn’t take away the shine from the event. There were celebrated names who passed through to give the event a star-studded look and give 2131’s social project a push.

Eddy Nartey, Senanu Gbedawo, lead actor of Sparrow Pproduction’s ‘Checkmate’, Vicky Zugah, DJ Black, Nana Boroo, Papa Sly, Caroline and a number of others were there to support the event.

The black August party at the Boomerang nightclub last Saturday marks the opening of a series of such shows planned by 2131 till December to raise funds for the dialysis unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.

Dialysis is a procedure that is a substitute for many of the normal duties of the kidneys. It gives patients with kidney failure a chance to prolong their lives. More than 2000 Ghanaians across the country need kidney transplants, and many of them have had to depend on renal dialysis to survive.

A dialysis costs 100 Euros per session and kidney patients require three sessions of dialysis a week. There are about 5000-8000 patients in the whole country. However, for the three centers in the country, only 35 patients are receiving haemodialysis a year.

The rest of the potential clients are being managed conservatively and most of them end up dying. The Korle Bu Renal Dialysis unit has only one machine in carrying out dialysis treatment. The huge party was intended to raise a cash amount of 50000 euros to purchase two dialysis machines to help make treatment very affordable or possibly free at the unit.