Former Plantashun Boiz group member, Blackface is in the news again. This time around he has sued the duo of Wizkid and Banky W over an alleged intellectual property theft. The ‘Hard Life’ singer, whose real name is Ahmedu Augustine Obiabo, filed the case on Tuesday seeking a declaration that ‘Slow Whine’, a song on […]
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Chocolate City Music on Friday announced that it will put out three albums in August in a bid to breathe life back into hip hop in Nigeria. According to a statement released by the label, ‘Crown’ will be released on August 17, ‘Yung Denzel’ will come a week later while ‘Bad Boy Blaq’ will be […]
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Andrew Aghedo, a member of Afrobeat legend, Femi Kuti’s band ‘The Positive Force’, reportedly absconded in the United states, 20 minutes before the band was billed to perform. Femi and his band thrilled New Yorkers at the Central Park, New York on Sunday after performing at the XPoNential Music Festival in New Jersey. According to […]
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Taylor Swift has been cast in a big screen version of the stage musical “Cats,” in what will be the pop singer’s biggest movie role so far, several entertainment publications, Variety and the Hollywood Reporter said on Friday. The 28-year-old “Look What You Made Me Do” singer will join Oscar-winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, […]
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Nnedi Okorafor, an award-winning Nigerian comic writer, has been commissioned by Marvel Comics to write a book for Black Panther character, ‘Shuri’. Shuri, who gained global acceptance and fan base after the release of the Hollywood blockbuster, ‘Black Panther’, is the younger sister of lead character, T’Challa. Marvel is launching the comic in October. Nnedi, […]
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The CEO of Davido Music Worldwide (DMW), David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has announced the track-list and the release date of the Extended Play of his record label member, Dremo. According to the ‘IF’ singer, the rapper Dremo will be releasing his debut body of work, titled, ‘Codename’ on Friday, July 20, 2018. Davido made […]
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My phone beeped as I stepped outside the face-me-I –face-you compound I lived in. Pearl, appeared as the caller; that was my mother calling. She took it upon herself to always call me in the morning which is what best friends do. It rang out the first time I didn’t pick, it rang again, and […]
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24 year-old American pop star, Justin Bieber, is engaged to model Hailey Baldwin, multiple entertainment news outlets and the UPI said Sunday. TMZ reported the singer proposed to his girlfriend Saturday night at a restaurant in a resort in the Bahamas. Bieber and Baldwin, 21, have been a couple for about a month after previously dating […]
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The full list of nominees for the 2018 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award (AMVCA), has been released. On the list are several actors including Toyin Abraham and Odunlade Adekola who are making their debut on the nominees list. The nominations were announced on Saturday in a televised broadcast on Africa Magic channels by Joselyn Dumas […]
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Nigerian rapper, Olanrewaju Ogunmefun aka Vector, in his recently released single ‘SARS Is Around’ has addressed the brutality of the Nigerian police. Operatives of the special anti-robbery squad, SARS, have been making headlines for negative reasons of late, and rapper dedicated to the discourse. In the song titled ‘SARS Is Around’, Vector raps about reasons why […]
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