Category: Music
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365 days after death: Remembering Ras Kimono
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, And soonest…
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Music producer threatens to sue EFCC for parading him as “Yahoo Boy”
An Abuja-based music producer and photographer, Mr Nasiru Ali, popularly known as “Kozzographa”, on Sunday threatened to sue the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for wrongly calling him a fraudster (Yahoo boy). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ali was among 10 suspected internet fraudsters paraded on May 17 by the EFCC…
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Basketmouth, IK Osakioduwa, Sola Sobowale,others storm’ Falz Experience 2′
Nigerian Lawyer turned entertainer, Falz hosted his numerous fans in an unforgettable concert tagged ‘The Falz Experience 2’. The show held at the Eko Hotel Convention Centre on Saturday 8th of June 2019, featured an array of Nigerian stars like Sola Sobowale who led the ‘Sweet girls association on stage’, IK Osakioduwa, Funke Akindele, Adekunle…
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Grammy-winning New Orleans musician Dr John dies at 77
Dr John, a six-time Grammy winner, who in his incarnation as the “Night Tripper” brought the New Orleans voodoo vibe to America’s music scene and became one of the most venerated pianists in the city’s rich musical history, died on Thursday at age 77. The New Orleans native, born Malcolm John Rebennack into a family…
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Media caused feud between Stonebwoy and I- Shatta Wale
Following a near gun shoot-out between Ghanaian dancehall music heavyweights, Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy, at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, the fighting singers have finally resolved their feud. Stonebwoy while speaking at a press conference to announce their reconciliation which held recently in Accra Ghana, said he had craved for the peace meeting to happen…
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The public likes to pitch successful people against one another-Yemi Alade
Johnny singer, Yemi Alade was in the news sometime last year when she was involved in an argument over who has the better vocal dexterity between herself and Tiwa Savage. Her refusal to defend Tiwa Savage on the radio show heightened speculations that the female singers were secretly battling each other for supremacy. In a…
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21 DAYS AFTER : NAIRA MARLEY IN THE EYES OF CRITICS, FRIENDS
On May 10th 2019 Afeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley started the day with bright hopes, beaming with smiles because that symbolic day was meant to be the day of his birth. Sadly, a day that should have heralded joy, excitement, popping of champagnes, ended up with unthinkable gloom as the ‘Issa Goal’ singer was arrested…
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Mr. P slept with my wife, broke my marriage – Diamond Plantnumz alleges
Popular Tanzanian singer, Diamond Plantnumz has alleged that Peter Okoye, of the defunct P-Square, also known as Mr. P, crashed his marriage to Zari Hassan Plantnumz stated this during an interview with a radio station, Wasafi FM. He said that Mr P through that act caused his marriage with Zari to crash. But in a…
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Whitney Houston’s ‘lesbian lover’ Robyn Crawford to release memoir
Robyn Crawford, the woman who perhaps was closest to Whitney Houston and rumoured to be her lesbian lover, is breaking her silence. Crawford has written a memoir called A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston, which is set to hit bookshelves on November 5, which is set to detail “the moving and often…
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Yemi Alade, Rick Ross collaborate on ‘Oh My Gosh’ remix
Nigerian afro pop singer and songwriter, Yemi Alade and American rapper, Rick Ross are collaborating on the remix of her hit song, ‘Oh My Gosh’. Ross is a Grammy award-winning rapper and the founder of record label, Maybach Music Group (MMG). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Alade made her musical debut in…