Category: Music
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Dr Frabz to be buried March 12th
The burial plans for popular Nigerian music producer, Ayorinde Faboro, popularly known as Dr Frabz has been announced. Dr Frabz whose demise was confirmed by popular singer Nikki Laoye, will be buried on the 12th of March 2021, at Donald V. Borgwardt Funeral Home 4400 Powder Mill Rd, Beltsville MD 20705. According to an official…
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Reggae icon, Bunny Wailer is dead
Reggae icon, Bunny Wailer who played in a band alongside Bob Marley, the late music legend, is dead. Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s minister for culture, confirmed the news of his death in a statement on Tuesday. According to Grange, the reggae star passed away at the Andrew’s Memorial Hospital in Kingston. “We mourn the passing of…
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How my fight with Barrister began –Kollington
Veteran fuji musician, General Ayinla Kollington, has recounted how he his feud with his late friend, Sikiru Ayinde Barrister started. In a biography about Omowura, titled ‘Ayinla Omowura Life and Times of an Apala legend’ written by lawyer Festus Adedayo, Kollington concisely reminisced on some of his musical adventures with his godfather and revealed that…
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Don Jazzy acquires new luxury mansion
Record label boss cum music producer, Don Jazzy has acquired a new luxury mansion in Lagos. The showbiz impresario broke the exciting news to his fans via an Instagram post on Friday. “Added this new crib to the portfolio. Shhhhh my new neighbors are sleeping,” he wrote in the post alongside pictures of the mansion.…
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RnB singer, Ric Hassani loses dad
Sonorous singer, Ric Hassani has announced the demise of his father — a few hours after putting out ‘The Prince I Became’, his new album. The songwriter made the disclosure in a series of tweets on Friday, adding that he died a week ago. He, however, did not reveal the situations that led to his…
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Naira Marley deserved to win Best Street Hop Award – CDQ condemns Headies
Popular rapper, CDQ has condemned organisers of the 14th Headies for giving the ‘Best Street-Hop Artiste’ category to Mayorkun over Naira Marley. Mayorkun had beaten Naira Marley’s ‘Mafo’ to win the category with ‘Geng’, his 2020 hit single, at the event held on Sunday. Others nominated for the category which celebrates artistes whose songs are…
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Joeboy unveils debut album ‘SBBM’
Afropop singer, Joeboy has unveiled his love themed debut album ‘Somewhere Between Beauty and Magic’ (SBBM). The 14-track body of work was put out in the early hours of Thursday — two days after its tracklist was released. Joeboy’s ‘SBBM’ album has its production credits going to Dera, Type A, BeatsByKO, MOG, Big Fish, Tempoe,…
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U.S. conductor Kevin McCutcheon dies from COVID-19
U.S. conductor, Kevin McCutcheon has died from COVID-19 at the age of 66, the German Opera (Deutsche Oper) in Berlin said on Monday. The conductor, who over decades came to shape the sound of the German Opera, died during the night. McCutcheon came to the German Opera at the aged of 30, but was originally…
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Ayinla Omowura’s top drummer Adewole Onilu-Ola is dead
Abdul-Rahman Adewole Alao, popularly known as Adewole Onilu-Ola, lead drummer of late Apala musician Ayinla Omowura is dead. The 97-year-old percussionist died at about 10.00 pm on Tuesday (December 29) in his hometown, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. He was buried on Wednesday (December 30) according to Islamic injunctions. TheNewsGuru gathered that his death came…
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Revealed: Top 7 albums of 2020
In spite of the raging COVID-19 pandemic that affected the Nigerian entertainment industry as a whole, some Nigerian artistes still recorded critically acclaimed albums that showed their commitment to good music, vocal dexterity and much more. TheNewsGuru takes a look at the top 7albums of 2020 1.Burna Boy-Twice As Tall Burna Boy’s ‘Twice as…