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  • Wizkid, Drake thrill fans at O2 Arena

    Wizkid, Drake thrill fans at O2 Arena

    Multiple award winning Nigerian Afro-pop superstar, Ayo Balogun aka Wizkid on Tuesday grace the 20,000 capacity O2 Arena at Peninsula Square, London, U.K and thrilled fans with a scintillating performance that included collaboration with Canadian rapper, Drake.

    This was in completion of his five province tour of Canada in the early hours of Tuesday.

    The tour saw the `Stew’ crooner thrilled fans in Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto

    At the O2 Arena, Drake brought Wizkid out to add more adrenalin to the ocean of crowd already getting serenaded by the `Soco’ crooner.

    As the 28 year-old Surulere-born singer was about to begin the performance for his hit song `Come Closer’, Drake joined him on stage for an epic, energy-filled display.

    As the performance for `Come Closer’ drew to a close, a visibly thrilled Drake said, “I need one more song’’, indicating his intention to perform another song with Wizkid.

    The DJ duly obliged and the song `Soco’ began to blare from the speakers. Upon completing that performance, Wizkid briefly left the stage.

    It was a perfect delivery by the duo to no fewer than 20,000 fans in the O2 Arena.

    Wizkid and Drake collaborated on two songs – ‘One Dance’ and ‘Come Closer (Remix)’ which topped the charts in 2016 and 2017.

    In a recent interview in Toronto, Canada, the Star Boy Records boss hinted that he would collaborate with Drake to do another song soon.

    While we wait patiently for the new song, the tour of Canada was a huge success.

    This has proven to the world that Nigerians are no back benchers in the global entertainment industry.

  • Brit Awards 2019: Drake, The Carters, Ariana Grande, others emerge winners

    American artists: Drake, Ariana Grande, The Carters and others have emerged winners at the just concluded Brit Awards 2019.

     

    The Brit Awards, oftentimes referred to as the Brits, are the British Phonographic Industry’s annual popular music awards organized to celebrate the achievements of British and international artists and musicians in the previous year.

     

    The name, originally a shortened form of “British”, subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trusts Show.

     

    Singer and songwriter, Ariana Grande won the Best International Female act award while Drake won his second BRIT award for the Best International Male.

     

    The award for Best International Group went to The Carters (Beyonce and Jay Z).

     

    Beyonce and Jay Z had won BRIT awards as individuals in past years; the latest award was their first award together as a group.

     

    Also, British boy band: The 1975, was the big winner at the show, taking home the awards for best British group and album of the year.

     

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the awards were first held in 1977 and originated as an annual event in 1982.

     

    According to The BRIT Awards website, the list of eligible artists, albums, and singles is compiled by the official Charts Company.

     

    It was submitted to the voting academy, which consists of over 1,000 members of the music industry, including the previous year’s nominees and winners.

     

    The 2019 show which held at The O2 Arena, London was hosted by award-winning comedian and actor, Jack Whitehall.

  • Your producer betrayed you, not Kanye West-Pusha T tells Drake

    Following the accusation leveled against Kanye West by Drake stating that he betrayed him, Pusha T has spoken out to set the records straight.
    Pusha during Joe Budden’s podcast, addressed Drake’s allegation that West leaked the secret about his child with an adult film star.
    Pusha T had used the information to condemn Drake in a diss track titled ‘Story of Adidon’.
    The G.O.O.D. Music president said Noah ’40’ Shebib, Drake’s long-time producer, told his lover about the Canadian rapper’s child.
     
    “The information came from 40. It didn’t come from Kanye, at all… 40 is sleeping with a woman, who begins he talks to daily. Five, six hours a day… and ultimately speaks about how he’s disgruntled about certain things, notoriety and things involving Drake and his career, and so on and so forth.
    “With that also came the fact that Drake has a child. With that also came the trip that everybody took to go see the child, and bring him gifts, and all this information. She divulged this information. That’s where it came from”, Pusha revealed.
     
    Pusha T noted that he was against Kanye West’s effort to mend fences with Drake over the incident.
    The rapper said he told West: “What are you apologising for? You ain’t give me nothing, you didn’t give me anything in regards to aiding in this drama.
    “Because of all that, now dude thinks what he thinks. We gotta wear that. The only reason I’m here now is because he was so passionate about the whole M.S. thing. But your friend is the reason why… that’s how it came about. That narrative gotta die, it’s done.”
     

  • Drake breaks silence over rift with Kanye West

    Drake breaks silence over rift with Kanye West

    Celebrated pop star, Drake has broken his silence to speak broadly about his feud with rapper Kanye West.
    During a chat with LeBron James and Maverick Carter on HBO Sports series, the rapper accused West of betraying him.
     
    Drake noted that he confided in West about his son and plans to release the ‘Scorpion’ album while working with him during a recording session in Wyoming.
    The rapper said West never informed him that he was working on an album even after he told him about his own project, only for the Chicago rapper to release ‘Ye’ weeks before ‘Scorpion’ was billed to come out.
    “He sold me on this whole speech of like, ‘I’m in a great place, I’m making money, and I’m a father, and I wanna be Quincy Jones and help you,” Drake said.
    “But in order to do that, you’ve gotta be transparent with me, you gotta play me your music, and you gotta tell me when you’re dropping. And I know you don’t like to do things like that.
    “I guess we all kind of felt a genuine vibe from it, so I play him my music and I told him when I was dropping. He played me Lift Yourself and he was like, “Yo, you can have this if you want.” And I was hyped. I started writing to it.
    “I went and ended up pretty much spending the majority of my time working on his music, just trying to like cook up ideas for him.”
    The superstar said West prompted Pusha-T’s ‘The Story of Adidon’ diss track which uncovered the fact that he fathered a secret child with an adult film star.
    “I’m in Wyoming. I play him ‘March 14.’ I send him a picture of my son. I tell him I’m having trouble with my son’s mother,” he said.
    “We had a conversation. I wake up, and all these dates are out … Then the next two days, whatever, I wake up now to this text from him, passive like, ‘Yo, I love you brother’.
    “Then, the first album drops. And, of course, there’s a diss song toward me that you produced, that’s talking about writing?. I was just there with you as friends helping you, and now you’re dissing me. So I’m like, man, this is dark.
    “I knew something was gonna come up about my kid. They had to add the deadbeat dad thing to make it more appealing.”
     

  • Wizkid teams up with Drake’s producer for new song

    Nigerian Afropop star, Ayo Balogun aka Wizkid is currently working on a new single with Metro Boomin, Drake’s producer.

    Boomin is an American producer, record executive and DJ, whose early production success came with tracks such as ILoveMakonnen’s 2014 hit ‘Tuesday’ as well as Future and Drake’s 2015 ‘Jumpman’.

    Wizkid shared a photo of himself and Metro together in the studio during a recording session on Tuesday through his Twitter handle @wizkidayo, with the caption “Metro x Wiz. 4Life!”

    The producer was featured on Forbes as ‘easily one of the most in-demand hitmakers in the world’ list and has worked on hit singles such as ‘Congratulations’ by Post Malone featuring Quavo, ‘Tunnel Vision’ by Kodak Black and ‘Bounce Back’ by Big Sean.

    Wizkid, who stated that his first official single for 2018 will be dropping soon, worked with a number of international producers on his ‘Sounds from the Other Side’ EP.

    The list of renowned producers whom the ‘Soco’ crooner has worked with includes New York’s Dre Skull, DJ Mustard and Major Lazer.

    Earlier this year, Wizkid released a number of singles with producers like KillerTunes on ‘Fake Love’ and Northboi on Soco.

    The 28-year- old recently sold out the O2 hall in London; and is set to release a much anticipated album ‘Made In Lagos’ later in 2018.

  • Sad! Three arrested over Drake’s ‘in my feelings’ dance challenge

    Three social media users have been arrested by the Gulf Emirate of Abu Dhabi for participating in Drake’s viral dance challenge called “In my feelings”.

    The dance challenge entails that people get out of a slowly moving car and leave the door open as they dance alongside it in harmony with the music.

    Amazingly, the public prosecutor’s office did not reveal the names of the three people detained.

    “Participants in this challenge get out of a moving car and leave the door open and dance on a public road next to the car, which is a danger to them and others on the road,” it said in a statement on Monday.

     

    “This behaviour is contrary to the values of the Emirates’ society and constitutes a violation of public morals.”

     

    The detainees will be examined “on charges of endangering their lives and the lives of others, and violating public morals using social networking sites to promote practises that are incompatible with the values and traditions of society.”

    The prosecutor’s office also revealed that anyone who participates in the challenge could be punished with a fine or imprisonment.

    Drake becomes first artiste to amass 10 billion streams on Apple Music

  • Drake becomes first artiste to amass 10 billion streams on Apple Music

    Popular entertainer, Drake just made Apple Music streaming history by becoming the first featured artiste to amass 10 billion streams. His latest double-album Scorpion undoubtedly pushed him into unprecedented territory; numbers that will surely proliferate over time.

    Artistes like Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Adele, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, and Cardi B, have also hit the 1 billion streams on Apple music.

     

    News of Drake’s accomplishment offsets the report that he was losing out on exposure and on dollars by restricting the physical presence of Scorpion in record stores.

     

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  • Rihanna uncomfortable over Drake’s declaration of love for her

    Rihanna uncomfortable over Drake’s declaration of love for her

    In August 2016, everyone on social media had a new couple crush when Drake got on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards and professed his love for Rihanna.

    Everyone predicted that the moment seemed like the start of a relationship everyone was here for, but there was one person who didn’t feel that way.

     

    In a recent chat with Vogue, Rihanna declares that while the world was watching and seemingly loving the moment, she actually felt quite the opposite.

     

    “Waiting through that speech was probably the most uncomfortable part.I don’t like too many compliments; I don’t like to be put on blast.”

    Part of Rihanna’s discomfort at that moment, she said, was due to the fact that on one of the biggest stages in music — receiving one of the biggest music awards — she felt like the spotlight shifted from her to him.

     

    “The VMAs is such a fan-focused awards show, so having that energy around me, and knowing the people who had received the award in the past, made it feel like a big deal.”

     

    As for the status of their relationship now? Rih Rih admitted, “It is what it is.”

     

    “We don’t have a friendship now, but we’re not enemies either.”

     

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  • Wizkid wins big with Drake at Billboard awards

    Talented singer Wizkid has scooped several honours with Canadian Drake in the 2017 BillBoard Music Awards in Las Vegas.

    Wizkid’s collabo with Drake and Tyla won for Top Streaming Strong(Audio) for the song, One Dance.

    One Dance also won the Top R&B song and also the Top R&B collaboration.

    However, Wizkid and Drake’s One Dance failed to win the Top Selling Song. The work lost to Justin Timberlake, “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” .

    Drake and Beyonce were big winners in the night. Drake won Top Male Artist, beating Justin Bieber and Weeknd. Beyonce won Top Female Artist, edging out Adele, Ariana Grande, Rihanna and Sia.

    Drake also won Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist and Top Song Sales Artist.

    All the Winners;

    Top Artist:

    Adele
    Beyonce
    Justin Bieber
    The Chainsmokers
    Drake
    Ariana Grande
    Shawn Mendes
    Rihanna
    Twenty One Pilots
    The Weeknd

    Top New Artist:
    Alessia Cara
    Desiigner
    Lil Uzi Vert
    Lukas Graham
    Zayn

    Billboard Chart Achievement Award Presented by Xfinity:
    Luke Bryan
    Nicki Minaj
    The Chainsmokers
    The Weeknd
    Twenty One Pilots

    Top Male Artist:
    Justin Bieber
    Drake — WINNER
    Future
    Shawn Mendes
    The Weeknd

    Top Female Artist:
    Adele
    Beyonce — WINNER
    Ariana Grande
    Rihanna
    Sia

    Top Duo/Group:
    The Chainsmokers
    Coldplay
    Florida Georgia Line
    Guns N’ Roses
    Twenty One Pilots — WINNER

    Top Billboard 200 Artist:
    Beyonce
    Drake — WINNER
    Prince
    Twenty One Pilots
    The Weeknd

    Top Hot 100 Artist:
    The Chainsmokers
    Drake — WINNER
    Rihanna
    Twenty One Pilots
    The Weeknd

    Top Song Sales Artist:
    The Chainsmokers
    Drake — WINNER
    Prince
    Justin Timberlake
    Twenty One Pilots

    Top Radio Songs Artist:
    Justin Bieber
    The Chainsmokers
    Drake
    Rihanna
    Twenty One Pilots — WINNER

    Top Streaming Songs Artist:
    The Chainsmokers
    Desiigner
    Drake — WINNER
    Rihanna
    Twenty One Pilots

    Top Social Artist:
    Justin Bieber
    BTS
    Selena Gomez
    Ariana Grande
    Shawn Mendes

    Top Touring Artist:
    Justin Bieber
    Beyonce — WINNER
    Coldplay
    Guns N’ Roses
    Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

    Top R&B Artist:
    Beyonce — WINNER
    Bruno Mars
    Frank Ocean
    Rihanna
    The Weeknd

    Top R&B Tour:
    Beyonce — WINNER
    Lionel Richie
    Rihanna

    Top Rap Artist:
    J. Cole
    Desiigner
    Drake — WINNER
    Future
    Rae Sremmurd

    Top Rap Tour
    Drake — WINNER
    Future
    Kanye West

    Top Country Artist:
    Florida Georgia Line
    Blake Shelton
    Keith Urban
    Chris Stapleton
    Jason Aldean

    Top Country Tour:
    Luke Bryan
    Kenny Chesney — WINNER
    Dixie Chicks

    Top Rock Artist:
    Coldplay
    The Lumineers
    Metallica
    Twenty One Pilots — WINNER
    X Ambassadors

    Top Rock Tour:
    Coldplay — WINNER
    Guns N’ Roses
    Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

    Top Latin Artist:
    J Balvin
    Juan Gabriel — WINNER
    Los Plebes Del Rancho De Ariel Camacho
    Maluma
    Nicky Jam

    Top Dance/Electronic Artist:
    The Chainsmokers — WINNER
    Calvin Harris
    Major Lazer
    DJ Snake
    Lindsey Stirling

    Top Christian Artist:
    Lauren Daigle — WINNER
    Hillsong Worship
    Hillary Scott & the Family
    Skillet
    Chris Tomlin

    Top Gospel Artist:
    Jekalyn Carr
    Kirk Franklin — WINNER
    Travis Greene
    Tamela Mann
    Hezekiah Walker

    Top Billboard 200 Album:
    Beyonce, Lemonade
    Drake, Views
    Rihanna, Anti
    Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface
    The Weeknd, Starboy

    Top Soundtrack/Cast Album:
    Hamilton: An American Musical — WINNER
    Moana
    Purple Rain
    Suicide Squad: The Album
    Trolls

    Top R&B Album:
    Beyonce, Lemonade — WINNER
    Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
    Frank Ocean, Blonde
    Rihanna, Anti
    The Weeknd, Starboy

    Top Rap Album:
    J. Cole, 4 Your Eyez Only
    Drake, Views — WINNER
    Kevin Gates, Isla
    DJ Khaled, Major Key
    A Tribe Called Quest, We Got It From Here…Thank You For Your Service

    Top Country Album:
    Jason Aldean, They Don’t Know
    Florida Georgia Line, Dig Your Roots
    Blake Shelton, If I’m Honest
    Chris Stapleton, Traveller — WINNER
    Keith Urban, Ripcord

    Top Rock Album:
    The Lumineers, Cleopatra
    Metallica, Hardwired…To Self Destruct — WINNER
    Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool
    Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Getaway
    Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface

    Top Latin Album:
    J Balvin, Energia
    CNCO, Primera Cita
    Juan Gabriel, Los Duo 2 — WINNER
    Juan Gabriel, Vestido De Etiqueta: Por Eduardo Magallanes
    Los Plebes del Rancho de Ariel Camacho, Recuerden Mi Estilo

    Top Dance/Electronic Album:
    The Chainsmokers, Bouquet
    The Chainsmokers, Collage
    Flume, Skin
    Kygo, Cloud Nine
    Lindsey Stirling, Brave Enough — WINNER

    Top Christian Album:
    Casting Crowns, The Very Next Thing
    Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be — WINNER
    Joey + Rory, Hymns
    Hillary Scott & The Family, Love Remains
    Skillet, Unleashed

    Top Gospel Album:
    Tamela Mann, One Way — WINNER
    Kirk Franklin, Losing My Religion
    Travis Greene, The Hill
    Tasha Cobbs, One Place: Live
    Hezekiah Walker, Better: Azusa – The Next Generation 2

    Top Hot 100 Song:
    The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer”
    The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down”
    Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance”
    Justin Timberlake, “Can’t Stop The Feeling!”
    Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens”

    Top Selling Song:
    The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer”
    The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down”
    Drake Featuring, WizKid & Kyla “One Dance”
    Justin Timberlake, “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” — WINNER
    Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens”

    Top Radio Song:
    The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer”
    The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down”
    Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance”
    Sia Featuring Sean Paul, “Cheap Thrills”
    Justin Timberlake, “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” — WINNER

    Top Streaming Song (Audio):
    The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer”
    Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” — WINNER
    D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty, “Broccoli”
    Rihanna, “Needed Me”
    The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk, “Starboy”

    Top Streaming Song (Video):
    The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer”
    Desiigner, “Panda” — WINNER
    Zay Hilfigerr & Zayion McCall, “JuJu On That Beat (TZ Anthem)
    Rae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane, “Black Beatles”
    Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens”

    Top Collaboration:
    The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer” — WINNER
    The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down”
    Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance”
    Sia Featuring Sean Paul, “Cheap Thrills”
    The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk, “Starboy”

    Top R&B Song:
    Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” — WINNER
    Bruno Mars, “24K Magic”
    Rihanna, “Needed Me”
    Rihanna Featuring Drake, “Work”
    The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk, “Starboy”

    Top R&B Collaboration:
    Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” — WINNER
    PARTYNEXTDOOR Featuring Drake, “Come And See Me”
    Rihanna Featuring Drake, “Work”
    The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk “I Feel It Coming”
    The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk, “Starboy”

    Top Rap Song:
    Desiigner, “Panda” — WINNER
    Drake, “Fake Love”
    D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty, “Broccoli”
    Migos Featuring Lil Uzi Vert, “Bad And Boujee”
    Rae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane, “Black Beatles”

    Top Rap Collaboration:
    D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty, “Broccoli”
    Zay Hilfigerr & Zayion McCall, “JuJu On That Beat (TZ Anthem)
    Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello, “Bad Things”
    Migos Featuring Lil Uzi Vert, “Bad and Boujee”
    Rae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane, “Black Beatles” — WINNER

    Top Country Song:
    Kenny Chesney Featuring Pink, “Setting The World On Fire”
    Florida Georgia Line, “H.O.L.Y.” — WINNER
    Florida Georgia Line Featuring Tim McGraw, “May We All”
    Little Big Town, “Better Man”
    Keith Urban, “Blue Ain’t Your Color”

    Top Country Collaboration:
    Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King, “Different For Girls”
    Kenny Chesney Featuring Pink, “Setting The World On Fire” — WINNER
    Eric Church Featuring Rhiannon Giddens, “Kill A Word”
    Florida Georgia Line Featuring Tim McGraw, “May We All”
    Chris Young Featuring Vince Gill, “Sober Saturday Night”

    Top Rock Song:
    Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons with Logic & Ty Dolla $ign Featuring X Ambassadors, “Sucker For Pain”
    Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens” — WINNER
    Twenty One Pilots, “Ride”
    Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out”
    X Ambassadors, “Unsteady”

    Top Latin Song:
    Daddy Yankee, “Shaky Shaky”
    Enrique Iglesias Featuring Wisin, “Duele El Corazon”
    Nicky Jam, “Hasta El Amanecer” — WINNER
    Shakira Featuring Maluma, “Chantaje”
    Carlos Vives & Shakira, “La Bicicleta”

    Top Dance/Electronic Song:
    The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer” — WINNER
    The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down”
    Calvin Harris Featuring Rihanna, “This Is What You Came For”
    Major Lazer Featuring Justin Bieber & MO, “Cold Water”
    DJ Snake Featuring Justin Bieber, “Let Me Love You”

    Top Christian Song:
    Lauren Daigle, “Trust In You”
    Hillary Scott & The Family, “Thy Will” — WINNER
    Skillet, “Feel Invincible”
    Ryan Stevenson Featuring GabeReal, “Eye Of The Storm”
    Zach Williams, “Chain Breaker”

    Top Gospel Song:
    Jekalyn Carr, “You’re Bigger”
    Tasha Cobbs, Featuring Kierra Sheard “Put A Praise On It”
    Kirk Franklin, “Wanna Be Happy??”
    Travis Greene, “Made A Way” — WINNER
    Hezekiah Walker, “Better”

  • Why I didn’t feature Drake in my video- Wizkid

    Wizkid has dropped the video for his single, Come Closer which features Drake. However, his fans are bothered that Drake didn’t appear in his video. The video released 5am on Friday only featured Wizkid. Fans took to social media to ask Wizkid why Drake didn’t appear in the video.

    Fans observed that in 2016, Wizkid didn’t appear in Drake’s One Dance video. Responding to the query, he said: ”Had a family emergency during ‘One Dance’ video shoot, and Drake was on tour when we did ‘Come Closer’. No bad blood, one love still.”

    However, the tweet has been deleted