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  • Burna Boy, Mr Eazi thrill music lovers at 2019 Coachella festival[VIDEO]

    Burna Boy, Mr Eazi thrill music lovers at 2019 Coachella festival[VIDEO]

    Nigerian music stars, Mr Eazi and Burna Boy thrilled music lovers at the ongoing 2019 Coachella Festival. The duo who separately mounted the California stage exhilarated fans with their stirring and spectacular performances.
    Staged at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Burna Boy performed on April 15 performing hit singles like ‘Ye,’ ‘Dangote,’ ‘Tonight,’ ‘Killin Dem,’ ‘Soke,’ and “On The Low.
    The Afro-pop star also delivered remarkable zanku dance steps while performing at the music fiesta.

     

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    ‘Holy Water’ crooner, Mr Eazi who performed on April 13, lit up the Coachella atmosphere with his top songs such as ‘Leg Over,’ ‘Skin Tight,’ ‘London Town,’ ‘Akwaaba’, and the Afro-house ‘ShaSha Ku Shasha’.
    The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, a two-week event which kick-started on April 12, will end on April 21.
    Amazingly, this is first time Nigerian artistes will be featuring at the international festival. Burna Boy and Mr Eazi had their performance streamed live on Coachella’s official YouTube channel for viewers across the globe.
    Other artists billed to perform at the event are Janelle Monáe, Weezer, J Balvin, YG, CHVRCHES, Blood Orange, Pusha T, Playboi Carti, Wiz Khalifa, Kacey Musgraves, and Jaden Smith.

  • Why I buy cars for people but don’t own one – Mr. Eazi

    Hip hop sensation, Tosin Ajibade (popularly called Mr. Eazi) has explained why he is comfortable buying cars for people even when he doesn’t have one to himself.

    Mr. Eazi in a recent interview with The Punch said he preferred using Uber. He further said, “If your self-esteem is based on how much you have in your bank account, then you have a serious self-esteem issue. Right from when I sang my very first song, someone offered me N80m record deal but I turned it down and at the time, I did not have N300,000 in my account.

    “My first record deal offer from the UK was £356,000, I turned it down but at the time, I had done a tour and the total amount I earned was £12,500. I used the money to shoot the videos of some of my songs. I was left with £20; they were offering me £365,000, but I turned it down. The reason I did that was because my value was not dependent on what was in my account.

    “Till today, I use Uber but I do not care and by the way, I don’t even pay for the ride because I was given Uber credit. But if you see me in the Uber vehicle and feel that Mr Eazi is poor, what is my business (with that)? For instance, everybody around me has cars, and besides, I buy cars for people. If it makes sense for me to use an Uber, why should I drive? Why would I pay about N100m for a car that I would probably drive just five times a year?

    “There are better things to do with that money. In the short time I have spent on earth, I have made a lot of money. While I was into mining, I had so much money that I was living at a place that was a stone’s throw away from the airport in Accra and I was paying my rent in dollars.

    “I was making a lot of money. That shows you how expensive it was but I went from there to squatting with my friend in a one-room apartment. I was sleeping on the floor in his room. Also, when I was doing the business of selling beverages, we started with a crate and in a short while, we began to import four containers every two weeks. From importing four containers every two weeks, we went back to nothing. In my life, I have had ups and down. If my self-worth was based on material things, I would have killed myself.”

    The singer admitted that he had received a lot of backlash on social media simply because of his relationship with Temi, one of the daughters of a billionaire oil magnate, Femi Otedola.

    However, Mr Eazi said such things would never faze him.

    “People can say what they want to say and if you want to let everything they say about you bother you, then you are not going to live, especially when you are in the public eye.

    “You have to realise that as an entertainer, your life becomes a form of entertainment to others. I really do not care about what anybody thinks. He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world, so why care about what the world is saying?” The singer said.

     

  • Burna Boy, Mr Eazi to make Coachella debut

    Burna Boy, Mr Eazi to make Coachella debut

    Nigerian music stars Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy and Tosin Ajibade aka Mr Eazi are set to make their Coachella debut in April.

    The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo club in Indio, California.

    It is one of the most famous, and profitable music festivals in the United States and all over the world.

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that according to the lineup announced through Coachella’s official Instagram acclount @coachella, Burna Boy will perform his set on April 13 and 20, Mr Eazi will have his performance on April 14 and 21.

    The duo have, in the past year, made tremendous progress and impact in their music genres with Burna Boy performing sold out shows and Mr Eazi breaking streaming records.

    Burna Boy’s ‘Ye’ remains one of the most listened-to Nigerian songs and Mr Eazi’s ‘Lagos to London’ EP maintained a large global impact.

    NAN reports that in 2018, Wizkid was billed to perform at the festival but was unable to due to what the singer termed ‘Visa issues’.

    The festival was, however, headlined by Beyoncé whose performances were one of the most-talked about moments of the year.

    Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino and Tame Impala will headline the upcoming show while actor and DJ, Idris Elba, Solange, the 1975 and Janelle Monáe will perform.

    Kacey Musgraves, Rosalía, Yves Tumor, SOPHIE, Mac DeMarco, Idris Elba, Jon Hopkins, Kaytranada, Anderson .Paak, Juice WRLD, Playboi Carti, Let’s Eat Grandma and Sheck Wes are also part of the lineup.

  • My performances can be bitter, sweet- Mr Eazi

    ‘Pour me water’ sensation, Mr Eazi is no doubt a talented artiste who doesn’t just understand music, but also the business side of music.

    Eazi who recently unveiled his album ‘Lagos to London’ has launched his mentorship programme ‘Empawa’ targeted at empowering budding young talent to shoot for global success.

    At the media parley for Empawa on Tuesday 20th of November 2018, Eazi opened up about the bitter sweet side of being a performing artiste.

    “Even me that you see here I am learning on the job, my performances keep changing and I keep adapting. Even me I need help, I perform sometimes and people scream and I perform in some other places and someone say:’ This guy sef, I just wasted my money’.

     

    He also noted that artistes need to find their rhythm, adding that there is no particular formula when it comes to succeeding as a stage performer.

    “I have done a show where I used live band, people were screaming, I took that same band to outside Nigeria and people were complaining. After that we had to switch it to live band and a DJ. The first time we did it, people loved it. There is no actual formula; you have to find your rhythm”.

     

    The Banku music boss also noted that Adekunle Gold is one of his favourite performers.

    “Adekunle Gold is one of the best performers I know . I tell him everytime,If he is here he will tell you”.

     

    When asked If he has sole right to his creative content as an artiste, he said:”No body owns my content, I own my content, everything. I’m not trying to make someone else a slave.I am not an expert, I just started doing music 2 years ago, I didn’t plan to do this”.

     

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  • Mr Eazi recruits 2face, Burna Boy others for sophomore album

    Singer Oluwatosin Ajibade a.k.a Mr Eazi has released his sophomore project ‘Lagos To London’.

    He took to his social media pages to announce the project to his followers on Friday, while posting the link to listen and download the tracks.

    The Banku music boss who is currently dating Temi Otedola, daughter of Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola wrote: @mreazi Lagos to London is out now; listen to the full mixtape via these links.

    ‘Lagos To London consists of 15 tracks and features some famous Nigerian acts including 2Baba, Burna Boy, Simi and Maleek Berry as well as international acts like Diplo, Giggs and Sneakbo.

    The release of the album was preceded by a listening party held in London.

    While explaining the concept behind the mixtape during the release party, Mr Eazi said, “The album basically just takes you on a sonic trip from Lagos to London.

    He continued, “I’m a product of my environment, and I have stayed in the UK a lot, so you will hear UK slangs and UK terms”.

    Mr Eazi joined the buzz on Twitter to express his excitement and thanked those that have been involved in the process.

    @mreazi “Only a few things feel better than seeing your dreams come true, no man can stop the dream, African boy on a global mission.

    He added, “Huge thanks to Youtube music for believing and committing”.

    The singer had earlier released a number of singles like ‘Property’, ‘London Town’ and ‘Keys To The City’
    ‘Lagos to London’ is Mr Eazi’s second project in two years following the release of ‘Life Is Eazi’ in 2017.

    Mr Eazi has won back the hearts of Nigerian Twitter users with this project after he got on the wrong side in an interview he insinuated that Nigerian singers were imitating his ‘Ghanaian’ style of music.

    However, he is currently trending on Nigerian Twitter for all the right reasons few hours into the release of the mix tape.

    Here are extracts from some twitter fans: @LadyDonli: “Mr Eazi is one of the most deliberate artistes out of Africa.

    “It is incredible the amount of thought he puts into his art and music, the roll out of this project has been incredible.”

    @ElectroMirror: “Mr Eazi’s creativity is out of this world”.

    @debxxxr: “Mr Eazi to the world, he has done it, amazing.’’

  • Why I signed Mr Eazi-Diplo

    Nigerian pop star, Tosin Ajibade a.k.a Mr Eazi has been signed on Diplo’s Mad Decent, a record label owned by him.

    The afro-pop star is listed on the label’s website as one of the artistes on its roster.

     

    Diplo noted that the deal was sealed during his last world tour where he visited and performed in several African countries.

    He recounted in a chat with The Guardian why he signed Mr Eazi .

    “When I go out [to] somewhere like Africa, it’s not a business to me.I think to myself: ‘This place is changing rapidly. How can we help build it?

     

    “When it comes to making music, understand that my intentions are always great. I’m there for the music only.

     

    “I have a lot of privilege by being a middle-class white American. So if I had to trade that by being considered exploitative, and people always saying negative things about me…it’s a small price to pay.”

     

     

  • It is frustrating that people don’t know the real Mr Eazi- DJ Cuppy

    DJ Cuppy has expressed her opinion over the series of backlash Mr Eazi has gotten from Nigerians following comments he made about his colleagues.

    Recall that Mr Eazi in an interview had condemned Nigerian artistes for copying his ‘Ghanaian sound’ . Nigerian artistes and his fans were not pleased with his utterances, which led to several social media backlash.

    However, in an interview DJ Cuppy defended Eazi who is dating her sister. She noted that he is an amazing guy with a cool personality

    According to her: “Mr Eazi is cool, or Tosin as I know him, it is frustrating that people don’t know him or just talk about him. I am close to him and I think he is really talented. The coolest thing about him is his personality. He is such a sweet guy and he is hilarious, he has an amazing personalty and I think he is one of those who take music seriously, I think people need to chill”.

     

  • Dating Otedola’s daughter is one of my best part of 2017- Mr Eazi

    Afro-pop singer, Mr Eazi has said he had interesting moments in 2017. The talented singer stated that despite being heavily condemned all year round particularly for his claim of pioneering the infusion of Ghanaian lingo in lyrics, he still has interesting moments in 2017.

     

     

    He said, “I think at the end of the day it is still all love. For instance, I’m just coming straight from Benin, which we shut down. What I saw there, I didn’t know people partied on Wednesdays.

     

    “I was so shocked the DJ had more Mr Eazi songs than my DJ. So after I had finished performing, the DJ continued playing songs. It just goes to show that there is still love and it is just teasing.”

     

    Reacting to people who bashed him for running out of hit songs, the ‘Leg Over’ crooner said his songs are still being listened to.

    “I think it can be some people’s opinion but if you go out, I’m still performing those songs. I dropped my mixtape in February, and the plan was to promote the mixtape. And I have toured the world with the mixtape,” he said.

     

    “In Benin, I was still performing ‘Short Skirt’, ‘Leg Over’, ‘Business’, ‘Life is Eazi’, that is four songs from a mixtape in one year, and I still performed ‘Pour Me Water’. If I can do that in one year, I think that’s not valid.”

     

     

    Eazi futher added that his relationship with Temi Otedola, daughter of a popular business mogul Femi Otedola, ignited even more attention from his fans

    “It is one of the highlights of my year. It’s been one of the nicest things to happen to me this year. You know love is sweet. At least I have more inspiration for plenty songs.So don’t be shocked that my new songs are going to be love-based.”

     

     

     

     

  • How Mr Eazi lied to fans

    Sensational Afropop artiste, Mr Eazi has been in the news lately for the wrong reasons. He claimed to have created the Ghanaian lingos commonly used in contemporary Nigerian music. In addition, he claimed to have been an employee of multinational company Schlumberger, where he only worked as an intern.

     

    To mark the usual throw back Thursday, Eazi posted a photo on Instagram where he recalled how he once worked as an engineer. Unknown to him, some of his fans dug out his Schlumberger profile, where it was discovered that , he only worked as an intern.

     

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  • I once sold phones at Computer Village- Mr Eazi

    Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade fondly called Mr Eazi in the Nigerian music industry has had his own fair share of life’s ups and downs. The singer who was backlashed by fans and colleagues for claiming to have pioneered the infusion of Ghanaian lingos into the Nigerian music industry, revealed that he once sold phones at Computer Village, in Ikeja, Lagos.

     

    Speaking as a guest on a radio show, he said after obtaining his masters degree, he had to sell phones . According to him: “After I came back from Ghana, I got a job in oil and gas in Port Harcourt that paid about six thousand dollars per month but I quit because I was not finding fulfillment in it.

     

    “I mean it was the same thing everyday, the same routine over and over again. The decision to quit the job finally hit me when my boss’ wife left him even with all the money he had.

     

    “After I left my job, I got my Master’s degree and with all that qualification I started selling phones in computer village and everyone thought something was wrong with me.

     

    “Even my mother started praying special prayers for me but my father didn’t add that final voice that would have decided my fate. My break finally came after I got an invite to do two shows in London that made me twelve thousand pounds which I used to shoot two videos.

     

    “When I told my mother what I did with the money she stopped talking to me for about three weeks. I had to move in with a friend because even my relatives didn’t want me around but everything finally changed when I went back to London for shows that fetched me really good money.”

     

     

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