If there is one question on the minds of Simi’s fans right now, it is this:”Is Simi really pregnant?”
There has been speculations that singer Simi is pregnant. The rumour broke out yesterday after a Nollywood actor wrote a controversial post, making subtle reference to her
However, a worried fan asked her on Twitter if she is truly pregnant and she said:” Baby is kicking day by day”.
Only time will reveal the veracity of her claim.
Jamb question singer ,Simi Ogunleye shined bright in 2016, winning awards, headlining major gigs and smiling to the bank. However, there are few shocking things you would wish you knew about her
According to her:”I am a very straight forward person, I like to say things the way I see them, I don’t like beating about the bush. I am not pretentious, but a simple and realistic person.”
Forget the stardom, Simi can still buy her favourite roasted plantain by the roadside.
Hear her:”I can still stop by and buy roasted plantain by the road side. I don’t feel uncomfortable, I am not blown away by fame because that is not what excites me in the game. What excites me is the music.”
4.You can’t catch her wearing Iro and buba.
Simi is the typical beautiful tom boy. You will probably see her rock her sneakers and jean.
“You won’t catch me wear full Iro and Buba. Maybe when I am getting married, I will probably wear one but for now, I won’t. I could remember the last time my mum made one for me, I really looked ridiculous in it.”
5.Soldier is actually written by Simi
Simi collaborated with Falz on the hit song Soldier. However, you will be shocked to know that the song actually belongs to her.
“Soldier’ actually started out as my song, I wrote the song and he had heard the song even before ‘Jamb Question’ and I was like you know, ‘you can write a verse for this, but let me be honest with you this song is not going to come out for a while because I already have other material I’m trying to put out’. He was like no problem and then when he was working on his album he called me and was like ‘I want to do a song with you’ and I was like ‘Okay’. Actually, I was even fighting and gunning for an Afrobeat song. He was like ‘nahh nahh’ , that soldier song and I said ‘but that’s my song’. So we flipped it and it became his song.”
The Nigerian entertainment industry is bursting with talents who have been able to showcase their innumerable potentials amidst the staggering Nigerian economy.
Over the years, the female artistes have come full circle and now taking giant strides pursuing their passion while inspiring others to do so. TNG chronicles 6 female artistes who rocked in 2016.
1.Yemi Alade
What comes to your mind when you think of Yemi Alade is her consistency, work ethic and passion for her craft.
Yemi Alade is out to conquer Africa with her music. Armed with a strong voice, she is perhaps the biggest Nigerian female act at the moment.
The songstress has clinched MAMA Awards “Female Artiste of the Year” back to back in 2015 and 2016. She also got a MOBO Awards nomination, BET Awards nomination and several others. Yemi owned 2016 no doubt.
2.Seyi Shay
Seyi’s voice has the capacity to calm your frayed nerves. She has definitely broken away from her early days of Irawo offering her fans hit songs like Right now,Hair Brush and lot’s more.
Just before the release of her Seyi or Shay album, she got a record deal from Island records. In an industry where maintaining revelance is an herculean task, the Murda sensation is riding on her sonorous pitch, sexy appeal and work ethic.Seyi headlined some of the major shows of 2016.
Many thought Tiwa’s messy marriage scandal was going to hamper her music career, but it further strengthen her resolve to succeed.
This year, she released songs like If I start to talk, Standing ovation and graced some of the biggest music stages in the world.
Tiwa also inked a management deal with Roc Nation. Against all odds, she keeps her eyes focused on her goals. Many won’t forget how she stole the show at the recent Sunny on Sunday concert held in honour of King Sunny Ade.
4.Simi
Simi further showed us the stuff she is made of in 2016.Jamb Question, Soldier, her collaboration with Falz quickly launched her into the A-list realm of leading Nigerian songstress.
The X3m singer’s name will undoubtedly be written in gold when it comes to her 2016 giant strides. Simi also got her first major continental feature in Coke Studio. We cannot talk about Simi without making reference to the chemistry she shares with Falz. This year, the duo released an EP titled Chemistry.
From Shaba to J’ete , Niniola has mastered her afrocentric style which her fans gladly relish .
Her recent performance at the Sunny on Sunday concert will remain indelible in the minds of those who attended the event. Nini who has done collaborations with Seyi Shay and EDM continues to soar making people ask where she has been all this while. At this year’s AFRIMA awards, she won the award for West African Collaboration (mbilo mbilo remix)
She has also been nominated for the Headies Next rated category
6 .Aramide
Aramide pours her heart into her music. She sings like a suitor ready to win the heart of his bride. So at the just concluded AFRIMA Awards, Aramide further won my heart when she clinched the award for Best Female Artiste, West Africa. A lot of people are of the opinion that she doesn’t deserve it because she isn’t exactly a mainstream artiste like the Tiwa Savage’s or Yemi Alade’s.
Her Funmi Lowo song is also one of the biggest songs of 2016. At AFRIMA 2016, she won the award for the Best Female Artiste West Africa .All hail queen Aramide
Simisola Bolatito Ogunleye better known as Simi in the music world has been bashed and condemned for a beautiful dress she wore to an event.
She confessed that she got weird comments for putting on that outfit and its one of the weirdest moments of her blooming music career. Simi made this confession in an interview with Accelerate TV.
The Jamb Question star said: “I think the outfit that has had the weirdest comments was this absolutely beautiful dress- it’s green and yellow and it was like a halter and then it had this chain thing hanging. But then when I took a picture, it didn’t photograph as nice as the dress was.
But I guess maybe I didn’t know at the time and I posted it and then people were like ‘why does this look weird’. The thing is its very hard to get to me especially when if I know something is not true because I knew how beautiful the dress was. People that were around me they were like ‘what are they talking about? I swear that dress was nice’ I will say that one was the one that got the weirdest comments; people said it looked like I was going for cultural dance.”