Music

‘New Afrobeats artistes walking on path I created’ – Rema

Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, also known as Rema, has claimed that every new Afrobeats artist that has emerged since 2019 is following the template he created. He made the claim while featuring in a recent episode of The Breakfast Club. The ‘Ozeba’ crooner also claimed that he started the trend…

Seyi vibez parts ways with record label boss, Dapper

Popular Nigerian musician, Seyi Vibez, has separated and unfollowed his record label boss, Dapper music. The singer left the record label after he was massively dragged on social media by Nigerians in Toronto, Canada for cancelling a show without prior notice. However, reacting to the development on Sunday, Seyi Vibez…

Davido, Lojay make Billboard’s 2024 Honour Roll for chart-topping songs

Afrobeat musicians, Davido and Lojay have become the African artistes to make the 2024 Billboard Honour Roll. Honour Roll is released by Billboard to celebrate R&B and Hip Hop charts chart-topping records across the globe. The singers recorded songs which made their way to the Billboard Honour Roll from August…

Burna Boy reacts to Yhemo Lee’s wedding ceremony

Afrobeat singer Burna Boy has shared his view about Nigerian weddings. The African Giant singer made his view public while reacting to the lavish wedding ceremony of singer Yhemo Lee. Sharing a picture of Yhemo Lee and his wife on his Instagram story, he wrote, “Nigerian weddings are so nice…

Court jails singer, Flavour’s impersonator for defrauding US lady

A federal high court sitting in Lagos has sentenced singer, Flavour’s impersonator, Courage Ipaka to two years imprisonment. Ipaka reportedly used Flavour’s identity to defraud a United States-based lady, Yvelte M. Thompson of $53,000. Azibagiri Dan Ekpar, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC’s investigator, led the probe against Ipaka…

Afrobeats is escapism – Tems counters Buju Banton

Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has explained afrobeats as a genre specifically for escapism. According to her, the purpose of the genre in Nigeria is to serve as an escape from the harsh reality and not necessarily to preach against societal ills. The ‘Love Me Jeje’…

I feel troubled every time I fornicate – Spyro opens up about struggles

He pledges not to go back to his former ways. Nigerian singer Spyro has shared his personal struggles with fornication and the impact it has had on his conscience. On September 3, 2024, the singer made a post on Instagram, admitting his truth regarding his faithand noting that while sex initially…

Fireboy announces joint EP with Lojay

Afrobeats singer, Fireboy DML has announced that he’s working on a joint extended play with his colleague, Lojay. He made this known during an interview with The Beat 99.9 FM, Lagos. “I’m working on a joint EP with Lojay. We have a very great relationship in the studio,” he said.…

‘I recorded my hit songs sitting down’ – Wizkid

Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, has boasted that he recorded all his hit songs sitting down. Speaking in a viral video, Wizkid said he doesn’t stress himself to make hits. The ‘Essence’ hitmaker also claimed he dislikes promoting his music or granting media interviews. “All my biggest songs…

Portable calls out Nigerian celebrities for not donating to ailing video director, TG Omori

Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has called out Nigerian celebrities over their failure to make financial contributions towards the medical bills of ailing music video director, TG Omori. DAILY POST reports that TG Omori recently underwent an unsuccessful kidney transplant surgery in Lagos. His body rejected the…