Nigerian singer, Korede Bello has finally revealed why he was absent from all social media platforms for weeks.
On the 3rd of November, the artist hopped on his IG account to appreciate the people who checked upon him when he was on a social media break.
According to him, he took the break for the sake of his mental health. Korede Bello revealed that he was really affected by everything that’s been happening on social media and he desperately needed some time to clear his head.
He confirmed that the break treated him well and he would totally recommend it to anyone whose mental health has been affected.
Nigerian singer, Buju has officially joined the ‘Big Boys Club’.
The Lenu crooner splashed millions of naira to acquire a new Mercedes Benz. Apparently, Buju bought the luxury car to celebrate his recently released debut Ep, Sorry I’m Late.
Buju took to the bluebird app to share the exciting news whilst giving us a sneak peek of the car on his IG story. He wrote: “Bought a car to test how the Ep sounds.. 10/10”
We are certain Netizens will also give the car, no, his extended playlist a solid 10.
Over the last three years, the scope of Nigerian pop music has evolved to be inclusive of every demographic within its core, leading to the rise of powerful pop stars that are unconventional of the typical musical stereotypes. One of the most heartening sights has been the rise of female musicians who are confident in their capabilities and ready to share their perspectives with listeners across the board.
Rising Nigerian pop singer, Phatiah, is one of these musicians. A teen vunderkind, she has been making music for the last three years with the support of her family who noticed her prodigious talent growing up.
Earlier releases like “Itesiwaju Eko” and “Education” have shown Phatiah’s capacity for belting out vivid pop anthems that are steeped in the wider spirit of Afropop.
Her latest single, “Jeje,” takes her music in a new direction, showing a capacity for alchemical world-building in tandem with popular street-hop act, Destiny Boy. The central theme of “Jeje” is keeping one’s self content regardless of any challenges that come in the pursuit of wealth and comfort.
Produced by 2T Boyz, the song opens with Phatiah urging her audience to take things easy with her lush voice flowing effectively into Destiny Boy’s raspy verses over a jaunty instrumental crafted to get bodies on the dancefloor whilst the video was directed by Clintonray Films with cameo appearance by Guiness book of world records celebrity dancer Pinkie Debbie.
Wizkid has bagged five nominations at the 2021 Soul Train Awards. This earns him the title of the third most nominated artiste after American artists, H.E.R with 8 nominations and Chris Brown with 6.
He received nominations for “Song of the Year”, “Album of the year”, “Video of the Year”, “Best Collaboration”, & “The Ashford & Simpson’s Songwriter’s Award”
Wizkid’s fourth studio album ‘Made In Lagos’, is the first African album in history to receive an “Album of the Year” nomination at the Soul Train Awards.
The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual music awards show which previously aired in national broadcast syndication and honors the best in African-American culture music and entertainment.
This year’s award will hold on November 28th, 2021, at the Apollo Theatre, and it will be hosted by Tichina Arnold and Tisha Campbell.
Nigerian artists, Wizkid and Tems have made music lovers proud once again.
This time, the duo found themselves on the 2021 Soul Train Music Awards’ list with five nominations each. Big Wiz received nominations for “Song of the Year”, “Album of the year”, “Video of the Year”, “Best Collaboration”, & “The Ashford & Simpson’s Songwriter’s Award”
His fourth studio album ‘Made In Lagos’, is the first African album in history to receive an “Album of the Year” nomination at the Soul Train Awards.
Tems also received the same nominations as Wizkid, but instead of the ‘Album of the year’ nomination, she got nominated for the Best New Artist.
Although the only person he currently follows is his lovely wife, Beyonce, he at least decided to make an appearance on the app.
Things are gradually evolving in the Jay- Z camp and we are loving every bit of it. HOV has never been on to keep up with social media apps, unlike his colleagues who constantly give us an update about their day-to-day lives and activities.
When they are not busy giving us some motivational speech, they are being captured in the studio or generally having a good time at the club.
Over the years, his fans have taken it upon themselves to dedicate pages to him but non was to be regarded as his official page.
Considering his time of publication, Jay-Z’s followers have exponentially increased since yesterday, November 2nd as he currently has 1.2 million followers on the app.
His first post was about The Harder They Fall. Jay-Z acts as one of the producers of the star-studded western film and even appeared on two songs on the soundtrack. Although the movie was officially released weeks ago, it will premiere on Netflix tomorrow, the 4th of November.
Another massive win in the bag for Cardi, as she flaunts her new New York home.
This come after the “WAP” crooner was announced as the 2021 host of the American Music Award Host.
The mom of 2 then goes off to her social media page via Instagram to unlock her newest level of accomplishment. According to a lengthy post shared, this has always been a dream for her. To have a house of her won in her home city, in addition to others in Atlanta and Los Angeles.
These days I don’t just live one place, I’m everywhere due to my work. One thing for sure I needed a home in my home city of NY! I’m soo proud of myself. I work so hard for my children to be comfortable everywhere they are regardless of work. Me and my husband have always dreamed of having a crib in NY, and we have decided to add to our portfolio of homes, along with Atlanta and LA.
Now having a home in NY, I can have get togethers with my family all the time!! I have accomplished so many things yet I still feel far from all the goals I want to accomplish. This is one dream I can cross off…..Let me know if ya’ll want a mini tour!
Talented singer and songwriter, Eddygrin releases a new reality Afro Pop Hit song titled “Now Now“.
After the recent release of his smash hit single ‘Jangolova’, Eddygrin is back again, fully ready with the Audio & Video of another hit single titled “Now Now“.. A reality Afro Pop Hit Produced by WarriDonJazzy.
Dr Kaysongs whom is popularly known as the music Doctor teams up with one of the popular Nigerian eastern rapper, Effect Mc to Deliver this Hot Dancehall tune – “KODONGO”.
The Musical Doctor DR KAYSONGS prepares to release his new AfroFusion/Afrobeats EP (5 FINGERS) in November 2021, as he releases this 3rd track off the EP titled “KODONGO” featuring one of the Eastern super star rapper Effect Mc.
In his own words “The Music Doctor has arrived to re-generate African tunes he decided to make this project to keep everyone on a dancing and meditational mood”.
The “Money” rapper has scored herself a huge one as she has just been bounced as the host of the 2021 American Music Awards.
On Tuesday, 2nd of November the 29-year-old rapper was announced as the host of the upcoming 2021 American Music Awards, producers MRC Live and Alternative and ABC confirmed in a statement shared with PEOPLE.
When I received the invite to host the AMAs, I was so excited, Cardi said in a statement. “I’m ready to bring my personality to the AMAs stage!
The American Music Awards announced, We are immensely excited to have the dynamic Cardi B bring her infectious energy to the American Music Awards as a first-time host,” echoed executive producer Jesse Collins. “She will excite the viewers, push the limits and deliver a show that will be remembered forever!
Similarly, Cardi B has won 5 American Music Awards and performed on the telecast in the course of her career, it is only fair that she gets a chance to shoot the show.
Rolling stone has revealed that Adels’s tracklist to her brand new album, 30 has been released.
’30’ serves as a follow-up to her 2015 body of work, ’25’. After a nearly 6 year break, Adele returns with not just a banging body, but also with a mind-blowing 15 track album. Although there were speculations that the album would drop in 2019, and then in 2020.
Announcing the glorious news to her 43.4 million followers, the Engish singer and songwriter spill that her album will be out on the 19th of November.
See the tracklist below:
30:
01 Strangers by Nature 02 Easy on Me 03 My Little Love 04 Cry Your Heart Out 05 Oh My God 06 Can I Get It 07 I Drink Wine 08 All Night Parking (Interlude) (with Erroll Garner) 09 Woman Like Me 10 Hold On 11 To Be Loved 12 Love Is a Game 13 Wild Wild West (Bonus Track) 14 Can’t Be Together (Bonus Track) 15 Easy on Me (Bonus Track) (with Chris Stapleton)
Kanye West is arguably one of the weirdest rappers ever liveth.
From legally changing his name to “Ye”, to sleeping in a cubicle during the completion of his most recent album, ‘Donda’, to setting himself ablaze during one of his numerous ‘Donda’ listening parties, but we have to agree that this epic alien move top the list.
Following his announcement that Sunday Service was finally returning last weekend, with appearances from Marilyn Manson, Roddy Ricch, Justin Bieber, and others, Ye appeared with a new look, pairing his fresh haircut with a set of shaved eyebrows.
There have been questions about the rapper’s mental state after he was spotted without eyebrows, while others are celebrating Ye’s fearlessness. A lot of us are wondering what was running through his mind when he picked up the blade to shave them off.
OVO recently clocked 35 and he continues to bask in the success of his most recent body of work, Certified Lover Boy.
Although his friends and industry mates bought him tons of luxury gifts, the Canadian rapper still decided to spoil himself silly with a new set of iced-out necklace. In a video posted to his Instagram story on Sunday, Drizzy showed off an extravagant new chain that features a collection of iced-out emojis.
NYC Luxury, which commissioned the piece, took to its official IG account to salute the purchase, writing, @champagnepapi thank you for trusting us with the project wasn’t easy but I think we killed it.
Just last week, his close friend and collaborator Young Thug gifted him a custom double-sided OVO charm for his 35th birthday. However, Jas Prince topped Thug’s gift with a Flawless Diamonds Co. to craft custom OVO owl chains for Drizzy, his dad, Dennis, and son Adonis.
Sometime last year, Chris Brown’s maid accused his dog of attacking her and her sister in his mansion, where they used to work as maids.
Patricia Avila and her sister were reportedly cleaners at the singer’s mansion when they were allegedly attacked by his dog in 2020.
In April, it was first reported that Brown was being sued after Patricia Avila, a woman who reportedly cleaned his Tarzana mansion alongside her sister, alleged that the singer’s Caucasian Shepherd, Ovcharka accosted her in Chris’ backyard.
According to Radar Online, courts documents state that the dog in question somehow got out into the yard and allegedly bit Avila in the face. However, Avila claimed that her sister suffered extensive injuries and was found covered in blood while she was screaming and crying for help.
Radar Online continued in their report that it was the singer who allegedly called the authorities for assistance before Avila’s sister was quickly taken to the hospital. She reportedly “underwent multiple surgeries.” Although Avila did not suffer injuries, she stated in court documents that she has lived with severe PTSD and anxiety.
In recent documents, Avila also stated that Brown was served a notice of the lawsuit but has not attended court dates. She is hoping that a judge will award her a default judgment 578 million naira, broken down into emotional distress she suffered, 578 thousand naira for medical expenses, 13.8 million naira in loss of earnings, and an unknown amount for future loss of earnings.
In her lawsuit, Avila says she cleaned Brown’s home twice a week for $600 a day. His two dogs, Zeus and Hades, were at the home when she cleaned.
FLYTIME MUSIC FESTIVAL RETURNS THIS DECEMBER: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
West Africa’s leading promotions and concert franchise – Flytime Promotions, has officially announced the much-anticipated return of its widely acclaimed Flytime Music Festival scheduled for the 21st Tuesday – 24th Friday December 2021.
After COVID-19 restrictions forced concert venues to shut down, the annual multi-day Festival makes its way back for an electrifying indoor concert experience set to hold at the prestigious Eko Convention Centre, Lagos.
Reckoned for celebrating music, platforming emerging and established talents, Flytime Music festival has undoubtedly grown to become a cultural movement and destination in Africa. This year, #FlytimeMusicFestival returns with a motivation to celebrate music as a connecting force: an expression of our collective identity and struggles as a global race.
“We are very excited to announce the return of Flytime Music Festival,” says Mr. Cecil Hammond, Group CEO, Flytime Promotions. “It’s been two years in the making, so we are proud to be back with bigger performances but most importantly a safe and enjoyable experience”.
The festival was first launched in 2004 with a SOLD-OUT concert, marked with a showcase of artistic excellence and sonically defining moments. Since then, Flytime Music Festival has created anticipation year after year as it has continually reinvented the music and entertainment industry in Nigeria and across Africa.
Having hosted global stars including Boyz II Men, Megan Thee Stallion, Bobby Brown, Mase, Wizkid, Burnaboy, Koffee, Davido, Tiwa Savage, etc, the expectations for this year’s festival are heightened.
The festival, which has recorded unmatched success and is in fact the biggest indoor music festival in Africa, promises pockets of celebratory moments.
Concert-goers and fans of great entertainment should brace up for all the surprises and exciting news about the festival which will be unveiled in the coming weeks.
To maintain strict COVID-19 protocols, limited tickets are available for sale. Admittance to the venue will require proof of vaccination or a valid negative COVID-19 test result. Temperature checks and masks are also required at the venue.
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ABOUT FLYTIME MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Flytime Music Festival is an annual multi-day Music Festival in Lagos, Nigeria dedicated to creating an experience for festival lovers, and a hub for artists to express themselves on an African Stage!
For the past 17 years, this multi-day concert series has provided an inspiring line up of live performances and a platform that welcomes a broad array of musical talents from various genres (from the shores of Lagos & abroad). The Flytime music festival creates anticipation year after year as this SOLD-OUT festival has continually disrupted and significantly impacted the music and entertainment industry in Nigeria and across Africa.
Juice WRLD may be gone, but his works are definately not forgotten. The late American rapper has posthumously earned 50 new RIAA gold and platinum certifications last week.
This includes a 9-times platinum certification for “Lucid Dreams.”
Before his death, Juice WRLD made a huge on the music industry in such a short time, and he continues to build up posthumous achievements. Just last week, the late “Lucid Dreams” crooner earned 50 new platinum and gold certifications from the RIAA, adding to his astonishing collection of plaques received during his lifetime.
According to the RIAA’s records, Juice WRLD was awarded 50 new platinum and gold certifications on October 29, 2021. Among the awards are a 5x platinum plaque for All Girls Are The Same, a 3x platinum certification for Black & White, a 4x platinum plaque for Robbery, a 3x platinum certification for Bandit with YoungBoy Never Broke Again, and more.
News flash! Juice WRLD’s most popular song “Lucid Dreams” is also one step closer to being certified diamond, after going 9x platinum last week.
Veteran rapper/ singer Eedris Abdulkareem returns with another controversial record titled “Free Naija”.
On ‘Free Naija‘, Eedris Abdulkareem calls for the freedom of arrested activists, fighting for citizens better life. He talked about Oppression, Nepotism; the various Injustices Government serve on the people.
“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.” – Eedris Abdulkareem
Listen to “Free Naija” below
Quotable Lyrics
Free Nnamdi Kanu, free Sunday Igboro Free political prisoners, make peace reign…
Fast Rising Nigerian Afropop singer, Fawazzy is back with a new single titled “FAR” which serves as a follow up to his recently featured released hit single ‘Concern You‘.
Fawaz Ibrahim popularly known as Fawazzy is of mixed nationality, this new single is going to give his fans a taste of his new sound in a new dimension.
Coming barely a month after the release one of the latest prophetic sound “Miracle”, Moses Bliss shares new single “iPrepare” an awakening call to believers all over the world on the coming of the Lord.
Living in the world where distractions and the devil is doing all he can to turn many away from the goal of eternity with the maker, iPrepare is a sound that is relayed as a call to refocus our gaze on the reward that is ahead of us.
For the Lord said I have gone to prepare a place for you and I will return to take you with me. Are you prepared to meet with Him?
A time of reflection and consecration, living a ready life awaiting his return is the goal.
