In a new interview to promote his new documentary ‘The Honorable Shyne’ former Rapper turned politician, Shyne has recalled a time when he spat in the face of music mogul, Sean Diddy Combs and years later, when Diddy paid him $50,000 as a reward for serving a long prison sentence. After a nightclub shooting in late 1999, Shyne …
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Paul Okoye has said that almost all Nigerians are going through “hell”. The music executive made this known on Instagram. He wrote: “Right now, 99% of Nigerians are going through hell at the moment, while only 1% flaunt their wealth, oblivious to the struggles.” He went on to encourage the 99 percent who are struggling. See below.
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Sierra Leonean rap sensation, Jelly Bee, is back and hotter than ever with her latest single, ‘High Tension’. Signed to the forward-thinking ABANGZ Originals label, Jelly Bee is poised to take the global music scene by storm. High Tension, produced by Nigeria’s Masterkraft, captures the thrill of attraction and intensity of connection. A mix of Krio, English, and metaphors, the …
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Apple Music, by its practice, takes down songs from charts suspected of streaming manipulations. The streams are deducted before the song is allowed to return to the chart position which would have been bar any manipulation. Precedence suggests this might be the case with Wizkid’s ‘Dance’ which still had enough streams to retain the top spot. However, some have ascribed …
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The massive deduction has led to speculations of stream deduction and drinking from the chart which are the most common heavy penalties Apple Music applies on streaming manipulation. ‘Kese’, released 15, November 2024, has the second lead single on Wizkid’s upcoming album ‘Morayo’, has enjoyed immediate success on streaming platforms reaching NO. 1 on the Apple Music Nigeria Top 100 …
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A music director at a Michigan Catholic church in the US has reportedly been fired after an unknown source informed church officials of his same-sex marriage.Fred Szczepanski was fired from his position at St. Francis Church in Traverse City on Oct. 18 after the church officials discovered he had a same-sex marriage ceremony to his longtime partner in Nevada in 2020, …
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Tyla edged Asake, Rema, Ayra Starr, Burna Boy, and Tems for the Best Afrobeats prize. She also beat Ayra Starr, DBN Gogo, Diamond Platnumz, and TitoM & Yuppe to the Best African Act. During her acceptance speech for the Best Afrobeats Act, Tyla gave a shout-out to Afrobeats for opening doors for African music. “Thank you to Afrobeats, It has …
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The Recording Academy has announced nominations for various categories for the 2025 and 67th Grammys award which will take place on Sunday, February 2, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Nominations were put out by the Recording Academy on Friday, November 8, 2024 with prominent global artistes listed in the major categories. Nigerian artistes stood out in the Best African …
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The African Music Performance Catgory for the 67th Grammys is dominated by Nigerian artists. A Nigerian artist is guaranteed to work home with an award at the 2025 Grammys after all of the nominations for the Best African Music Performance features a Nigerian. Yemi Alade, Burna Boy, Asake, Tems, Chris Brown, Davido, Lojay, and Wizkid all earned nominations for the …
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In a post on his X account, Ruger shared that the Nigerian music scene is hurting from the prioritisation of money over talent, as artists with the resources to promote their work heavily get success more than talented ones. “The music scene has been hurting me coz no matter how shit an artist is, once there’s money for hype, Otilo,” …
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