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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,” …

Shallipopi’s actions appear to confirm rumours of his split with the label whose partnership rocketed him to fame in 2023 where he released a collection of hit singles. Earlier in the year, Shallipopi unveiled his label called Plutomania Records with Zerry DL and Tega Boi as the flagship artists. The news of the hitmaker’s split with Dapper Music comes just …

Music executive, Ubi Franklin, shared a lovely video of himself and his second son, Shiloh.    Ubi had travelled to South Africa to surprise Shiloh in school.   The video he shared showed Shiloh was pleasantly surprised to see his father. ‘’This is love. I put everything on my life to make sure my children are fine.”   Ubi and …

Virgin Music’s partnership with Dapper Music & Entertainment has helped it capture the largest streaming market share in Nigeria across five major platforms. This feat comes a year after Virgin Music Group, a division of Universal Music Group’s global network launched operations in Nigeria, with Olukorede ‘Kay’ Ikazoboh leading the company while Motolani Alake was tapped to lead its A&R …

The rapper appeared as a guest on the latest episode of Pulse On The Record, alongside colleague Vector the Viper, speaking on their craft. While there, Reminisce stated that he doesn’t envision a career in the industry for his children due to its unpredictable nature. “No, I don’t want my children to do music, and I don’t think they should. …

Grammy-nominated music producer, Metro Boomin is being accused of r@pe in a new lawsuit.   The lawsuit alleges the music producer, real name Leland Wayne, drugged and raped a woman in 2016, resulting in her pregnancy. The woman, Vanessa LeMaistre, says she was at a studio session when she took half of a Xanax pill and the producer gave her …

With no award gala to celebrate the feats recorded in 2024 in Nigerian music, this writer wonders what this glaring lack of structure says about the ecosystem. How did we get here? Nothing about Nigeria’s infrastructural decay is new. In fact, the struggles of the Nigerian music industry to develop structures that will consolidate its global rise are reflective of …

 Former One Direction singer, Liam Payne, 31, reportedly filed papers to resign as director of four of his companies on the day he died.  The British singer fell 45ft from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina suffering fatal injuries  on October 16.  Newly published documents at Companies House disclose that on the same date, the pop star filed papers to resign as a …

Former Pussycat Dolls singer, Nicole Scherzinger is paying tribute to dead singer, Liam Payne after being a part of his career rise.    Payne d!ed last week after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was aged 31.   The group that made him famous, One Direction, was formed on the UK reality competition …

“Before we used to shoot music videos, 1.5 million. Today, 100, million, 50 million, 60 million,” Timaya said. He added that after shooting the video, artists still need to spend millions on marketing. He pointed out that the high cost of promotion has contributed to a hike in artist fees as Nigerian superstars are becoming imcreasinly expensive to book. “That’s …