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Simi and Adekunle Gold celebrate their daughter as she turns 1

Nigerian celebrity couple Adekunle Gold and Simi are in high spirits today as their daughter turns a year old.  This time last year, Adekunle Gold and his wife Simi welcomed their first child and daughter Adejare. The singers during this period have managed to keep the face of their baby girl out of social media. Today as Adejare turned 1 year old, her parents showed her off to the world. They also wrote some adorable things to mark her anniversary. Beautiful photos of Adejare were also shared across social media. See other photos of Adejare below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting...

BET Awards 2021 Nominees List: Burna Boy & Wizkid Nominated As Best International Act

BET Awards have announced the 2021 nominees list, the music awards organisers made available the name of all artists nominated and the various categories. For this year nomination, Nigerian music superstars Burna Boy and Wizkid have been nominated in the “Best International Act” category. They will go up against other nominees in the category like Diamond Platnumz, Headie One, Aya Nakamura, Emicida etc. The biggest nominees are Megan Thee Stallion and DaBaby who have 7 nominations each. See the BET Awards 2021 nomination list below.  ALBUM OF THE YEAR AFTER HOURS – THE WEEKNDBLAME IT ON BABY – DABABYGOOD NEWS – MEGAN THEE STALLIONHEAUX TALES – JAZMINE SULLIVANKING’S DISEASE – NASUNGODLY HOUR – CHLOE X HALLE BEST COLLABORATION CARDI B FT. MEGAN THEE STALLION – WAPDABABY FT. RODDY RICCH...

Simi Apologizes To Fans For Her Break, Promises A New Album Soon

Sensational Nigerian songstress, Simi has apologized to her fans for a hiatus from music. She then made a promise of delivering an “Album of Albums” very soon. In a post via her Instagram story, Simi admitted she’s been off the radar and has not dropped any music this year, thus some fans are angry with her but it’s all for a reason. She added that she was going to drop a “Soft Work” hinting at a prelude to the main album very soon to satiate the appetite of starved fans. Her reason for the hiatus could be connected to getting married, getting pregnant and other marital related issues to her celebrity hubby Adekunle Gold who hasn’t been on a hiatus himself. The last that was heard from Simi was in 2020 when she dropped the EP “Restless 11”. See screenshot of her post below. You Deserve to ...

Yeni Kuti Explains Why Seun Kuti Walked Out On Governor Sanwo Olu

First daughter of Fela Kuti, Yeni has explained why her younger brother, Seun Kuti walked out on the Governor during her birthday party. Recall that a mild drama had ensued when Seun Kuti, youngest son to Afrobeat legend Fela walked out on Governor Sanwo Olu during his sister’s 60th birthday party. But she has come out to explain that her brothers reaction wasn’t connected to his feud with the government or his lack of home training. She said the security details of the governor had pushed his wife while discharging their duties and that had pissed him off. She made the clarification while sharing a photo Seun Kuti shaking the governor after explaining what happened to him. However, Seun Kuti is yet to speak on the issue publicly after what transpired at his sister’s birthday party. See he...

Don Jazzy Names Wizkid ‘African Artist Of The Decade’

Mavins Record CEO and award winning music executive, Don Jazzy has named Wizkid as the African Artist of the Decade. With so many talents springing up to add to the already existing lists of Nigerian music acts and African music super stars, it becomes a tough call to name one. However, Don Jazzy never stuttered with his choice as he had quickly mentioned Wizkid when asked who’s the African Artist of the Decade. This is coming on the heels of Drake’s award by Billboard as the Global Artists of the Decade. So Nigerians decided to bring it back home and do a poll to name the African Artists of the Decade and Don Jazzy decided on “Wiz”. Having a crop of stars in his team already, this is coming as a surprise to many but he’s named his choice and it is what it is. See photo below. You Deserve ...

“Burna Boy’s Rolls Royce More Than Expensive Than Davido’s”- Burna Boy’s PA Manny Reveals

Personal Assistant to Burna Boy, King Manny has revealed that his Boss’s Roll Royce is more expensive than Davido’s Following the latest four wheel acquisition by Davido, Burna Boy’s PA, reactions have continued to trail his social media display of the acquisition. This time, it is from the camp of Burna Boy who allegedly had a confrontation with Davido in Ghana. Recall that, Ghanaian dancehall king, Shatta Wale had also shaded Davido saying he doesn’t use his father’s money for hype after the Nigerian afrobeat star flaunted his new ride on social media. While that is about to dissipate into the air, Burna Boy’s aide has resurrected another angle of the saga by saying that Davido’s RR is less expensive than that of Burna Boy. We are looking at a renewed rivalry between fans of both singers...

Seun Kuti Walks Out On Governor Sanwo Olu At His Sister Yeni Kuti’s Birthday

Youngest son of Fela Kuti, Nigeria’s Afrobeats pioneer has walked out on the Governor of Lagos State during his sister’s birthday. A birthday luxury bash was put together to honour the first daughter of the late Fela Kuti known as Yeni Kuti as she turned 60 and it was all about the glitz and glamour. A lot of dignitaries were in attendance and the Governor of Lagos State, Sanwo Olu had to squeeze out time from his busy schedule to grace the event. But this didn’t sit well the afrobeat’s youngest son, Seun Kuti who didn’t fail to express his anger over the presence of the Governor. He had to walk out of the event center which was held at the Fela Shrine and it took the intervention of his elder brother and first son, Femi Kuti to bring him back to the venue and pacify him. Seun Kuti has alw...

Teni & DJ Cuppy Is The Perfect Chemistry For Movie Sets, Not Making Music (REVIEW)

Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as Nigerian DJ Cuppy, has chronicled songs that have remarkable strides with cultural experiences in the Nigerian mainstream, from her debut single, “Green Light”, in 2017 featuring Nigerian singer Tekno, to her 2018 “Vybe” featuring Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie, and down to her third single with Nigerian singer, L.A.X titled, “Currency”, and more. Including her 2019 smash hit record titled, “Gelato”, featuring Zlatan Ibile. She returned in 2020 with “Jollof On The Jet” featuring Rema, and Rayvanny alongside a colorful exceptional music video directed by Jimmy Turrel. [embedded content] Jollof On The Jet set the pace leading the way into her debut...

“I Almost Lost My Life Promoting Him” – Rema’s Ex- Boss Pikolo Calls Him Out

Mavins Record singer, Rema has been called out by his former manager for alleged negligence and ungratefulness. And it appears the young singer is about to partake in his own share of controversies and the dirty dust that comes with fame for most artists. His ex-manager who’s identified as Pikolo took to social media to call out the singer saying that he almost lost his life trying to promote him. According to him, he was travelling from Benin to Lagos to promote Rema and another singer known as AlphaP when his vehicle had an accident and crashed. He said today Rema is a star and claimed to have started doing music 2 years ago but that is false and that Rema had began before that time with him investing his life savings trying to promote him. He finally wrapped up with the fact that artist...

REVIEW: Davido Makes Amapiano Experiment Alongside CKay, Who Perfects The Experiment

“La La” is a vibe, and CKay’s embellishments on the song savored its great taste; he rendered the record to an appealing height with his pristine hook whereas Davido’s take was formed nicely and was all about enhancing the vibe with his verses likened to an experiment with his vocal ability and lyricism to deliver perfectly on Amapiano on a joint with Ckay, who understands how to distinguish records with perfecting the hook & chorus. His vocals are glorious. I understood how the record relaxes to be much of an enticing collection with CKay’s chorus and his hook that never refutes exceptionality, and so I requested my friends take on the song and he confessed to greatly love it for the sake of CKay’s delivery, I asked for the reason why and my friend, Jerry said, “Oboy, CKay vocal lovel...

“I Don’t Use My Father’s Money For Hype” – Shatta Wale Shades Davido, Flaunts New Roll Royce

Ghanaian dancehall sensation, Shatta Wale has taken an indrect swipe at Davido as he flaunts his new Rolls Royce. Recall that Nigerian afrobeat baron Davido, recently acquired his first Roll Royce and it was a 2021 model which he went on social media to flaunt. Apparently, his Ghanaian counterpart is also high on the money as well which is evident on the new similar whip he acquired. Shatta Wale has gone on social media to flaunt his own new Rolls Royce but what’s more, he took a shot at Davido with the caption “I don’t use my father’s money for hype”. If that’s not aimed at Davido then we wonder who it was. But it’s all part of the industry’s antics and twists. See his post below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should b...

“I Was Offered N100m To Accuse Davido For Murder” – Aloma DMW

Ex aide of Davido, Aloma DMW has made a shocking revelation of how he was offered N100 million to frame Davido for murder. He revealed this during a podcast session with rapper Jahbless in his show titled “Official Intelligence”. Aloma said that he was offered the sum to label Davido a murderer following the death of his bossom friend Tagbo. Recall that Davido lost his friend Tagbo sometime ago in Lekki after he had consumed too much alcohol. He added that in the process, Tagbo’s lawyer came, the DPO, and one other person who he refused to name, and asked him a make a statement that Davido killed Tagbo for the cheque of N100 million. Aloma said the industry is trying to bring David down via any means possible and that he was offered that sum just to rub his boss’s name in the mud. In his e...