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See Three West African Songs That Has Potential Influence On Pop Culture
In West Africa, music creators like Zlatan Ibile, Olamide, Burna Boy, Naira Marley, Wizkid and Davido, have curated tracks that looped into and balanced in pop culture spaces, and most times they alter our behaviors and perspectives, how we react to their music publicly and see society inclusively. In 2017, Olamide, co-inspired the mainstream success of the popular Nigerian “Shaku Shaku” dance through his street infectious records like “Wo”, “Science Student”, and more before several Nigerian acts began to embrace, and stuck with the creation of records tapping from the glories of Shaku dance that beamed between 2017, and the near end of 2018. Songs like Reminisce’s “Problem” peaked into the street numbers and raised the bar of cultural influence in Nigeria. DJ Consequence’s “Assignment” t...
REVIEW: “Sound God Fest Reloaded” Is Runtown’s Intensive Pop Reachability
Sound God Fest Reloaded, is a Runtown pop reachability to delve into the creation of few exclusive pop ballads, and making the perfect collaborations to form great appeal that would see him through his career from this moment amongst contemporaries while his ability, securing himself as the pop star is filing a great strength. “Kini Issue”, “Luva Luva” feat. Rowlene, “Body Riddim” feat. Bella Shmurda and Darkovibes, “Bad Pass Dem” feat. Minz scores an intensive pop sequel and you can testify his weightiness creating appealing pop songs on them ranging from this project that beams many pop products from almost every track on the LP. Sound God Fest Reloaded sits coolly next to his 2019 6-track extended play, “Tradition”, which was perfected and coined from self-expression, overcoming his ene...
“We Shot This Video Twice” – Yemi Alade Speaks on Hardwork Behind Dancina Video
Sensational and delectable singing diva, Yemi Alade has revealed the level of hard work invested in her latest video “Dancina”. The singer who dropped the video yesterday off her last album dubbed “Empress” has admitted that hard work was the only passport for excellence. The video which is still trending on social media and YouTube is worth all the rave and hype it’s receiving as it features some captivating scenes and pretty dance moves from the singer. It’s always her style to invest energy and massive performances in her videos and that was evidently seen on the “Dancina” video. The songstress has revealed in a tweet that it’s almost 3pm and she is yet to eat while encouraging fans not to joke with hard work. She then added that Dancina video was shot twice because for her, Excellence ...
Naira Marley Gives Clue On Returning To Randy Ways After Ramadan
Nigerian musician, Naira Marley has hinted at returning to his randy ways as he concludes his Ramadan Fast. The street music maestro has been chaste for the past 30 days and that has reflected in his tweets which were all about Allah, piety, religious and pretty clean. Although immersed deep in controversies relating to lack of restraint for the use of vulgar words and being addicted to weed, Naira Marley is a staunch Muslim and participated in the fast. However, the singer is super delighted that the fast has ended and has hinted on a possible return to his old sinful ways. He disclosed this via a tweet where he shared a picture depicting sexual actions as an unclad man was seen on the air about to land on a similarly unclad woman. He also thanked God for the successful Ramadan Fast seaso...
THROWBACK: Nasty C is The Coolest Kid In Africa, Not Davido, He Hunts Everything Down
The 2016 record, “Coolest Kid In Africa” by Davido, which features Nasty C is like a fresh experience of Davido hooking and chorusing his desires on a different genre at that time; he flagged himself as the coolest kid from his continent, putting himself on the frontiers to become elevated through the songs’ theme and his almost weak delivery. He kept delivering at his own pace to make one perceive the belief (as Africa’s coolest kid), whereas the coolest kid wasn’t farfetched either, but was close to him and was unleashing the perfection in his creative orthodox through the genre which his cool rap has been part of making his entire music, he has been laying pensive rest to rap culture, hip-hop and emo-trap music from the entire continent (Africa). REVIEW: Apart From Braggadocio, Burna Bo...
Fela Misses Out On Rock N Rock Hall Of Fame Despite Huge Votes
Late Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti has failed to make it to the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame 2021 edition. The legend was part of the nominees shortlisted for the prestigious Hall Of Fame by the Rock and Roll Foundation in February. Following his nomination, popular afrobeat singers like Burna Boy, Davido, and R&B singer, Banky W held a massive campaign on social media soliciting for votes from Nigerians for the late star. The campaign had worked and Fela was at one point leading, however he would later drop to number 2 position which wasn’t quite bad. Surprisingly, He wasn’t part of the inductees as published by the foundation on May 12, when the list was unveiled. The induction ceremony is slated for October and Fela would have been the first Nigerian to enter the famous Hall Of Fame if h...
Singer Sound Sultan Down With Throat Cancer In The U.S
Sensational Nigerian singer, Sound Sultan has been reported to be very ill as he battles throat cancer in the U.S. The veteran music act is currently undergoing treatment via Chemotherapy in America as popular News agency, Sahara Reporters reveals. Born Olarenwaju Fasasi, Sound Sultan has been a household name in the Nigerian music industry.. He has delivered several street anthems and passionate singles that reflect the happenings in the lives of Nigerian on a daily basis. Having been off the radar for a while, it comes as a little surprise to learn that the singer is embattled with an illness. One of his most popular singles is “Jangabantis” and the last that was heard of him in terms of music was in 2020 with his last album “8th Wondah”. Speedy recovery wishes have since began pouring i...
REVIEW: Jae5’s “Dimension” Carries Cultural Expository With It, Were Afro Culture Is Significant
On Jae5’s “Dimension”, Rema’s hook and chorusing were full of self-expression and it was hot. Rema’s presence was a strong Afro-cultural significance representing a young Nigerian hustler who understands how to fend for his needs, extending the same compassion with his family. His lyrical XP relates to his hoodies (peers) he started hustling with and how most of them have been caged on various custody. He claims to come from another dimension, giving great essence to the theme of the record as He takes introspection into his past where he would never cease to forget the pains he took growing from day one to this point of his greatness. Rema’s pop significance story’s hustling Nigerians who push towards claiming the life they desire, and in between the hustle, they get to face with police b...
Victor AD Denies Writing “Jowo” For Davido, Dismisses Rumour
Nigerian singer, Victor AD has reacted to claims on social media that Davido stole the single “Jowo” from him. The singer has reacted by refuting the rumour in circulation around the social media especially on twitter by saying he didn’t write the song for David. Recall that earlier on, Victor AD was sitting atop the trends on TwitterNG when the rumour about Davido stealing his song rose to a crescendo on social media and peddled by one twitter user @thuglife. But the singer had debunked the rumour saying that they should allow the afrobeat star celebrate his 10 years anniversary in peace and stop peddling false information. You would also recall that the duo of Davido and Victor AD had even done a single together titled “Tire You” where the afrobeat super star helped the singer appear bri...
Shatta Wale Shares Video To Son Refuting Kidney Challenge Rumours
Ghanaian dancehall rapper and singer, Shatta Wale has sent his son a video to prove to him that he’s doing well health-wise. The singer has been off the radar on social media in the last few days and speculations has it that he is fighting a kidney health challenge being the reason for going off the social media. However, the dancehall music act has reappeared on the scene to refute such rumours and confirm to his son that he is completely alright. He debunked the claims of him battling a kidney ailment in the United States by sharing a video to his son, telling him that he is in good shape and that he should pay no mind to the rumour mongers. Shatta Wale’s Instagram handle has been non-functional in the last couple of days with all of his pictures and post deleted and with just 3 photos t...
REVIEW: Apart From Braggadocio, Burna Boy’s “Kilometre” Is On Various Context
Kilometre can mean various contexts from Burna Boy’s music career in the midst of being one of the 2021 Grammy Award winners on the Best World Album categories. He is aware of his detractors and those who flare hate on him and his music, the greatness is what he seeks and what he has become so far so he joins braggadocio into the un-hypnotic pop levers in the successful creation of Kilometre, where he advises other musicians to learn from the teachers and tend to compare his staying power to iconic Nigerian Juju musician, Shina Peters. RELATED: LeriQ: Has Been Responsible for The Root Morphing of The ‘African Giant’ Burna Boy He claims to have walked many Kilometres, and the first context is his consistency despite the braggadocio that comes forth in the creation. Kilometre conceptualizes,...
Fireboy and Rema Are New Brand Ambassadors For Monster Energy Drink
The Nigerian duo of Fireboy and Rema are now brand ambassadors for the world’s most popular energy drink company “Monster Energy”. The duo had hinted on a possible collaboration on the 30th of April after they shared a photo of themselves and tagged it “Big News” with the bolder caption “Coming Soon”. Fans were expecting a hit single from the two sensational stars but it turned out that the big news coming was really bigger than what fans have been anticipating. Rema and Fireboy are now the new monster energy brand ambassadors which is a mouth-watering deal as you can guess. They have been enlisted into the #MonsterGeng and it’s a big congratulations from here to the duo. Watch the videos below. [embedded content] [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for D...
