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  • Rema impresses fans with three AFRIMMA nominations

    Mavin star act, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has garnered three nominations  at the 2019 African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA).

    The ‘Dumebi’ crooner was nominated in the ‘Song of The Year’ , ‘AFRIMMA Video of The Year’ and ‘Best Newcomer’ categories of the award ceremony set to take place in Dallas, Texas.

    Rema who has clocked over 50 million streams with his two Eps ‘Rema’ and ‘Freestyle EP’, continues to wow the music industry with his art and craft on the stage.

    Some of the big names on the nominees’ list this year include Nigeria’s Burnaboy, Wizkid, Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz, South Africa’s Cassper Nyovest. Davido, Yemi Alade, Sarkodie, Fally Ipupa, Harmonize also earned their place on the nominees list. Stars like Kuami Eugene of Ghana, Uganda’s Vinka, Congo’s Ya Levis as well as Cameroon’s Salatiel all earned their first AFRIMMA nominations.

    AFRIMMA will take place in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, 26th of October, 2019 and will honour some of the world’s top African celebrities, artistes, artistes’ managers, producers, video directors, DJs and cultural influencers.

    AFRIMMA is the sole award ceremony in the Diaspora that caters to all musical genres including but not limited to Afrobeats, Assiko, Bongo, Decale, Funana, Genge, Highlife, Hiplife, Kwaito, Lingala and soukous.

  • Why I chose Burnaboy as role model- Jhay Prinz

    Budding artiste Olaniyi Joshua Kolawole, better known as Jhay Prinz, is set to hit the Nigerian music industry with a new single titled, ‘Edumare.’

    The singer/rapper said his life struggles geared him up to record the song.

    “As a rising star, I am currently paying my price,” Jhay Prinz who had his first son in 2010 said.

    “My music hustle experience has really motivates me to recorded this song. The track is about urging the youths to keep hope alive and they should never give up in their struggle.”

    The unsigned act also added that most of his songs are based on true life stories.

    “I have many songs in the past that are written on my real life experience,” he said.

    “Tracks like Second Chance, Setemi Nire, God Bless and many more.”

    The act who described his genre of music as hip pop/Afro Pop said he is hoping to have a remix of the song with Burnaboy.

    “My latest jam, ‘Edumare,’ is a pure afro vibe and I will love to engage one of my role models, Burna boy to do a remix. Though, I have other A-list stars who I will like to work with in future include Olamide, 2face, beautiful Nubia and other but I will prefer BurnaBoy on this tune.”

    A song titled ‘Iyanu’ by Neo Phlame featuring Jhay Prinz is currently enjoying airplay . Jhay Prinz started music at tender age had is first song in 2010.

  • Why I chose Burnaboy as role model- Jhay Prinz

    Budding artiste Olaniyi Joshua Kolawole, better known as Jhay Prinz, is set to hit the Nigerian music industry with a new single titled, ‘Edumare.’

    The singer/rapper said his life struggles geared him up to record the song.

    “As a rising star, I am currently paying my price,” Jhay Prinz who had his first son in 2010 said.

    “My music hustle experience has really motivates me to recorded this song. The track is about urging the youths to keep hope alive and they should never give up in their struggle.”

    The unsigned act also added that most of his songs are based on true life stories.

    “I have many songs in the past that are written on my real life experience,” he said.

    “Tracks like Second Chance, Setemi Nire, God Bless and many more.”

    The act who described his genre of music as hip pop/Afro Pop said he is hoping to have a remix of the song with Burnaboy.

    “My latest jam, ‘Edumare,’ is a pure afro vibe and I will love to engage one of my role models, Burna boy to do a remix. Though, I have other A-list stars who I will like to work with in future include Olamide, 2face, beautiful Nubia and other but I will prefer BurnaBoy on this tune.”

    A song titled ‘Iyanu’ by Neo Phlame featuring Jhay Prinz is currently enjoying airplay . Jhay Prinz started music at tender age had is first song in 2010.

  • The Duncan Mighty Re-invasion

    While we slept, Duncan Mighty, popularly known as Wene Mighty came and filled our ears with songs. As hilarious as it might seem, some artistes have a way of reasserting their presence when least expected, and such has been the case for the Rivers State born artiste. The ‘Port Harcourt First son’ who came into the Nigerian Music industry as a producer and sound engineer in 2006 and later delved into the singing aspect which apparently paid off and he stuck to.

    In 2010, his second studio album, Legacy(Ahamefuna) made him the rave of the industry, with its frontline single, Port Harcourt Son gaining him airplay even in Lagos and also earning him the nickname and title; Port Harcourt First Son. He continued to make music and released three other albums up until 2016, which didn’t get as much airplay. After being reportedly involved in politics and oil business in the Niger Delta for so long, one would think the art of music making was lost on him already; but he surprised us with a comeback hit in May 2018, featuring Wizkid titled Fake Love. The hype around the song’s release was intense, fortunately it was accepted by fans of both stars and got massive air play.

    Even after five albums to his name; Duncan Mighty has found a way over the years, to stay relevant and ever dynamic as he continues doling out back to back hits. With the magnitude of acceptance the collaboration with Wizkid got, he went on to feature on Ceeza Milli’s Sabi and Masterkraft’s Low Waist which also features Flavour. Other features are on the Mavin label’s golden boy, Reekado Bank’s Bio Bio, DJ Xclusive’s Gimme Love and a couple others.

    The artiste has been sighted on social media recently with Nigerian Afro fusion/Reggae/Dancehall artiste Burnaboy in the studio, fueling rumors of a possible collaboration in the nearest future. We can only keep our fingers crossed and hope that Wene Mighty keeps serving us dope music.

  • Burnaboy, Davido spotted with DJ Diplo

    Dancehall reggae sensation Burnaboy and hip hop superstar Davido have been frolicking with their American counterpart DJ Diplo who is in Lagos for a show.

    Taking to his Twitter account, Burnaboy shared images of his time with the DJ and Davido with the fans. Also in the photograph was DJ Walshy Fire, a widely renowned American DJ and one of Diplo’s long-term collaborators.

    Diplo, whose real name is Thomas Wesley Pentz, is an American DJ, record producer, rapper, singer and songwriter.

    Diplo and Walshy Fire, bandmates at EDM group Major Lazer, arrived in Lagos penultimate week.

    Burnaboy is also currently preparing to go on his first ever American Tour; New York City starting from May 6, 2017.

  • The desperate Burnaboy

    The desperate Burnaboy

    As many as those familiar with the Nigerian entertainment scene, it is no news that the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) nominees has been released.

    The awards, which sparked major controversies so far, has in no doubt been unfortunate for Nigerian pop star, Burnaboy.

    “Really bummed @MTVbaseAfrica didn’t nominate me. I knew I wasn’t gunna win Sh** cuz I never get what I deserve but damn this is quite deep.” He tweeted.

    Burnaboy who recently expressed his dismay at being snubbed for nominations at the MAMA’s announcement, must have gone through a lot before taken it openly how it feels like, not being recognized in a field you feel so so successful.

    Notable individuals have challenged the self acclaimed successful artiste in recent time.

    With the announcement of his deal with Universal Records, Etcetera who is not pleased with how he tends to have deceived people with the deal, shocked many with his column; in fact I’m not exceptional.

    As regards this, he asked some sparkling questions that we all need to consider as well: How many CDs has he sold in Nigeria as an artiste? How many people have his album in their homes? Etcetera queried.

    Oh! Interesting, let me add mine; How many shows has he been bid to perform locally and internationally compared to those who got the nominations?

    Now these are questions that I know the MAMA officials might also not have taken for granted.

    With a huge amount of sarcasm, MTV replied Burnaboy’s tweet. ‘Let’s try again next year. Truce? A tweet reads, with the photo of a submerged boy making the peace sign.

    Despite occurrences in the Nigerian entertainment scene, it is still memorable to many that Burnaboy angrily exited the Headies 2013 after losing out to Sean Tizzle in the ‘Next Rated Category’.

    According to controversial singer-cum-columnist, “This guy (Burnaboy) sounds like he does not want anyone to pick out his lines.”

    At this juncture, to be realistic, Burnaboy is obviously known for being notorious, and the ‘bad boy’ Nigerians can point at in the entertainment industry according to reports.

    He had earlier linked him to a criminal past, which got him banned from entering UK for 15 years as at 2013.

    In conclusion, I won’t point accusing fingers at Burnaboy as the bad boy or the notorious one at that. Rather, I will call him a desperate being, and enough of that because he might not get what he deserves as he rightly stated.