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  • Label to release four Nigerian acts in Ghana

    Label to release four Nigerian acts in Ghana

    Four Nigerian singers have been signed to Ghana-based Kingsnation Worldwide Music and are due to release release their maiden singles, according to owner of the record label, Nzekwesi Nonso.

    Nzekwesi, the CEO of Kingsnation Worldwide Music, who is popularly known as Fraser, said his desire to contribute to the entertainment industry informed his decision to “release the singles of four different artists at the same time, though on the same label.”

    The artistes are Joshua Ojo, a.k.a  Lomor Cute, a fuji pop artiste from Ondo State who holds an National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Sylvester Chuwudi, a.k.a Kendi  Ross, a hip-hop act from Imo State, Peter Awe, a.k.a 2icy, a reggae dancehall act who also hails from Ondo State and Ifeanyi Chukwu a.k.a Drumlord, an afropop soul singer from Imo State who has a passion for drumming

  • Obesere’s son floats record label

    Obesere’s son floats record label

    Son of self-styled Fuji musician, Abass Akande Obesere, has taken a bold step to float a new record label called R-Entertainment, giving reasons he doesn’t want to follow the same genre as his father.

    Lekan, who is based in Dublin, said he desire to have a different identity from the acclaimed Paramount King of Fuji.

    “I don’t want to play Fuji music because my great grand dad was a Fuji musician. My dad too is a Fuji musician. And a lot of people don’t know that two of my father’s brothers are into Fuji music as well,” he said.

    The young lad arrived Nigeria recently with two acts on his label; rap artiste, Abiodun Azeez, aka Beezy and Hip-hop sensation, Akinyemi Akintoye, known as Sajan.

    Speaking of the mission of R-Entertainment in the Nigeria music scene, he said, “I started R-Entertainment two years ago. It is about promoting music in Africa. I have been collaborating with top promoters in Dublin. I was part of the team that brought Wizkid, Davido and others from Nigeria. I just felt it is about time I come back home to add value to what we have now. And by so doing, we are going to be promoting a couple of singles from the two acts on the label. Beezy is a rapper, and already, he has a single titled Pawon, produced by TJ, while Sajan is a hip-hop artist. He too has a single titled Soyoyo. These two singles we shall be releasing officially on Nigerian radio stations from next week,” he revealed.

    On R-Entertainment, his sojourn in Dublin and how he met his two signees, Lekan said: “The label started in 2013 in Dublin after I did my first club show for which I brought an artiste from the UK. I just wanted to test the waters with that show, and it turned out to be a successful show. I continued with the club shows in Dublin, but I didn’t just want to stay glued to that platform.  So I decided to think out of the box; everyone knows my dad is a musician, and I didn’t want to sing. At that point, I decided to sign my first artiste, Beezy. We did a couple of stuffs and I thought that since I have a rapper, it would make sense to get a singer as well. I then decided to bring Sajan on board. Together we’ve done a lot of works in Dublin. So we then decided it is about time to come back to Nigeria where we came from and contribute our quota to the music industry.

  • Label unveils Room 25 today

    VANES Entertainment music label, will today, unveil sensational duo; Asin Tosan (D’Chaze) and Lawal Jubril ( Corporate Junior), a group known as Room 25, at a glamorous ceremony taking place at trendy club, Escape, in Victoria Island, Lagos.

    It will be recalled that the singers had released their first single, Battery Go Low, to critical acclaim, on December 13.

    Described as a club banger, the song, written by Room 25 and produced by award-winning music producer, Soso Beat for Omo Obasuyi’s Vanes Entertainment record label, pundits say is an impressive start for the burgeoning artistes.

    The artistes are undergraduates of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State came together to form the group.

    “We are excited to be signed to Vanes, the prospects and the vision is so encouraging. What we have seen and gotten so far is indeed a reassurance that we made the right decision to team up with Vanes. Battery Go Low is already making appreciable impact days after it was released. We are excited. Watch out for our album,” said the duo.

    Obasuyi, a U.S.-based businessman and CEO of Vanes Entertainment, said his foray into the entertainment business was inspired by his wife, who encouraged him to forge ahead, in the midst of challenges and help make Nigerian music industry to take the number one spot.

    “Vanes Entertainment is committed to giving the best. No price is too much to pay to be the best. Our studio is top of the range, our producer is an award-winner respected in the industry and our artistes are challenged enough to give their best to earn the first spot. I humbly say, we are here now to cause a stir,” he said.

  • Issa’s designer quits label

    Issa’s designer quits label

    ISSA’s designer Daniella Helayel, who catapulted to international fame when Kate Middleton wore one of her trademark jersey dresses to the royal engagement announcement in 2010, has left the label she founded. According to WWD, her parting was not entirely amicable: She reportedly wasn’t getting along with majority shareholder Camilla Al Fayed (daughter of former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed) who acquired 51 per cent of the company two years ago with the intention of expanding the label worldwide. Helayel released the following statement:

    The time has come for me to move on to focus on my art, travel and other interests. Creating Issa has been one of the most rewarding things in my life. I may be leaving, but the Issa girl will live forever in my heart.

  • Mikel Obi’s music label changes gear

    Mikel Obi’s music label changes gear

    AFTER little or nothing has been heard about MMM Records ever since it came on stream last year, the outfit run by Run by Patrick Tochukwu Obi a.k.a Edgar, MMM Recordz, has changed its gear and has berthed with the music company’s official anthem, MMM Gang Anthem.

    The music company which houses next rated artistes such as Edgar, Kido, Charass, Mr Jay and NO2 recently composed the song rendered by the five artistes and the song already has a video that was shot by Clarence Peters.

    While the chairman of MMM Records, Chelsea FC and Super Eagles midfielder, John Mikel Obi sits back to watch his artistes grow, artistes on the record label are currently working on their solo projects expected to be released before the end of the year.

    Meanwhile Edgar, who is in-charge of the day to day activities of the record label, is known to have developed his passion for music right from a very tender age even though football looked promising.

    With three singles produced by Gospel on the beat, NO2 and Sahara productions, the lead act on the record label maintains that MMM Records and its soldiers are certain to re-write the history of music in the country and beyond.

  • Mikel opens Record Label

    Super Eagles and Chelsea FC midfielder, John Mikel Obi has never hidden his love for music.

    It is practically seen whenever the footballer is not on the field of play for both his country and club, he listens to music from his devices with his headphone.

    The Jos, Plateau State-bred footballer has taken his love for music to another by floating his own music label. According to an industry source, Mikel now owns new record label named Matured Money Minds (MMM). This was recently established and is fully in control of his younger brother, Patrick.

    MMM already has about four artistes. They are: Splash, Kido, Edgar and Charass. We learnt that the artistes already have their songs and full promotions are in the pipeline to promote and make then rub shoulders with the biggest artistes in the music industry in Nigeria.