Nigerian music stars, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, professionally known as Burna Boy and Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, have been nominated for the 17th BET Hip-Hop ...

David Adeleke, aka Davido, has expressed his soulful wish for his friends. The singer took to Twitter to express his desire to give each of his friends $1 million. The Superstar is well-known for his benevolence to family, friends, fans, and crew members. Davido affirmed in the post that he is hopeful that his wish will come true one day. In a mixture of English and Pidgin, he wrote: One day I wanna be able to wake up and credit all my ...

Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, better known by his stage as Iyanya, has stated that he took a long hiatus from the music business since he rose to stardom sooner than he expected. The artist, whose latest single ‘Like’ is a resounding success, revealed that he always knew he would be famous from boyhood, but never imagined it would happen so quickly. Iyanya stated this on a recent YouTube Podcast. I didn’t know it was going to be like major famous so ...

Opeyemi Gbenga Kayode, commonly known as Pepenazi, is a Nigerian artist who is making headlines owing to a viral video of him preaching, as it appears he has given up his music career to work for God. The Afrobeat singer that was seen preaching in an Instagram video, had songs that left the Nigerian airwaves buzzing. Pepenazi has already featured the likes of Olamide, Reminisce, and other Nigerian superstars. He captioned the video: “The ...

‘Essence’ by Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has been praised by American rapper, Kanye West as the best song in music history. The artist shared a beautiful caption with the song’s cover on social media. “Best song in the history of music till date”, he wrote. The singer’s fourth studio album, Made in Lagos, featured the track “Essence,” which was released in 2020.  Temilade Openiyi, a.k.a. Tems, appeared in it. Essence has garnered a lot of praise since its debut.  It made history by being the first song from Nigeria to chart on the Billboard 100 and the Billboard Global 200. The Best Global Music Performance category of the 64th Annual Grammy Awards was nominated for it.

Legendary Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s son, Afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti who clocked 60 on June 16, said he thought that he’d die at a very young age. In ...

Nigerian music stars such as Olamide, Davido, Wizkid, Adekunle Gold, and Burna Boy have won big at the 2022 Headies award which took place in Atlanta, ...

Nigerian singer, Timaya, has confirmed the passing of Nnamdi, his manager and best friend, who was shot dead in Atlanta at a gas station. Around nine o’clock on Wednesday night, the 38-year-old stopped at the BP station located at Atlantic Drive and 14th Street NW, close to Georgia Tech. He had been in the store’s queue for a few minutes when he saw some people attempting to get into his automobile.  One of the men shot him as he raced outside the shop to approach them. He was taken to the hospital right away but later died from his wounds. Police claim that the suspects, who are still on the loose after the incident, were spotted driving away in a gray four-door sedan and traveling west on 14th Street NW. Timaya paid his respects to the dead on Twitter where he confirmed his death.  He stated that he had only recently made up with his pal before the sad incident. In his words: “I can’t believe I came to America to bury my best friend. Nnamdi why? And ...

For the alleged assault on a police officer, Panshak Zamani, alias Ice Prince, has been ordered by a magistrate court in Ajah, Lagos State, to be remanded ...

Panshak Zamani, singer better known by his stage name, Ice Prince, has been taken into custody by the Lagos state police force on an accusation of assaulting a police officer. Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos State Police Command’s public relations officer, revealed this in a statement that was posted on Twitter on Friday. A police officer had allegedly stopped Ice Prince for driving without a license plate after receiving a complaint. He was however, later kidnapped in the car by the singer of “Oleku,” who had initially agreed to follow him straight to the station, was assaulted by him, and threatened to be thrown into the lagoon. Ice Prince has been detained, and he will be arraigned today, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the arrest. According to the statement: “At about 3a.m @Iceprincezamani was stopped for driving without license plates. He agreed to be taken to ...