Wizkid Should Have Won BET’S Best International Act – Black Coffee

The 2016 BET Awards which was recently concluded saw South African artiste, Black Coffee, clinching the award for the Best International Act, Africa category.


Black Coffee, who was nominated alongside two other South African talented acts, AKA and Cassper Nyovest, said he wished the award would have gone to Nigerian superstar Wizkid .



In his word:
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I would like to see Wizkid take it. He’s worked hard! I really think he deserves it. He’s also done well internationally being featured on Drake’s album and working with Chris Brown.


Speaking further on his dreams and aspirations, Black Coffee said:


One of the things I dreamt about when I was young was to be friends with Michael Jackson. I always wanted to take SA to the world and be known internationally. I had mapped down my dream since the beginning and I’ve been working towards them.


On BET, the multi-award winning DJ and Producer, said being nominated was a beautiful thing as it reminded him of all the hard work he has put in since the beginning of his career. He also praised the award show organizers saying not only do they promote African artists, but they also ensure to work with the entertainers.

Falz Wins BET Viewer’s Choice Best International Act

Nigerian rapper, Falz has won the BET Viewer’s Choice Best International Act Award ahead of Section Boyz (South London), WSTRN (West London), Emtee (South Africa), Tkay (Australia) and MHD (France).

Nascent City Music Label is now Official

What's NascentCity Music all about?


Nascentcity music from the word
-NASCENT meaning (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
-CITY: a large town.
- MUSIC: an expression of emotion through singing and making sounds.

So in essence NASCENTCITY MUSIC mean "group of people coming in existence in a city through music(sound)"


What genre of music is #TeamNascent Into?
For now our focus is on rap and afro pop.

Any Single out yet from the music label
Yes Hustle by T-Crown it dropped a week back and its still trending in the streets of ABUJA!!!

So what should we be expecting from team Nascent?
Expect nothing but the best, me and my team are game changers and we always do our best to keep it 100.

May we get to know your team?
My teammates are; (BESH,KIZZY BANGZ,KALIFA,T_CROWN,SWAGU,ALLINGZ,JAYSEA,GATT, producer POUNDZ_FLAKO, DJ_CHOKO,hypeman SANCEZZ). When you got people like this around you, Believe me you are covered!!!

And where can nascent city music be located ?

Our official location is Abuja, specifically at SHOP 72 UTC AREA10 GARKI ABUJA.



Connect with team Nascent via
Facebook: Nascent Fan page
Twitter:@nascentcity
IG: @nascentcity

Tiwa Savage and Don Jazzy meet Jay Z in New York (photos)

Singer Tiwa Savage and Don Jazzy are currently in New York where Tiwa is expected to sign a deal with Jay Z's Roc Nation. They met with Jay Z today.

How Mohammed Ali Inspired My Last Album – Olamide

Talented artiste, Olamide, took to social media to mourn the passing of boxing legend Mohammed Ali, who passed on on Friday morning.
According to Olamide, a certain photo of Ali, inspired the artwork of his last last album, ‘Eyan Mayweather’.
The ‘Abule Sowo’ crooner, took to Instagram to share the said photo captioning it:
R.I.P Champ ?? .. This picture inspired my last album art #EyanMayweather thanks for being a blessing in different ways . The Greatest and the original Baddest guy ever liveth ..
Mohammed Ali , passed on Friday morning following difficulty in breathing which resulted in him being placed on life support before his passing.

Wizkid Set To Go On Tour With Chris Brown

Star boy Wizkid ,is indeed set to take over the music industry.
It has just been confirmed that the talented singer will be going on tour with multi-award winning singer,
Chris Brown.







This was announced by Mavin’s Bizzle Osikoya, who shared a screenshot of the event on his Instagram account earlier today.
@wizkidayo added as Support act on @chrisbrownofficial #OneHellOfANiteTour #major
A photo posted by Bizzle Osikoya (@bizzleo1)...


Wizkid would be performing alongside French Montana, August Alsina, amongst several others at Chris Brown’s One Hell of a Nite concert in Amsterdam.




He earlier tweeted his excitment saying:
2016 All Mine
2016 all mine!
1:09 PM - 19 May 2016
386 298
Wizkid Ayo Balogun
@wizkidayo


Well done Wizkid!

Sony Music Entertainment Africa Signs Tanzanian Superstar Ali Kiba To A Global Deal

Sony Music Entertainment Africa have signed accomplished East African singer-songwriter and musician Alikiba to a global recording agreement. Alikiba and the Sony Music Entertainment team inked the deal during an exclusive, global media audience session at the Sony Music Entertainment Sub Saharan Africa Head Offices in Johannesburg, South Africa and will see the Tanzanian recording artist release his highly anticipated sophomore album later this year.
Alikiba is a superstar across East Africa and vast parts of the African continent as ‘The King of Bongo Flava’ and his hashtag #KingKiba is a weekly trend across various African countries and has been for the past few years without any signs of slowing down. Alikiba is the only artist in East Africa that has maintained a top 10 media trend profile over the past 2 years and he has a vast army of extremely passionate and loyal fans base ranging from every day people to the Ministers and Presidents of countries.
Sean Watson, Managing Director of Sony Music Entertainment Africa says of the development: “Sony Music Entertainment recently announced several key strategic steps that we’d taken in Africa including new operations in Nigeria and the signing of high profile West African artists. We also mentioned that we’d be making similar inroads in East Africa. Well here we are, at the dawn of our East African journey and who better to start it with than an artist of the stature of Alikiba. We’re very proud of being able to partner with such a talented individual and can’t wait to get started on sharing his music with his fans all over the world.


“My partnership with Sony Music in addition to my already very successful partnership with my management team at ROCKSTAR4000 now completes the team, and solidifies the most powerful proposition and team to take my music to even greater heights, to new audiences and fans across borders and across the world. I’m really excited in the future of music from the African continent as its now the time for the amazing music and sounds from Africa to take over the world, and I’m excited on where this amazing partnership will be able to take my music now to fans across the continent and across the planet. ” Alikiba commented.
Paul Thackwray, Marketing Director for Sony Music Entertainment Africa added, “Amplifying Alikiba’s already significant digital footprint, extending the reputation and impact of this great East African artist career via his music content across the continent and into the world, is a truly exciting opportunity for us”.
“We are very passionate and close to Alikiba and his amazing talent, we are very excited about his future and there is no stopping his chart success, his music, his commitment and passion and without doubt no better partner that mirrors these values and objectives than the amazing team at Sony Music” added Christine ‘Seven’ Mosha, Head of Talent and Music at ROCKSTAR4000.




His first single, “AJE”, will be released through Sony Music Entertainment Africa

I Am No Longer Signed To Chocolate City – Ice Prince

Talented rap artiste, Ice Prince , just confirmed that he is no longer signed to Chocolate City .
The ‘Aboki’ crooner, who is at the moment being interviewed on 96.9 Cool FM on the Midday Oasis with Dotun and Temi, made it clear that his contract with the label, expired two years ago and due to his personal relationship with the label owners, decided not to make it public. He however, made it clear that he still has some working relationship with them.





Officially, my contract with Chocolate City is over - @Iceprincezamani
#MiddayOasisWithTheWildOnes w/
@iamDo2dtun x @Temicoolfm
11:07 AM - 19 May 2016 · Greenwich, London, United Kingdom





Ice Prince, also disclosed that he will be floating his own record label ‘Super Cool Cat’ very soon.

Grammy Winner India Arie Is Set To Storm Nigeria

Multi award winning singer, India Arie is coming to Nigeria.


The ‘I Am Not My Hair’ crooner, is set to storm Nigeria in June for the fifth edition of the ‘Sax Appeal’ concert which will have the likes of Praiz, performing and saxophonist, Mike Aremu, hosting.


India, who has won four Gramy Awards, since she started music, confirmed the new via twitter writing;




‘Nigeria!”
Nigeria twitter.com/omoyeuzams/sta…
3:22 AM - 16 May 2016
8 23
India.Arie
@indiaarie




Inida Arie, has sold over 10 million records worldwide and stil remains one of the favourite of many music lovers around the globe.

RIP to another Nollywood Legend

Yoruba movie producer, Abiodun Ibitola, has passed on.



According to reports, the filmmaker and marketer who was sick died while receiving treatment at a hospital in Ile-Ife, Osun state.





Abiodun Ibitola
The award-winning managing director of Remdel Optimum Communications is known for some popular Yoruba movies like Afonja, Owo Eje, Ofin Ga and Ojo Ola, to mention a few.

The Obafemi Awolowo University theatre-arts graduate was married to filmmaker and Remdel Chairman, Remi Ibitola.



May her soul rest in perfect peace.

Read how Banky W's 'God-sent wife' wooed him

One of the most eligible bachelors in the Nigerian entertainment industry has finally found a wife.

Recall that the R & B singer said in a recent interview that he will be getting married soon. He said he wants to start a family and raise children.



But unlike his contemporaries his ‘wife’ was divinely given to him. Banky did not woo the .lady; she got a revelation about him as her husband.



The CEO of EME Records shared a screenshot of a message he got from an unknown lady, who says she has had revelations thrice that Mr Capable is her husband.




He captioned the screenshot: ‘People are seeing visions about me now ohhh “God” told her 3 times? At least He shld tell me once na ah ahn #lol #smh.’

DJ Cuppy's new promo photos

Currently signed to Roc Nation and Red Velvet Music Group, Cuppy has been deejaying since she was 16 years.

She started off in London and has since grown in the craft, earning herself a slot to play as the resident DJ for the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards in Durban, South Africa.

DJ Cuppy was born in Lagos, Nigeria and lived around Illupeju and Ikeja before leaving the country to study Business Economics at King’s College London.



She graduated from King’s College in July 2014 and added a master’s degree in Music Business from the New York University in May, 2016.

The 23-year-old is the daughter of billionaire industrialist Femi Otedola.

She also plays as the in-house DJ for the MTV show, Uncommon Sense.


Born Florence Otedola, Cuppy has played at elite events across the country since she rose to fame in the last few years.

The DJ daughter of oil magnate Femi Otedola obviously looks ready to take the industry by storm despite the competitive nature of Nigerian entertainment.

In March, 2016, she was part of the Nigerian delegate that spoke at the SXSW (South by South West) entertainment forum in Austin, Texas where key issues were discussed with respect to further positioning the Nigerian entertainment industry.



Other Nigerian speakers at the event were Michael Ugwu of Sony Africa, Ademola Ogundele (founder, Notjustok) and Ovie Ofugara (head of content, Notjustok).

See some of her new promo photos below:

Tiwa Savage has moved on....

The beautiful singer and mother has set aside all her marital brouhaha and she is out and about. Yesterday, May 13, she was in a meeting with the top executives of Forte Oil, which is a brand ambassador of.



She revealed this on her Instagram page after she shared a photo of herself with the caption: ”After a very successful meeting with @forteoilng #Brand #Ambassador 🙏🏿 #Blessed #Unmerited #Favour”





She was also spotted ‘fooling around’ with her label mates in the same attire..which suggests it’s same day.




She also thanked her fans for the 1million followership on Facebook. Wow! we guess she got more followers from the recent Brouhaha with her estranged hubby, Teebilz.








Hmmnn! Strong woman

Lawyer withdraws Olajumoke Orisaguna from Few Models

Bread seller turned model, Olajumoke Orisaguna has abandoned the first modelling agency she was signed to immediately after her discovery by celebrity photographer TY Bello.


According to Onobello, Olajumoke’s lawyer Olayemi Adesuyan has legally broken every bond she has with the Bolajo Fawehinmi led Few Model Management.



The model according to sources has now being signed on by Beth Model Management owned by Elohor Aisien which is expected to take over her portfolio from now on.

Jumoke lawyer’s reason for taking her off Few Models was due to incompetency on the part of modelling agency in the handling of the 27-year-old model’s portfolio as the reason for the decamping. They also claimed that the agency did not get the mother of two any lucrative contract since they signed her on. It was believed that the agency did not tap into the media sensation of Olajumoke’s story.

Beth Models has being in the modeling business for over 12 years while Few Models has an experience of a year in the job.

Beth Models is the organizer of the yearly Elite Model Look.




After her discovery, many companies seized the opportunity of her popularity and made her their brand ambassador. Has endorsement deal Payporte, Shirley’s Confectioneries, Stanbic IBTC, Biobak Restaurant, Divine Endowment.

Meanwhile, Olajumoke is now a student of Poise Academy- a finishing school in Lekki, Lagos. She resumed in April 2016.

2face Idibia bags honorary degree from top University

Popular singer 2Face Idibia has shown gratitude for his honorary degree certificate.

2baba was recently conferred with an honorary degree, Master of Arts in Music, by the Igbinedion University Okada on Tuesday May 10.



The award was conferred on him by the Chancellor of the University, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion. His wife Annie was there to show support.

2baba took to his IG page to show off his certificate and express gratitude to the University.






He wrote: “A Big thank u 2 all the good people of Igbinedion university okada. Words cannot express my gratitude”.

Congratulations to him.

Keri Hilson Set To Storm Lagos For Airtel Trace Star

American singer, Keri Hilson , is set to storm Lagos.

The talented singer, will be coming to Lagos in June courtesy Airtel. Keri is coming back to the country for the second season of the music talent show, Airtel Trace Star.
She tweeted her excitement about the trip writing:


Man! I can’t wait to get back to
# Lagos to see & hear all the talent from the AirtelTraceMS competition first hand


Media personality, Olisa Adibua and
Lara George are this year’s judges. The winner stands a chance to work with the multi award winning singer, Keri Hilson , plus a cash price of Five Million Naira. (N5,000,000)..


This will be Keri’s second time visiting Nigeria. She first came to Nigeria in 2012 to perform at a show organised by Sofa Lounge, Abuja.

Wizkid Signs Ghanaian Stars Efya, Mr. Eazi & R2Bess To Starboy Worldwide

Wizkid is making some serious boss moves!
Right after his colleague and rival Davido signed Dremo and Mayorkun to his new label, the “Ojuelegba” crooner jetted to Ghana to sign some of Ghana’s biggest music starts to his label “Starboy Worldwide”.
The former E.M.E act signed 3 huge Ghanaian acts on his record label Starboy Worldwide. He signed diva Efya, duo R2Bees and pop tenor Mr Eazi.
He made the interesting announcement right after his performing at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards #VGMAs2016 where he emerged as the African artiste of the year. He also added that Paedae of R2bees aka Omar Sterling, is the President of the newly-expanded Starboy imprint. The pop star took to his official Twitter account to share the news to his fans.

Hopefully Wizkid will be during this deal to a lucrative venture for all the parties involved. See Wizkid tweets below!

Wizkid and Efya were also pictured in the studio working on music in California a few months ago.

Drake joins Forbes list of top 5 richest hip-hop stars

Rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham became the newest member of The Forbes five club of hip-hop’s wealthiest artist on Monday with a net worth of 60 million dollars, said Forbes.

The annual list had regularly included rap artistes Bryan “Birdman” Williams, Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, Shawn “Jay Z” Carter, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Due to the mismanagement of funds which resulted in a bankruptcy last summer, 50 Cent was superseded by Drake, who had increased his net worth through touring, music releases and business deals with Nike, Sprite and Apple.

Drake’s forth studio album ‘’views’’, a Toronto native who goes by his middle name, sold an estimated 630,000 copies on its April 29 release date, according to Vibe Magazine.

With each album selling at 13.99 dollars exclusively on iTunes, the 29-year-old made about 800,000 dollars that night on release.
Business mogul and rap artist Diddy continued to hold the number one title with a net worth of 750 million dollars.

Thanks to his agreement with Diageo’s Circo vodka, stakes in his music television network Revolt, his clothing line Sean John and more.

Dr Dre followed with 710 million dollars, then Jay Z in third place with 610 million dollars and finally Birdman, who came fourth with 110 million dollars.

While his net worth was small in comparison to his fellow club members, Drake was quickly climbing the ranks, earning some 150 million dollars to date before taxes and spending, Forbes said.


The business magazine analyzes artistes’ past earnings, values their current holdings and talks to industry specialists to determine which hip-hop star makes it on the list.
Combined together, Forbes disclosed that, all five artists are worth 2.2 billion dollars. (Reuters\NAN)

Popular comedian, actor, Okon Lagos, bags political appointment

Popular Nollywood actor and comedian, Okon Lagos, whose real name is Imeh Bishop Umoh, has been appointed an aide to Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State.

Okon Lagos is now Special Assistant to the Governor On Ethical and Social Reorientation.
The comical actor confirmed the appointment on his Instagram page and also thanked the Akwa Ibom governor for finding him worthy for the new job.

He said, “Yes it’s true… been made Special Assistant To The Governor On Ethical and Social Reorientation, Akwa Ibom State. Thank you Governor Udom Emmanuel. Most above all, Thank you, Jesus!”

The comedian, who came by the name Okon from the lead role he played in the movie ‘Okon Lagos’ which also brought him to limelight.

He later did ‘Okon Goes to School, and several other films.

Okon Lagos is one of the best comic actors Nigeria has produced, those familiar with his work said.


He has won the the hearts of fans both locally and internationally.

Wizkid’s Album Will Achieve What No Other African Album Has – Oskido

It is no debate that Star Boy CEO,
Wizkid , is set to take the Nigerian music industry to a whole new level soonest.
The ‘Babanla’ crooner, who revealed some hours ago that he is working alongside South African music heavyweights like DJ Maphoria and Mi Casa , has for a while now been reminding us that the sky is just a stepping stone for him.
A few hours ago, South African music producer, Oskido had beautiful words to celebrate Wizkid’s album:


It was a pleasure listening to
@wizkidayo ‘s forthcoming album last night ….what a masterpiece! Beautiful collabos.


It is definitely gonna open many doors for African artistes internationally……This album will achieved what no other African album has achieved before.
#ibelieve



Wizkid, recently came in 3rd on the Worlds Top Artistes List, topping the likes of Justin Bieber, Sia, Kanye West and Future