JAM AFRIQUE

Nigeria's and one of Africa's top music producer 'Masterkraft' is set to release a new jam featuring African music giants Flavor & Sarkodie from Ghana and he calls this one 'Finally' produced by Ghanaian super producer ' Dj Breezy . Anticipate on this one, because its definitely Jamming Africa .

17-year-old Jaden Smith’s (son to Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith) went on yet another bizarre rant after being named for the second year in a row as one of Time’s Most Influential Teens, Jaden said; “Being born was the most influential thing that’s ever happened to me. As far as people, what they think is influential, like I said, the thing that you can make the most of and laugh at the most is whatever would be the most influential to the pop culture of the world. When they don’t understand something, they’re afraid of it, and if they don’t understand it, they don’t accept it or like it.” he said He added:

Get ready for this Africa....

Nigerian Ace music producer and C.E.O of Difference Entertainment  'Dtunes' known for his magic fingers on Iyanya's breakthrough song 'Kukere' and Sean tizzle's 'Shole' just dropped a new single featuring Iyanya and his label Artist Sean Tizzle , and he calls this one ''Be Mine'' . kindly go to your favorite music download sites and download this amazing song with unique beats. 

Award winning Nigerian rapper and singer 'Iceprince' turns a year older, and we are celebrating him for his tremendous contributions towards the growth of entertainment in Nigeria and Africa. We are wishing him more blessings and more hits to Jam Afrika . Enjoy your day Superstar, because you are celebrated in Africa today and forever.

Rihanna Reportedly Ink $25 Million Deal with Samsung for New Album & Tour According to The New York Post, Barbadian singer, Rihanna and Samsung have inked a $25 million sponsorship deal. The Rihanna deal follows seven months of talks and is the biggest music-marketing tie-up in recent memory. Hammering out the details took longer than expected in part because Rihanna made some last-minute tweaks to the album, sources said. Samsung couldn’t immediately be reached for comment, while Roc Nation declined to comment.

See The Tracklist For Justin Bieber “Purpose” Album The Canadian singer, Justin Bieber has released the tracklist for his upcoming album “Purpose” The 19-track album will be released on November 13, 2015 and it features top music stars. See the tracklist below.

Dencia penned down her experience with two roadside vendors in Abuja “Some People Just want & or Need someone to Standup For Them. Story might be long & boring but I really wanna share.A few days ago we were riding down Maitama (Abuja)& saw a beautiful lady in her late 20’s selling boiled groundnuts/peanuts,we stopped & she came over 2 my side of the Car, How much I asked, (3Cups 4 100 naira) I said ok let’s have 3,my friend goes No its 4 Cups & I tell her no she said 3,let’s take 3 cups,do u go to LV,Hermes,Chanel & argue prices of the things u buy.

Taylor Swift has filed legal documents against a Radio DJ she claims ‘lifted her skirt and grabbed her butt’ during a backstage photo op after a concert in Denver in 2013. The DJ had earlier sued the singer, claiming her complaints that he grabbed her butt had gotten him fired. In his suit, he says another person committed the act, and he got blamed for it. But that only seems to have enraged Swift, who has filed her own counter suit for s*xual harassment. She says the DJ is the one who committed the act, lifting her skirt and grabbing her butt during the photo op in question.

The much anticipated Album of Nigeria and Africa's finest Deejay 'DJ SPINALL' dropped today the 29th of October 2015 and the title of the album is ''My Story'' . The humble Deejay worked tirelessly to release this amazing album featuring Nigerian Acts like; award winning singer Yemi Alade, M.I, Byno, IcePrince, Mafikizolo from South Africa and many more. We urge all his fans and Africa to support this talented young man because this album is definitely Jamming Africa . The album is available on platforms like Itunes, Google Play and Tidal.  Deejay Spinall took to his instagram page to express how he feels about the release of his album and this is what he had to say.

Who is Amazing Klef? Amazing Klef is young Nigerian Professional Photographer and Graphic designer, who has passion for photography and entertainment.  This young man has worked with a lot of A-list Nigerian and African Artist and his works has spread across the continent. We have been following his works for sometime and noticed the way he blends colors to give his designs an appealing look. The entire Jam Afrique's Team supports his movement and believing his amazing works will shoot him up to greater heights. Kudos to you 'Amazing Klef' for making Africa proud. Check out some of his designs after the cut

For past years we have seen the revolution of Vinyls, Cassettes, CDs and Digital space. While CDs are clearly dominating at the moment, we cannot shy away from the fact that vinyl is still going strong and we have recently seen Rapper AKA release his project on LP. This proves that we still have a market for the vinyl. According to Nielsen Music, vinyl sales rose 38 percent year over year in the first half of 2015.

Geniuses often have the unique ability to spontaneously self destruct. I’m not sure whether that ability makes them geniuses, or becoming a genius breeds that ability. You look at people like Michael Jackson and Charlie Sheen, Whitney Houston and Robin Williams, and you get the gist. Amy Winehouse was one such person. The British singeher de facto successor in British music, Adele. Adele, who has been making waves in the past week with Hello, the lead single from her upcoming album 25; has paid immense tribute to Winehouse.

40 year old British-born/Ghanaian TV actor and model Sam Sarpong died in Southern California after jumping to his death from a bridge on Monday afternoon in Pasadena, where he lived. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office says the case is being investigated as a possible suicide. But the official cause hasn’t been determined yet. Pasadena police say he jumped from the Colorado Street Bridge following seven hours of attempts to talk him down.

Source:TMZ Kylie Jenner 's body is like a Times Square billboard .... slap something on it and everyone will notice. Dead Studios is the latest beneficiary. The company sent Kylie a bunch of free swag, including a pair of their Dead Sports leggings. Brand director Sam Moore tells TMZ, sales went through the roof in a matter of hours after Kylie posted photos showcasing the tights.

The recently released book ‘Becoming Beyoncé: The Untold Story‘, claimed that a publicist who used to work for the then 17 year old Rihanna leaked rumours of an affair to generate publicity for her first single ‘Pon De Replay’. The entire thing became so serious, the book claims, that Beyonce and Jay-Z split up for a year. -Rihanna has remained pretty mum about the entire affair, but her lawyer told Page Six that the publicist who was supposed to have leaked the story never worked for Rihanna.

Following the international recognition Wizkid has received since his Ojuelegba hit track went globally viral, the singer is set to perform in New York at the Keep a child alive black ball 2015. Wizkid will be performing at the 12th edition of Alicia Keys’s “Keep a Child Alive” annual Black Ball as one of the headlining acts, the event will be co-hosted by Alicia Keys and Chris Rock. This event is slated to go down at Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, United States of America on 5th November, 2015. The theme for the 12th edition is: ‘Afrofuturism’.

US R&B star – Musiq Soulchild , Tortured Soul and Louie Vega are headed to SA this festive to headline Jozi Summer Shine Festival. Set to take place on Sunday, 13 December at Marks Park (Joburg), this event will bring the finest in top-end whiskey and wine, street-food vendors and world class live music. To add the local flavour, Mzansi’s acapella group The Soil, Durban-boy Majozi and funky neo-soul rising star Tresor, will bring their zest to the day’s activities.

Source: Dailymail.co.uk Rihanna reckons she gets really uncomfortable when receiving a compliment, so she's not going to like what's coming... She appeared on The Voice looking every inch the diva we know and love. She teamed a denim corset top by Marques Almeida with the matching cropped trousers and it's a great look. Add in plenty of jewellery and her favourite Manolo Blahnik heels and she gets full marks from us!

South African rapper AKA and Mtv Base Award winner is set to kick off with his performance in Nigeria Thursday the 29th of October 2015, at the Grand Ball Room Eko Hotel Lagos Nigeria . Also performing at the event are top Nigerian Musicians, turn up in your numbers and show some love to this South African Superstar. 

Peter Okoye the brother and member of Africa's most successful music group 'Psquare' started a dance show titled ''Dance With Peter'' and sponsored by Globacom Limited . When peter started the show, a lot of his colleagues in the music industry, saw what he was about to do, to be a joke, but to the surprise of everyone it's gradually becoming the biggest dance reality show on the continent.

The mavins are back again with a brand new single titled 'Jantamanta ' produced by the record label boss Don jazzy . Jantamanta is an African gyration song described by Don jazzy as ' 'Palmwine Song' . This song features all marvin  Artist, showcasing their various style and expressing themselves just the way they did in their previous collaborations. Kindly log on to your favorite music download sites and download this amazing tune, who knows it my turn up to be a very big song like 'Dorobucci' and from the look of things it's definitely Jamming Africa .

Nigerian Pop star and one Africa's finest Artist 'Davido' Album which was anticipated to drop this year, has been postponed to 2016. According to an in house representative from the team, he said the entire management are working towards fixing a date for 2016 when the album will be dropped. We recall that this particular album has been postponed twice and this is making it the third time. We wish him the best and urge all his fans to wait on this Album.

One of Africa's top DJ popularly known as DJxclusive , drops yet another street banger titled 'Dami Si' off his recent Album, and this time around he teams up with the next generation street kings Lilkesh and CDQ . According to the superstar disk jockey, he has love for the streets and won't stop showing love, because the street is the reason why is here today.

Annie Idibia , the wife of Africa's finest and legendary singer Tuface Idibia , shaves hair to create awareness for breast cancer. A killer disease that has taken lives of a lot of beautiful young mothers in Africa. She teams up with ace photographer Emmanuel Oyeleke on this project tagged #FightTheOdds . We urge all our beautiful African ladies to go for check up. Lets unite and fight this killer disease.

Nigerian Superstars Davido and YBNL boss Olamide pose for a picture on set, at the video shoot of their new song, Name of song is yet to be released but the Jam Afrique team will keep you posted on the latest updates. Africa should be ready for this Jam about to be dropped by this two amazing musicians cos its definitely Jamming Afrika.

Bobbi Kristina is dead and gone but the controversies, the rumors and the gossip surrounding the cause of her death still remain relentless. A certain friend of the only child of the late Whitney Houston, Kristina Bobbi Brown who passed away in July this year, says she suffered from a serious drug problem in the months leading up to her hospitalization. Danyela Bradley who is reported to have shared the same roof with Bobbi Kristina before she was found unresponsive in a bathtub at her Roswell, Georgia home at the end of January claims in a video deposition transcript obtained by ET Online that; the daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was regularly using several illegal drugs.

English singer and songwriter, Sam Smith has disclosed that he is taking a break from the music scene—to be with his family and probably find a new love. Yeah! Smith says he wanna start dating when he is on break. Indeed, this youngster needs a perfect rest because he has worked amazingly well this year—after he grabbed four GRAMMY awards earlier, including Best New Artist. Sam Smith released his composition the “Writing’s on the Wall” for the James Bond film Spectre in October 2015, for which he received a Guinness World Record when it became the first Bond theme song to reach number one in the UK.

Rob Kardashian and Lamar Odom were once as close as brothers. Now that Lamar’s kidney’s are failing, Rob is ready to step up and donate one of his own organs to help save Lamar’s life, according to a new report.

Nigerian Pop Star,  Wizkid was billed to perform in a show somewhere in the Northern part of Nigeria and didn't show up, due to some circumstances that is yet to be known by the media and general public. This situation sparked up a lot of controversy, that questions the linearity and authenticity of our Nigerian Musicians. Below is a caption from the twitter handle of the show promoters.

Source:TMZ Tyga and Blac Chyna have had quite the interesting year as Exes and they would probably win the award of the most ridiculous breakup drama ever if there was something like that. And now that everyone seems to have moved on to other things and other people, it looks like nobody is missing anyone. Yesterday, Chyna set blogs talking when she showed her fans a new tattoo she got which has Future’s name on it. Now, even though Blac Chyna and Future have not exactly officially mentioned that they’re a couple, every single thing seems to be pointing well in that direction. According to TMZ ,

Wande Coal’s Wanted album dropped yesterday and so far has received quite a lot of positive feed back. Most especially from folks on social media. But that’s not where it stops… His album is actually really selling, and has clocked in at number one on the iTunes world chart. In addition to that, 7 of his singles from the album are on the Top 10 singles charts on iTunes, and an additional 8 in the remaining top 20. Now that’s what you call some serious domination. Kudos yo.

Nigerian Musician Shaydee released a remix to his song ''High'' featuring Iyanya and Ugandan dance hall act A-Pass and this Jam Afrique's review. The first release was equally a good song but lacking that raggae dancehall feel , Right now we can proudly say that this remix has changed the phase of the song and added a swift melody and value to the songs delivery. Featuring Iyanya and A-Pass was never a bad idea, because iyanya came in with an RnB Soul flavor while A-Pass killed everything by giving it that pure raggae dancehall feel . Kudos to Shaydee on this new one, cos its definitely Jamming Africa and kindly log on to your favorite music download sites and download. 

Five Star Artists Kcee, HarrySong and Skiibii hits the African continent with yet another certified banger   'Ebeano' after the successful release of ''ReggaeBlues'' . Kindly log on to your favorite music download sites and download this amazing dance song, cos its definitely jamming Africa

The most influential female musician on the African continent 'Yemi Alade' is set to drop the video to her smash hit single ''Nagode'' featuring super talented singer and producer 'Selebobo' . This song connects to virtually every music listener, it even became a song used for morning devotion by Families in Africa. Jam Afrique is proud to announce to you that the Video will be dropping soon and we shall do our best to keep you posted. 

Nigerian superstar Davido is set to perform at the Lions Garden Magusa in Cyprus , on the 29th of October 2015. The superstar wants you all to turn up in your numbers and show some love and he is definitely storming the venue with his entire HKN GANG. The Jam Afrique team will be present to bring you live updates stay tuned..

Ghanaian Dance-hall Artist 'Jupiter' teams up BET African Artist of the year 'Stonebwoy' in a new Dance hall tune titled ''Fire'' produced by renowned Ghanaian music producer 'Genius Selection' . This song will be available worldwide on the 1st of November 2015. Anticipate on this great collaboration, cos its definitely gonna Jam Africa.

Nigerian superstar and Gallardo crooner ´Runtown´ unveils the cover to his forthcoming Album title ´´Ghetto University´´. This album is scheduled to drop in November featuring the likes of   Wizkid Davido Burnaboy Phyno Mugeez and American superstar Dj Khaled. Watch out for this album cos its definitely jamming Africa.

Tanzanian singer and dancer ´Diamond Platnumz´ wins big at the Mtv Europe music award 2015, that took place in Italy. He beats the likes of Nigerian superstars like Davido and Yemi Alade, Dj Arafat and Southafrican rapper AKA to win this prestigious award. Diamond is a clear example of hardworking artist, that started from nothing and became a household name within a short period, after his successful collabo with Davido. Goodluck Diamond Platnumz Africa is proud of your achievements and keep Jamming Africa and world with good music.

source:billboard Justin Bieber was the big winner at the 2015 MTV EMAs, taking home awards for best male, best look and best collaboration for his work with Skrillex and Diplo on “Where Are Ü Now?” Bieber also triumphed in the North American category of the EMAs' worldwide act award, as well as winning the title for best fans. Justin Bieber Doubles Up at No. 1 on Dance/Electronic Charts “It’s been a long couple of years. I just feel like this is pretty awesome to be recognized for my music,” said the 21-year-old, dressed all in red, on collecting his award for best male. Bieber also performed his Hot 100 topping smash “What Do You Mean?” at the glossy, if not entirely faultless, two-hour show, which was staged in the Mediolanum Forum in Milan and drew over 603 million votes, according to MTV.

It seems everyone is running an award show these days. The second ever annual BBC Music Awards is set to come off in December at the Genting Arena in Birmingham. The awards, instituted by the British broadcaster last year- seeks to award excellence in the pop music genre over the preceding 12 months. This year’s show is slated to occur on the 10th December, to be hosted by Chris Evans and Fearne Cotton. In the run-up, artists have been named who would grace the stage on the big night itself.

Rapper, Cassper Nyovest is having a great 2015 so far. While we are all looking forward to his one man show ‘Fill Up The Dome’ on 31 October @ Ticket Pro Dome, he has more to celebrate. The rapper has signed a six-figure deal with MTN on Thursday afternoon in the presence of Kalawa Jazmee boss , Oskido. Cassper will now be the new brand ambassador for the mobile telecommunications company and will represent a major branding coup in the marketing industry. Breaking the news via his twitter , he posted ‘Just signed the biggest endorsement deal in South African Music history!! I’m talking BIG numbers baby!! #MtnCassper ‘

MTV Base will for the second year reveal a list of this year’s hottest Mcs featuring a panel of industry experts. Scooped by Cashtime Life’s K.O. in 2014, “SA’s Hottest MC’s 2015” will be chosen by a group of 7 tastemakers and industry heavyweights participating in an intense roundtable discussion. Panellists, who will judge artists on a range of criteria including sales, style, impact, lyrics, buzz and other intangible factors, will be revealed at a later date. Sizwe Dhlomo will host.

I guess for them this is really a big deal, since almost all their lives are invested in their online franchises. Khloe, Kylie, Kim, and Kendall have all decided to suspend publishing on their recently launched apps as a measure of support for the hospitalised Lamar Odom. Odom was hospitalised on Tuesday after collapsing at a brothel in Las Vegas. The entire family has rushed to his side and in a statement released simultaneously on their apps, they announced the decision to hold off on activities

Source:Goal.com Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini says Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri are both fit to return for Saturday's clash with Bournemouth. The midfield pair have both been struggling with hamstring problems, which saw them miss the 6-1 victory over Newcastle, but they are now set to feature as City bid to stay at the top of the Premier League. Pellegrini said: "Toure and Nasri are both recovered. For [FabianDelph], maybe one week more and he will be working with the squad.

Master P is coming out swingin' at Kobe Bryant -- saying Kobe's public display of emotion over Lamar Odom is an ACT ... because he had the chance to SAVE Lamar, but didn't step up when it counted. Master P was charged up in the video -- saying he was "like a mentor" to Odom and personally knew how serious Lamar was about wanting to return to the NBA . He says Kobe was also aware of the situation and could have used his clout with the Lakers to get Odom back on the squad, but instead did nothing.

Source:Goal.com Watford striker Odion Ighalo believes that Saturday’s opponents Arsenal could win the Premier League but are not the favourites for the title. Ighalo returns from the international break having scored a goal in Nigeria’s 3-0 demolition of Cameroon in Brussels on Sunday. The Gunners are second, sandwiched between the Manchester clubs, going into the weekend, but the Nigerian thinks they will have to contend with the usual favourites to win their first title in more than a decade.

Cassper Nyovest has revealed a tracklist for his second studio album ‘Refiloe’. Set to release on 31 October, the album will feature US rapper ; The Game, DJ Drama, Casey Veggies, Black Motion, Doc Shebeleza and more. Here is a complete tracklist :

Premium Headphone brand – ROCKA has singed AKA for a new collabo range. AKA joins Khuli Chana, Danny K, Dj Zinhle, Mi Casa, Euphonik and more as ROCKA family. AKA’s range ; 3RDWORLDBOSS headphone / earphone includes bluetooth wireless speaker, which is an exclusive make by ROCKA.

Canadian rapper, singer and songwriter Aubrey Drake Graham is not only passionate about music but acting as well. The 28-year-old rapper revealed in an interview with W Magazine that he has a desire to venture into acting if the opportunity presents itself.