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In a new chat with Hip TV, Mavin Records singer Reekado Banks, has revealed the kind of relationship he has with YBNL rapper Lil’ Kesh. Reekado Banks’ victory at the Headies started the clash between Olamide and Don Jazzy. In the interview, Reekado Banks said he wasn’t close friends with Lil Kesh but maintained that they have a cordial relationship despite the Headies drama. “We weren’t the closest of friends like close, close, close. It wasn’t like we talked everyday but we talked once in a while. He called me once in a while. I called him once in a while. And same as now, it still happens that way. There’s nothing really that has changed” Reekado Banks told Hip TV.

NEW YORK - R&B superstar Rihanna late Wednesday released her long-awaited eighth album “Anti” as she offered exclusive early access through commercial tie-ups. “Anti,” Rihanna’s first album since 2012, had been announced late last year but the timing of the release was a surprise and came hours after she put out the first single. Tidal, the streaming service led by rap mogul Jay Z in which Rihanna is a partner, premiered “Anti” and said it would not appear elsewhere for the first week. Rihanna signed a deal reported to be worth $25 million with South Korean electronics giant Samsung, which set up an “Anti” interactive website accessible on its smartphones. Tidal said that Samsung users who used the website would be able to download “Anti” and receive a two-month free trial of the streaming service. The release marks the latest effort by an upstart streaming companies to challenge the dominance of streaming leader Spotify through exclusive releases. Prince put out his two last alb...

Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend Tyga, who was once engaged to Blac Chyna and shares a child with her finally addressed the news that his ex, Blac Chyna, is dating Rob Kardashian. The rapper——isn’t letting Chyna’s new relationship with Kylie Jenner’s older brother get to him, taking the high road when it comes to his feelings about the situation. When asked for his opinion on the controversial romance while leaving a friend’s house in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Tyga simply responded, “Everybody deserves to be happy.” This type of non-reactive approach is exactly how Kylie has also decided to respond to the situation. Kylie obviously doesn’t think the relationship between Chyna and her brother concerns her and is concetrating on her lip kit business.

According to the latest report, Nigerian singer, Runtown, will perform in the Caribbean on Monday, February 1, 2016. He’s one of the headlining acts that’ll perform at the annual Soca music event tagged ‘Machel Monday’ scheduled to hold at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad & Tobago. Runtown will be performing alongside Pitbull, Lil Jon, Machel Montano, Tarrus Riley, Angela Hunte, Charly Black and other international stars.

International superstar 'Akon' kicks of 2016 with the release of an amazing song titled 'Shine The Light' .   We see and hear a lot of African-rhythm display both on the track and its visuals, something Akon has been doing very well over the past couple of years. Checkout the mind blowing visuals after the cut....

Days after ex-Plantashun Boiz member, Blackace accused 2face Idibia and Wizkid of song theft, 2face has responded describing the statements by Blackface as ‘unfortunate’. In an interview with Channels Television, he said, ‘It is just so unfortunate. I do not know where it is coming from (but) I am trying to think of different reasons. At first I though his account was hacked’. Asked if they are still friends, he said: ‘Blackface does not consider me his friend anymore. We will trash the whole matter but I got nothing but love and respect for him and it is just so unfortunate that he is coming at me like that’ Blackface had earlier this week, called out singer 2baba in a series of tweets for allegedly stealing a song he owned and threatened to sue him. See channels Tv interview with tuface after the cut......

Sony Released an Official Press Release about Davido’s Multi-Album Deal which you can read below or read on their website LONDON, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Music Entertainment have signed accomplished musician Davido to a groundbreaking global agreement. The deal was inked at the Sony Music offices in New York and will see the American-born Nigerian recording artist release his highly anticipated sophomore album later this year. In Africa, Davido is a bonafide superstar. After relocating to Nigeria from the United States aged 19, Davido set up HKN records alongside his brother and independently released the first song he ever recorded entitled, ‘Back When’. The track was an instant success and propelled Davido to national stardom as he followed this with the release of his second single and pan-African smash hit, ‘Dami Duro’. This track became one of the biggest airplay records not just on radio in Nigeria but across the continent, catapulting him to superstar status and maki...

Nigerian musician and Chocolate city act 'Jesse Jags' releases the visuals to his hit single 'Jaga Love' featuring label mate 'Ice Prince' . The classy video was shot by renowned video director 'Clarence Peters '. See the amazing rendition after the cut....

Nigerian indigenous rapper and C.EO. of Edge Recordz 'Reminisce' releases a new song titled 'Angelina' produced by 'Kris Beats' and video directed by award winning video director 'Unlimited L.A . See amazing visuals plus Reminisce showing off some singing skills after the cut...

Papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court say the entertainer, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was supposed to have made at least six promotional appearances by now to promote the fragrance, which was launched in October 2013. He’s made none. Parlux Fragrances, which is involved in licensing, designing and marketing celebrity fragrances, says they lined up an appearance on Good Morning America, an exclusive interview with Women’s Wear Daily, an appearance at Macy’s and even several social media posts — but Jay Z would have none of it. “Jay Z declined … declined … declined … declined” six different times to participate, according to court papers. At another point, Parlux lawyer Anthony Viola says in papers, the company teamed up with Jacob the Jeweler to create five prototypes of lavish perfume bottles for the fragrance. Each one had solid gold caps and gold drizzled on the exterior. They cost $20,000 each.

With the uncountable social media beefs that the Nigerian entertainment industry has witnessed already this year, it is obvious this year will be a very interesting one. It’s just January and social media beef is at an all-time high with several celebrities having already taken shots at each other. Omawumi, 33, who is one of the major players in the entertainment industry recently spoke on a range of issues including social media beef that seem to have become even more prevalent this year. In her usual candid and humorous manner, Omawumi said “It boils down to the reason behind it. The thing about it is that our work makes us to be out there. You can’t even make any move without people saying… (switches to pidgin) if somebody find my trouble and I decide to deck the person it’s valid. But because I be artiste I’m supposed to now swallow it, meanwhile the thing go dey pain me.” Omawumi went on to say if artistes have beef they should put it out there, but doesn’t like the idea of arti...

More controversy has continued to trail the upcoming Oscar awards for refusing to nominate a black actor despite several good performances from them. TV host, Nick Cannon, though black has something very different to say. The 35-year-old ‘America’s Got Talent’ host voiced his opinion on the debate that has angered everyone from Will and Jada Pinkett Smith to Lupita Nyong’O with a poem that not only presents a new outlook on the issue, but also disses the rest of the Oscars boycotters! In the poem, Nick says complaining about the discrimination for a simple award is silly when there are so many other issues that could be addressed in the black community. Read his entire piece, which he shared on his Facebook page: –

Nigerian young talented artist 'Lk Kuddy' dropped a single 'With You' featuring KKTBM act 'Yung6ix' last year and it created a buzz for him and also giving him a face in the Nigerian music scene. This year he is back with the remix of the hit song featuring Star Boy C.E.O and the remix killer 'Wizkid' . We the entire Jam Afrique team will proudly say that the Nigerian music industry is heading for new trend with quality music and lyrics. Checkout the visuals to this amazing song after the cut.....

Nigerian talented singer 'Rayce' drops the visuals to his latest hit 'Wetin Dey' and video directed by 'H2G Films' . Rayce signs a management deal with MSN owned by Danku former Oritse femi's manager, and he wants the world to look out for more quality materials he will be dropping soon. Take this word from Jam Afrique ''Rayce is Underrated' ..

Apple is getting ready to release a new 4-inch iPhone this spring, according to 9to5Mac. The new 4-inch iPhone is set to be named ‘iPhone 5se,’ and will hit the shelves from April or March. According to 9to5Mac The ‘iPhone 5se’ will feature a design similar to 2013’s flagship but upgraded internals, software, and hardware features that blend the old design with modern technologies from the past two iPhone upgrades. The hardware is believed to feature an 8-megapixel iSight camera, 1.2-megapixel FaceTime camera, and the A8 and M8 chips from the iPhone 6, but won’t be pressure-sensitive. Here are more features:

Being humble is not an accusation anyone can ever lob at Kanye West, and he keeps proving that point of view right. The rapper has been working on his seventh studio album for a while now, and released some songs- all the while keeping fans updated through the process. Early Monday (Sunday night in the US), the rapper tweeted the completed tracklist for the album, handwritten on a piece of paper. In characteristic Kanye form, he classified it as the ‘best album of all time’. The tweet revealed ‘Swish’ would have only ten tracks, with recent hits like ‘Only One’ and ‘All Day’ not making the cut for the album. ‘Swish’ follows 2012’s Yeezus, and is set for release on the 11th of February. Below is the full track list for ‘Swish’

First, it was Wizkid who was accused of stealing songs from not only Dammy Krane, but also Blackface. Now the former Plantashun Boiz singer has accused his former band mate, 2face of stealing his song. In a series of tweets, he claims that the song, “Let Somebody Love You” is his song and Tuface who performed the song with international act, Bridget Kelly, did so without his permission. He also insinuated that he would be taking the issue to court. But we have to ask, the song was released in 2014, why did it take him so long to come forward and stake his claim? Read the tweets after the jump

Tiwa Savage’s manager and husband, Teebillz went on his Instagram page to remind people criticizing Don Jazzy, that the Mavin boss is ahead of them. Teebillz wrote, “After you have produced more than 10 major artists with back to back hits for over 10 years and still relevant then you can compare yourself to this guy @donjazzy until then I advice you mind your production and keep working hard #SMD #FactsOnly”

Nigerian music diva and Mavin princess 'Dija' releases a new song titled 'Take Kiss' to kick off 2016, and on this one, she features one of mavin's top talented producer 'Baby Fresh' . The video was directed by 'Adasa cookey' of Squareball media.. See the amazing video after the cut...... 

According to the latest report, popular rapper and Young Money boss, Lil Wayne can’t seem to stay away from the lean, despite the drugs have a major effect on this health. via tmz... Sources close to Weezy tell us he started sippin’ the sizzurp a few months ago and hasn’t even been hiding it by flashing his double cup. He’s rarely been photographed without one in recent weeks … even last week in Dubai where there’s zero tolerance for the stuff. We’re told Wayne’s not worried about his health — it’s never been back to 100 since he OD’d on lean and suffered several seizures, and as our source puts it, Wayne gives “zero f***s.” L il Wayne told Katie Couric he quit lean cold turkey due to the seizures, but obviously a lot’s changed…

Wizkid has landed another song theft accusation in the space of two weeks from another artiste following a similar clash with singer, Dammy Krane . The latest one comes from veteran dancehall act and a former member of the defunct Afro-pop singing trio, Plantashun Boyz, Ahmedu Augustine, widely known as Blackface . According to him, the popular hit tune, Ojuelegba by the singer was jacked from one from of his songs entitled,Killa off his 2010 Dancehall Business album. “If you check properly, you would realise that Wizkid’s hit, Ojuelegba, sounds exactly the same as the track 13 on my dancehall album released as far back as 2010. You need to listen to that album to know what I am talking about. The song is so similar that I think it shouldn’t be that way,” Blackface alleged in an interview with Punch.

After 10 years and eight studio albums with Def Jam Records, Rick Ross has left the company and signed a new deal with Epic Records. Epic announced the news on Friday via Twitter, posting a photo of Ross with the label’s chairman and CEO L.A. Reid and its president Sylvia Rhone. With the move, Ross leaves Def Jan after a decade with the Universal Music Group imprint — his label since releasing his debut album, Port of Miami, in 2006. In December, he released his 8th studio album, Black Market. As for Ross’ Maybach Music Group imprint — home to Meek Mill , Wale and others — it’s not clear whether it’ll join him at Epic. MMG has been distributed by Atlantic since 2013 and had deals with with Warner Bros. and Def Jam, respectively, before.

Bisa Kdei has certainly had one good year, where he can reasonably be expected to bag the artiste of the year award, and he’s not shying away from making that known. The ‘Mansa’ hitmaker explained to Graphic Showbiz that his fans have been clamouring for him to win the award, and he wholeheartedly agrees with their position. I agree with what my fans are saying because I really worked last year. I can confidently say that I am the only artiste who had two great songs blazing at the same time. Mansa and Brother Brother are testimonies of my hard work ” he told the publication.

As you know Nigerian pop star, Davido broke hearts of his fans in 2015 with several unfulfilled album release dates. The BET award winning act was scheduled to drop his second album, ‘Baddest‘ in 2015, but after many postponements, he finally moved the project to 2016. Davido signs Multi-million Dollar global music deal with Sony Music With the signing of his latest recording deal with Sony Music, Davido has now explained that the deal which has been on the works for many months was the major reason why his album didn’t drop in 2015. See His Tweets Below…

The Australian billionaire, James Packer, proposed to Mariah Carey yesterday evening during a private dinner at Eleven Madison Park in NYC with a vintage-inspired 35 carat engagement ring — which will only add to her already extensive diamond collection. While no wedding date has been set, the happy couple is already eyeing Polynesian island Bora Bora as their Summer wedding destination. They also have tentative plans to buy (or build) a house together in Los Angeles. This will be the third marriage for both. As you know, Mariah is mom to 4-year-old twins, son Moroccan Cannon and daughter Monroe Cannon. James has three children: Indigo Packer, 7, Jackson Packer, 5 and Emmanuelle Packer, 3.

Young money boss, Lil Wayne and Cash money CEO, Birdman may be all smiles in public these days, but that doesn’t mean that Lil Wayne has forgotten about his missing coins. According to reports, Weezy’s lawsuit is very much still on and poppin’. According to our Young Money sources, Wayne isn’t softening on his main demands — release “Tha Carter V” and cough up the millions he says Birdman owes him. The stakes are high … remember Weezy’s threat to take Drake and Nicki Minaj with him if he leaves Cash Money. As for the Miami love-in? We’re told that was mostly sentimental, and Birdman’s attempt to repair the personal relationship before fixing biz ties.

Davido has agreed to a collaboration with YBNL act Adekunle Gold on a yet-to-be-titled song. This came in hours after the ‘Aye’ hitmaker signed a classy recording deal with America’s Sony Music in presence of his manager, Kamal Ajiboye and elder brother, Adewale Adeleke in New York. How did the collabo agreement happen? Amidst several congratulations following the announcement of Davido’s recording  deal with Sony Music, popular political commentator and social media blogger, Japheth Omojuwa tweeted:

Ghanaian top rapper and Militant Mindz Records frontier 'Dee Money' starts the year with a Gafacci produced Hip hop tune titled 'Ale' . Video was shot somewhere in Ghana and directed by young and talented 'Prince Dovlo' . Checkout the rendition after the cut.....

Nigerian young rapper and Roger lee Entertainment frontier 'Gifted Baba' kicks off 2016 with a cover of Canadian rapper 'Drake' Energy hit song. Follow the link below to checkout this impressive effort from the young talented rapper after the cut and tell us what you think...

Famous UK rapper, Tinie Tempah , is currently in Nigeria. The UK/Nigerian rapper has been in Abuja and Lagos hanging out with Wizkid. Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu aka Tinie Tempah and Wizkid are being managed by the same management company. The pair went clubbing in Lagos. After partying with Wizkid, Tinie Tempah had a photoshoot with top Nigerian singer and photographer TY Bello. Tinie Tempah is best known for his smash hit ‘Pass Out’ released in 2010.

International superstar rapper, Lil Wayne and record label exec, Birdman have ended their beef. The two rappers were all smiles as they partied together with Drake, Mackmaine and other fellow artists at LIV Nightclub in Miami on Sunday (Jan. 17). BET reported that, Birdman took a moment to salute Wayne and announced that YMCMB is for life. “This my motherf—ing son and I’ma die for him,” said Birdman to the crowd. “I’ma live for him and I’ma motherf—ing kill for him. Ya heard me? That ain’t never gonna change, f—–. It’s YMCMB for life

It’s no longer news that Ice Prince’s girlfriend, Maima Nkewa is cheating on the rapper with an Abuja based businessman named Akinbode. Ice Prince who later said his girlfriend is not a hoe after she explained everything to the rapper has got the backing of fellow rapper, MI Abaga. MI took to Twitter to show love to Ice Prince. Read what he wrote below: –

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are back together soo much that Miley is feeling comfortable enough to move back into his house. The singer moved her things back into Hemsworth Malibu home over the weekend; well, her things and her four dogs. TMZ notes that as owner of two dogs himself, Hemsworth now has six of them running around the house. “Miley is moving a bunch of stuff to Liam’s but she is keeping her current spot for the time being as well. She would like to sell it though sooner than later and Liam feels that is a good idea because she would be safer with him anyways,” a source reportedly told HollywoodLife .

And the records keep tumbling for Adele . The rate at which she is doing is just ridiculously amazing. Since releasing her much-anticipated studio album ’25’, the British sensation has broken dozens of records. I bet the 2016 Guinness World of Record will have thousands of records broken by Adele. Now the video for her critically acclaimed song ‘Hello’, has reached a billion views on Youtube, after just 88 days of its release. It easily annihilated Psy’s 2012 record, which was set after 160 days . Congratulations are certainly in order for Miss Adkins!

Several African Americans actors and directors have slammed the Academy Awards (Oscars) for not nominating any black actor for the second successive year. A-listers like Jada Pinkett-Smith and Spike Lee have even announced that they are boycotting the Oscars. One of the few Caucasian actors who have come out publicly to slam the all-white Oscar 2016 nominations is George Clooney. Clooney says he understands the gripe from African Americans. “I think that African Americans have a real fair point that the industry isn’t representing them well enough. I think that’s absolutely true,” he said in an exclusive interview with Variety. Check out George Clooney’s thoughts on the Oscars snubbing Black actors.

Apparently, the entire black community in American entertainment are mad that ‘Black’ films and film makers were excluded in this year’s Oscar Awards nomination list. Snoop Dogg took to his Instagram on January 18 to express his disappointment over the same issue. In a video post on his page, Snoop laments: “Someone just asked me if I’m gonna watch the motherf**king Oscars… f**k no. Why am I gonna watch that f**king bullshit for? They ain’t got no n***as nominated . All these great movies and all these great shit you guys keep stealing from us.. f**k you! F**k you!” His response comes just a day after actress Jada Pinkett Smith and producer Spike Lee announced they will be boycotting the event due to lack of diversity and appreciation for ‘black’ films. Meanwhile, host Chris Rock tweeted on January 16 calling Oscar awards “The white BET Awards”.

Yesterday evening, Chocolate City rapper, Ice Prince was trending on social media after news that his former lover, French-Ghanaian Model was cheating on him with an Abuja big boy hit the net. The Abuja big boy shared evidential photos of himself and Maima on Instagram all cozy during their vacation in Paris and London and then deleted them just to make a point that the rumors were true. Now Ice Prince is pouring his heart out on Twitter, saying he always falls for ‘bad bitches’ and talking about an ex-girlfriend who made him rethink about love.

Just days after dropping the audio to this pretty decent inspirational tune – Favour of God (F.O.G) . Hypertek/Usual Suspekt‘s Dammy Krane continues his hot run of form and actually letting the music do more of the buzz right now by dropping the visuals to the recent single. Shot and directed on location in Lagos by emerging cinematographer – Stanz Visuals. It’s safe to say that Mr. “Gbetiti” is well on course to take 2016 by the scruff of the neck if he continues this way. Enjoy!

Nigerian controversial Afro- dancehall act 'Burnaboy' kicks off 2016 with a 'J-Fem produced song titled 'Jealousy'. The visuals was directed by talented and award winning video director 'Unlimited L.A'  . See video after the cut.....

Veteran rapper and record label boss, Eldee , retired from music a while back. The family man seems set to stage a come back after popular rapper , Olamide taunted him on Twitter. Olamide revealed that he needs to do a collaboration with Eldee, this made the veteran rapper tweet back about Un-Retiring. See their tweets below: –

General records act 'CDQ' releases visuals to his latest hit 'Nowo E Soke'  featuring African Star boy 'Wizkid' . The video was directed by award winning music video director 'Unlimited L.A' .. Checkout this mind blowing video after the cut.....

Omawumi returns with her new single Play Na Play featuring living legend Angelique Kidjo, something different, mature and Catchy! Coming off the heels of her critically acclaimed cover of Adele’s Hello, Omawumi releases her new single and music videoPlay Na Play featuring Grammy award-winning artistAngelique Kidjo. Singer/Songwriter/Entertainer, Omawumi has announced the release of her yet untitled third album due out spring 2016.The new age singer, introduces fans and newcomers alike to a new musical journey by recording a completely live album. Play Na Playis a live production arranged by Cobhams Asuquo. The video was shot on location in New Jersey by George Steuber for Monstar Film and Produced by Bukola Aré for OF A KIND Creatives. Fashion Styling by Rosemary Kokuhilwa with Make Up by Joyce Jacobs.

“ 2Sec is very optimistic about the year 2016, as they plan to make a huge impact in the music industry with their music & brand. As the year starts, 2Sec is set to storm the industry with great music as they release their new single & video produced by DJ Coublon & shot in United States, Los Angeles by Patrick Elis titled “Follow Me Solo”.. See video after the cut........

I guess this stands as further proof that the two Nigerian celebrities would no doubt squashed their beef. After their much publicized fight at Quilox nightclub, Wizkid and Dammy Krane have had a number of beef settlement meetings. Super Eagles player, Obafemi Martins who was throwing a party at the club same day the fight happened also delved into the beef to help calm the warring stars. The player said he invited the duo to his house and he settled the beef for them. Obafemi wrote on Instagram, “It all started at my party on Thursday at Quilox and settled here at my house @wizkidayo and @big_daddy_krane are cool “

Award winning rapper and Chocolate City vice President, Ice Prince Zamani has hit a milestone very few Nigerian superstars have reached on Instagram. Ice Prince posted the above photo on his Instagram some days ago in celebration of his 1m fan base. Ice prince has now made history as the first rapper in Africa with over 1m followers on Instagram.

Famous Nigerian professional dancer, Kaffy, 35, has shared her thoughts on Olamide’s infamous stage rant at the 2015 edition of the Headies on January 1, 2016. Kafayat Oluwatoyin Ameh said she did not witness what happened or stage or the green room for the artistes because she was in her own green room. She stated she was not happy about the incident and she does not condone Olamide’s behaviour. “Fortunately for me I was not anywhere near that area. I was waiting in my green room. I heard the scenario. I am not happy about it. I remember a couple of years back when I introduced Olamide to the Hip TV family so for me I will not condone any kind of behaviour in that manner” said Kaffy in an interview with Hip TV. She further said Olamide reacted the way he did because of anger, and rap star Olamide is not that type of person.

It’s no longer news that there was a violent physical fight between singer, Dammy Krane and Starboy, Wizkid at the Quilox club, V.I, Lagos State. Iconic singer, 2baba has shared a photo of the singers’ seemingly made up. The new photo shows Krane, Wizkid Ayo and the owner of Club Quilox, Shina Peller, at the club, after their row had been settled. 2 baba shared the photo, commenting: “All we need is one love!! #Inmyvoice”.

A couple of days ago, news hit that one of the P-Square brothers, Peter Okoye wasn’t feeling too good as he lay ill in bed. The father-of-2 has now shared new photos of himself undergoing a CT scan and pleaded with his fans to pray for him. He shared a photo of himself going into the machine, commenting: “Went for a computed tomography scan today… Try to make sure am 100% fit and ok… It hasn’t been easy for me for the past few weeks. Thanks so much guys for the prayers,love and support#Pray4me.

The nominations for BRITS Awards 2016 have been revealed! Sensational artiste Adele, unsurprisingly leads the pack with four nominations, including ‘British Female Solo Artist’, ‘British Single’, ‘MasterCard British Album of the Year’ and ‘British Artist Video of the Year’ categories. The hotly-anticipated and prestigious awards show will be held February 24 at The O2 in London. Check out the full list of nominations below…. British Male Solo Artist Aphex Twin Calvin Harris James Bay Jamie XX Mark Ronson