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Fast rising Nigerian pop artist and 56 Hoperoad signee 'Giftty' serves the visuals to his latest hit 'Nah Fire' produced by renowned producer and hit maker 'Dtunes' . The video was directed by Adams Gud, see amazing visuals after the cut....

Nigerian Superstar and CEO to DMW (Davido Music Worldwide) is set to release his highly anticipated E.P 'Son Of Mercy' . The E.P is expected to be released on the 30th of September 2016. After an initial scheduled release date, the singer's team pushed the date forward for reasons unclear, but was reportedly gathered according to sources that Sony Music which Davido is signed to would rather not have two Nigeria-America collaborations hitting the world market on the same day, and competing against each other, speaking of the Wizkid collaboration with American singer Justin Skye 'You don't know'. The double EP as made known by Davido, is expected to contain seven tracks and spring some surprises according to the singer. Artistes such as Young Thug, Tinashe and Trey Songz are said to be featured on the project. The video for his collaboration 'How long' with Tinashe is also being expected.

Nigerian singer ' Oriste Femi' is set to release another album titled 'Corporate Miscrant' after the release of albums like 'Wicked world' Musical Taliban, Double wahala and Money Stop Nonsense. The artist is one of Nigeria's hard working and conscious musician that released alot of inspirational and conscious sounds, following the lead of the late Afro legend 'Fela Kuti'.  Its no more doubt that the world should be expecting an amazing piece from this talented musical taliban. Aside being a hitmaker, he also has a number of awards to his name, he won the award for the best street hop at the Headies 2014 and the most popular song at The City People Entertainment Award.

The nominees for “Best African Act” at this year’s MOBO Awards have been revealed, and there aren’t too many surprises. Mr Eazi, Wizkid, MoeLogo, Tekno, Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, Olamide, Mista Silva, Eugy andKwamz & Flava will battle it out for the prestigious award which will be taking place on Friday, November 4th from the iconic SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. The “Best African Act” category will be reduced to 5 nominees on October 17, so if you want your favorite act on the list to stand a chance of winning, start voting right away! ( Click HERE )

Nigerian musician 'Jmartins' releases the visuals to his latest song  'Ekelebe' featuring congolese superstar ' Ferre Gola'. See video after the cut....

Nigerian songstress and Mavin Records Princess 'Dija' returns to the music industry after a long break with an amazing tune 'Sowemo' produced by renowned producer and Label boss 'Don Jazzy'. Listen to the tune after the cut and tell us if it's worth waiting for.

Nigerian top music act 'Wizkid' lands a gobal record deal with Sony Music, after a bidding war between Universal Music and Sony Music, the only Two Major Distribution companies in the world, Wizkid has decided to go with the latter and just inked a global record deal with Sony Music in New York last Tuesday, September 13. According to sources, Wizkid will receive a 7 figure advance (in US Dollars) and sign to RCA Records who will handle his distribution deal in the United States.

This collaboration is part of the Coke Studio South Africa TV show. This festive mantra sees two African countries come together yet again to create melodic genius. Nigerian dancehall and Reggae artist Patoranking collaborates with South African Hip Hop artist AKA to produce a lyrical celebration of the infatuation in a newly found romance. “Special Fi Mi” meaning “Special For Me” sparks a wave of passion and euphoria as you are enthused through the different genres of music creatively amalgamated together to not only make you want to sing along but get up and take over the dance floor. See video after the cut..

I am so glad that the biggest and most loved Pop duo in Africa – P-Square , are back in the game once more. They are back and even better than ever with a brand new tune titled – “Bank Alert“. I miss their amazing songs and I am pretty sure you do too. From what I have gathered, the video has already been shot, so get streaming and download the audio while waiting patiently for the video; you know they got that on lock-down. Enjoy!

Things are NOT looking too good for Tidal. According to reports, the company has “received about 100 payment default records” and its parent company Aspiro has posted a $28 million dollar loss in the year since Jay Z purchased the streaming service back in March 2015. via WSJ : Aspiro AB, the Swedish holding company that Jay Z and a group of other musicians bought in early 2015, recorded a net loss of 239 million Swedish kronor ($28 million) last year, according to a legal filing. That compared with a net loss of 88.9 million Swedish kronor in 2014. Over the same period, revenue rose 30% to 402 million Swedish kronor from 309 million kronor. The spill of red ink at Tidal parent Aspiro illustrates the challenge the music-streaming service faces in competing with much-larger rivals such as Spotify AB and Apple Inc.’s Apple Music. Despite significant marketing efforts, Tidal is stuck between consumers reluctant to pay for tunes they can easily access free, and record labels, which ofte...

Minz drops the much anticipated video for his hit single, Aunty Patricia . The song is produced by Mowizzy, along with the visuals directed by TG Omori. Minz, currently not signed to a label, is working with a promotion/management company called Purple Tunes based in the US. Expect more from him in the nearest future as he plans to release more sounds and visuals very soon! See the amazing after the cut...

Tyga wants to be taken seriously as a rapper but the internet won’t let him be great because of his connection with the Kardashian clan. Yesterday, we reported that Kanye West signed the ‘Stimulated’ rapper to his GOOD Music label and not long after, the internet erupted with memes and claims that this was a favour to the Kardashians. But the rapper denies this. According to TMZ, sources close to both Kanye and Tyga say that the signing was a strictly business decision and not because he is dating Kylie Jenner. Here’s what TMZ says: “Kanye doesn’t take on ANY artist or project he doesn’t believe in personally. Plus, there’s a genuine friendship between them — we’re told ‘Ye and Tyga started teaming up way before Kylie was in the picture. In fact, [he]was with Blac Chyna when they started, and that’s how she and Kim became friends. We’re told Tyga’s been hitting the studio a lot with Kanye lately, and will be featured on the G.O.O.D. Music album, “Cruel Winter,” which is supposed to d...

Mr. Swag Bag and new kid on the block – Zoro dishes out the visuals to his recent single – Achikolo , featuring king of the East – Phyno with help from Pammy UDU Bunch cultural group. Directed by Mex, peep the crisp visuals to the already buzzing hit! Audio was produced by KezyKlef with some touches by Triple MG’s Selebobo. “If you’re a fan of Zoro or just a curious observer, then you’re in for a treat, the cultural hiphop powerhouse is having a field day with the fusion of hiphop and traditional Igbo dance moves. Off his Ogene success Zoro enlists Phyno and the cultural group called Pammy UDU bunch on this song entitled “Achikolo” mex-directed flick, Zoro can be seen leading and exhibiting different phases of the culture in several dance moves, while displaying his lyrical prowess. It is obvious that Zoro is an ambassador flying his cultural flag to the fullest.” see video after the cut....

Forbes has published the 10th annual Hip-Hop Cash King list. Diddy grabbed the top spot on the list for the second year in a row, with his earnings gotten primarily from his deal with Ciroc and other ventures. See the full list below. 1. Diddy ($62 million) 2. Jay-Z ($53.5 million) 3. Dr. Dre ($41 million) 4. Drake ($38.5 million) 5. Wiz Khalifa ($24 million) 6. Nicki Minaj ($20.5 million) 7. Pitbull ($20 million) 8. Pharrell Williams ($19.5 million) 9. Kendrick Lamar ($18.5 million) 10. Birdman ($18 million 11. Kanye(17.5 million) 12. DJ Khaled ($15million) 13. Asap Rocky ($13 million) 14. J Cole($14 million) 15. Lil Wayne ($14 million) 16. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ($14 million) 17. Snoop Dogg($12.5million) 18. Eminem($11million) 19. Swizz Beatz ($10.5 million) 20. Ludacris and Rick Ross(Tie) ($10million)

“ Sheyman ; Nigeria’s king of melody releases a new hit single “Ball Properly” together with a video for the song. The song was co-written by K9 and produced by the hit master: DJ Coublon. The video was shot and directed by the super talented Patrick Elis in Miami, USA. ‘Ball Properly’ is a pop song in its own lane. It opens up on subtle notes complemented with soothing keys and gradually dovetails with a catchy hook. It is definitely official, Sheyman just dropped the season’s official balling anthem. Sheyman widely known as the king of melody is well known for his ability to turn out hits. He is a very talented Nigerian R&B singer-songwriter, and music producer. He has worked with majority of the key players in the Nigerian music industry. “Ball Properly” is about balling as hard as you work – living life to the fullest and having a great time in the process of doing so. The song is available on itunes and all major music stores. “ see the patrick Elis directed visuals after th...

Adekunle Gold notched the Best New Act award at the 2016 Nigerian Entertainment award (NEA). The YBNL singer topped other acts such as Humblesmith and Ycee in the keenly contested category at the awards which held on Sunday, September 4, 2016 in New York. According to the NetNg, the Ariwo Ko act was one of the few nominated celebrities present to receive their awards at the ceremony. “Thank you very much guys, this means a lot to me. To everybody that voted for me, thank you,” Adekunle was quoted as saying in his acceptance speech.

Telemagic Group, a mobile VAS company and world class ICT Solutions developer in Africa founded in 1998, had its annual Partners’ Luncheon on Saturday, August 27, 2016 in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. The aim of the event was to appreciate their esteemed partners over the years. Celebrities in attendance were Iyanya, Bimbo Akintola, Gandoki, Senator, Elvina Ibru and many others. It was an enjoyable night of food, fun and laughter for everyone, with so many memorable happenings that melt the heart. Eyo E.E Eyo is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at TeleMagic Group.

Tyga is a proud new owner of a Bentley whose starting price is $200,000, and this gift comes just hours after TMZ broke the news that his Ferrari was repossessed while he was in a car shop with Kylie Jenner. Kylie says that the repo story almost ruined her surprise because Tyga wasn’t actually at the dealership with Kylie when they came for his car. Tyga didn’t even know Kylie was there. The good news? Since Kylie bought this car, Tyga doesn’t have to worry about keeping up with the payments! Do we need to start selling some lip kits? Clearly they’re making some good $$$.

Mavin Records’ pop star Reekado Banks has unleashed his anticipated debut album titled“Spotlight”, after an exclusive listening event which took place last night in Lagos and had music industry giants in attendance. The “Chop Am” crooner who has the Headie awards for “Rookie of the Year” and “Next Rated” in his curriculum vitae, is first act of the Mavin 2.0 trio to release a full body of work ahead of mega pop star Korede Bello and diva Di’Ja. The lengthy 21 track set is entirely produced by Mavin in-house producers (Don Jazzy, Baby Fresh and Altims), and features collaborations with Falz, Sarkodie, Patoranking, Vanessa Mdee D’Prince and a skit with Kenny Blaq. SPOTLIGHT – TRACKLIST 

Daddy Freeze of Cool FM talked about his feud with hos ex friend, Basketmouth, in a recent interview with Pulse According to the controversial OAP, “You see there’s a point in the conversation that I cannot have for legal reasons, but there was an alliance that was broken and Basketmouth took the other side or it appeared to me that he did, and he never gave me a call. This is my guy, he never gave me a call to say why did you do this or why did you not do this and I felt slightly slighted. I remember when he was driving a Jetta and I was driving a golf. I am talking about 20-year-old cars basically. He is an amazing talent I must say and I watched that talent grow from a seed into a forest that it is right now