Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of Chinese internet behemoth Alibaba, made his first public appearance in over two months in an online video Wednesday, ending weeks of speculation about his whereabouts. Ma — one of China’s richest people with a fortune estimated at around $58 billion — disappeared from the …
Read More »AB Explains Concept Behind Controversial Album Cover Art
Fast rising music duo, Apex (Omokhudu Daniel) and Bionic (Andrew Omokhudu) of the group known as AB have been having a bit of a hard time since they released the cover art of their sophomore album titled Nobody Holy. After the JFK Resolute Music duo revealed art cover to their …
Read More »Mmzy teams up with Seun Kuti on animal
Worried by the state of the nation, Kerae Records music act, Akachukwu Emmanuel Uche known musically as Mmzy, has sent out a message to the government in his new single Animal. To drive home his point with a touch of activism, he had Afrobeat artiste Seun Kuti, a widely known …
Read More »DJ Khaled Announced As Host Of MAMA 2021
Grammy award-winning global sensation and record executive, DJ Khaled has been announced as International Host of this year’s edition of the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) scheduled to hold in Kampala, Uganda. The awards, which will broadcast live globally in 180 countries for the first time on February 20, will …
Read More »Singer Waje Celebrates Men In New Music Video “Best Thing”
Nigerian singer Waje today shared the long-awaited video to her song, “Best Thing”. The video serves as an ode to the fabulous men in our lives who love us, inspire us, celebrate us and elevate us. The Cracker Mallo produced single was released in December 2020. “Best Thing” video features …
Read More »WHO, China could have acted more quickly: pandemic response probe
The World Health Organization and Beijing could have acted faster when Covid-19 first surfaced in China, a group investigating the global response has concluded. In its second report, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response said that an evaluation of the “chronology of the early phase of the outbreak …
Read More »Bankulli Features Not3s In New Single ‘Foreign’
Building on the success of his invocative debut single, ‘Gbemiro’ which was released in 2020 and features Wurld; the man behind several executive scenes, and Grammy-nominated songwriter Bankulli returns with his second official single, ‘Foreign’ enlisting British-Nigerian Afroswing artist, Not3s. ‘Foreign’ is a catchy record with a luxurious vibe built …
Read More »The Voices Redefining Naija Music
No doubt, the Nigerian music industry is thriving like never before. At the turn of the last decade, we witnessed the rise of new artistes such as Wizkid, M.I. Abaga, Davido, Burna Boy, Olamide, Phyno, Yemi Alade, Tiwa Savage, Tekno and others. These stellar entertainers steadily created continental chart-topping hits …
Read More »Watch: Sia Features Burna Boy In “Hey Boy”
On Tuesday, 12th of January, Sia announced she will be featuring Burna Boy in a new version of her song, Hey Boy. This was also put up by Burna Boy on his social media. ‘Hey Boy’ was initially released back in November of last year, and was preceded by other …
Read More »YouTube announces winners of inaugural YouTube Black Voices creator grantees from Africa
YouTube has released its inaugural class of African content creators set to receive a grant for the development of their channels from the global #YouTubeBlackVoices Fund. In addition to the grant earmarked for content development, the 23 YouTubers from Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa will also take part in an …
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