The Highest Paid Nigerian Hip Hop Artistes And How Much They Charge

Award-winning singing duo, Peter and Paul Okoye famously known as P-Square are the highest paid hip-hop artistes right now, ENCOMIUM Weekly findings have revealed. The Okoyes are currently charging between N9 and N10 million for a show within Nigeria…..

Apart from information gathered from the source close to the duo, independent music promoters/artiste managers also confirmed this, declaring the Koko master, D’Banj as the second highest paid artiste. The DB Record boss charges between N6 and N7 million as a standard show fee.

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Photo & IG Video: Akon & Wale perform with Wizkid at his concert in New York

Watch Video: Tonto Dikeh talks about her and WizKid, sitting with l-e-gs wide open (No Pant Spotted)

Following a press release, Tonto Dikeh defends herself in an exclusive interview to iroko, this footáge was taking a while ago, but I know you guys would enjoy it, Talk of Naija is all about what had happened and what is happening, in this Video footáge we find Tonto Dikeh sitting in a car talking about her and WizKid.

But as a Bad guys we are, all I kept thinking while watching the video was her position, I could not figure out if she was wéaring a Sk-í-rt, Shorts, or even Pánt. But honestly she got some nice  l-e-gs. Guys you must watch this Video, 

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Mercy Johnson To Feature Alongside MI, Wizkid, Sakordie In Ice Prince’s Remix

Award winning rapper, Ice Prince on Tuesday night announced the line-up for the remix of ‘Aboki’ The Chocolate City rapper tweeted on Tuesday night; “Aboki Remix!!! Zamani (Nig), Khuli Chana (SA), Mercy Johnson (Nig), Wizkid (Nig), MI (Nig)Sakordie (Ghana)!!” As much as the star-studded line-up caught everyone’s attention, the surprising inclusion would be Mercy Johnson who apart from just being delivered of a baby has not proven her dexterity in music.

Top celebrity endorsements & their worth.

Endorsements from various corporate bodies have become a major source of revenue for  top entertainment celebrities. Musicians, comedians and Nollywood stars now smile to the banks on account of what they get paid by these blue chip companie These endorsement deals are usually worth multi millions of naira and our celebrities are laughing all the way to the bank. We highlight celebrities with the most endorsements and how much they’re worth
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'No sponsor influenced winners of Headies Award'- Ayo Animasahun

Ayo Animashaun, the brain behind the Headies Award has reacted to criticisms that trailed the award in 2013. Critics of the award which held December 26th 2013 believed that the winners were largely dictated by the lead sponsor of the show, making the organizers give awards only to artistes who are ambassadors of the lead sponsor and not necessarily to those who merited it.

PHOTOS: Wizkid And Girlfriend Make Public Appearances Together, Calls Her His 'Miss'

Star boy Wizzy has been away in the UK working on music for his StarBoy Mix-tape since early January. During this time, the music superstar has revealed another side of his persona – the devoted boyfriend!

Via a series of tweets and instagram photos, Wizkid has disclosed the identity of his girlfriend; her name is Tania Omotayo Teller. The first official sighting of Tania was at the Chris Brown concert in Lagos during the Christmas holiday. At that point, he referred to her as “My homie T“.

Video: Chris Brown shouts out Wizkid & Azonto on BET’s 106 & Park

You all need to watch this video. Chris Brown, while promoting his new album on BET's 106 & Park, talks about Azonto, credits it to Nigeria  and says he learnt it from Wizkid...and also says Wizzy baby is an incredible artist. Peep from 4:30 mark

Behind the scenes photos from Iyanya & Wizkid's music video shoot

 The song is titled Sexy Mama and it's Iyanya featuring Wizkid. It was shot in South Africa yesterday by prolific music video director, Sesan. See more photos after the Break

Iyanya's concert ft D'banj, MI, Wizkid, holds Today at Eko hotel

Iyanya's album launch concert will hold Today March 2nd at Eko Convention Centre at 7pm. Tickets: N5k and N25k. Tables sold for N500k and N1million.  The concert will feature D'banj, MI, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Flavour, Davido, Bracket, May D, Seyi Shay, Timaya, Burna Boy, Vector, Emma Nyra, Lola Rae. See Iyanya's  Desire Album launch rehearsals in Abuja after the Break

Davido talks about beef with Wizkid, says he was upset about Wizkid's shade

Top ten hit songs that made 2012

Like hail stones, these hit songs came down on us; peaking as the year swung into a last quarter. Nigerian artists pushed their talents to the extremes to create a resounding 2012. Everyone wanted to make a name this year; to survive the market. Upcoming artists were particularly faced with the greatest challenges as fans besieged with new singles every other day only gave each new act a few seconds to grab their attention.

Many of these acts succeeded eventually; that’s why compiling this list was so difficult.

Wizkid's Appreciation Concert (PHOTOS)

Pop star, Wizkid who just recently acquired a new house, stages an appreciation concert.

The Appreciation Concert took place on Thursday January 10th at the new African Shrine in Ikeja.

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Hidden Secrets and facts You Never Knew About Wizkid,Ice Prince Olamide, Omotola And other Nigerian Celebrities!

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Unknown Facts About Some Nigerian Celebrities .......


- Do you know that Ruggedman has a huge Fan Base in Togo than any other African country? 
- Do you know that Gbenga Adeyinka is the ONLY Comedian who has performed in all 36 States of the Federation? 

Photos: Akon Joins Wizkid, BankyW For 'Roll It' Music Video Shoot In Ghana

Somewhere in Africa, Ghana, Akon, Wizkid and BankyW are shooting the music video for their hit single 'Roll it'.Pictures are from last night's shoot.

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MTV Base addresses debate on their Top 20 Best Naija songs list

Below is the press release..

Music channel MTV Base ignited a fierce social media debate about the best of Nigerian music following a programme which aired on Nigeria’s Independence Day called “The Best Naija Songs Ever on MTV Base”.

The list of artistes and songs featured in the programme was determined by viewers of MTV Base, who voted via the MTV Base website www.mtvbase.com to choose their musical favourites starting from the channel’s launch on 22 February, 2005 till the present day.  The “Top 20” voted for by MTVBase viewers comprised:

E.M.E Banky W stages R&BW - The grand love concert

Banky W is throwing another Lagos party. And this time, it’s for the release of his hugely anticipated genre-defining, industry-shaking album R&BW.

The singer, songwriter and businessman has spent the last few years grooming protégées like Wizkid, Skales and Niyola; running the EME label- currently unarguably Nigeria’s number one music powerhouse.

Now, W is all ready to present his new body of work to millions of fans around the world. And he’s setting it off with an intimate concert this Valentine.

P-Square off the Soundcity’s Top 10 Nigeria This Week

International recording artiste, Bez climbs to the top of the authoritative music video countdown show – Soundcity’s Top 10 Nigeria.

This week on the long-running chart show hosted by Adams (@Adams_VJ) and Pearl (@PearlCardy), there was a major overhaul with only the ‘Voom va’ video from Skuki is on the top five, ‘Voom va’ moved from the number 5 position last week to number 3 on this week countdown. Cynthia Morgan makes an entry at Number 10. Tekno’s collaboration with Davido was among the new entries with the Moe Musa-directed video at number 9 position, Wizkid and L.A.X – ‘caro’ collaboration at number eight and A-Q’s Bang at the number 7 position.
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