Fuse ODG Bags MOBO Best African Act Prize, Beats Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Mafikizolo, Ice Prince.

AZonto crooner, Fuse ODG has been announced because the winner of the year's MOBO Best African Act Awards, which took place yesterday evening, October 19th 2013.Fuse won the awards against African music power house including Atumpan, Ice Prince, Wizkid, Liquideep, Mafikizolo, Tiwa Savage, Spoek Mathambo. Congratulations to Fuse ODG. Nigerian superstar, D'Banj walked house with the award last year.

Exclusive: BBA Dillish together with Maria hosted by Gov Adams Oshiomhole in Benin

 BBA winner Dillish Matthews and her Namibian companion who also contested in BBA Maria Nepembe (pictured above) are currently in Nigeria. They came in quietly into the country a couple of days ago and went right to Benin were these were hosted by Governor Adams Oshiomhole. You will recall that while in the BBA house, Dillish used to call on Gov Oshiomhole and other Nigerian rich men like Dangote to bless her with money and change her life. Well, God changed her life by making her the winner of the 2013 Big Brother Africa competition and Governor Oshiomhole, I hear, made her richer after her courtesy visit. :-)

BBA contestants Elikem and Selly may also be in town. Dillish and Maria are currently in Abuja for another Selly's birthday celebration which will hold today October 19th at Sofa Lounge.

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Olamide gives free of charge October concert

Rapper, Durosoke hit-maker and rave of the minute; Olamideis set to do at a free of charge concert this month. This event is powered by Koga Entertainment; the guys behind the Top 10 Mics franchise. Officially tagged “ONE NIGHT STAND” this live music showcase may also feature performances by Jaywon, Eva Alordiah, Ketchup and Phenom. 

Rounding out the performance list is Timix, AT, Splash and fuji sensation Q.Dot. This free concert will be on  Saturday, October 26 at Koga Studios, that will be located at No. 2 Bolaji Street, off KudiratAbiola way, Oregun, AlausaIkeja, Lagos. For details on how best to get a free of charge invite to this concert, see @ZebraStripesng on Twitter.

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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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See Top 10 highest paid Nigerian Entertainers

In time past, music and acting were seen more as passion rather than a profession.  However today, it has gone beyond passion and has become not just a vocation but also a money spinning machine. The entertainment industry has put food on the tables of these entertainers as well as opens up other areas of earning to them. Despite the unending that debates D’banj earns more than Tuface and PSquare,  research  details of Nigeria’s top earners
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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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Wizkid,Fuse ODG, P-Square, Mafikizolo, nominated for MTV EMA

Nigerian superstars Wizkid and P-Square have been nominated for the Best African Act category alongside African acts, Mafikizolo, LCNVL and Fuse ODG at the “2013 MTV EMA. MTV made the announcement today. Big congrats to them! Rooting for my boy, Fuse. Can't get over his music.  Breakthrough artists Macklemore & Ryan Lewis lead the EMA nominations with five nods each, while Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke are each up for four awards.  The “2013 MTV EMA” will be broadcast live on MTV (DStv Channel 130) on Sunday 10 November at 22:00 CAT from the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam (official red carpet show starts at 21:00 CAT).

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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Ice Prince, Tiwa Savage, Wizkid nominated for 2013 Mobo Awards

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VIDEO: Wizkid Interview with Media Spotlight UK | Wireless Festival 2013

So I just came across this interview Wizkid had with Media Spotlight UK during this Summer’s Yahoo Wireless Festival 2013 in London. Wizzy stays repping the movement both home and abroad.

Here’s a couple of clips from Wizkid’s performance @ Wireless Festival 2013.

Angel ft Wizkid – Blown Away

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Stunning Flood With Love campaign features over 30 Nigerian celebs

 Flood With Love is a campaign that was initiated by some of Nigeria's richest people, including Aliko Dagote, Folorunsho Alakija and Tony Elumelu, to help victims of flood. The campaign for this initiative is so stunning and features over 30 Nigerian celebrities. Got some of the raw photos featuring Banky W (above), Jay Jay Okocha, Wizkid, Stephanie Okereke Linus, Iyanya and Eku Edewor. Find their photos after the cut but please when this campaign launches, try and support by texting in.
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MTN Project Fame All Star Concert in Calabar

The MTN Project Fame All Stars concert took Calabar by Storm last Friday. It was a jam-packed Cultural centre that gyrated and danced from one PF star to the other, plus featured appearances by Kcee and Wizkid.

In what turned out to be an event that will be talked about all weekend and beyond, the PF All stars rocked the stage with their newest singles and their post Project Fame songs and videos. Continue..

 

Cool Tolu, kicked off the night with Roy, Marvellous, Ochuko, Ella, Tomiwa, Praiz, AYO, imyke, Iyanya, Chidinma keeping the crowd on their feet dancing and singing along.

The crowd stayed all night and where thrilled throughout till when Iyanya and Whizkid closed in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Congratilations: Wizkid wins African Artist of the Year at Ghana Music Awards

He beat P-Square, Iyanya, and Davido to win African Artist of the Year at the just concluded Ghana Music awards. 

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Wizkid to release new album under EME

The new album will feature Femi Kuti and Dbanj

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

5 Nigerian Artiste Who Dumped Rap For Pop Music

According to Thenetng.com Not every pop star started out singing and composing smash hit singles. Some of the biggest pop stars in the game today started out as rappers. Let’s highlight the top pop stars who were once rappers… Let’s know if we missed out any names!

 1. eLDee- When the history of Nigerian Hip Hop is written, eLDee will undoubtedly have more than a few pages. Unknown to many of eLDee’s younger fans the former leader of the rap group Trybesmen not only laid the blueprint of the modern Nigerian rap sound but was the first to go the Alaba route. In his rap days, eLDee helped kick start the careers of some of today’s biggest rappers which include Sasha, Blaiseand 2 Shotz. He was no slouch on the mic either as he held his own with rhyme partners Freestyle andKaboom. But now, he has quit spitting bars; choosing instead to be a singer, with so many hits under his belt. Once in a while though he still lets the rapper in him come out.

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