Davido sent his fans into a frenzy with a tweet on Monday December 28 after talking about retiring from music. The Nigerian popstar, whose real name is David Adeleke wrote, “I go leave this music for una.” He followed up with a short video in which he yelled out some unclear words, and captioned it, “TULE JARE”…
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As attention around the alleged altercation between Davido and Burna Boy at a nightclub in Ghana swells, Nigerian Twitterverse have had a lot to say about the unconfirmed reports in the tweets. In the early hours of Monday December 28, a video shared by a Twitter user showed the moment a furious man resembling the ‘FEM’ singer attacked another man reported to…
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On Wednesday, December 9, MOBO Awards made a huge comeback with a virtual ceremony, hosted by Maya Jama and Chunkz, live-streamed on YouTube and broadcasted on BBC One alongside highlights special on BBC iPlayer. The long-awaited UK’s biggest celebration of Black music reclaimed its power with a 90-minute spectacle that recognised the hottest new talent from around the…
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American online music publication, Pitchfork has unveiled its 100 Best Songs of 2020 and making it to the list are songs from Nigerian Afrobeats star Burna Boy, Ghanaian Alternative pop singer Amaarae, Jamaican reggae singer, Koffee, and Nigerian music star Burna Boy. Landing on the number 30 and 57 spots respectively, Amaarae’s single Fancy and Burna Boy’s Onyeka (Baby) from his latest album, Twice…
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This next category is grabbing our attention for all the right reasons. During the just-concluded Edison Jazz / World 2020 awards, Burna Boy won the highly coveted award for Best World Album for his fourth studio album African Giant (Atlantic Recording Corporation / Warner Music Group). The Grammy-nominated singer’s win makes him the first Nigerian to win the…
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Nigeria’s most prestigious music award show, The Headies, has released this year’s nominee’s list. The year in review, July 2019 – September 2020 has unarguably been one of the most interesting times for the Nigerian music industry, most especially with the world’s attention on Nigerian music, specifically Afrobeats. For this year’s Headies award, Burna Boy, Fire boy…
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Burna Boy’s latest album, Twice As Tall is Spotify’s most streamed album in Nigeria for 2020. The Afrobeats star who recently earned the singer his second Grammy Awards nomination made history secured the number one spot when his album – which features American rap star, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, as well as his mother, Bose Ogulu, as its executive producers, and…
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Burna Boy has found himself in the midst of controversy once again as reports surfaced that he secretly cheated on his girlfriend Stefflon Don with a 23-year-old UK-based fitness entreprenuer Jo Peal. As we all know, Burna Boy is in a high-profile relationship with the British rapper whom he has been dating since early 2019. However, Pearl…
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The coronavirus pandemic may have cancelled a year’s worth of concerts and album release parties, but Music’s Biggest Night is not only moving ahead right on schedule, it’s set to be as big as ever. On Tuesday, the Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards. The nominations included Nigerian music acts, Burna Boy and Wizkid which immediately…
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The nominations for the 2020 Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards are finally here! Landing in notable categories are many Nigerian and African stars including Burna Boy and Rema who are both nominated in the Best International Act category amongst an array of very talented acts. They also join Wizkid, Davido, Fireboy DML, Adekunle Gold and Tiwa Savage who bagged nominations in the Best…
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