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The organizers of Galaxy Music Awards, GMA, have unveiled this year’s list of nominations, with rising Nigerian rapper Tochukwu Ojogwu, popularly known as Odumodublvck leading the pack with four nods. Odumodublvck was followed by Burna Boy, and Omah Lay who got two nominations each, including Best Album of the Year and Artist of the Year categories. Also, contemporary high-life singer, Flavour also got nominations including Best Artist of the Year […]

Controversial singer, Abdulazeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, and Lagos socialite, Samson Eletu, also known as Sam Larry, have filed a fundamental rights suit to challenge their continued detention over the death of 27-year-old singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, officially known as Mohbad. In the suit filed through their lawyer, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), they are urging the court to declare that the continued detention at the Homicide Section of the Lagos […]

Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has on Tuesday lost all his seven nominations in the 2023 BET Awards. Burna Boy was nominated in the following categories; ‘Hip-Hop Artiste of the Year’, ‘Song of the Year,’ ‘Best Hip-Hop Video’, ‘Best Collaboration’, ‘Best Live Performer’, ‘Lyricist of the Year’, and ‘Hustler of the Year’. The award took place at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on October 3, […]

Afrobeats star, Divine Ikubor popularly known as Rema has said that he isn’t making music because of financial gains. Rema said he was doing well financially even while doing freestyles and sharing them on social media. Speaking in an interview he said if he didn’t make it in the music industry, he would still be hustling and making money.  

Controversial artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable has dragged singer Adekunle Gold after the latter contacted him to join a social media challenge of his song ‘Ogaranya.’ Portable went on to narrate his disappointment with how Adekunle Gold reached out to him for a social media challenge of his song rather than a song feature. He announced his plans to do a music tour of the USA from September […]

Nigerian singer, Habeeb Olalomi Oyegbile popularly known as Portable's official Instagram account has been hacked. In a statement by the singer’s management on Wednesday, it assured it was working actively to resolve the issue. The statement added, that the management apologize for any inconvenience caused and assure you that they are working tirelessly to resolve the matter as soon as possible. It also stated that Portable deeply values the support […]

Nigerian music star Divine Ikubor Popularly known as Rema’s chart-topping track ‘Calm Down,’ featuring international artist Selena Gomez, is now the first to maintain its position at the summit of the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart for a year. According to Chart Data, the song’s reign at number one on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart has spanned an impressive 52 weeks, revealing its popularity and widespread appeal. Although ‘Calm […]

Grammy award-winning artiste, Burna Boy has described Afrobeats as nothing, saying it lacks substance. He made this known in a recent interview on Apple Music. According to the singer, 90 percent of Afrobeats songs is devoid of real-life experiences and only portray an amazing time which life isn’t all about. His statement has since sparked a range of reactions on social media with some agreeing with him, and others criticizing […]

Nigerian singer Simisola Kosoko (Simi) has clarified the relationship she had with her colleague, Folarin Falana, also known as Falz. Simi revealed this in an interview. She stated that she never dated Falz, adding that talks about a relationship with him back then were imaginations of their fans. The songwriter said he did a verse on her song 'JAMB Question Remix’ , followed by 'Soldier'