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- Davido reacts to fire incident at AGF’s office says “Make them return our money o”
- Reno Omokri reacts to the fire outbreak at Accountant Generals office
- ‘There is no beauty in exposing your cleavages, They are deceiving you’ – Lady advices Ex BBNaija housemate Diane
- Olamide laments, says “Coronavirus is on world tour, shutdown everywhere”
- Lockdown: Davido cries out as he begins spending his savings
- Marvin Boss, Don Jazzy reveals he once slept with a P0rnstar during a question and answer session
- 25 years old US rapper and model, Chynna Rogers passes on
- Bobrisky strips off for the first time, flaunts b00bs and backside on Instagram
- BBNaija's Nina reveals her husband's identity in new loved up photo
- Cody Blayzz unveils artwork for upcoming EP "International Local"
- Cardi B feels frustrated over lockdown in the US as she misses sex
- TikTok & Triller vs Falz's 'Bop Daddy' gradually impacts on Nigerians and global music in COVID-19 lockdown
- 50 Cent commissioned by Starz to produce 'Black Mafia Family' drama series
- Watch the first teaser for Nollywood director, Imoh Umoren's 'Channel 77'
| Davido reacts to fire incident at AGF’s office says “Make them return our money o” Posted: 10 Apr 2020 01:00 AM PDT  Nigerian singer David Adeleke popularly called Davido has reacted to the fire incident that gutted the office of the Accountant General.The singer expressed his displeasure at the news that the office went up in flames.Reacting to the news, the father of three took to his page on the popular micro-blogging platform, Twitter, to air his opinion.The Blow My Mind crooner said that the money donated to combat COVID-19 must be returned. According to him, he does not agree with the story that the AGF's office caught fire.The singer's father is one of the people who donated a huge amount to fight the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. Lamenting the loss that must have taken place at the AGF's office, Davido expressed his heartbreak through tearful emojis. As if to mock him, a follower identified as King Anuoluwapo tweeted at Davido. He told the singer that his father's contribution has just gone down the drain. Responding to King Anuoluwapo, Davido said that his father's donation is nothing to him, however, every dime donated to the government must be accounted for.    |
| Reno Omokri reacts to the fire outbreak at Accountant Generals office Posted: 10 Apr 2020 12:30 AM PDT  Nigerian lawyer and writer, Reno Omokri have reacted to the fire outbreak at the Accountant General's office.Fire gutted the Accountant General's office earlier today and Reno Omokri thinks there is something fishy about it.The "Facts versus Fiction" author took to his Twitter page to share his opinion, he wrote; "The fire in the Accountant General's office started a day after @OfficialPDPNig called for an audit into the so called subsidy regime that General @MBuhari's government claims to have spent over ₦2 trillion on? How convenient! Who is fooling who?"See post below;  |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2020 12:00 AM PDT  Ex BBNaija housemate, Diane Russet has been adviced by a fan to stop exposing her cleavages after she shared a picture on Instagram.According to the follower identified as @Dupetoba on Instagram, there is no beauty in exposing private parts of ones body, hence the reason why Diane should stop. Recall that few months ago, the 24 year old sent her fans on social media into frenzy after she appeared at a movie premier in a cleavage-bearing outfit. See the lady's post below;   |
| Olamide laments, says “Coronavirus is on world tour, shutdown everywhere” Posted: 09 Apr 2020 11:30 PM PDT  'Shakiti Bobo' crooner, Olamide has admitted that coronavirus has shown it is capable of making the whole world stand still.In his post on Instagram, the father of two described how coronavirus has shut down everywhere by doing a world tour. He however added that the whole world has accepted that coronavirus is number one so it can now leave. Recall that many Nigerian artists had to suspend their, tours and shows because of the deadly pandemic coronavirus disease. Olamide is obviously affected and we hope this crisis ends soon.  |
| Lockdown: Davido cries out as he begins spending his savings Posted: 09 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT  Nigerian singer Davido seemed to have started feeling the brunt of the coronavirus lockdown happening across the country. Davido took to his social media page to lament about the lack of money.Many people across the country have lamented the effect of the lockdown on their source of income as they take to various social media platforms to call on the government for help.While some people revealed that their poor families have been greatly affected by the pandemic, it seems that the rich are also becoming affected by their inability to conduct business at this time. Singer Davido is one of such people as he has taken to his page on the photo-sharing app, Instagram, to lament about his lack of money. The father of three revealed his thoughts about the ongoing lockdown on his Instagram story. According to him, he has started dipping his hands into money he is not supposed to touch. The Blow My Mind crooner expressed his feelings with a crying emoji.   |
| Marvin Boss, Don Jazzy reveals he once slept with a P0rnstar during a question and answer session Posted: 09 Apr 2020 10:30 PM PDT  Nigerian music boss, DonJazzy, revealed on Wednesday that he had slept with an adult movie star before.He revealed this during a question and answer session with his fans on Instagram where the fan threw the question to him.See below;  |
| 25 years old US rapper and model, Chynna Rogers passes on Posted: 09 Apr 2020 10:00 PM PDT  American rapper and model, Chynna Rogers, who performed with ASAP Rocky's hip-hop collective ASAP Mob, has passed away suddenly at the age of 25, her manager has confirmed."I can regrettably confirm Chynna passed away," her manager John Miller told Billboard's Stereogum via email. He added that her family said, "Chynna was deeply loved and will be sorely missed".A statement from her management team at True Panther reads: "Rest In Peace Chynna. Heartbroken. All the love to those she left behind. Goodbye angel." The cause of death has yet to be revealed. In the past, Rogers battled with opioid addiction, but there is no indication if it had anything to do with her death. Chynna Rogers who was born in Philadelphia, started her career as a model, after signing with Ford Models when she was just 14. Soon after, she became friends with A$AP Mob founder A$AP Yams and released her first single Selfie in 2014 and Glen Coco in 2014 through A$AP Ant and DJ Nick's Marino Gang record label, which became viral hits on YouTube. It was the late Yams who gave Rogers the confidence to pursue a career in music and in 2015, she released EP's entitled I'm Not Here in 2015, followed by Ninety in 2016. Also in 2017, Rogers released her EP, Music 2 Die 2. Her last release, 'in case I die first', dropped in January. A$AP Mob led tributes to the young artist on Twitter. He wrote: "REST EASY CHYNNA. WE GON MISS U SIS," reads a message from the hip-hop collective's social accounts. See her rear photos below;     |
| Bobrisky strips off for the first time, flaunts b00bs and backside on Instagram Posted: 09 Apr 2020 07:30 AM PDT  Bobrisky may be the most criticized celebrity in the Nigerian entertainment industry because of his cross-dressing activities and because of rumors that he is gay but one thing you can't criticize him for is body exposure.The cross dresser does not expose his body unnecessarily but it seems times are about to change now.As a lot of celebrity continue to express boredom over the state of the country during this covid-19 lockdown, Bobrisky has taken to social media to entertain his fans with a photo of his body, his backside and b00bs.He also made it known that he will delete the video soon. See below;  |
| BBNaija's Nina reveals her husband's identity in new loved up photo Posted: 09 Apr 2020 07:00 AM PDT Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Nina Chinonso Onyenobi also known as Nina has shared new photos of herself and her husband on Instagram.  Nina got married earlier in the year in a very private wedding ceremony.The reality TV star took to her Instagram stories on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, where she shared the loved up videos and photos.This would be the first time Nina would be giving fans a clue of the identity of her husband. Recall that her wedding ceremony was marred with so many controversies as blogs and newspapers reported about the inconsistencies at the ceremony. From the said absence of her husband to the rumours about her bride price. In her defense, the reality TV star came out to debunk the news of her husband not paying her bride price in full.  "I want to thank God Almighty for a successful "Ime ego " My hubby paid everything in full... You all know how owerri bride price list is 🤣🤣 it's huge," she wrote. Nina was one of the housemates from the third season of Nigeria's most-watched reality TV show, Big Brother Naija.  |
| Cody Blayzz unveils artwork for upcoming EP "International Local" Posted: 09 Apr 2020 06:30 AM PDT  Nigerian recording artiste, Geoff Karo, widely known by his stage name Cody Blayzz, has unveiled an anticipation artwork for his soon to be released EP titled "International Local".The Ep's title and Anticipation Artwork was released on Instagram on April 7th 2020."International Local" serves as Cody Blayzz's Debut EP.The sensational Singer, Cody Blayzz has had an exceptional run for a few years now, from releasing two videos, two singles and a forthcoming debut EP, he shows no sign of slowing down. On this Project Cody has shown his musical prowess with a distinct melody, just as he claims he is all about trying new sounds. Management: Godmcee Ventures  |
| Cardi B feels frustrated over lockdown in the US as she misses sex Posted: 09 Apr 2020 06:00 AM PDT  Cardi B says she is not having all the sex she desires because of the lockdown in the United States of America.According to the Cable News Network (CNN), The United States of America has recorded over 399, 929 cases and 12,911 deaths.According to PageSix, the rapper says she misses her family and is unable to get it on with her husband, Offset."I have sex so many times, and now I'm on my period, I can't even f - - k, I miss my family and I miss my friends … I've never been so alone … I just watch documentaries and watch movies," she said. In Nigeria, there are 232 cases of coronavirus in 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, as of April 6. Five people have died from coronavirus infection in Nigeria - two in Lagos, two in the FCT, and one in Edo.  |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2020 05:30 AM PDT  While TikTok and Triller are here and they're blowing up, and with a heavy Africa-esque push on the horizon, there is a need for Nigerian artists to get creative and get smart as they think of promotional strategies for their music.It's not going to last. Okay, maybe that's to cynical and pessimistic. Let's rephrase; it's unlikely to last. However, with the rate at which TikTok is going, it's rumoured $1 billion ad budget and the financial muscle of ByteDance - it's parent company - you just never know. Asides that, ByteDance hopes to launch a music streaming service for TikTok while it's major rival, Triller is making a play for music. But that's not what we're here to discuss. While TikTok and Triller are here and they're blowing up, and with a heavy Africa-esque push on the horizon, there is a need for Nigerian artists to get creative and get smart as they think of promotional strategies for their music.First off, what are Triller and TikTok? TikTok is a video-sharing social networking service owned by ByteDance. In its former life, TikTok was known as musical.ly. On its website, Triller defines itself as "an entertainment platform built for creators. A social video community where you can show the world who you are by capturing flawless videos..." On their own, they are just random video-creation and social networking sites that give us the tools to create short videos about random events. But as they grow, they have become primary video creation platforms that suit the Gif/Meme culture of an entire social media-obsessed internet generation. They also impact music streaming - streams from Apple Music count Triller as part of the streams for a song. While Triller also has a feature that could help people shoot quick viral music videos, TikTok is a virtual-equipment enabled video-creation application. What they are affecting the most, however is the global success or otherwise of certain songs. How is that happening? Music and dance have always gone hand-in-hand. In the earlier days of music, videos were made to not only promote the music, the music videos were made to engage the mind of viewers. For that reason, extras would join the main artiste on set and drive the conversation on the song or simply help sell the song better. But overtime, the danceable songs that could even remotely make anybody move started to include dance routines in form of choreography in video shoots. For that reason, acts like Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and more became heroes of an entire generation - they created groundbreaking dance routines in their music videos. This directly influenced dance routines of the 'Boy/Girl Band Era' across the world. Boyz II Men will do their slow dance routines to make women go crazy while dressed in suits and while TLC, N'Sync or Backstreet Boys will do more energetic dance routines. In Nigeria, Fela's stage performances were usually accompanied by sensual female dance routines. As the era grew, so did music and its use of dance. Awilo Longomba was a viral moment that united Africa in a sonic and dance craze - if TikTok existed at the time, their service might have crashed. The pop era became synonymous with viral dance routines from Usher, Destiny's Child, P Square, Rasqie and more. However, it was difficult to aggregate the virality of dance routines at the time. Even though since the early 2000s, Nigerian and global music have seen viral dance routines come and go, it was only at the virality and wide use of the internet that viral dance routines became aggregated. At the start of the last decade, viral dance routines took the form of dance sessions on YouTube, short dance videos on social media or #Challenge Culture to become famous. What is #Challenge Culture? The #Challenge Culture can simply be defined as a viral moment that incorporates dance or compulsory acts to drive fun and engagement. Sometimes, it involves the use of music and sometimes, participation requires nomination by someone you know. But the entire idea of it is designed to either play into the vanity of people or promote a brand/song or both. Since the turn of the decade, #Challenge Culture has gone to another level. What possibly started as #GangnamStyle birthed #IceBucketChallenge for ALS and #SelfieChallenge which represented the first time #ChallengeCulture would make a song tagged as #Challenge a success. The #SelfieChallenge piqued on the viral use of the word 'selfie' as front cameras began making the waves. It took 'Let Me Take A #Selfie' and its makers, The Chainsmokers from obscurity to the mainstream. While 'Gangnam Style' by Psy, 'Harlem Shake' by Bauer or even the numerous flash mob inspired songs by pop sensation, LMFAO had worked with the internet to become viral successes and even get to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was the #MannequinChallenge that first used #Challenge and sent a song to No. 1. That was 'Black Beatles' by Rae Sremmurd. Across the pond in Africa, internet usage was not as high as in Europe and America. Thus, people could not consume data to join moments of #Challenge. What happened was that we continued making viral dance videos to our trending viral dance routines. #Challenge culture was not really as prominent in Nigeria as it was in Europe and America at the start of the 2010s. Nonetheless, certain Nigerians joined the #MannequinChallenge and aced it. But since then, the world has gone crazy with #ChallengeCulture. Drake alone, who is probably the god of modern internet has benefited off three #Challenge culture moments for 'Hotline Bling' and 'In My Feelings. #InMyFeelingsChallenge is largely credited to a dance called Shiggy. Asides that, acts like Bobby Shmurda, Silento, Rae Sremmurd have also created internet-enabled versions of what Souljah Boy did with 'Crank Dat' and Huey attempted with 'Pop, Lock and Drop It.' The world changed and so did how we perceive it. Since 2019 Things have gone to another level. These days, it seems we cannot have a successful song without viral dance #Challenge Culture moment. In fact, it's spilling into Nigeria and the rest of Africa. In fact, these days, the vanity of memes and GiFs and the need to go viral created non-music related #Challenge as celebrities battled each other for the #BottleCapChallenge. Since 2019, Nigerian artists, Naira Marley, Zlatan and Olamide have create quite a few #Challenge Culture moments to last a decade. Naira Marley and Olamide have been locked in the lucid obscenity of 'Soapy,' 'Tesumole,' 'Opotoyi,' 'Pawon' and 'Won Ma' with their Instagram pages either filled with numerous twerking sessions from women or people performing dance moves their songs birthed. Zlatan on his part has created moments for his songs, 'Zanku,' 'Yeye Boyfriend,' 'Bolanle,' 'Gbeku' and even 'Unripe Paw Paw.' It's like nothing is complete unless these artists create a #Challenge or viral dance routine of some sort. TikTok and Triller Nonetheless, where it counts, only a few artists have been able to get smart and benefit. With the rise of TikTok and Triller, Drake has benefited with two songs already in 'Non Stop' for the #FlipTheSwitchChallenge and the inevitable No. 1 single, 'Toosie Slide' which is a dance created by a guy named Toosie. Asides that, songs like 'Savage' by Megan Thee Stallion, 'Don't Rush' by British duo, Bugsey and Young T have aimed at creating No. 1 hits with TikTok in the form of 'Old Town Road' by Lil Nas X and 'The Box' by Roddy Rich. On their own, they have been aided by the boredom of people who are stuck at home during the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Nonetheless, it's become clear that the new object of promotion for new music are TikTok and Triller for what they represent. In 2019, Rolling Stone wrote an article about how the four major record labels now pay TikTok influencers to promote new songs by thinking up challenges or using those songs in their videos. To be honest, it's working but Nigeria has only seen three candidates jump on that trend 'Bop Daddy' by Falz, 'Nobody' by DJ Neptune featuring Joeboy and Mr Eazi and 'Love Nwantiti (Remix)' by Ckay featuring Joeboy and Kuami Eugene. It's also interesting how two of those songs carry the stamp of Nigeria's most tech-savvy artist, Mr. Eazi. Yes, the penetration of TikTok and Triller is still really low in Nigeria. This is due to the intense data consumption that using TikTok and Triller require as well as wanton ignorance to the availability or fun applications like those two. However, over the past 15 years Nigeria has grown become one of the most mobilized countries in the world where the average person consumes an average of 135 MB in a day. TikTok, Triller and even the larger streaming might only be used by 2% of Nigeria's internet population now, but chances are that by the end of lockdown, those numbers could very well tip towards 10%. Ladies and gentlemen, that's sufficient to make a few Nigerian hits from TikTok or Triller like in the Nigerian context. How will that happen? Already, TikTok is making a move on Nigeria and Africa by going on a recruitment drive for social media content creators and influencers. Chances are that by the end of the year, people like Craze Clown, Sidney Talker, Taooma, Maraji and more might start creating exclusive content for TikTok. Mind you, TikTok is backed with a rumoured $1 billion ad budget. What man power cannot crack, money might crack it. Regardless, even 10% of Nigeria's internet population using TikTok as well as an inevitable array of influencers are enough to make a hit off random songs. All that has to happen is simple; a creative person creates good video content with a random song and it makes its way to Instagram, Facebook and Twitter where the bulk of Nigeria's internet population is. What happens next is that it gets millions views, retweets and likes. Other people might then start creating the versions of the original video with TikTok and Triller or even random video editors. Boom! a song goes viral. Of course, it's not set in stone, but it means Nigerian artists need to start getting creative with the use of TikTok and Triller as burgeoning tool for music promotion. What they need to do is pay creative people to think for them and come up with unique content formats to be used on TikTok and Triller. These unique content formats don't even have to be #Challenge Culture. People can think of great campaigns that could help a Nigerian music that desperately needs new promo formats for music and roll-outs beyond fake reverse-influencer marketing, web distribution, playlisting and radio placement. Of course, my fear is that Nigerian artists are lazy. They are also unwilling to spend extra money to make money. Instead, what we are likely to see is a bunch of failed attempts at #Challenge Culture like Naira Marley, Olamide and Zlatan have attempted and consistently failed with since the final quarter of 2019. Another fear I have is that this TikTok and Triller wave will come and go in what this writer feels is an inevitable wave without due use by Nigerian artists. Of course, #Challenge culture will sell some of the first artists who will look to promote their music with TikTok and Triller. However, that strategy will not last. People have short attention spans and repetition is unlikely to aid that. It's time for Nigerian artists to start thinking.  |
| 50 Cent commissioned by Starz to produce 'Black Mafia Family' drama series Posted: 09 Apr 2020 05:00 AM PDT 50 Cent's much talked about upcoming drama series, 'Black Mafia Family' has gotten a major green light for its production. The streaming platform that hosted 50 Cent's 'Power' has confirmed its commissioning of upcoming 'Black Mafia Family'.According to HipHop DX, Starz CEO Jeffrey Hirsch confirmed the streamer's involvement in a press release where he shared that they were passionate about partnering with 50 Cent on the project especially as its story has "all the hallmarks of a great drama".The upcoming drama is based on a drug trafficking gang founded in Detriot around the 1980s. The gang led by Big Meech, born Demetrius Flenory, held sway up until the 2000s. 50 Cent confirmed that Big Meech had endorsed the the production of the B.M.F. drama series from jail in 2016.The series will be co produced by Lionsgate television and 50 Cent's G-Unit team.  |
| Watch the first teaser for Nollywood director, Imoh Umoren's 'Channel 77' Posted: 09 Apr 2020 04:00 AM PDT Imoh Umoren's 'Channel 77' is a few more steps to hitting the screens and to buttress the point, the film director and cinematographer has dropped the first teaser to whet the appetite of his teeming audience. The upcoming drama stars Kelechi Udegbe as a television station's manager at the end of his rope so he turns to an egoistic genius to turn the tide.Udegbe's artistry has never been in doubt neither is Umoren's set designing skill which are some of the reasons fans might look forward to 'Channel 77'.Watch teaser below;  |
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