Entertainment
Muma Gee Launches New Album Soon
The empress of songs, Gift Iyumame Uwame aka Muma Gee who had been out of the country for sometime now has come back home to launch a new album titled ‘mother land.’
Speaking in an interview with The Tide Entertainment in Port Harcourt recently, the Nubian queen said the new album would be launched in February next year. She said though she went international for sometime, she decided to come back to her roots to launch the album because it had to do with her people and she was very passionate about it.
The Ekpeye, Rivers State born singer, however disclosed that she would take a break from the studio and extract from the album ‘mother land’ to do an album launch which would be dedicated to the flood victims in Rivers State, adding that the launching would coincide with her birthday on the 18th of November 2012.
The launching which would be held on that day at the Altec hall stadium road, Port Harcourt is titled help stabilize Rivers Relief… concert with Mama Gee.
On show business in Rivers State the multiple award winner said, it is dynamic. She observed that few years back, they were paid peanuts but now the business is the next oil well for this country if government could harness the potentials in the entertainment industry and invest wisely.
Mama Gee who is also an entrepreneur, fashion designer and house wife said she was happy that there was peace in Port Harcourt and people were free to come out and stay late in the night. She said few y ears back the reverse would have been the case.
“I am happy and proud to come from this state that is so sweet and night life is back, it makes me feel good,” he said.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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