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Basket Mouth, Okey Bakassi, Others Storm PH, Soon
Arrangements are in top gear for the sixth edition of the Globacom Laffta fest show stated to hold in five cities namely, Benin City, Owerri, Port Harcourt, Abuja and Lagos. The event will feature comedy, music and dance.
Those slated to perform live in Port Harcourt on June 23 include Okey Bakassi, Seyi law, Basket mouth, Funny Bone and Akpororo while musicians such as mi, Bez Burna Boy and Waje will add flavor to the event.
As part of the entertainment package for the audience, the telecommunication giant has disclosed that admission to the show is free. “All subscribers need to do is to recharge their Glolines with up to N1000, N2000 and N5000 in the preceding month to quality for the regular, VIP and VVIP seats respectively after sending Laffta Fest to a roll free shot code 33001.”
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.