Entertainment
Organisers Urge Youths To Embrace One Mic Initiative
Youths of the Niger Delta region have been urged to embrace the one mic free style singing and Rap competition, an initiative of street records limited in collaboration with Karo Makpor productions and the centre for talent enhancement and development (CTED).
According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of street records limited Mr Karo Makpor, this initiative focuses on the empowerment of creative out of school youths in particular and youths above the ages of 16 years in general who hitherto had no opportunity to showcase their talents and God’s given gifts.
He stressed that the one mic show is absolutely free as no fees are paid at all. Benefits to participants include providing a platform for showcasing young talents, helps in creation of employment opportunities in the entertainment industry, provides a platform for discovery of young talents especially those of Niger Delta origin.
It also helps create new role models for the youths, provides alternative avenues for dissipation of energy by the youths, thus helping curb vices like crime and militancy, the ATV programme ‘one mic’ derived for the running of this project will help showcase these youths to a larger audience as well as introduce them to the arts as an empowerment tool.
The one mic team is made up of successful professional artiste managers who employ the use of Arts for reform technique and have to their credit the discovery of several musical stars in the Niger Delta including the likes of Timaya, Soty, Allonyx, story teller etc.
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They Booed, Threw Bottles At Me – Tems Recounts
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.
Entertainment
Primeboy Pleads For Mohbad’s Burial
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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