Entertainment
How RnB Made Some Nigerian Artistes
In the advanced countries like America, Britain, Canada among others, their major sources of revenue are from the entertainment industry, mainly musicians movie artistes and it has been the major source of livelihood for most of the African-Americans who mainly started RnB music.For the whites, bispanics and mullatos are not left out as it has greatly made them millionaires and has given them fame and respect throughout Europe and America even in Africa and Asia. It has also in turn led to the transformation of our music industries rapidly introducing more experience and technical culture to our singers and products which led to the transformation of the industry.
Most successful musicians in the world today are mainly RnB/Pop stars usher, Terry Raymond, Micheal Jackson, ne-yo Chrisbrown among others, they are mainly RnB artistes, and they have been certified by billboards as the most successful artiste of the decade. Singers like Trey Song, Jason Deruco, John Hort, Justin Bubber are also gaining international relations everyday and have won numerous awards thereby making RnB the first, when it comes to genre classification.
Nigerian artistes like Darie, Banky W, Wizkid, Iceprince, D Wesley, M-Kanze, Indians, Terry G, Timsys Jessy Jazz, P Square among others are not left out as they have made huge progress in their career and they have been nominated for top awards in Africa and Nigeria and have always come out first, Tu-face Idibia was the first Nigerian and also the first African to win the Europe Music award (EMA) and many awards in Nigeria. P Square has also won many awards, the same goes to Indiana who was recently nominated as the best producer in Niger Delta. He too has won many awards.
Recently, a reliable source had it that 2Face, P Square, Wande, Coal, Banky W, Wizkid and KC Fresh are the richest musicians in Africa and Nigeria per se, with P Square toping the list followed by 2Face and Wizkid and all the above named musicians are all RnB and popstars, making Rhythm and Blues still the famous and most popularly genre of music in Nigeria and Africa.
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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