Entertainment
Nigerian Wins Grammy Award …As Chimamanda Adiche Loses Out
A Nigerian for the first
time has emerged a Grammy Award winner. His name is Kelvin Olusola who went home with the award for best arrangement in instrumental or Acapela.
Kelvin picked up the award alongside his acapela band at the biggest annual music awards, the Grammys at its 57th edition held on Sunday, February 9th 2015, at the Staples Centre in los Angelis Carlifornia. And guess what, a Nigerian went home with an award for the first time at the Grammys.
Born in the in United States of America to a Nigerian father and a Grenadian mother, Kelvin, a 26 year old beat boxer and also a graduate of the prestigious Ivy League College, Yale University, from where he graduated in 2011 with a degree in East Assian studies is not just a musician, he is super smart too. He also plays the cello, piano and saxophone; he speaks fluent Chinese and Spanish.
Meanwhile, the famous author of “Half of a Yellow Sun,” Chimamanda Adiche, earned her first Grammy nomination, but she missed out being awarded her first Grammy for her work on Beyonce’s platinum selling single ‘flawless’. Though Beyonce was able to bag three awards, surround sound album, RnB performance and RnB song.
Eminem won the award for best rap album, the martial masters LP2 and Sam Smith won song and record of the year for ‘Stay With Me’ at the 2015 awards alongside Pharrep and Beyonce.
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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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