Entertainment
Wizkid Wins 2017 BET Award
Nigeria’s brightest music act, Wizkid recently won Best International Act, Africa at the 2017 edition of the Black Entertainment Television (BET) Award. The ‘Come Closer Crooner beat his Nigerian counterparts, Tekno, Mr Eazi, Davido and other African artistes like Aka (South Africa), Babes Wodumo (South Africa), Nasty C (South Africa) and Stonebwoy-(Ghana) to grab the honour.
This honour will make Wizkid the first African artiste to win the Best International Act Africa twice. He first won the award in 2012. Wizkid was billed to perform at the Bet Awards weekend for the Bet Experience.
The music super star will release his sophomore album on July 14th, 2017, the long awaited album is titled “Sounds from the Other Side” (SFTOS), the project will have a good number of international features.
However, Beyonce took all the plaudits at the event snagging four awards for best female R and B/Pop artiste, Video of the Year and Video Director of the Year for “Sorry” and album of the year.
Remy ma beat rival, Nicki Minaj to the best female Hip Hop artiste crown while Migos won the Best Group Award and best collaboration went to chance the Rapper and 2 Chainz for “No Problem”.
In the acting categories, Taraji P. Henson won the award for Best actress, Mahershala Ali won the best actor award, while Oscar winning film “Hidden figures won the best movie award.
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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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