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2 Face Speaks On World Cup Experience In S/Africa
At last Nigeria’s hip-hop sensation 2 Face Idibia has bared his mind to his fans on his experience at the just- concluded 2010 World Cup in South Africa where he performed at the closing ceremony with Shakira and Kelly Rowland.
According to the Super Star, the World Cup was a massive success and a wonderful experience, I’ve never been in that kind of platform in my life as an artiste. That day was one of the highlights of my career, South African’s made Africa proud. I hope other African countries would learn from them, they should start doing things the way they are supposed to be done”, he said.
On how he clinched the South African deal, he said, “Its MTN, I did a song for them for World Cup campaign, that was what facilitated the deal. Various artistes across Africa worked on the song, we performed it together. This was the song we performed at the closing ceremony because we couldn’t do our individual songs.”
He stressed that his next hurdle is to release many artistes, adding that he has a lot of things at hand, he his also done a lot of collaborations with up coming artistes, but they were not signed under his company.
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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