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Check Out 10 Latest Music To Go For
Away from the bright lights of Pop Stars, there’s a healthy dose of music coming out of Nigeria, among the latest music to go for this week are:
DSDC, Poe, Ikon – More to life
To mark the start of another year, SDC x Poe x Ikon release ‘More to life’, a song reflecting on some of the lessons they picked up over the past year and their mind set for the year ahead. ‘More to life” follows on from a successful 2017, which saw Poe signing marvin records, Ikon completing his debut album ‘Hungry 2 live” and SDC releasing their popular EP and rounding off the year with the palm wine music festival. “More to life” is produced by Spax who was responsible for SDC’s palm wine music.
Oyinkanade – ‘Oluwa’ ft Q Dot.
MTN project fame season 5 super star popularly known as Onyinkanade who is best known for his hit single ‘Adura’ featuring Olamide is back with a new song titled ‘Oluwa’ to kick off 2018. The talented artiste enlists indigenous versatile artiste Q-Dot to serve a hot collaboration that talks about how he was kept together, what has kept him going.
I Last Autograph – WO – (Olamide Cover)
I Last Autograph, a four piece metal – core/ post hardcore band based in Lagos announced the release of their latest cover ‘WO’ originally performed by Olamide. After release of their first cover “Yes/No” by BankW . In a punk style, they took it further to transforming this club banger into metal core music.
Mc Galaxy – Uh LaLa ft Nacho
MC Galaxy hits the jackpot as he becomes the first Nigerian artiste to tap into the Latin market by collaborating with Latino superstar, Nacho and signing a publishing deal with Universal Music Latin Entertainment.
Chiko Ekun – Waloda
As usual, Chiko Ekun never disappoints and hasn’t put in a wrong foot, yet still keeps up the high standard he has been setting with mixing and mastering credit to spyritmyx.
Tunde (Styl – plus) – My Heart
Tunde, formally of the Styl plus crew is now a solo artiste who continues to apply his amazing vocals, charm and personality to creating melodic and deeply soulful songs just for you.
Lamboginny – Kiri Jobo Jobo (Shaku)
Afro dance hall star, lamboginny has surfaced with a brand new tune, a post album song titled having unleashed a 16 tracked album salt in October 2017 with an historic launch concert at the Kirikiri medium prison in Lagos, the social- trainer decided to topple the great effort with a blend of Kirikiri prison and Shaku Shaku influenced jump which he called kiri jobo-jobo.
Dammy Krane – Credit Card
World star Inc head honcho-Dammy Krane stays consistent with the releases as he churns out yet another spanking new single titled ‘Credit Card”. He has had his fair share of controversy this year and now channeling his energy into his music.
Teni – Pareke
After the success of her recent single ‘Fargin’ which got her signed to rising fernale artiste, Teniola Apata popularly known as Teni entertainer rounds up a pretty dope year with this very street ready tune dubbed ‘Pareke’.
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Davido Narrates How His Song Became President’s Ringtone
Nigerian megastar, Davido shares how his father recognised that his music was getting big.
Davido says his hit single ‘Dami Duro’ was the president’s ringtone
During an interview with newsmen, Davido spoke on the early days of his career and how he eventually got his father’s approval to make music.
The Grammy nominee shared the familiar story of how he left school in Atlanta and returned to Nigeria to pursue music without his father’s blessing which later led to his business mogul dad getting him arrested.
“I don’t think he did not want me to do music, he just wanted me to be successful as whatever I did because he got a blueprint for me already,” Davido said on his father’s early reaction to his decision to make music.
“He is so supportive and he checks on everything…My dad picks my album. When I am done, I send him all the tracks and my dad goes through all the records and gives me a paragraph each,” Davido narrates the personal interest and support his Dad gives him.
“My dad gave me the name Davido…The first show I did, he arrested me, the fans, the promoters,” Davido said laughing as he narrated the story of how his father got him arrested after he returned to Nigeria without his consent and had his first show as a 17-year-old. “He just wanted me to finish school,” Davido added about his father’s insistence that he get a university degree.
The three time Grammy nominee was asked when his father recognised that his music was getting big and he revealed it was when his hit song ‘Dami Duro’ was the president’s ringtone.
“When my song was the president’s ringtone,” Davido said.
While he did not mention the president or the country, Davido is likely referring to the exploit of former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan who was the head of state between 2010 – 2015.
During the interview, Davido also mentioned his plans as a businessman beyond music. He revealed he had a production house called Coco House which he describes as a media house for creatives. He also added that he intends to get into crypto.
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Funke Akindele’s New Film Premiers, Dec
Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Funke Akindele has announced that her upcoming film, Everybody Loves Jenifa, a spinoff from the Jenifa franchise will premiere in December.
“Been long you saw Jenifa!!!!” Akindele said.
While a December premiere is confirmed, details on the film remain unknown. However, the new title, Everybody Loves Jenifa, suggests a potential return to the core elements that have made the franchise popular. With Akindele leading the creative team, viewers can anticipate the return of familiar characters and humorous storylines.
The sitcom, Jenifa’s Diary has been a major Nigerian television show since its debut in 2015. The series centres around the main character played by Akindele, and has featured Folarin “Falz” Falana, Lolo, Juliana Olayode, Lota Chukwu, Paschaline Alex Okoli, and late Aderounmu Adejumoke.
The Tide Entertainment reports that it has also had spin-offs and sequels like Aiyetoro Town (2019), which is set in Jenifa’s village, and Jenifa on Lockdown (2021).
Akindele played Jenifa in the first film in the franchise, Jenifa (2008), a village girl who travelled to the city in pursuit of fortune. Muhydeen S. Ayinde directed the movie.
The movie was nominated for four Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009 including, Best Original Soundtrack, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and Best Nigerian Film. For her performance in this movie, Akindele took home the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
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Halliday Attributes Collaboration Hindrance To Sentiments, Others
The convener, South South Media Week, Tammmy Halliday has attributed the lack of unity and collaboration in the PortHarcourt entertainment industry to sentiments, baggages and trust issues.
He made this known yesterday, during an interview with newsmen in Port Harcourt.
According to him, some things that spur baggages are family background, personal experience with colleagues or other people, saying that when someone has been reaped or used by any of his colleagues or someone else, he might not want to work with some other persons because of trust issue.
This goes along with baggages, where he now sees his other colleagues as one and same with the one who used him and so this continues to hinder collaborations in the industry.
He advised that as an entertainer you should get better, visible and exposed as the industry required.
He said that the key factor that can help collaboration is growth, explaining that growth would make entertainers live beyond baggages, adding that if you are good at what you do, and know what you want and where you are going with it , then you are good to go.
“You can seek an advice from a legal practitioner, professional or a senior colleagues to ensure that you (entertainer) get it right.
It is not a bad idea to serve or work with someone, because you serve to rise in the industry. You have to be well rooted, but, you should be able to know want you want and where you are going with what you do, this will help you move on, when it is no longer working for you, otherwise, you will remain there and keep complaining and then it gets to that point where you begin to see that person as a reaper,” he said.
Mr Halliday who also do corporate social responsibility award via his platform, South South Media Week stated that critical communication is important in any situation, with a critical approach, no doubt you will always be on the right track.
Speaking on criteria for awarding awards, he maintained that it is on numbers, affiliations, fanbase, followership, association and sales of the person or organisation in question, saying that these also works for collaboration with an artiste, because they are factors that facilitate growth in the industry.
Categories of award that are awarded through the platform includes, entrepreneur award of the year, innovation award of the year and others.
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