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The organisers of the Headies Awards have disqualified Portable as a nominee at the 15th edition of the Nigerian music awards. The West African Pilot reports that Portable, born Habeed Okikiola, who is a first-time nominee, snagged a spot in the Rookie of the Year and Best Street-Hop Artiste categories. For the Rookie of the Year award, his co-nominees were Av, Fave, Magixx, and Ugoccie, and he was pitted against Bella Shmurda, Rexxie, Mohbad, Naira Marley, Nektunez and Goya Menor for the Best Street-Hop...

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It is another win for Nigerian award-winning singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, as she features on the soundtrack for Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer. Sharing the trailer on his Twitter page, Tems’ manager, Muyiwa Awoniyi, wrote, “Grateful to the amazing people at @MarvelStudios. BIG LOVE to the legend Ryan Coogler. “It’s @temsbaby on the official Black Panther 2 trailer. My father is in heaven. Thank you once again. Rest in peace @chadwickboseman.” The...

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P-Square, the Nigerian music duo consisting of the twin brothers Peter Okoye and Paul Okoye, has made an explosive return to the music scene with two new hit tracks: Jaiye (Ihe Geme) and Find Somebody. The singles, with a music video for Jaiye, dropped across all music platforms on Friday, following weeks of anxiety by fans who were exposed to different teasers by the duo. Jaiye is a dance-pop track accompanied by an Amapiano sound. The music video was...

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Temilade Openiyi, popularly called Tems, has won her first international award at the 2022 edition of the BET Awards. Tems won the Best International Act on Sunday night at the star-studded event held at the Microsoft Theater in the Los Angeles city of California, United States. Other nominees in the category are Nigerian sensation, Fireboy DML, Dave from the UK, Dinos from France, Fally Ipupa from Congo, Little Simz from the UK, Ludmilla from Brazil,...

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Nigerian singer, Michael Olayinka, who goes by the stage name Ruger, has once again been sexually molested while performing on stage. The singer who had his manhood held in March was sexually molested again as a lady kissed him on stage. It is to be recalled that in March, Ruger, in a viral video, stormed off the stage in the middle of performance after an overbearing fan reached for his private part and grabbed him...

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Popular Canadian singer, Justin Bieber, has revealed that he has Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a rare condition that has paralyzed half his face. The 28-year-old pop star made the disclosure in a three-minute video on his Instagram page on Friday, explaining the medical condition to be the reason for the cancellation of his tour. In the clip posted, Justin revealed the devastating outcomes of his diagnosis as he showed how his eye wasn’t flickering, can’t smile,...

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Nigerian singer, Timi Dakolo, has called out the All Progressives Congress, APC, for using one of his songs without asking for his consent. Dakolo’s hit song, ‘Great Nation’ was played during the ruling party’s presidential primaries on Tuesday APC had invited members of the Nigerian entertainment industry under the aegis of Ambassadors of Voice for Change made up of veteran actors such as Zack Orji, Gentle Jack and many others, to lend their voice to...

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Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, better known as Kizz Daniel has added his name to the list of artistes whose songs are the most shazamed globally with his new single, Buga. Shazam, owned by Apple and developed by Shazam Entertainment, is a music discovery application that can identify artists, lyrics, videos and playlists. Shazam on their Twitter handle congratulated the 28-year-old singer and songwriter: “Big congrats to @KizzDaniel!! #Buga is the most Shazamed song in the world.” Ranking...

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A Texas-based pastor has filed a lawsuit against American rapper and record producer, Ye, commonly known as Kanye West, for taking one of his sermons and using it in a rap tune. The cleric, Bishop David Paul Moten said the hip-hop legend used his sermon without his permission in the song Come to Life, housed by the Grammy-nominated album, Donda. As the song Come to Life begins, Moten can be heard saying, “My soul cries out, ‘Hallelujah’, and I...

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has honored pop sensation, Rihanna with a statue of her pregnant self in its establishment. Rihanna was noticeably absent from this year’s Met Gala red carpet which took place on Monday. However, the star’s presence was still very much felt inside The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she was immortalised in marble, modelled on the recent cover shoot she did for the May issue of Vogue magazine....

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