Author: Bernard Dayo

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Bernard DayoJune 28, 2021

YNaija Next Rated: Discover Jahblend, SOLIS, Moshfire, and KØKØ

This month’s roundup of Next Rated interviews features a dancehall/reggae artiste, a promising Afrobeats act and two female indie pop ...

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Bernard DayoJune 28, 2021

Nollywood movies coming to Netflix this July

One of the surprising things that happened this June was Netflix picking up Kingsley Ogoro’s Osuofia in London, the classic ...

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Bernard DayoJune 28, 2021

SOLIS is ruling her universe of bedroom pop

No one had introduced me to SOLIS. I learned – as I often always do – about her last year ...

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Bernard DayoJune 25, 2021

Phaemous navigates attraction and desire in new single ‘Girl in Garden’

With his debut EP Phaeway Vol. 1 released earlier this year, emerging Abuja-based singer Phaemous showed an inclination towards blending ...

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Bernard DayoJune 25, 2021

Meet the cast of Netflix’s South African dance series ‘Jiva’

Netflix’s much-awaited South African street dance series Jiva premiered yesterday, consolidating on the slew of South African content on the ...

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Bernard DayoJune 23, 2021

What you need to know about Netflix’s first African reality series ‘Young, Famous & African’

Netflix has been strengthening its foothold in the African market since the streamer announced back in 2018 that it was ...

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Bernard DayoJune 23, 2021

#PrideMonth: Validating queer love in the ‘closet’

Amplifying LGBTQ voices have been part of YNaija’s content ethos since 2017. And with this year’s Pride themed as Loving ...

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Bernard DayoJune 22, 2021

The dance moves you should expect to see on Netflix’s South African series ‘Jiva’

Jiva — Netflix’s highly anticipated fifth original series out of Africa — is almost here. Announced for the first time ...

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Bernard DayoJune 21, 2021

Disney is releasing an African animated series ‘Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire’ in 2022

In the last of couple of years, Disney as a media behemoth has been consolidating on efforts towards expanding its ...

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Bernard DayoJune 21, 2021

PsychoYP feels on top of the world in blissful new single ‘Euphoria’

PsychoYP is arguably trap’s most visible correspondent in Nigeria, garnering goodwill across hip hop fandoms. In his latest single Euphoria ...

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Bernard DayoJune 19, 2021

Jahblend is the fresh prince of Nigerian dancehall

In today’s overcrowded music landscape where individuality is dwindling, Lagos-based dancehall/reggae artiste Jahblend is worth noticing. On SoundCloud, where he’s ...

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Bernard DayoJune 18, 2021

Gyakie delivers summer vibes on visuals for ‘Whine’

Referred to as the Queen of the Gold Coast in her home country Ghana, where her debut EP Seed was ...

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Bernard DayoJune 18, 2021

Ibejii explores identity, resilience and freedom in visuals for ‘Gonto’

Over years now British-Nigerian Afro-retro/Soul artiste, Ibejii, has been plumbing the depths of his Yoruba heritage, fusing African percussions, rhythms ...

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Bernard DayoJune 17, 2021

Niniola pledges faithful love in visuals for ‘Ryde’

Off her RnB EP 6th Heaven released back in March this year, Niniola has released the visuals for the track ...

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Bernard DayoJune 14, 2021

Three takeaways from the #June12Protests

With the escalating tensions in the country arising from security breakdown, insurgency, food inflation, rising unemployment and, of course, the ...

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Bernard DayoJune 14, 2021

KØKØ is the new Afrobeats artiste you should know about

KØKØ’s debut EP Akira may have slipped through the cracks when it was released back in January, but it’s still ...

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Bernard DayoJune 12, 2021

Lariano unveils tracklist for debut EP ‘Hyphenate’

In January 2021, emerging Nigerian Afrobeats and Afro-norteño singer/songwriter Lariano had a minute play of Symphony on Clubhouse, an unreleased ...

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Bernard DayoJune 11, 2021

‘Charge and Bail’, ‘Superstar’ – here’s the 2021 movie slate from Inkblot Productions

Following a blockbuster 2020 which saw the releases of  Who’s The Boss, Quam’s Money and D.O.D – Day of Destiny, ...

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Bernard DayoJune 11, 2021

Rema is all about sex in the visuals for new single ‘Soundgasm’

In anticipation for Rema‘s debut album, of which we have no detail about, the Mavin golden boy has dropped another ...

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Bernard DayoJune 10, 2021

Ayra Starr travels to the future in sultry visuals for ‘Sare’

It was back in January that Don Jazzy announced the signing of Ayra Starr to his Marvin empire, the 18-year-old ...

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Bernard DayoJune 10, 2021

The visuals for Chike’s ‘Roju’ is a romantic ode to weddings across cultures

From his debut album Boo of The Booless released last year, singer-songwriter Chike has released the visuals for Roju, a ...

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Bernard DayoJune 9, 2021

Fireboy DML muses on life’s issues on visuals for ‘Airplane Mode’

Fireboy DML has just released the visuals for Airplane Mode, a track off his sonically expansive debut album Apollo last ...

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Bernard DayoJune 8, 2021

Kunle Afolayan’s upcoming film ‘Tenants of the House’ is about the herdsmen-farmer conflict

The last time we heard about Kunle Afolayan, he was in a chat with Ben Amadasun of Netflix Africa, announcing ...

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Bernard DayoJune 8, 2021

Minz returns with romantic desire on new single ‘War’

Minz has been gaining more confidence and zest since the release of early singles like Aunty Patricia and Neva Stop ...

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Bernard DayoJune 7, 2021

The Netflix trailer for South African dance show JIVA! is here

Netflix has dropped the official trailer for the streaming platform’s latest local original series, JIVA!, about a vibrant dancer, Ntombi ...

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Bernard DayoJune 7, 2021

Listen to Lojay and Sarz’s new collaborative EP ‘LV N ATTN’

Hot on the heels of their addictive single Tonongo, Lojay – one of the fastest-rising music acts to come onto the Afrofusion ...

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Bernard DayoJune 5, 2021

Moshfire on her debut EP ‘Pyrokinesis Vol. 1’ and being a pop outlier

Navigating the music industry as an emerging artiste can be difficult, more so when they are breaking away from popular ...

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Bernard DayoJune 4, 2021

Tems delivers soulful cover of John Legend’s ‘Ordinary People’

Tems’ presence in the Nigerian music industry has been that of a whirlwind, especially after the release of her rapturous ...

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Bernard DayoJune 3, 2021

These Nollywood movies are coming to Netflix this June

As always, Netflix is offering a new slate of Nollywood content this June, picking up old titles as well as ...

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Bernard DayoJune 2, 2021

Can horror comedies in Nollywood explode with ‘My Village People’?

It has since been established that Nollywood isn’t actively in the business of making horror films. 90’s Nollywood horror nostalgia ...

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