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Falz
May 26, 2018

We know Falz means well but ‘This is Nigeria’ ends up tribalist and poorly executed

If you were really good at stretching the argument, you could probably convince a room of people that Falz is Nigeria’s Childish Gambino. Their career trajectories are quite similar, both of them have degrees and are academically gifted. Both have successful music and film careers and have been able to span several film and music... Read More
The Media Blog
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May 21, 2018

Entertainment Roundup: After 9 years, Janet Jackson performs at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards | More stories

Here’s everything you missed in entertainment yesterday and others that unravelled while you slept – and are still buzzing today. The 2018 Music Billboard Awards The 2018 Billboard Music Awards celebrated some of music’s biggest names on Sunday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and was hosted by Kelly Clarkson. Janet Jackson, who received... Read More
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the African Gospel Music and Media Gospel awards
May 13, 2018

Nigerian artistes lead nominations for the Africa Gospel Music and Media Awards

On the 2nd of June 2018, the African Gospel Music and Media Gospel awards will be honouring the immense gospel talent that exists within the African gospel music and Christian media society and beyond at the 2018 edition of its annual event. The 2018 edition of the award ceremony would be held at the Main... Read More
Church Culture
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April 15, 2018

The Thread: “Wizkid is sabotaging his destiny” “He can’t be the face of Afrobeats” | Wizkid fails to show up at #Coachella and Twitter NG throws a fit

One of the biggest musical events in the world took place last night and Wizkid was billed to perform alongside music greats like Beyonce. Guess what? He didn’t show. We are sorry to announce that Wizkid is unable to make it into the country to join us this weekend but will be performing next weekend.... Read More
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sinach way maker
March 29, 2018

[The Church Blog] With 50 million views, Sinach joins the big league on YouTube. Thanks to the Way Maker

There are achievements and there are groundbreaking, stereotype bursting, achievements. The latter is the case of multi-award-winning Nigerian Gospel musician, Osinachi Joseph, popularly referred to as Sinach. From being interviewed on BBC Africa to sold-out UK shows, tours in over 26 countries of the world, and an upcoming Easter concert, Sinach definitely has something special going on... Read More
Church Culture
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March 13, 2018

Grafton Truedis, Music Plus and MTN present N1m prize to winner of ‘Kings of Sounds – The Beat Competition’

The winners of the Kings of Sounds – the beat competition organised by Grafton Truedis, Music Plus and MTN were presented with their prizes on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at the MTN Head Office, Ikoyi. The competition aimed at discovering and announcing up and coming recording artists out of Africa, presents a quarterly once in a... Read More
The Music Blog
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Tope Alabi and Nathaniel Bassey
March 12, 2018

[The Church Blog] Tope Alabi and Nathaniel Bassey are ready to give us the collab to end all collabs

We are not even going to act like this is normal and we are only slightly excited about it. No! When Nathaniel Bassey tells us to watch out for anything; its something big, something great and of course, something really light extraordinary. But, this time it’s different. It’s different because the announcement and the joy it... Read More
Church Culture
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March 7, 2018

Determined to shake tables, Replete Music is bringing Kobalt Music Publishing to Lagos

Clearly, the Nigerian music industry is desperately struggling with finding ways to convert the fame and attention in-demand artists get into quantifiable wealth. The preferred model for making money right now is live performances, through concerts and festivals, and because of problems like security, lack of venues and less than stellar payment options (prepaid ticketing),... Read More
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Don Moen at COZA Biodun Fatoyinbo Church Culture
March 4, 2018

[The Church Blog] Morning Devotion: When the Don Moen “anointing” goes to COZA

Many of those who like me, grew up under some sort of strict spiritual supervision can testify to the fact that American singer-songwriter, pastor, and producer, Don Moen made our childhood so lit graceful. And how he still manages to remain relevant across generations. Call it the anointing for relevance and you might not be far... Read More
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Bisola
February 20, 2018

[The Film Blog] Kehinde Bankole, Bisola Aiyeola become frenemies in the trailer for Music, Friendship, Conflict (MFC)

Music, Friendship, Conflict is the upcoming musical drama from writer and prolific filmmaker Biodun Stephen, known for films like Picture Perfect (2017), Tiwa’s Baggage (2017) and Happy Ending (2016). Her 2018 film All Shades of Wrong is a collaboration between ShutterSpeed Production and ROK Studios and follows the story of a couple Barth (Demi Jacobs)... Read More
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Ada Ehi new video Cheta
February 16, 2018

[The Church Blog] Ada Ehi’s new video, Cheta is raising the bar for Nigerian Gospel Music videos

The first video from Ada Ehi’s recently released 18-song pop album, Future Now just got released and this might arguably be the best music video we have seen so far. The song, “Cheta” which translates as Remember is both a beautiful reassurance and reminder of God’s faithfulness. Singer, songwriter and performing artiste, Ada Ehi was one of those... Read More
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black girls glow
January 26, 2018

The Music Blog: These performances from The Black Girls Glow concert will knock your socks off

One of the biggest things to come out of Ghana last year, long before movements like #TimesUp and #MeToo championed female solidarity was the Black Girls Glow collective. The premise behind this was simple, all across Africa, music industries tend to favour male artists. They are more willing to promote them, finance their careers and... Read More
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Sean Tosin
January 22, 2018

The Music Blog: Education and music, Sean Tosin thinks you can have it all

For those who have been following Nigerian music since its first post-democratic wave, will instantly remember that one of the most successful rappers of that time, Naeto Chikwe (otherwise known as Naeto C) built his entire music persona around his academic achievements, coining the catchphrase, “The Only M.C with an M.Sc. Sure that M.Sc might... Read More
The Media Blog
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Kerygma Outburst Music Group
January 17, 2018

[The Church Blog] Introducing Kerygma: The new sound of Lyrical Theology

“Melodies” was our first experience with the Outburst Music Group which needless to say, took us all by surprise owing to its general acceptance, airplay and church rotation even when the music group was fairly unknown at the time. It was only a few months after, that the single, alongside 6 other tracks were packaged... Read More
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Nigerian
January 4, 2018

LONGREAD: Does globalisation strip Nigerian musicians of their identities?

In 2017, YNaija committed a big part of its time and resources towards carefully documenting the big stories happening in the country and on the continent and highlighting the efforts of young Nigerians and Africans challenging the tired narratives around the continent through personal achievement and social good. Sometimes these stories are forgotten, buried under... Read More
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December 19, 2017

#YNaija2017Review: Wizkid, Simi, Orezi… Look who else made the 10 Best Videos of the year

Visuals interpret a song, bringing it to life in ways that the audio experience alone cannot quite manage. We present to you 10 of the most striking we saw this year. From bottom to top. 10. Hottest Thing – Squeeze Tarela One of the breakout acts of the year, Squeeze Tarela keeps it simple yet... Read More
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December 19, 2017

#YNaija2017Review: Life is Eazi, Sugarcane, Palmwine Music… See the 10 best EP’s/Mixtapes of the year

The year was awash in excellent Eps and mixtapes with both established and upcoming stars putting in commendable effort to curate these side projects. We have the extremely difficult job of picking out the best 10. Ranked from good to best. Sounds from the Other Side – Wizkid Wizkid’s major label debut is as interesting... Read More
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