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Tiwa Savage’s exit marks the end of the Original Super Mavin Dynasty

In May 2012 after a year of terrible feuding between Don Jazzy and D’Banj which led to the dissolution of the Mo Hits crew and D’Banj staying at Kanye West’s Good Music while Don Jazzy left, he started Supreme Mavin Dynasty. SMD, or Mavin Records for short was Don Jazzy’s phoenix move, his play to... Read More

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Entertainment roundup: Cardi B and J.Lo to star in stripper revenge film ‘Hustlers’; Don Jazzy signs new artiste Rema to Mavin Records | Other stories

Here are the biggest stories you may have missed in entertainment during the week and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing today. Lionsgate releases latest trailer for ‘John Wick 3’ We are already less than two months away from the release of John Wick 3: Parabellum, and each new glimpse... Read More

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February 3, 2019

Entertainment roundup: First trailer of ‘Fast and Furious’ spinoff ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ drops; Don Jazzy’s Mavin Records secures multi-million dollar investment | Other stories

Here are the biggest stories you may have missed in entertainment during the week and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing today. First trailer of Fast and Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw drops The first trailer for Hobbs & Shaw dropped today, and this movie looks like it is going to try... Read More

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January 21, 2019

Today’s Noisemakers: Femi Jacobs, Genevieve Nnaji, Elnathan John, others

Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here are the ones we... Read More

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January 14, 2019

Today’s Noisemakers: Don Jazzy, Toke Makinwa, Tonto Dikeh and more: the 10-Year Challenge celebrity edition

Trending today on social media is the 10-Year Challenge, a global buzz where people are posting pictures of themselves from 2009 and 2019 or 2008 and 2018, contrasting both years to show changes in growth. Nigerian celebrities, too, have jumped in on the challenge and here are our favourite picks. Tonto Dikeh View this... Read More

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January 8, 2019

The YNaija Cover – the 8th of January

Follow the link to read the story on YNaija: A pirated copy of ‘Lionheart’ was recently sold in traffic and here’s why Nollywood urgently needs to tackle its piracy problem

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January 8, 2019

Today’s Noisemakers: Don Jazzy, Femi Jacobs, Joe Abah, others

Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s are the ones we... Read More

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September 3, 2018

Today’s Noisemakers: Femi Otedola, Don Jazzy, Bovi, others

Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today: 1.... Read More

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August 17, 2018

How Nigerian celebrities became motivational speakers on social media

Social media, before troll toxicity and the poisonously paranoid atmosphere of fake news, was a fairly decent place. And on Twitter, all of human interaction was reduced into a lifelong series of benign likes, mundanely telling strangers about your upcoming birthday or pet cat. As a primitive attraction, inspirational messages and posts was a surefire... Read More

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Entertainment Roundup: Kelly Hansome accuses Don jazzy of plotting to arrest him, Linda Ikeji gets Doctorate degree I More stories

Here’s everything you missed in entertainment yesterday and others that unravelled while you slept – and are still buzzing today: Nigerian singer, Kelly Handsome has accused ace producer and founder of Mavin Records, Don Jazzy and some of ‘his people’ of trying to get him arrested twice. The ‘Maga don pay crooner‘ who made the disclosure in... Read More

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Today’s Noisemakers: Reekado Banks, Don Jazzy, Bashir Ahmad, others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More

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Today’s Noisemakers: Tolu Adeleru, Don Jazzy, Kayode Ogundamisi, others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More

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Today’s Noisemakers: Joe Abah, Don Jazzy, Toyin Abraham and the reaction to Brymo’s “Heya”

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More

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February 9, 2018

Entertainment Roundup: MI Abaga releases a surprise project; Iyanya confirms his exit from Mavin Records | More stories

Here’s everything you missed in entertainment yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing today. MI’s surprise package Nigerian rapper, M.I surprised fans with the release of his latest project “Rendezvous”. The album features Cassper Nyovest, AKA, Wande Coal, Terry Apala, Moelogo, Dice Ailes, CKay, Yung L, Nonso Amadi, Odunsi... Read More

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January 16, 2018

Today’s Noisemakers: Don Jazzy, Bisi Alimi, the attack on activism in Nigeria, others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More

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November 26, 2017

[The Music Blog] It turns out Don Jazzy did produce music for Kanye West

Hey Don Jazzy, you’re still famous in Hollywood. On the latest episode of Storyville, a short animated webseries by TBS, where guests narrate hanging out with famous celebrities, Diplo tells the story of how Kanye West invited him to a recording session at the Mercer Hotel. The cast of his story are exactly the odd... Read More

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October 1, 2017

[The Music Blog]:Get a first taste of pop Poe on “Are you down” featuring Tiwa Savage

Historically, there is a thing in music that has been associated with artists changing sound. That public glare at an artist willing to forfeit all critical abandon to be sold as a cheap commodity instead. For an artist like Poe who came from being part of The Collectiv3—one of the strongest progressive subset of the... Read More

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September 22, 2017

[The Music Blog]: The death of Nigerian labels, dearth of hip-hop crews and Tinny Mafia

It’s the year 2017 and the foretold death of labels adjunct to the rise of streaming and self-publishing is finally becoming a reality. The independent success of Chance the Rapper and Frank Ocean last year became a benchmark for how artists can best reap the benefits of the digital age without a record label acting... Read More

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September 6, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Shehu Sani, Mama Taraba, Stanley Nwabia, Don Jazzy and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More

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August 23, 2017

[The Music Blog] Street Ti Take Over: Of public rants and myopia

Maybe it’s the internet, or maybe it’s rate at which things are changing globally, but Nigerian music has never been as good as it has been in the last five years or so. The last three years alone have culminated so many events that have morphed the industry through different phases and power shifts. One... Read More

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The Thread: “See this fool!” “He is the greatest” | Twitter NG goes asunder over D’banj’s career status

Gone are those days when PR was a big deal for Nigerian celebrities. These days, they follow every comment, then they pick a “scape goat”. The story behind the Twitter NG reactions for D’banjs‘ clapback did not start today. Many Nigerians have talked about the duo of Don Jazzy and D’banj getting back together just... Read More

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Entertainment Roundup

“You madt bruh?” – D’Banj replies fan who says he needs Don Jazzy

Nigerian singer, D’banj gave a swift clapback to a Twitter user who says he needs Don Jazzy. The Twitter user, @seetohafsat wrote that he doesn’t understand where the singer is going and needed to go back to the ‘Mohit’ era, when the duo of D’banj and Don Jazzy produced hit songs together. In reply, D’banj... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Trying to figure Don Jazzy’s grand plan for the DNA twins

Earlier this year, Nigeria’s longest serving record label boss, Don Jazzy, unveiled new signees, Poe, Johnny Drille and DNA Twins as new additions to his Superme Mavins Dynasty (SMD). Expansion has always been the greatest mark of success for Nigerian record labels, post-signing discussions however often range around potential and first industry impressions. For Poe... Read More

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D’banj reportedly expecting first child with wife, Didi Kilgrow

Nigerian entertainer, D’banj is reportedly expecting his first child with wife, Didi Kilgrow. According to an exclusive report by Linda Ikeji’s Blog, the couple are currently in the United States as they await the arrival of their baby. Dapo ‘D’banj’ Oyebanjo married Didi Kilgrow in a secret ceremony in July 2016. They reportedly started dating... Read More

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Let’s talk about #BigBrotherNaija winner, Efe’s seemingly misplaced sense of importance

by Soma Oj. One of the historically crazy philosophers – there’s a huge chance it was Aristotle, but what does it matter? – once said that “there’s no great genius without a tincture of madness”. We have somewhat come to accept it even though we do not fully understand why. We all buy into that... Read More

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Wizkid, Davido, Don Jazzy named in Forbes Africa’s top 10 richest musicians

by Azeez Adeniyi Four Nigerian artistes have featured in the recently released list of richest African musicians by Forbes Africa. The list was compiled using factors such as endorsement value, popularity, show rates, sales, awards, YouTube views, appearance in newspapers, investment, social media presence, Influence and others. See list below: 1. AKON Akon has over... Read More

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Today’s Noisemakers: Banky W & Adesuwa Etomi are a couple; Beverly Naya defends herself and Don Jazzy sets his sights on Linda Ikeji [The Lovestruck edition]

Every day, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are even just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today: 1 Banky W... Read More

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After Banky W, will Don Jazzy be sliding into Linda Ikeji’s DMs soon?

by Soma Oj. It looks as if we’ll have to resign ourselves to the reality that the news of Adesua Etomi and Banky W’s engagement is the most important thing in Nigeria today. [Catch up here: “We were hiding in plain sight”; Banky W announces engagement to Adesua Etomi] In fact, it is starting to... Read More

Thinking Through

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Debie Rise

#BBNaija: Will Debie’s music career rise to the top? We investigate | What the future holds for the top five finalists

by Tolu O. Yes, we think! Debie-Rise made it to second place at the third season of what was once the biggest reality show on TV, Nigerian Idol. So, her musical talent is undeniable. Debie-Rise may not exactly be energetic and lively but armed with her guitar, she brought life into the Big Brother house.... Read More

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[The Music Blog] What do you do when you become the kind of artist that calls out Don Jazzy on live TV? | The Glory of Olamide

What do you do when you become the kind of artist that calls out Don Jazzy on live TV?, when you come from being a street myth to becoming the kind of artist rubbing hands with highly ranked politicians. Or perhaps when you’re sending Lagos into a frantic panic for last-minute tickets to your annual... Read More

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