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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…
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MTN Foundation Muson Donor Concert: A night to remember for music lovers
It was a night of pleasure and top-notch classical music for guests at the MTN Foundation MUSON School of Music’s Donor concert. The event, which took place at the Agip…
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[The Music Blog] G-Worldwide Entertainment wants you to know Kiss Daniel is a liar and they have receipts to prove it
Artists and label feuds are so delightfully petty. It is where all the false figures the artist has bandied around get exposed and labels get shown for the profit sharks…
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“You Rappers Should Fix Up Your Lives”: MI needs to do just that too
by Umar Hassan Two things to take out of MI's You Rappers Should Fix Up Your Life: SA rappers are slaying everyone out there and MI himself needs to…
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This is why we blame Jude Okoye for the Psquare saga
Two singing brothers and an older brother who manages them are the talk of town today for all the wrong reasons. We woke up to amazing news of Cardi B's…
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Psquare Saga: Is Peter Okoye doing something wrong?
You may have seen the "all mighty" video of the Okoye brothers - Paul, Peter and Jude - screaming loudly at each other in an altercation that nearly translated into…
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Reno Omokri: How Nigeria conquered The Seychelles
by Reno Omokri For the past four days, I have been holidaying in The Seychelles, a beautiful Island with beautiful people on the Indian Ocean. Before I came here, I…
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[The Music Blog] Davido and Orange Culture are crossing new landmarks with the Capsule Collection
It has long been the dream of music industry players to be beneficiaries of the wins of a functioning ecosystem of adjacent industries that create value, and Davido and Orange…
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5 reasons we don’t care about Psquare’s rumoured fight
If we all can just start perceiving Paul and Peter Okoye's constant social media bickering as mere sibling rivalry and not celebrity beef, then maybe we can look away everytime…
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[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: There is a naughty secret on Niniola’s new single “Sicker”
Through sleeper hits and cheeky Afropop that wouldn't be so distinct if it was any other singer, Niniola has leveled her brand of Afro-house in the class of unambiguously playlist-worthy…
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#TheVoiceNigeria: We managed to scrape these five okay performances from the quarterfinals
On Sunday night, we watched The Voice Nigeria contestants battle for a place on the semifinals of the competition while we said goodbye to a number of others who were…
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Pius Adesanmi: Don Williams – Fragments of memory
by Pius Adesanmi America invaded my formative years in Nigeria through culture, mainly books and music. Indian (Amitabh Bachchan!) and Chinese (Bruce Lee!) films relegated American (John Wayne) films to…
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The Thread: “You will soon unblow and go back to upcoming artiste” | TwitterNG uses Mr Eazi for barbecue
Mr Eazi has been taking flaming Ls on TwitterNG for saying that Nigerian musicians are now copying his style. In this interview he did in Ghana, he complained that in…
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Who was Don Williams? | The ‘Gentle Giant’ of country music
On Friday night, news of the death of legendary country music singer, Don Williams spread to our part of the world. He was said to have passed on after "a…
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Get ready Africa! Yemi Alade is back on Coke Studio Africa 5
For the fourth time running, one of Africa’s top female acts and two-time winner of the MTV Africa Music Awards Best Female Act (2015 & 2016), Yemi Alade, has returned…
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The Beatz Awards call for entry
THE BEATZ AWARDSTM is here again for her annual award event, created to celebrate the creative minds behind music production, distribution and business. It’s her call for entry for THE…
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[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: Timi Saurse reinvents the ethos of Afropop and RNB for “Tangerine”
With the incursion of UK's crisply produced Afrobeats, much of what used to be Afropop RNB seems to be evolving into the fringe, incorporating more of Afro-Carribean rhythms and hip-hop's…
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Falz reveals beautiful things about Coke Studio Africa 2017
Award-winning Nigerian artist Falz famed for hits like “Jeje”, “Soft Work” and “Soldier” returns to Coke Studio Africa for a second time this year, paired alongside Ugandan legendary artist Bebe…
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WO! The streets called and Olamide answered
Won ni won wa wa n'igboro | Won ni won ti miss wa n'igboro Translation: They say they've been searching for us on the streets | They say they missed…
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I am the first rapper to make money off music in Nigeria – Ruggedman
Rapper, Michael Ugochukwu Stephens, popular known as Ruggedman has said many of the things he spoke about in his early days in the music industry have started happening. In an…
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Ezinne Ukoha: Kechi Okwuchi is flawlessly making America great again
by Ezinne Ukoha For the past couple of months — I’ve received consistent updates about a young Nigerian woman — Kechi Okwuchi — who happens to be a contestant on…
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Tee Jewel drops Get Loose
Riding off the positive reception to Control, his recently released single, Tee Jewel, AbOriginal Music’s lover boy, returns with yet another irresistible song: Get Loose. A slow, sensual jam influenced…
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#TheVoiceNigeria: Ain’t nobody badder than Bada, Wolei toh bad, Glowrie and everyone who stole tonight’s show
Someone must have saved the best for tonight. From six performances, two steals, one indecisive judge, one smart judge and eight contestants who went through to the live show, here's…
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20 years after Fela’s death, his music, lifestyle and influence lives on
by Wareez Odunayo 20 years after the demise of Abeokuta born multi-instrumentalist, musician, composer and human rights activist, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the world is yet to recover his persona. The Abami…
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Insiders: The current generation of artistes are all about money and petty fights so they would never match up to Fela
It's been twenty years since legendary Nigerian musician, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti passed on but that his music and the powerful messages that they carry remain relevant cannot be overstated. Fela was…
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“My body understood Fela’s music before my head” | Paul McCartney, Talib Kweli, other music icons share thoughts on Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
Fela, the irreverent, the maverick, the musical genius, the unfettered, Abami Eda, first of his name. This day in 1997, the world received the news of the death of the…
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Tribute: “A man is not dead until he’s forgotten” | 20 years on, Fela is alive and strong
by Aduratomi Bolade If Fela were still alive, he would have been 79 on October 15, but he’s not: he died on this day in 1997. I remember that day…
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Entertainment Roundup: Wizkid is in Nigeria and is dropping new tracks “every day”; R.Kelly encourages female fan to touch his crotch as he performed on stage | More stories
Missed out on all the entertainment gist from the weekend? We have the biggest ones packed here plus others that unraveled while you slept through Sunday night - and are…
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#TheVoiceNigeria: Watch the contestants who survived tonight’s battle and others who said goodbye
Tonight was the first in the battle stage of The Voice Nigeria singing competition and 12 out of the contestants that made it through the blind auditions went on stage…
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4 reasons we think the EFCC had to let its Twitter handler go
Yesterday, the EFCC let it's brilliant Twitter handler go and the most interesting thing to come out of the news - apart from learning that the handler, simply identified as…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy