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In Case You Have Forgotten Why Fela Anikulapo Kuti is the Greatest Afrobeat Musician, Let Us Refresh Your Memory
January 21, 2026

In Case You Have Forgotten Why Fela Anikulapo Kuti is the Greatest Afrobeat Musician, Let Us Refresh Your Memory

Recent social media debates involving Wizkid and Seun Kuti have reignited conversations around the legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti. While the discourse has been loud, it has also revealed a gap in understanding of just how foundational Fela’s work remains to Nigerian and global music culture. Fela was not simply an artist of his time.... Read More
Editor's Pick
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June 18, 2025

“Wizkid Opened The Door”: A Definitive History of How Afrobeats Took Over the World

Few musical phenomena in recent decades have shifted global rhythms as audibly as Afrobeats. Born from a West African pulse and diasporic determination, it’s not just a sound—it’s a movement. At the heart of this rise stands Wizkid: the chart-topper whose journey from Lagos streets to Drake’s global stage laid the blueprint for an international... Read More
Music, The Music Blog
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December 21, 2024

10 LEADING NIGERIAN ARTISTS OF 2024

7. WIZKID Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, famously known as Wizkid, has cemented his place as one of Nigeria’s most influential artists. Since his breakthrough in 2011 with the hit single Holla at Your Boy, Wizkid has consistently proven himself as a global icon in the music industry. The year 2024 was no different, as the Starboy... Read More
The Media Blog
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January 23, 2023

Artistes to watch out for in 2023

–Oyekunle Tamilore 2022 was a great year in the Nigerian music industry, full of surprises, streaming, publicity, chart toppings, and heartbreaking losses. It had terrific breakouts in the likes of Asake, Pheelz, and YoungJonn. The torch has been passed on to 2023, and 2023 promises to be even better. Here, we are looking at some... Read More
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October 31, 2020

Top albums to watch out for before the year runs out

The first disruption of activities witnessed this year came with the global outbreak of coronavirus as social and economic activities came to a standstill. Things gradually returned to normal in August as albums flowed with a gush. Burna Boy, Adekunle Gold, Fireboy, DJ Cuppy, Patoranking and Tiwa Savage, among others, all churned out their respective... Read More
Next Rated
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December 12, 2017

The Thread: Small Doctor’s “Penalty” shames the poor

Nigerians generally bemoan the lack of good content in today’s music. Popular music lyrics flow along the lines of “30 billion for the akant”; “Wo! ogbono feli feli (spanking hot), chicken peri peri; Iskaba iskelebete, iskoloboto (which means absolutely nothing at all); so it’s either musicians are hailing riches, women with hot bodies, or saying nothing... Read More
Opinion
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November 22, 2017

Bisola sings about her life struggles in new song, “Luchia”

Big Brother Nigeria’s first runner-up, Bisola Aiyeola takes her fans down memory lane on her new single capturing her struggles from grass to grace. Produced by talented beat-maker, Rhyme Bamz, the multi-talented actress teases her fans with the new song as a signpost to the release her forthcoming EP project. The mid-tempo song, Luchia is... Read More
The News Blog
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November 12, 2017

[The Music Blog] This line on Davido’s new single makes a curious case for the ’30 Billion in the Akant’

The most popular refrains from every Afropop song almost leaps out at you on first listen, the rest of the relevance of such lines or lyrics is sustained via social media captions and pseudo-colloquial expressions. For Davido’s single from earlier in the year, “IF”, the line “30 Billion for the account”, stuck out as the... Read More
The Music Blog
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September 30, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Joachim MacEbong, Isima Odeh, Osi Suave and others [The Wizkid-Fela debate edition]

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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Wizkid
September 30, 2017

The Thread: “A night I’ll never forget” “He is officially an African LEGEND” | Twitter goes crazy over Wizkid’s London concert

There’s no other way to say it, Starboy shut down London last night. What’s the definition of shut down? Being the first African to sell out the Royal Albert Hall, that’s what. Since Wizkid’s performance last night, Twitter has been chirping away in exhilaration. As usual, the Wizkid army says he’s overtaken Fela as a... Read More
Gist
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September 29, 2017

An open letter to Psquare: Remember the promise you made to your late mother

by Stephen Ofishea You have no idea how bad this makes me feel, seeing Africa’s most talented duo getting into messy fights and spraying the bo on social media. The Okoye brothers getting into fights and making it public on social media, thereby attracting comments from fans and strangers who love to dish out advice... Read More
Opinion
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September 27, 2017

The Thread: 3 hilarious reasons why TwitterNG would rather Psquare split

It’s been drama galore on Twitter’s streets with the dirty breakup of the musical group, PSquare. Paul and Peter Okoye are twins, whose dancing talent is reminiscent of Usher. But as we’ve seen, well choreographed dance steps are not enough to keep people together, let alone blood ties…even twin blood ties like theirs. When the... Read More
Gist
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September 25, 2017

“I don’t care if blood can’t be thicker than water” | Frosty reactions trail Psquare’s split

The music group, PSquare have called it quits a second time to extremely bland reactions. Where last time, fans were crying and sending love mail their way to get them to stay together, this time around, Nigerians don’t give two hoots whether they remain together or stay apart. We even had an article up giving... Read More
Gist
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Music Industry
September 6, 2017

“Is MI asking a journalist to only report the positives?” | TwitterNG marks MI wrong

Twitter’s been abuzz about this sit-down with MI and the guys at Pulse. It all began with an open letter about MI’s music written by Ayomide O. Tayo, which MI took hard: @PulseNigeria247 @OsaGz I want to address an article written by @AOT2 about me… And speak on my thoughts about your site and music... Read More
Opinion
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August 30, 2017

The music finally does some talking for the man: A review of D’Banj’s ‘King Don Come’ album

by Umar Hassan Of all major Nigerian artistes, D’banj has thrived more out of the viability he has engrained into his brand than the quality of his music. As a matter of fact, Dapo Oyebanjo alongside erstwhile producer and business partner, Micheal ‘Don Jazzy’ Enebeli taught the Nigerian music industry the full art of musical... Read More
Reviews
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August 27, 2017

“I don’t think winning an award makes you a good artiste” – Brianjo

An afro pop, R&B, dance hall cum high life singer, Jonathan Chukwudebe known as Brianjo, formerly known as Black Jay who has been into the Music Industry for the past fifteen has, in an interview with Vanguard, said the industry requires more money than talent. He said, “not only in the Nigeria industry, presently, talent is indeed... Read More
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