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Joeboy Opens 2023 With “Body and Soul”

January 20, 2023 by Naomi Overo

Riding the wave of an exciting explosion in Afro-pop sounds around the world, Nigerian music artist Joeboy has released his latest single Body & Soul. The single highlights Joeboy’s talent

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Grammy Nominated Producer Kel-P Releases First Solo Single, “One More Night”

January 20, 2023 by Wisdom Mudasiru

Bringing in the New Year with an explosive hit, four time Grammy nominated artist, singer and composer Kel-P bursts onto the scene with his first single, One More Night. Best known

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Minz Kicks Year Off With Blaqbonez & BNXN assisted “WOWO” remix

January 18, 2023 by Wisdom Mudasiru

Strongly closing off last year following the release of WOWO, Minz has kicked off the new year 2023 with a remix to the infectious tune. For the WOWO remix he

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9 Times An Olamide Assist Propelled A Rising Star

January 16, 2023 by Wisdom Mudasiru

There are different types of people in the Nigerian music scene; some are GOATs and others are kingmakers, but thanks to his Midas touch of an assist, Olamide Baddo is

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Nigerian Popstar Pawzz Drops Buzzing Debut Single, “Koma”

January 13, 2023 by Wisdom Mudasiru

Pawzz, a Port-Harcourt-born emerging artist has released his debut single, Koma, under the Nigerian leading indigenous record label, Freeme Music, after months of artist development. Pawzz is an afro-fusion singer

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18 Nigerian Artists To Watch In 2023

January 13, 2023 by Wisdom Mudasiru

As a music lover, nothing beats the feeling of finding cool emerging artists in the scene and putting your friends and family on (if you’re not selfish), and the year

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Capture the Essence of 2023 with Spotify’s Playlist in a Bottle

January 13, 2023 by Culture Custodian

Spotify has announced a fun, interactive new feature that allows you to bottle up the musical essence of 2023, and re-open it in 2024 for a walk down memory lane.

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Interview: Atueyii on Music, Childhood, Musical Inspirations & ‘Love & War’

January 13, 2023 by Bambo Ojo

Atueyii may be a newbie in the UK music scene but he already has incredible wins under his belt. Emerging on the scene in 2018 with his first single Go,

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Bode Blaq Releases Debut Album Why I Don’t Do Love Songs

January 13, 2023 by Opeyemi Rasak-Oyadiran

Multi-talented Nigerian recording and performing act, Bode Blaq, has released his highly anticipated debut album, titled Why I Don’t Do Love Songs. The collection of 13 tracks is a powerful

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BBC Radio Names Uchechi Emelonye’s Underwater as Record of the Year 2022

January 11, 2023 by Opeyemi Rasak-Oyadiran

On Christmas Eve 2022, BBC Introducing Lancashire named UK-based Afro-soul singer and songwriter Uchechi Emelonye’s single Underwater as ‘Record of the Year 2022’. The song’s feel-good and distinctive tone propelled

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How Nigerians Joked in Protest to Burna Boy’s Bad Behaviour

January 11, 2023 by Michael Aromolaran

A Twitter user joked that while many began the new year in church, their lips quivering with prayers of gratitude, some others started it on the receiving end of curses.

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Toni Dada Shares Pulp-Fiction Inspired Visualizer For His Single “PDA”

January 10, 2023 by Wisdom Mudasiru

In October 2022, Toni Dada released his single titled PDA. He made his introduction to the scene with a smash single, a mellow Afrobeats track titled Candy featuring Zarion Uti.

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Seyi Vibez Joins Asake, Black Sheriff, others for BWUFEST

January 6, 2023 by Opeyemi Rasak-Oyadiran

Beer With Us Flier with pictures of Asake, Black Sheriff and Seyi Vibez

Balogun Afolabi Oluwaloseyi known by his teaming fans as Seyi Vibez is set to share stage with Ghanaian star, Black Sheriff and critically acclaimed rave of the moment Asake at

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Davido, Kaffy, Hermes & Others, Bare It All In ‘Uncredited’, The Untold Story Of Afro Dance

January 6, 2023 by Opeyemi Rasak-Oyadiran

Earlier in December, at the Ebonylife Place Cinemas in Lagos, screen 3 played host to some of Nigeria’s finest creative storming the gracing the Nigerian entertainment sphere; as they all

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Kizz Daniel Reinforces Dominance with ‘Rich Till I Die (RTID)’

January 6, 2023 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

2022 was a year in which Kizz Daniel reasserted his dominance over the Afro Pop sphere with Buga and Cough (ODO). Leveraging that, Daniel teased his audiences locally and internationally with a