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“Which line, let them bring it out, has had more impact than that like on Cast,” Odumodublvck asks in a radio interview with Beat 99.9FM’s Osi Suave. “Which Hip Hop song,” he continues, “has had more cultural impact, in the last 20 years? Brother in the history of Nigerian Hip Hop, no song has had […]
4 days ago
A significant portion of Wizkid’s imminent HBO documentary Wizkid: Long Live Lagos is devoted to excavating the suffocating grief that arrived in the wake of his mother’s passing. As the documentary reveals, on the day of his historic show at the 60,000-capacity Tottenham Stadium, his mother, Morayo Balogun, was undergoing an emergency surgery. In clips […]
2 weeks ago
Despite his embattled situation, writing Wizkid off is a bit premature, he still has a huge fanbase and the talent to command rave reviews from critics.
2 months ago
To open 5ive, the poet Alhanislam recites a spoken-word commentary on the album and the man behind it. It feels a little pretentious, rooted in the same idea that drives artists to label every new project their deepest and most personal work yet. Yet some of it does have grounding in real-life events. Alhanislam hails […]
2 months ago
Last weekend, the youngest of the Uzama brothers, Osahan Uzama, more known by his moniker, Famous Pluto, joined the ranks of his brothers—Shallipopi, and Zerry DL, both fierce advocates of Benin Street Pop—with the release of his feverishly anticipated single Na Scra. Before its official release, the song had been making the rounds on TikTok, […]
4 months ago
July arrives with the slightly metallic tang of rain on parched earth. It’s the smell of something breaking, of turbulence and renewal, and our book picks mirror that charged mood. Each of the following five novels unfolds under high stakes and simmering anxiety, whether it’s the threat of war, the pressures of family and tradition, […]
2 days ago
If the big question for the Nigerian music industry last year was: “Where are the breakout stars who will suffuse the scene with new life?”; the question that looms over the scene today, with increasing intensity every passing minute, is: what is the latest frontier, the bleeding edge of innovation, regarding music marketing in the […]
5 days ago
Ayra Starr has ditched her braids and wigs for a pixie cut, Asake said goodbye to the dreads and picked up a skateboard, and Rema seems to have taken up smoking? From braids to buzz cuts, dreads to designer grills, Nigeria’s pop stars aren’t just evolving – they’re shapeshifting. In an age where deleting your […]
5 days ago
In Nigeria, Hennessy has never just been a drink. It’s a fixture. A force. A familiar echo in the soundtrack of culture — from rap cyphers and cypher battles to rooftop afterparties and Sunday slaydowns. Whether it’s on the mic, on the court, or on the runway, Hennessy doesn’t just show up — it shows […]
1 week ago
In the creative world, where ideas function both as a thrust and social currency, there are very few topics as relevant, enduring, and contentious as intellectual property theft. In these fraught times we live in, where A.I. models ceaselessly prowl the internet, scrapping data and, more importantly, intellectual property, seemingly with rollicking abandon, the topic […]
1 week ago
MultiChoice Uganda has rolled out a new “Ka Weekie” weekly subscription plan, a first for pay-TV in the country. Viewers can now access packages like DStv Compact for just UGX 37,000 per week, a lifeline for cash-strapped viewers who can’t afford a full month’s bill. Nigerian media reports that MultiChoice is testing similar weekly plans across Africa […]
2 weeks ago
“For I think that to be beaten and to be put to death is sometimes better than to do what is wrong,” Socrates says in Plato’s Georgias. This pithy statement encapsulates the Socratic view on masculinity, which resists the Homeric obsession with honor through violence. In his day, Socrates’ single-minded focus on moral integrity as […]
3 weeks ago
In a clip making the rounds on social media, Mr Farooq Oreagba rhapsodizes about how his eldest son, who before the spectacle of last year’s famed Ojude Oba procession had little interest in the time-honored festival, intimated his desire to participate in this year’s edition of the festival. Oreagba is slouched in a chair, his […]
3 weeks ago
