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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
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 […]
1 week 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
The wooden chair wobbled as seven-year-old Jola Ayeye hunched over a page, pencil gripped tight, tongue peeking out in concentration. Around her, the floor was a patchwork of unfinished stories, half-colored sketches, and a notebook filled with lyrics to songs no one else knew. “What do you want to be when you grow up, Jola?” […]
4 months ago
You’ve heard about many Nigerian podcasts and podcasters; you love some of them while you despise or are indifferent about others. While it’s taken podcasts a while to break into the Nigerian entertainment and content consumption scene, podcasting is not an entirely novel phenomenon. Even though we weren’t aware of the fact, many talk shows […]
2 years ago
Before the era of streaming services, cinemas were the go-to for movie releases and a popular source of entertainment for many Nigerians. If you grew up in Nigeria in the early 2000s, you’d understand that going to the cinema was a huge highlight, guaranteed to be an exciting experience with the huge screens, aroma of […]
2 years ago
What is the Nigerian dream? While different people want different things out of their Nigerian experiences, the consensus seems to be survival–to beat the system and make it in spite of the one thousand odds stacked against us as young Nigerians. Have you ever wondered what it means for the average Nigerian to have […]
2 years ago
The internet has rooted itself as one of the core facets of our lives, whether we like it or not. The ease and access it brings has rewired our experiences, exposing us to the extremes of good and terrible moments all whilst being behind a screen. It has also somewhat expanded our communities from a […]
2 years ago
Lagbaja is a term for “somebody” or “anonymous” in the Yoruba language. More than being the stage name for Bisade Ologunde, it is an entire identity, such that Ologunde refers to his masked alter ego in the third person. Nameless and faceless, he represents the ordinary man. Beyond philosophical messages and Lagbaja’s disinclination to stardom, […]
2 years ago
Nigerians sometimes resist the obvious truth of certain situations, often by distorting the actual story or directing their anger towards inconsequential parts of it. While some view this behavior as critical analysis, it ultimately becomes unproductive, disregards the main issue and leads to unnecessary and false narratives. During important conversations, it can be fascinating to […]
2 years ago
Afrobeats, a genre of music native to West Africa and exported to other parts of the world, has thrived over the years, from its inception in the early 2000s with the likes of 2 Baba, P-Square and D’banj championing its course, to the 2010s when Wizkid, Davido, Burna Boy came on board and changed the […]
2 years ago
After an illustrious seven-year run at the top of the afrobeats music scene with afropop hits like Skin Tight and Pour Me Water, and also becoming the first Nigerian to win a Latin Grammy award, Mr Eazi, is set to unveil his solo album on October 27. The announcement is accompanied by the release of […]
2 years ago
