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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 […]
7 days 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
Since the turn of the decade and the birth of new Nollywood, actors and actresses who used to be the cynosure of our eyes in the 90s, and 2000s have been making comebacks in new Nollywood movies. The creativity, range, and talent they embodied and employed in keeping us glued to our screens also haven’t […]
2 years ago
Electronic Dance Music as a genre has never been mainstream in Nigeria. In fact, it’s a relatively newer genre in this region. Possibly due to the cultural differences between Nigeria’s percussion heavy Afrobeats and the synthesized sounds of EDM. However, the universality of music demonstrates how endless the possibilities are when different elements of music […]
2 years ago
Every Friday since the 18th of August 2023, the 6 talents of The Sarz Academy (TSA) Class of ‘23; Perfext, Syntiat, Gimba, Pjstar, MillyMay_Pod and Charmaine L.A, have taken the stage to perform at the legendary Afrika Shrine, and on Friday the 1st of September, the stars of TSA drew the curtains on their three-week […]
2 years ago
Personality Clashes with Talent, and other interesting gems on surviving the music industry. “A lion isn’t afraid to walk alone, Stars don’t beg to shine” Beyond Portable’s boorish and crude mannerisms, is an astute individual representing the familiar trench to triumph story. His sojourn represents a quite similar story to a majority of the […]
2 years ago
Forty one years ago, in a modest corner of Paris, Bukola Elemide, known to us as Asa, was born to two young Nigerians, one of whom, her father, was a cinematography student. Asa’s family relocated to Lagos, when she was just two years old. Her passion for music began to blossom in her primary school […]
2 years ago
by Phendu Kuta, bird story agency The second Pan-African Folklore Festival wowed audiences and brought Johannesburg alive for almost a week during South Africa Heritage Month as multi-faceted storyteller Pilani Bubu brought the rich tapestry of African culture and heritage alive through music, dance, literature, food, and crafts across venues throughout the inner city. […]
2 years ago
What does it mean to be Nigerian? What does it mean to be free? What does it mean to be audaciously relentless? The answers to all these questions lie in the tenacious hope that paints pictures of possibilities in our minds, strengthening our resolve to pursue every dream that borders our minds and chase #boldfutures What […]
2 years ago
On October 1, Nigeria celebrated her 63rd year as a sovereign state, since gaining independence from Britain in 1960. But the word ‘celebrate’ is used loosely as most Nigerians barely commemorated the anniversary, with many only grateful for the leisure afforded by the public holiday and nothing more. This apathy is understandable; Independence Day presents […]
2 years ago
