Author: Abdulrazaq Abdulmuizz Opeyemi

Appearing as a guest on the Oui Oui Baguette show hosted by Sally, Nigerian singer Ayra Starr encouraged women to embrace their confident side without being humble about it and that they need to be more hard working than their Male counterparts to reach similar heights in success when asked to give advice to black women and young black girls. Arya championed the normalisation of letting the female child express herself without being chastised as ‘doing too much’, she encouraged all black girls to ‘show up’ and be bold to chase after any dream of theirs. The “Rush” crooner said:…

In a recent interview on The 90s Show, Bella Shmurda has said that all Nigerian artists should not disrespect the Afrobeats Genre of music no matter the level and success they have achieved in the Nigerian music industry. He said this is one of the few things making Nigerians home and abroad happy and shouldn’t be disregarded. Its important to note and recall that the superstar artist and Nigeria Singer, Ayodeji Balogun also known as Wizkid, uploaded a post on his Insta story disassociating himself from the “Afrobeat” tag and how he doesn’t want to be boxed up in the…

Recounting his humble beginnings while speaking on the latest episode of the Menisms Podcast, Media personality and TV host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu has recalled how he ended up on the very first season of Big Brother Nigeria, stressing that he never intended to become popular and was only after the prize. “I was 23 when I first started Big Brother. We were in the first season of Big Brother Nigeria. It was even called Big Brother ‘Nigeria’ then, not ‘Naija’. Naija wasn’t a thing then and I feel like we were just guinea pigs because nobody knew what the show was…

Speaking in a recent interview, Popular singer, Yemi Alade has said despite her obvious success and fame, she rarely wins awards in Nigeria. She blamed her inability to garner awards in the country on her refusal to grant organisers’ requests for sex. She equally disclosed that a lot of entertainment executives have requested sex from her in the past with the promises of better opportunities and collaborations. Yemi said: “There was a time in the industry when everyone wanted to sleep with me and it was like, ‘Yemi, if you don’t do this, you won’t have that. Today men are…

Speaking in a recent interview with Next Kulture, Veteran Nollywood actor, Osita Iheme, popularly known as ‘Pawpaw’ has said seeing people using clips and pictures from his old movies to express themselves on social media makes him feel fulfilled and happy as he equally feels he has made a lifelong impact on Nollywood and the new generation in general. Iheme said, “I feel great seeing people using my memes on social media. It’s good to see that your works are doing well out there and people appreciate what you do even after all these years.” “It shows that you have…

During a recent interview with media personality, Biola Adebayo, Activist and actor, Mr. Macaroni, has asserted that the average Nigerian’s survival mentality and mindset is a curse and not a blessing. He hinted that the 24-hour hustling spirit is not something to be proud of. Macaroni noted that Nigerians are too quick to accept everything thrown their way and that shouldn’t be acceptable as the standard because Nigerians should instead strive for “ease” and not “adaptability” alone. Adebayo said: “What I have noticed about Nigerians? Our survival mentality. We think it is a blessing but it is a curse. The…

In a certainly new and good development, Love Nwantiti’ which remains one of the Afrobeats songs propelled to commercial success by Tik Tok continues to extend its record as the most certified Nigerian song in the United States amongst other giant singles like Rema’s ‘Calm Down’. The amazing and record breaking smash hit single first released in 2019 is the lead track of CKay’s EP ‘CKay The First’, and has been certified RIAA 8 times platinum and reaching 10X platinum will make it Afrobeats’ first RIAA diamond song, a feat of huge ramifications. The hit record has enjoyed success in…

Recalling that Wizkid earned backlash after he denounced Afrobeats on social media recently, Nigerian singer Joeboy believes his Grammy-winning colleague’s recent comment on Afrobeats was taken out of context, stating that he was misunderstood and he simply meant his identity as a musician shouldn’t be boxed up only on “Afrobeats”. Reacting in the latest episode of the Big Friday Day Show with Tacha on Cool FM, Lagos, Joeboy insisted that Wizkid was misunderstood, stressing that the singer wasn’t ditching Afrobeats. He further explained that his decision to cease identifying as an Afrobeats artiste was because he makes “all sorts of…

Revealed in a post on SNEP’s official Instagram account on March 25, 2023, two years after its release, Rema’s debut album ‘Raves & Roses’ has been certified diamond by SNEP, as the album has now surpassed over 500,000 units, a notable record to beat. The album’s success is spearheaded by the record-breaking success of ‘Calm Down’ whose Selena Gomez remix rocketed it to global success. Calm down became a hot sensation amongst music lovers for a long time and still is till today. Calm Down’ holds the record for being the first and only Afrobeats song have surpass 1 billion…

Speaking on MTV Live, Grammy-winning South African singer, Tyla has recounted how she delayed submitting her debut album to her record label because of Nigerian superstar, Tems because she is the ‘Queen’. A statement that has created a lot of buzz and garnered alot of attention online. Speaking more on this memory, She said she has been working on her debut album for almost three years and when was about to submit the album to her record label, Tems sent her vocals and she told them to hold on. She said: “I was about to submit the album then Tems…