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Four American OAPs were having the Wizkid & Drake discussion on their show when one of them stated that ‘Without Drake, Nobody will Know Wizkid’s song”. The OAPs, DJ Neva, Dmiles, Jaime Da Great and DJ Crooked were on the Road Podcast when this opinion was made. In a conversation on the R.O.A.D Podcast, Roctakon and Cipha Sounds – who is Former DJ of American radio station Hot97 opined on Wizkid’s exploit on the international scene liking it to Sean Paul’s. In a video clip that has surfaced, the podcasters implied that Drake’s collaboration was essential in the exploit to sell Wikzid as ‘face of Afrobeat’ as Sean Paul was for the Jamaican genre but “He’s not even close to what Sean Paul was doing…” His exact words: “Nobody knows Wizkid…they try to to make Wizkid be like the Sean […]

Burna Boy has been announced the 2019 winner of the best international act category of BET Awards. The talented singer floored Teni Makanaki and Mr Eazi to win the coveted category in the award. The award was received by his mum who also doubles as his manager. 'Every black person should remember, you were Africans before you became anything else,' the singer's mum tells Africans in diaspora in her acceptance speech. This is the 19th edition of Bet Awards. Nigerian pop star, Davido won the same category in 2018 and was presented with his award during the live performance at the 18th edition. Cardi B with 7 nominations went on to win the award for Album of year 2019 with her album, 'Invasion of Privacy'. Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, 2Baba and DBanj are other Nigerian acts that have won the BET […]

Early Friday morning, B.o.B. delivered his latest effort Southmatic. The rapper previously told fans that he was hanging up his hip hop hat with his album NAGA, but it looks as if he changed his mind and crafted a hip hop album that is helping to breathe new life into the culture. Continuing the buzz around his hot record, the Southern-raised artist has dropped the trippy visual to his single, "The Elephant," a track that samples LL Cool J's classic 1985 track "You'll Rock." Because of B.o.B.'s controversial stances on political issues, the rapper has been often discounted artistically. Wherever you stand with B.o.B.'s personal opinions on conspiracy theories or flat earth ideas, the rapper has unleashed on Southmatic to engineer a well-crafted album, especially lyrically. We anticipate that B.o.B. has much more in store visually as he's also recently dropped music videos for his singles "Magic Number" and "Ol' […]

Ghanaian rapper E.L releases a new single, a collaboration featuring Joey B and Falz, Leader of the V.O Nation E.L finally gives us a third single of the year tagged EHUA which features rapper Joey B and nigerian superstar Falz. https://youtu.be/gfedeSgAjHk