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With what could be described as the tradition of most musical artistes in mainstream entertainment across the world, many Nigerian artistes also started their singing career from the church choir. While some of these artistes still maintain the genre o...
Phillip Phillips did NOT have kidney surgery on Tuesday as scheduled because he's burning up with a fever ... TMZ reported. Phillip has a serious congenital kidney condition that produces kidney stones so large they cannot pass. Th...
Well, after four months and a record-setting 132 million votes, it is official: Phillip Phillips is the 11th American Idol. Phillip Phillips couldn’t hold back his emotions on Wednesday night when he was named the winner of American Idol. Followi...
Despite the heavy downpour in the Eastern part of the country last weekend, it did not deter the residents of the commercial nerve Centres of Owerri and Aba from savouring the first-class fun offered by Globacom’s entertainment train, Glo Laffta ...
When a song is released into the market; everyone enjoys it, but the truth is, no one knows the effort made by the artiste to achieve such commendable and entertaining results. In this piece ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM looks at some of the growing concerns of ...
Nigeria will continue to boast of young talents; even as Young6ix, regarded by many, as the best young rapper in Nigeria, released his third official singles “Picking Things”. The single featured label mate, Naeto C and was produced by E-Ke...
On May 15, a little over a month before DMX delivers his seventh studio album, Undisputed, the rapper will release a 10-track EP titled The Weigh In. The Weigh In EP has features from artists such as Snoop Dogg and Tyrese and also includes...
R&B-Pop singer Tiwa Savage has landed a major endorsement deal with popular beverage company Pepsi, a deal we are told is worth a couple of millions of Naira. We are told that the endorsement deal was sealed with Tiwa’s current managem...
He has been widely derided by many fans being responsible for introducing his former wife, the late Whitney Houston, to the drugs which played a part in her untimely death. But now, Bobby Brown has hit back at the claims in his first interview since th...
Before his tragic death in 2009, Michael Jackson trusted Matt Fiddes to be his bodyguard and confidant. But now the millionaire martial arts master has made some shocking claims that he is Blanket's biological father, and that the famous pop star o...
The Mamuzee Twins are one of the few Nigerian artistes that keep strictly to the African content in their music. In this interview with Blessing Ukemena and Patience Ivie- Obhafouso, they speak on why they have been silent for a while and what Nigerian...
‘There’s an important person in that building, right?’ the cab driver asked. ‘Important musician?’ I nodded, too tired to let any curious driver drag me into a conversation. He got the message and left me alone the entire ...
Cissy Houston has officially put the brakes on Rihanna playing her daughter in a future biopic. According to the National Enquirer, Rihanna is the last person that Cissy Houston would want to portray Whitney. “Over my dead body!” dec...
This weekend's elimination episode of American Idol was so shocking that Jennifer Lopez couldn't help but scream 'This is crazy!' The season's frontrunner, 16-year-old Jessica Sanchez, received the lowest number of votes and w...
Bongos Ikwue no doubt is one of Nigeria’s most successful singers, song writers, composers and band leaders who bestrode the Nigerian music scene like a colossus from the 70s through the 80s and even 90s with his unique blend of folk, country and...