Uduaghan, Ogunseye, Omawummi for ‘Future Award Africa’

The daughter of Delta State Governor, Orode Uduaghan-Okpu, music star, Omawunmi, Chief Executive Officer, Bella Nija, Uche Pedro,the Sunday Editor of The Punch Newspaper, Toyosi Ogunseye and Africa’s  youngest billionaire, Ashish J. Thakkar have been listed  for the 2013 Future Award Africa.

The Executive Director of The Future Projects, Chude Jideonwo, made this known on Thursday while unveiling the lists of nominees for the awards slated to hold on  29 September and 6 October.

He said, “after the nominations, there was a period of intense research and verification of nominees before the final selection process, but thanks to the Independent Audit Committee and the Board of Judges.  They worked tirelessly over two months and are proud of the process.”

The members of the committee are – Chief Executive of EbonyLife TV, Mo Abudu; a former Governorship aspirant in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje; Stanbic IBTC director Yemi Osindero; and LEAP Africa founder Ndidi Nwuneli amongst others.

“All the nominees deserved to win and we are immensely inspired by them as the vetting process has been daunting, and the intense scrutiny that successful nominees have gone through has been illuminating for them as well. We stressed the importance of a combination of structure, quantifiable measures of success and impact, to get the most inspiring and worthy to rise to the top,” he added.

Jideonwo said the decision to move the award to continental level was taken after visiting Ghana, South Africa and Ethiopia.”Seeing the great synergy and impact an Africa-wide awards would have on Africans, especially youths who have distinguished themselves in their various endeavors is captivating, ” he stated.

Jim Iyke tweets about his deliverance

A few hours after his deliverance at Synagogue Church Of All Nations went viral online, Jim Iyke took to twitter to deliver his message. But there's a celebrity who doesn't seem impressed by it all. See her tweet after cut..

VIDEO: Sheyman ft. Davido – PAPER (Remix)

When the joint dropped, everyone loved it from the get-go. Now watch the video for the remix to “PAPER” by Sheyman and Davido.

“The long wait is over as we officially present to you Paper Remix video by Sheyman featuring Davido. In the last few weeks after its release, Paper Remix has generated lots of air plays and eventually became DJs favourite. Currently in Nigeria, it has become one of the top favourite songs that makes clubbing a delight.
Paper Remix is no doubt a smash hit and the video which is of high quality will further endear the song more to good music lovers.

Sheyman is signed on to Phatbase Entertainment and managed by klick Promotions. You can follow Sheyman on twitter @sheymanmusic and Klick Promotions @klickpromotions

To make Paper Remix as your caller tune, text 023198 to 4100, MTN subscribers only. Sms cost N50

MUSIC: Naeto C – Finish Work

Naeto C season has returned.
After dropping a strong rap/street single a little over a week ago, Naeto returns with a commercially appealing single tiled Finish Work
Well produced and meticulously composed track by eKelly and Naeto C respectively.
White Kaftan Gang is the movement!

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P. Diddy Ranked World's Highest-Earning Hip-Hop Artist for 2013

Bad Boy Records boss P. Diddy is hip-hop's top moneymaker, according to Forbes and its list of the top 20 Cash Kings of 2013. The 43-year-old rap mogul pulled in $50 million over the course of the past year, making him the highest-earning hip-hop artist, even beating fellow Harlem rap superstar Jay-Z to the top spot, despite his platinum-selling album "Magna Carta... Holy Grail" and sold-out tours.

This apparently thanks to Diddy's mega-deal with Diageo's Ciroc vodka, which formed the bulk of his earnings. Other income streams for the savvy entrepreneur include of course his Bad Boy Records label, his marketing agency Blue Flame and his Sean John clothing line.

But Diddy is not the only one enjoying the fruits of an alcoholic beverage deal, with Jay-Z's own endorsements of Armand de Brignac champagne and D'Usse cognac helping him to rake in $43 million in earnings to end up as runner-up on the list. $5 million of that came from Samsung for the purchase of 1 million downloads of his album for the company's smartphone app users.

Ending up on the third spot is last year's No.1 Dr. Dre, who took in $40 million, followed by Nicki Minaj, the only female to make it on the list, with $29 million. She edged out fellow Cash Money Records artists Birdman, Lil Wayne and Drake, who were ranked 5th, 7th and 11th, respectively.

Forbes' Cash Kings for 2013:

1. P. Diddy - $50 million
2. Jay-Z - $43 million
3. Dr. Dre - $40 million
4. Nicki Minaj - $29 million
5. Birdman - $21 million
6. Kanye West - $20 million
7. Lil Wayne - $16 million
8. Wiz Khalifa - $14 million
9. Ludacris - $12 million
10. Pitbull - $11 million

Drake Reveals Collaboration With Beyonce

In an iHeartRadio interview with Ryan Seacrest for his new album "Nothing Was the Same", Toronto rapper Drake confirmed that he and pop/R'n'B diva Beyonce Knowles had recently been working together in the recording studio, collaborating for her forthcoming album. The said LP, Bey's fifth studio album, is still being put together while she's performing on the road under her Mrs. Carter Show world tour.

"I reached out to her and asked if I could come and be a part of her project and she was kind enough to invite me out there. And we did some work together," he recalled. The joint project was sealed when he found himself in a building in the company of Bey's hubby Jay-Z, record producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, and one of his supposed mentors, Justin Timberlake.

During the 30-minute chat with Seacrest, the Grammy Award-winning rapper, who already paid homage to Bey on his track "Girls Love Beyonce", confessed, "I'm a Beyonce believer." Drake heaped praises on the "Grown Woman" singer, saying, "I really believe strongly in her talent and her position in our generation. I think she's one of the biggest stars ever, but especially for these girls right now. I feel like they need Beyonce."

In contrast to his very open stance when he spoke about Beyonce during the iHeartRadio interview, Drake dodged rumors linking him to another pop/R'n'B diva, Rihanna, during his guest appearance on Chelsea Handler's talk show "Chelsea Lately".

SOLIDSTAR UNVEILS ALBUM

Nigerian recording artist “SOLIDSTAR” has unveiled the track list for his upcoming album ‘GRACE$GLORY’ on (September 11th) online.
SOLIDSTAR is set to drop his 2nd studio album on the 1st of October 2013, titled GRACE and GLORY! The album will feature collaborations from Flavour, Timaya, Iyanya, Olamide, Vector, Jesse Jagz, Eva, Xcellente and more!
The album consists of a 22 track list that opens with “HALLE”. However, he has been releasing hit singles from the album such as “OMOTENA, SKIBO, OLUCHI featuring FLAVOR. And he will be dropping a new single off the album this week. Please find attached Album Design.
Check out the track list and the producers below.
Track List
1. Halle 2. Worry Me 3. Anointing 4. Oluchi ft. Flavour 5. Chop Money ft. Xcellente 6. Zizi 7. Perfect Girl ft. Vector & Jesse Jagz 8. Omode 9. Rich & Famous ft. Ikpa Udo 10. Position ft. Timaya 11. Shashiwowo ft. Iyanya 12. What U Want ft. Jojo 13. Omotena 14. Skibo 15. I’m Sorry ft. Eva 16. Shepe ft. Olamide 17. Blessing 18. One Nigeria 19. Money Movement 20. Balling 21. Everyday 22. La la la.

Chidinma: My Relationship with Dammy Krane

Chidinma Ekile is one young vocalist that has seen her profile rise since she won the MTN project fame season 3. The Capital Hill signee in an interview cleared the air on the much generated speculation about a brewing romance between herself and Dammy Krane.
According to her, “before the shoot of ‘Kedike’ video, I went for an Interview at Cool fm where I saw Dammy from a distance and he was dramatic as he was playing and chatting with people. I noticed he was so energetic, cute and playful and I thought he would be so perfect for my love interest in the video. So I asked my manager to call him and he said no problem. The day that video was shot was his birthday and I remember he was robbed that day also. Initially I thought he won’t make it for the video but then he showed up and we shot the video and that was how we became friends so there is nothing between myself and Dammy Krane, we’re just friends.”
She also debunked stories as regards pictures  that went viral; in which it was believed she was naked. The petite singer said, “I wasn’t nude in that shoot. The make up artiste did her thing and I did the shoot and left. People are like seriously really looking for dirt on me. I google myself and see different headlines suggesting untrue stories.”
Meanwhile the songstress is out with another song titled ‘Oh Baby’ produced by Young D. Move down to download the new single

SKELEWU NITE WITH DJ BADDO & DJ TIKO @ClubZevk

Its happening live @clubzevk this friday 27 September, 2013 Titled: Skelewu Nite with a guest dj, DEEJAY BADDO alongside Clubzevk official DJ, DEEJAY TIKO is going to be hot. Come one, Come all. 

BURNA BOY AND PRODUCER IN COPYRIGHT CONFLICT

The issue of copyright ownership of a material is it a script, a song, a beat, a verse line, a concept, a dance step, has been a major challenge in the entertainment industry especially the music industry everywhere in the world. To be honest, it is even worst here in Nigeria since there are no strict laws protecting intellectual property, discovery and development.
GospelOnDeBeatz made major headlines few days back on the recently released video of the song “Celebrate” featuring our Burna Boy. Sure, if you’re a  Burna Boy follower, you will know that this guy has got everything going for him musically.  GospelOnDeBeatz is an ace-producer based in the Federal Capital City, Abuja who has worked with a lot budding musicians most notably ‘All of you’ for Davido.
In June of 2013, a song was released on the internet with the tag; ‘BURNA BOY – CELEBRATE [produced by GOSPEL ONDEBEAT]‘…fans of Burna boy were excited. When Burna Boy’s LIFE album came out, the song was conspicuously missing.  Unknowingly, the song actually belonged to producer; Gospel.
On the 11th of September, the video to the song ‘Celebrate’ was released online and the tag ‘GOSPEL ON DEBEAT ft BURNA BOY’….few hours later the video had been taken down from youtube due to unknown reason.
A call to Gospel who immediately turned off his phone after hearing the ‘What happened with you and Burna Boy video’ question put to him. More calls to him proved futile as his phone had been switched off. Our correspondent later got an anonymous call from a member of Gospel’s team who narrated and explained the situation and why the video had been taken down.
“The video was taken down by Burna Boy’s management…” he said…“…They said Gospel breached a contract..”
According to him, Gospel is currently compiling materials for his producer album and a while back had met with Burna Boy while the latter was in Abuja and the song was recorded. It was from the release of the audio that it seemed like something was up as the tag had been changed to be in Burna Boy’s name….regardless, both parties were on good terms.
A few months later when Burna Boy and his manager were in Abuja, Gospel approached them that he wanted to shoot a video to the song to be shot by Patrick Elis.  But on the day of the shoot, Burna Boy’s lawyer called Gospel telling him to refrain from shooting the video for reason undisclosed….having his own team call back and forth, they reached agreement which was signed.  Unknown to Gospel there is a clause that has him handover the song to Burna boy but claim rights to the productions and proceeds, upon release of the video with the ‘GOSPEL ft BURNA BOY’ tag…the clause was immediately activated.
He also went on to state that all was settled now. ”…But they have settled it now, it’s no big deal…It’s just a lesson to the team.” On royalties, he also added, ”They have agreed that the proceeds from ringback tones/online sales will go to both parties plus other things I can’t tell you right now…the new video will be out in a bit”
A call placed to Burna Boy’s management team picked up by Koch AR was met with a “No comment”.
Well, good thing they have settled as this could have gone messier.

“I actually invited Blackface to my wedding in Dubai” – 2face Idibia

The legendary star opened up on a lot of issues in a recent interview but most of all laid to rest the controversy that arose after former band mate, Ahmedu Augustine Obiabo aka ‘Blackface’ claimed that he was absent from the Idibia-Macaulay wedding because he was not invited.
Blackface had been asked via Twitter why he was not in Dubai, where 2face’s wedding to Annie Macaulay took place, and he replied: “I no dey Go where I no dey Invited! but I wish dem all they wish themselves!”
2face however said during a recent interview that he did, in fact, invite Black Face to the wedding but the latter chose not to show up.
2face said, “I actually invited Blackface for my wedding”.
The relationship between the two has suffered a swift decline since the separation of their former group “Plantashun Boiz” with Black Face repeatedly throwing barbs at 2face, who has enjoyed massive success, and claiming that he owes him money.
The “Rainbow” crooner also answered some other pertinent questions:
On being added to the recently released Channel O/Forbes list of Africa’s most bankable artistes, he said “On the Forbes list, nobody asked me for any information, I don’t know their criteria” He also said “ I work really hard for my money and I won’t apologize for that.
When asked what being married was like, he said: I’ve known my wife for a long time so it is basically the same”

Blackface sign N52m deal With Franchise Events Limited

Ex-Plantazhun boys and Tuface Idibia's former band mate,Black face has signed a N52m deal with Franchise Events Limited.The deal which includes a car and a house sees Blackface become the records biggest signing.
A spokesperson for the record label said that they decided to settle for Blackface because of his brand of music,staying power in the music industry and his versatility.

Simon's Eviction Party In Pictures (Teamsimon)

Like i told you last week that you should expect more pictures of the eviction party for Simon Project fame, Check out this new pictures!!!

It was full of fun and party things. Wanna know more about Simon progress and his songs? then go follow @Simon_PFame @djayxbeat.

New Music: Fuse ODG Ft. Elephant Man - Azonto [Remix]

 

Fuse ODG won't let his biggest hit rest, here's another remix from the Ghanaian born UK Artist featuring Elephant Man.

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New Video: D'Banj - Top of the World

 

 

Koko Master (Dbanj) drop Top of the world video, Watch and enjoy

Jimmy’s Jump Off LIVE 2013 | Sept. 30, Lagos

Cool Dj JimmyJatt is set to hold Lagos spell bound again as he announces the date for the once a year star-studded show JIMMYSJUMP OFF 2013.
Jimmys Jumpoff Live is unarguably the leading show in Nigeria showcasing over 15 top Deejays across Africa and over 30 artistes to perform to hit songs.
The 2013 edition of Jimmys Jump off Live Show tagged independence countdown is billed to hold on 30th September the eve of Nigerias 53rd independence giving Nigerians a pathway to happy celebrations, as 15 Top notch Deejays have been confirmed to be a part of thisyears edition including Dj humility, Dj caise, Dj spinall, Dj blaze , Dj xclusive and a host of other entertaining deejays and  and every major Nigerian artistes
last years edition which took place July 1st2012 had over 5 international deejays and over 30 highly rated artistes including  2face , sound sultan, davido,Iyanya  and a host of other celebrated musicians
This year, Dj jimmy Jatt promises to keep fans updated through different social networking mediums including facebook, twitter and instagram official pages of Dj jimmy jatt.

Mister May D buys N150m 6-bedroom duplex in Magodo, Lagos

According to a press release sent out by his PR people, Ekiti state born dancer turned music sensation May D recently moved into his new 6-bedroom duplex in Magodo Phase II GRA said to be worth N150million. They didn't say rented, they said bought, hence my headline. Big congrats to May D. Another photo after the cut...

 

WELCOME HOME SIMON

Simon Brian (Simon Project Fame)

DJay XBeat (Badman DJ) Alongside Simon

M.I.C, King Slam, Simon, DJ Xbeat

DJ Xbeat, Simon , M.I.C, King Slam

Simon was later interviewed at Beat FM 99.9 on Monday 16th September 2013, Expect more stories as time goes on.
Follow @Simon_PFame @djayxbeat

MUSIC - Chidinma - Oh Baby (Prod. by Young D)

Ms Ke di ke is at it again with a Brand new track titled - Oh Baby.
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DJ Kaycee'A . A.K.A (Da Mix Professor)

DJ Kaycee'A . A.K.A (Da Mix Professor) is here again with this mind blowing  mix “TAKE IT TO THE STREET″. This guy is something else on the turn table honestly. My expression is ineffable, why don’t u see for yourself?
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