LIL WAYNE ‘FUNERAL’ EARNS #1 BILLBOARD SPOT

Lil Wayne’s FuneralLP became the New Orleans rapper’s fifth album to earn #1 on the Billboard 200. The 24 track LP sold 139,000 copies in its debut week which includes 134 million streams according to Forbes. Wayne took over the top spot…

Olamide Releases His Surprise EP “999”

Nigerian music star, Olamide has released the anticipated surprise EP “999” The singer had taken to his Instagram page to announce that he will release the 9 track EP and the news was well-received as nobody was expecting a new body…

Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill do it on social media!

Phew! Roommates, February has been a crazy month and only 5 days left! The last tea comes from the former partner turned into an enemy, Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill. So, to give some information about the situation, Meek Mill…

Naira Marley Set To Drop An EP

Nigerian rapper Naira Marley has taken to social media to announce that he plans on dropping an EP soon. According to Marley, it will be a 5/6 track EP and needs one of his fans to name it, adding a N100k prize…

Stream: Davido Delivers Highly Anticipated Album “A Good Time”

Seven years after his debut album, Nigerian Afrobeats artist Davido has released his long awaited second studio album “A Good Time”. The 17 track album is made up of 12 new songs and five already released songs; Fall, If, Assurance, Blow My…

Burna Boy nominated for Grammy Awards

Nigerian Afro-fushion singer, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, has been nominated for the 62nd Grammy Awards. Ogulu’s nomination was announced in a statement on the Grammy Awards’ website on Wednesday. He was shortlisted for his album, ‘African Giant’ in the…

Despite Ruling The Year, Female Rappers Are Largely Shut Out From 2020 Grammys

2019 has proven to be a banner year for women in hip-hop. At the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, Cardi B became the first female rapper to take home the historically male-dominated best rap album honor. In September, hitmaker Lizzo — who is this year’s most-nominated artist — tied with…

SoulTrain: Wizkid wins songwriting award for‘Brown Skin Girl’

Afropop superstar, Ayodeji Balogun aka Wizkid has won SoulTrain’s Ashford and Simpson Songwriters’ award. News Agency of Nigeria reports that he won the award at the 2019 ceremony held on Sunday in Las Vegas. The ‘Ojuelegba’ singer earned the award for…

Davido drops second song with Chris Brown Oct. 1

Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, a.k.a Davido has announced dropping a new song with American rhythm-and-blues (R&B) singer and actor Christopher Brown, a.k.a Chris Brown next week. The music star announced the release of his second song with Chris Brown on…

Kanye West edges out JAY-Z as world’s richest rap artiste

The American star, Kanye West, has been named Forbes highest paid hip hop artiste for the first time in his career. Kanye West, who is also called Yeezy, is expected to top $1.5 billion in sales this year or about…