Justin Timberlake made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday night (January 29) and confirmed some big news regarding upcoming music. When Jimmy asked the 39-year-old musician and actor about the future of his music and if it was “appropriate to say that a new Justin Timberlake album” in the works, Read More…
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[VIDEO] Scorpion Kings and Tresor release vibrant dance-rooted video for “Funu”
Ahead of their April album release titled Rumble in the Jungle, a 14-track anthemic amapiano experience, Scorpion Kings (DJ Maphorisa and Kabza De Small) alongside Afro-pop pioneer TRESOR, have just released a vibrant music video for their chart-topping single, “Funu”. Directed by Kyle White and available to stream exclusively on Apple Music from today, “Funu” Read More…
[Listen] Simi gets utterly #RestlessII
Nigerian singer-songwriter Simi joins Nadeska today on Apple Music 1 to discuss her latest album “Restless II.” Simi talks about how the timing was right for the release of her new project, how her sound has evolved, and working with her husband. Simi on why this was a great time for “Restless II”“I think because of the Read More…
[LISTEN] Wunmi (Nigeria) – Music Time in Africa
Listen to current, pan African tunes by top artists like Soulking & Cheb Mami (Algeria), Aster Aweke (Ethiopia), Stanley Enow (Cameroon), Nyaruach (South Sudan) and Kofi Kinaata (Ghana). You’ll also hear new music by up-and-coming artists Prince Larry (Freetown, Sierra Leone) and Kotima (Abia State, Nigeria) and vintage tunes by Gnonnas Pedro (Benin), Lucky Dube Read More…
[VIDEO] Watch Davido’s Jowo from A Better Time
Tiwa Savage, Mayorkun, Hit-Boy, Lil Baby, and others contribute to the Nigerian pop star’s latest The new album from Nigerian pop star Davido arrived November 2020. A Better Time features Nicki Minaj, Nas, Young Thug, Lil Baby, Hit-Boy, Tiwa Savage, and others. Watch ‘Jowo’ below. “I won’t keep you any longer,” Davido wrote. “This year Read More…
Snoop Dogg lobbying Trump for pardon of Death Row Records co-founder Michael
Snoop and two activists – Alice Johnson and Weldon Angelos – are trying to have the sentence of Death Row Records co-founder Michael ‘Harry-O’ Harris commuted after 30 years behind bars As the Unites States prepares to usher in Joe Biden as the 46th president, the current commander-in-chief has been spending some of his remaining Read More…
Cuppy breaks into Cool FM with #AfricaNow radio show 6pm Sunday
Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, professionally known as DJ Cuppy, will be launching her Apple Music radio show #AfricaNow on Cool FM on Sunday 17th January 2021 at 6pm. Daughter of billionaire father, Femi Otedola, Cuppy, is a Nigerian disc jockey and producer. Aside from her father’s lucred glory, Cuppy has been able to carve a niche Read More…
Wizkid’s #MadeInLagos is soaring through the global charts
Wizkid’s album, “Made in Lagos’ is soaring high on the global music charts with with Charts Africa, an African music charts social media operation, announcing that it had crossed the Spotify 50-million-albums-sold mark. In the Dominican Republic, it is no. 1 on the Apple music top albums chart. The “Made in Lagos” album was released Read More…
Angelique Kidjo marks Valentine at Tibet House virtual US Benefit Concert
African singer-songwriter, actress, and activist, Angelique Kidjo will be joining a host of stars in the 34th Tibet House US virtual benefit concert taking palce in New York, US on 17th February 2021. According to the organisers, “One of the longest-running and most renowned live cultural events in New York City, The 34th Annual Tibet Read More…
Adekunle Gold, Simi celebrate wedding anniversary with never-before-seen photos
Singers, Simi (Simisola Ogunleye) and Adekunle Gold (Adekunle Kosoko) on Wednesday took to their social media platforms to celebrate their 2nd wedding anniversary with a never before seen wedding photos. They also wrote lovely heartfelt messages to celebrate their anniversary Adekunlegold wrote on his Instagram: “I look back to the first day I met you. Read More…