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Dear Upcoming Artiste: Basic Music Terms you Should Know (3)

Dear Upcoming Artiste: Basic Music Terms you Should Know (3)

The first thing to know as a budding artist, producer, talent manager or music Enthusiast is the language of the music industry. You don’t want to be at a gathering with music heads and not understand basic terms yet claim to be an artiste.

So if you take this topic serious like you’d take a banking or medical-related course, music will definitely work for you. (Read the previous blogs on this…

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Dear Upcoming Artiste: Basic Music Industry Terms you Should Know (2)

Dear Upcoming Artiste: Basic Music Industry Terms you Should Know (2)

So in the previous blog, I introduced the basic music industry/business terms every upcoming artiste should know. I’ll basically be taking Upcoming Artistes in a ride in this category – Jollof Music 101. I admire upcoming artistes and it’s my utmost desire to cater for the ones who are not as clear about how music business works. Let’s dive right in to the business for today…

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Dear Upcoming Artiste: Basic Music Industry Terms you Should Know

Dear Upcoming Artiste: Basic Music Industry Terms you Should Know

Every industry or space does have terms peculiar to it and it’s imperative that every player of a particular industry is conversant with the basics that is to it. The music industry has evolved a great deal and is fast becoming one of Nigeria’s minefields if our games are well played. We arguably run the foremost music industry in Africa and you can tell it only gets better. Nigerians are coming…

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The owner of Instablog9ja has been revealed, states reason for his anonymity

The owner of Instablog9ja has been revealed, states reason for his anonymity

The owner of Nigeria’s foremost news platform on Instagram has been disclosed and the alleged brain behind the very controversial blog is John Abayomi, a former online editor of Vanguard news and current online editor of Punch. He is also a Social media strategist, creative content developer, documentary producer and SEO expert.

      Abayomi has been operating anonymously for the past 4 years,…

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Tweeps allege that Temi Otedola had a nose job

Tweeps allege that Temi Otedola had a nose job

Eagle-eyed Nigerian Twitter users are claiming that oil magnate Femi Otedola’s daughter, YouTuber Temi Otedola must’ve had her nose done, considering a noticeable difference in her pictures in the last two years. A tweep shared these photos of Temi

2016 2018

…and left others to spot their observation and the common observation aired is that she must’ve done a nose job. But take a closer look…

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#TheGrammys: Burna Boy, Adekunle Gold, Yemi Alade & Seun Kuti considered to be nomination for Grammy 2019

#TheGrammys: Burna Boy, Adekunle Gold, Yemi Alade & Seun Kuti considered to be nomination for Grammy 2019

It’s been revealed that Nigerian musicians Burna Boy, Adekunle Gold, Yemi Alade and Seun Kuti are part of the artistes to be considered for Grammy nominations in it’s coming 61st ceremony next year.

  The Recording Academy receives over 20k entires per year. – Entries are recordings submitted for GRAMMY consideration – Entries that meet all eligibility requirements are then voted on by the…

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Lorde calls out Kanye West for stealing her previous set design.

Lorde calls out Kanye West for stealing her previous set design.

Lorde took to her Instagram few hours ago to call out Kanye West for supposedly stealing the concept of her set design. See what she posted below:

  Lorde takes to Instagram to call out Kanye West for stealing her previous set design. pic.twitter.com/Z9ZR63zgVs

— Music News Facts (@musicnewsfact) November 12, 2018

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President Buhari’s WAEC certificate scandal takes another turn as the US War College intervenes The Buhari and WAEC certificate has been one of the most talked about issue for sometime now. 

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Hollywood heavyweights mourn the death of Stan Lee

Hollywood heavyweights mourn the death of Stan Lee

The US Army and a slew of Hollywood heavyweights gave loving tributes Monday to the “amazing” and “incredible” Stan Lee, who died at age 95.

“Rest in peace, Soldier,” the U.S. Army tweeted with a pair of then-and-now photos showing the man born Stanley Martin Lieber during his stint with the branch’s Signal Corps during World War II. “We are deeply grateful for his service to our country and for…

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Bisi Alimi sues Lagos-based LGBT blogger Walter Ude for libel

Bisi Alimi sues Lagos-based LGBT blogger Walter Ude for libel

Gay right activist Bisi Alimi is suing one Walter Ude, blogger of lagos-based LGBT online publication Kito Diaries, on ground of defamation on the platform, after serving several warnings for the posts to be taken down but the blogger heeded to none in the last one year.

Bisi took to his social platforms to painfully announce the latest development. He mentioned his intention to amicably tackle…

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Commotion as two men who both believe they are about to become father to the same baby show up for the delivery

Commotion as two men who both believe they are about to become father to the same baby show up for the delivery

There was commotion in a US hospital after two men who each believed they were responsible for a woman’s pregnancy showed up for the birth of the baby, but hospital staff refused to let them both stay.

In a video going viral online, the expectant mother is seen lying on a bed, preparing for delivery while the two potential fathers sat in a corner.

The Hospital staff soon opens the door for a…

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'I can't wait to make more memories with you my darling boyfriend' -Dillish Mathews tells Emmanuel Adebayor as they celebrate one-year together

‘I can’t wait to make more memories with you my darling boyfriend’ -Dillish Mathews tells Emmanuel Adebayor as they celebrate one-year together

Big Brother Africa ‘The Chase’ winner, Dillish Mathews and her boyfriend, footballer Emmanuel Adebayor are celebrating one-year of their relationship today, November 6, 2018.

The Namibian beauty took to her Instagram page to share loved-up photos with the Togolese footballer, and also penned him a lovely note.

She wrote: ‘Happy 1 year anniversary baby. You’re such an awesome man. You make…

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''The essence of Mary or Christ can never be transferred into a statue'' Freeze says

”The essence of Mary or Christ can never be transferred into a statue” Freeze says

OAP and leader of the Free the Shepple movement, Daddy Freeze, shared a viral video of the stature of Mary, being carried away by flood.

Reacting to the video, Freeze said the essence of Mary or her son, Jesus Christ, can never be transferred to a stature with so much importance attached to it. Read what he wrote and the video he shared below

The statue of Mary being washed away by a flood. – The…

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Thin Tall Tony raises alarm after being called a closet gay man when his photo was found on a gay dating site

Thin Tall Tony raises alarm after being called a closet gay man when his photo was found on a gay dating site

Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Thin Tall Tony has been shocked to discover his photo being used on a gay dating site.

The father-of-three was unaware of this until he was woken up from sleep by a gay friend who was upset that he was hiding his sexual identity.

The friend said he had seen TTT’s profile on a gay dating site and would have preferred if TTT made his sexuality clear so they could…

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#RoyalVisitNigeria: Prince Charles & Camila arrive Nigeria for Last Stop of West African Tour

#RoyalVisitNigeria: Prince Charles & Camila arrive Nigeria for Last Stop of West African Tour

Prince Charles and Camilla have landed in Nigeria for the third and final stop of their West African Tour,

Before arriving Nigeria, the Royal couple visited The Gambia and Ghana.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall arrived to a parade by National Guards.

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#BBNaija: Leo Dasilva celebrates his boo Cee-C with lovely words, takes her to the beach for romantic breakfast

#BBNaija: Leo Dasilva celebrates his boo Cee-C with lovely words, takes her to the beach for romantic breakfast

Big Brother Naija star, Leo Babarinde Dasilva has officially confirmed his relationship with fellow ex-housemate Cee-C.

Leo took to his Instagram page to celebrate Cee-C with lovely words on her 26th birthday including sharing a lovely video of them as he treated her to a romantic breakfast at the beach this morning.

 ‘Nkem temi! @ceec_official you are one amazing woman. One thing I love most…

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50 Cent shades Floyd Mayweather after he announced he'll be fighting a 20-year-old kick-boxer next

50 Cent shades Floyd Mayweather after he announced he’ll be fighting a 20-year-old kick-boxer next

Earlier today, Floyd Mayweather, 41, announced he will be fighting a Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa on New Year’s Eve in Saitama, Japan.

The American undefeated boxer, who has never been beaten in all 50 of his career fights, also made an announcement that he has signed with Japanese mixed martial arts promotions company RIZIN Fighting Federation ahead of the bout.

Now, his enemy, rapper 50…