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Davido continues to thrill fans with the latest being the video to his third single 'Ekuro'. Shot in Miami and directed by Antwan Smith, Davido's energy captivates his beau and the viewers too



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Homeboys Ayo 'Wizkid' Balogun and Panshak 'Ice Prince' Zamani have been recognized by the the 2012 BET Awards. Both acts have been nominated in the 'Best International Act: Africa' category. The nominations were announced in New York with Mindless Behavior, Big Sean, Melanie Fiona, DJ Khaled, Astro, A$AP Rocky and Diggy among those present for the nominations ceremony. The list which was unveiled last night sees the two gifted Nigerian artistes up against the likes of Kenyan Hip-Hop/R&B group Camp Mulla, Ghanian rapper Sarkodie, South African singer Lira and French speaking Malian rapper Mokobe for the coveted Best African Act prize. Wizkid who released his debut album ‘Superstar‘ last year has had a fantastic run; winning a MOBO Award, signing up with Akon’s Konvict Music and touring Nigerian and the UK. He is to kick off his US tour later in the year. Ice Prince has also had it going pretty well for him; also releasing his debut ‘Everybody Loves Ice Prince‘, collaborating with Jamaican reggae singer Gyptian and winning the ’Best African Act’ at the 2012 Ghana Music Awards.

Last year, African pop giants D’banj and 2face came out tops and received a joint award prize in the same category. US rapper Kanye West leads this year’s nominations list with seven nods, six of which are from his star collaboration with Jay Z off the ‘Watch the Throne‘ album The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, July 1, 2012 at the Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium and will be hosted by veteran Hollywood actor and ‘Avengers’ star Samuel L Jackson with performances from Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj.

[color=orange]Best Female R&B Artist
Marsha Ambrosius
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Rihanna

[color=orange]Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Bruno Mars
Miguel
Trey Songz
Usher

[color=orange]Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
Big Sean
Drake
J. Cole
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Young Jeezy

[color=orange]Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Nicki Minaj
Diamond
Trina
Brianna Perry

[color=orange]Best Group
Bad Meets Evil
Diddy-Dirty Money
Maybach Music Group
Mindless Behavior
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West)

[color=orange]Best New Artist
A$AP Rocky
Big Sean
Diggy
Future
Meek Mill

[color=orange]Best Collaboration
Beyoncé f/ J. Cole – “Party”
Big Sean f/ Kanye West & Roscoe Dash – “Marvin & Chardonnay”
DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne – “I’m on One”
Drake f/ Lil Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto”
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) f/ Otis Redding – “Otis”
Wale f/ Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb”

[color=orange]Video of the Year
Beyoncé – “Countdown”
Beyoncé – “Love on Top”
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) – “Ni**as in Paris”
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) – “Otis”
Usher – “Climax”

[color=orange]Video Director of the Year
Beyoncé and Alan Ferguson
Benny Boom
Chris Brown and Godfrey Tabarez
Kanye West
Hype Williams

[color=orange]Best Gospel
Yolanda Adams
Kim Burrell
James Fortune & FIYA
Fred Hammond
Trin-I-Tee 5:7

[color=orange]YoungStars Award
Astro
Diggy
Jacob Latimore
Keke Palmer
Willow Smith

[color=orange]Viewers’ Choice Award
Drake f/ Lil Wayne & Tyga – “The Motto”
Beyoncé – “Love on Top”
Chris Brown – “Turn Up the Music”
Mindless Behavior – “Hello”
The Throne f/ Otis Redding – “Otis”
Wale f/ Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb”

[color=orange]Centric Award
Common
Estelle
Robert Glasper
Robin Thicke
Tyrese

[color=orange]Best International Act: U.K.
Estelle
Labrinth
Emeli Sande
Sway
Wretch 32

[color=red]Best International Act: Africa
Camp Mulla (Kenya)
Ice Prince (Nigeria)
Lira (South Africa)
Mokobe (Mali)
Sarkodie (Ghana)
Wizkid (Nigeria)

[color=orange]Best Actress
Angela Bassett
Viola Davis
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Zoe Saldana

Best Actor
Don Cheadle
Common
Idris Elba
Kevin Hart
Denzel Washington

Best Movie
Good Deeds
Jumping the Broom
Laugh at My Pain
Red Tails
The Help

Sportswoman of the Year
Skylar Diggins
Candace Parker
Brittney Griner
Serena Williams
Venus Williams

Sportsman of the Year
Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Victor Cruz
Kevin Durant

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The April edition of One Mic Naija took place at the GET Arena, Lekki moving to Victoria Island for the first time, away from its usual venue Brown's Cafe in Ikeja. Nigerian artistes, OAPs, DJs and Veejays, A&Rs, publicists and other industry players made their way through to show support and cheer on the artistes who were billed to perform and did they rock too!

Veteran singer Sound Sultan, EME boss Banky W and the talented Chidinma rocked the house with their popular tunes. Rapper Teeto Ceemos, J-Town acts Grip Boiz, Ghanian singer Dee Moneey, upcoming rapper Phizzle and Naija Ninja act Grey C all impressed too.

Goldie is in the building. The controversial 'Touch my Body' singer, who is signed to Kennis Music recently spoke to online radio Zoodrums regarding her image, her relationships with other artistes in the industry, and even answered some naughty questions. You'll enjoy it

Let me start by asking what is your least favourite sexual position?

I wouldn’t know because I haven't tried one that I didn't like yet, so if I did try one that I didn't like, I would…

So what's your favourite sex position?

I think I’m very old school…hmmm. The missionary style…

No. That’s wrong. Goldie is not allowed to do it the Missionary style.

I’m not?

You are not. You are Goldie, you are crazy. You wear all these outlandish out fits and people are supposed to go like ‘What the hell’ when they look at you.

We are really the timid ones in the end.

Really?

(Laughs) Don’t get the wrong impression…(laughs) Everybody thinks I’m this monster, let people know that I am boring.

You’ve been on the scene for a few years and then someone, for example, Tiwa Savage, just swoops in. How does it feel when you go for events and people are all over an artiste like Tiwa Savage? Do they react more because of the raunchy sexual image or the pretentious one?

I wouldn’t say Tiwa Savage just swooped in. She’s been someone who has been doing music for a long time …

I mean in the Nigerian system.

You have to understand that music comes from a long while back. This repertoire is on her profile. If you see someone that has been signed on Sony Music as a song writer for five years. Someone who has done competitions, she tried to compete in X factor and you saw the pain when she was turned down. She just deserves a break, and besides, she’s a hard worker. She’s talented and a fantastic person. She was around for my birthday and she was like I’m going to come and eat jollof rice and she tweeted it ‘Goldie, your rice rocks’. Tiwa is like the sweetest female artiste. You cannot hate on her. You have to love her. For all, I think she deserves all she gets.

Are you going to be doing collaborations with her?

We have spoken about it severally, we’re just looking for a subject matter.

What do you think it’s going to sound like?

I don’t know, but we are just looking for a proper subject matter that would be true to me and true to her.

We hear you have a lot of money and that’s why you have gone so far in the industry. You have got all these fantastic fashion people…

I don’t think it’s about money. I think it’s about talent and about people loving your work. There are people who are rich and have tried singing, but nobody knows who they are, so it’s not about money.

What would you say about your relationship with people in the industry? Do you think that has helped make you a bigger and more successful artiste or a less successful artiste?

What exactly are you asking?

I’m asking if you have a very good relationship with other artistes in the industry.

Oh yes! I do. I’m very polite with everybody. Everybody is always polite and we all understand and appreciate each other and that’s what counts. Unfortunately, I would love to have more time to spend with people, but I don’t have enough time. Throughout last year, I think I saw my dad just once. That’s how little time I have to spend with even my family.

What do you think about D’banj’s recent utterances about the ‘Occupy Nigeria’ protest that went down?

Its unfortunate. You know, what I have realised is that there are lots of things that are wrong in this country and lots that are right, but unfortunately, we dwell on the wrong ones. D’banj interviewed our President when he was campaigning. He had his view, so did so many. D’banj, in his own way, is trying to satisfy his conscience. Nobody knows what he is going through, and I feel as outsiders we shouldn’t judge based on what he says. I can’t judge him because I don’t know him or his mental state…

What would you have done differently?

Under what circumstances?

If you had to interview the President…

First of all, I am an artiste. I would not have interviewed the President, maybe if I was a presenter, I would, but I am an artiste and my job is to pass my message across to people through my music. My job is not to interview the president, so we cannot compare because it probably would not have happened.

Source: NET
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R&B-Pop singer and first lady of MAVIN RECORDS Tiwa Savage has landed a major endorsement deal with 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 management 323 Entertainment headed by Tunji T-Billz Balogun about a month ago. The deal sees the 32-year-old follow the likes of pop singer Ashionye who was endorsed as the face of ‘Pepsi Light’ back in 2007.

‘Yea, the deal is true, I can confirm that but that’s all I can say for now’, Balogun told NET in a phone conversation. Balogun later explained he signed a non-disclosure agreement with the parties involved. ‘I’m still surprise how the news got out so soon‘, he added.

There’s no announcement yet from Pepsi. But an insider tells us there’s the possibility that another Nigerian pop star will be joining Tiwa at Pepsi.

Meanwhile it’s big things popping for Tiwa who just yesterday, was announced as a new signee under top notch producer Don Jazzy’s new label outfit, MAVIN Records.

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After what seems like an eon, R&B pathfinder Darey Art Alade is planning to bless fans with some new music again.We have just confirmed that a new single, 'Asiko' (meaning time in English) featuring South African group Jozi and rap heavyweight Ice Prince will be released in a matter of days.

It will be the singer's first single since Sisi Eko (remix, Ft Flavour); and the first single off his upcoming fifth album.

Insiders who have had a listen tell us the cut is ‘fun and fab’, and a collaboration fans here, and in SA will find ‘exciting’.

Darey himself tweeted yesterday: ‘my new single drops this week’, ending the message with a smile.

No release date has been announced.

Darey is signed to his own label Soul Muzik, which is also home to the rapidly-rising act Moeazy.

A brand new new video from Matt Houston, titled Positif which is also an official Remix of E no Easy who else will be on it but p-Square Check it out.



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Nigerian pop singer - Goldie is one artiste we surely can't get enough of, whether its for ever changing questionable costumes or her hit tracks that keeps us all dancing, she is surely a Nigerian artiste that truly represents Entertainment. When her new single "Say My Name" officially came out, fans near and far have been anxiously waiting for a video. The video isn’t out yet but the disco queen has given BellaNaija.com exclusive behind the scenes photos.

[color=orange]The soon to be released video which was directed by Oludare James and Shawn Gold, was shot for 3 days in Ikeja, Lagos. Goldie is seen in some creative Avant-Garde outfits designed by Ejiro Amos-Tafiri and Anuba Couture.

The video also features cameos by DJ Sose, Nigerian dance hall queen – Kaffy, Channel O VJ – Denrele and some Video Vixens.

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Those who attended 2faces' Buckwyld and Breathless concert on Monday, April 30 must have been close to tears at the point where the pop giant decided to take his guests down memory lane by bringing back the Plantashun Boiz on stage! 'Let's go! Blackface, Faze where you at? Plantashun Boiz in the building!', 2face screamed out as former band mates Blackface and Faze stepped on stage to the delight of the audience. The trio drove fans wild as they performed hits songs from their past albums, including fan favourites Knock me off', ‘Don’t you know‘, ‘You and I‘ and ‘Say you believe‘. Even though it was obvious they had not properly rehearsed the performance, they kept backing and filling each other’s verses, hugging and laughing as they entertained the crowd.

Long time Plantashun Boiz friend and collaborator Sound Sultan later joined the trio on stage to perform a revamped version of the hit song ‘Enter the place‘ which featured a surprise freestyle verse form Blackface. Plantashun Boiz emerged in the Nigerian music scene in 1997. In 2000, they released their debut ‘Body and Soul‘ produced by Nelson Brown. Three years later, they released ‘Sold Out‘ which featured the hit song ‘Can’t leave without your love‘.

[color=orange]In 2004, the group went under after lead singer 2face called it quits and launched his solo career. 2face signed up with Kennis Music and released ‘Face2Face‘, Faze with Westside Music releasing his debut ‘Faze Alone‘ while Blackface released his ‘Ghetto Child‘ LP. All albums were critically-acclaimed, although only Idibia recorded major commercial success.

Several albums now down the line, Idibia remains the most successful of the trio, with an international career that ranks him as the most remarkable African pop icon of this era. In 2007, the group briefly reunited and released a reunion album titled ‘Plan B‘ with the single ‘Say you believe me‘.

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One track that has however stood out from M.l's latest album M.I2 is 'Beef', two years after M.I drops the video to thrill his fans . Watch the video directed by GINI below...




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