The widely acclaimed African Giant album is a year old and we cannot help but celebrate the incredible achievements of this phenomenal African album. Released on the 26th of July, 2019 as Burna Boy’s fourth studio album, the African Giant album has over the last year, garnered wide acclaim and appreciation for its dexterity, adroitness,…
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DJ Cuppy signs deal with UK music platform Platoon
Nigerian disc jockey and artiste, DJ Cuppy, has signed her first-ever music deal with a UK music platform, Platoon. The company, which was acquired by Apple in 2018, helps independent artists fund, distribute, and market their content. The announcement was made through a video by Platoon via Instagram, welcoming Cuppy to the platform. This comes…
Trace brings new sound experience in partnership with LG Electronics
Trace, the No.1 Afro-Urban entertainment company with a mission to empower the youth has officially added a new dimension to its scope as it unveiled a historic partnership with South Korean leading provider in Consumer Electronics and Home Entertainment; LG Electronics. The partnership is geared towards evolving a better way of listening to music using…
Full list of 2020 BET Awards winners
On 28th of June 2020, the prestigious BET Awards took place, celebrating black excellence and parading a list of artists, winners and nominees, singers and spectators; the award show also paid tributes to all victims of racism all over the world as well as the Black Lives Matter protesters. Amanda Seales, the comedienne and Insecure…
Apple TV’s ‘Little America’ star, Conphidance talks about racism, overpopulation and more
Conphidance whose real name is Uchenna Echeazu currently stars on Apple TV‘s limited series, Little America. On Celeb Stopover, he talked about how “they woke us up and said we are moving to America”. He moved to the US with his parents and brother as a child, explored his talents (acting, drumming and dancing) and…
Kizz Daniel signs deal with international distribution company EMPIRE
Nigerian singer and Flyboi INC boss, Kizz Daniel has signed a deal with American distribution company, EMPIRE. Kizz Daniel who is gearing for the release of his album King Of Love has signed a new deal with distribution company and record label EMPIRE, located in the United States. The record label is known to be…
Burna Boy nominated for 2020 BET Awards
Multi-award-winning Nigerian Afro-fusion musician, Burna Boy, has once again been nominated for the annual Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards. This is an award which celebrates creative expression and black excellence across music, film, television, sports, and philanthropy. Burna Boy won the Best International Act category at the 2019 BET Awards, and his mom and manager,…
Enyo Sam launches the first episode on the Rescued Podcast series
Nigerian Gospel singer Enyo Sam launches his long-awaited Rescued Podcast with the first episode titled Why Doing This Thing? Enyo Sam who is yet to release any new song for 2020 reveals that he is doing this thing called Rescued Series which comes in the segment of Rescued podcast, Rescued webinars and Rescued articles because…
I wanted people to hate the song ‘Wave’ – Ric Hassani
Available on YouTube among different eye opening episodes currently enjoying weekly programming across 3 radio stations in Nigeria, this bubbly fun time on Celeb Stopover with Ife Ajagbe quickly documents an interesting mindset of an African Gentleman within its first minutes of introducing Ric Hassani, as their informal chat quickly moves beyond entertainment. A must…
Ckay shows off acting chops in self-directed short film
Chocolate City’s CKay adds director and actor to his impressive list of credits with the release of his anticipated new short film, The First Film: Alien. The film, which is co-directed by Makere Thekiso, comes on the heels of the artist’s latest milestone celebrating over a million views on YouTube for his hit single, Love…
