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From Odunsi to Tay Iwar, Kimani Moore is the Alte Talent Manager Extraordinaire to Watch
‘Audacious,’ that’s one word that soon starts to float about in my mind barely 10 minutes into the Zoom call with Olukorede Ogunyomade alias Kimani Moore. She’d opted to have the chat with me with her video off but this was not because she was shy, a stickler for doing it big or going home,…
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Moni Talks interviews producer extraordinaire Masterkraft
After taking a break from interviewing artistes, TV host Moni is back. She starts off the year with this thrilling and exciting interview with Award winning and ace producer – Masterkraft. RELATED:Moni Talks interviews Sarz This Moni Talks interview sheds light on Masterkraft‘s early days, his journey in the music industry, the future of…
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“I’ve Always Been Ahead of My Time” Yung L Speaks to Notjustok About His Yaadman Kingsize Album
When Yung L ‘Yaadman’ or ‘Mr Marley’ joined the interview via the Zoom link, his blase demeanour was soon replaced with animated candour– I’d told him I was a longtime fan of his music since his 2013 breakout days of SOS when I was in my last year of senior secondary school– and he’d taken…
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Spotify in Nigeria: Ric Hassani, DJ Big N & 5 Other Music Industry Players Share Their Thoughts
On the 22nd of February, 2021, the largest global music streaming platform, Spotify, announced its plan to expand into a total of 180 markets with 41 of these being African countries such as Kenya and Ghana. Spotify’s announced expansion also involves Nigeria, the unspoken creative capital of the continent championing African music through afrobeats, afro-pop…
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Basketmouth and the Making of Yabasi: A Story of Ultimate Creativity and Divine Timing
On the 23rd of October 2020, a month in a period that saw several Nigerian artistes drop some of their best work, popular comedian and actor, Basketmouth, dropped Yabasi a refreshingly flavourful 10-track album to his YouTube series, Papa Benji. Many were surprised by the nature of the production; the Basketmouth they knew was a…
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Afrobeats Podcast: Busiswa On Why She Shared Domestic Abuse Experience
It’s another episode of Afrobeats podcast interview with Adesope Olajide and this time it’s South African amapiano sensation, Busiswa that gets on the hot seat where she talked about her domestic abuse experience. The interview with the host Olajide Adesope was uploaded on the 2nd of January, 2021 on the ‘Afrobeats podcast’ page on YouTube. Minutes…
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Falz Talks Finding Comedy & Relationship With Parents On Blackbox
It’s another episode of Blackbox interview with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and this time it is with the one and only Falz the Bahd Guy where he talked about everything. Kicking off the interview, Falz talked about the year 2020 and how difficult it has been for artistes considering shows are their major stream of income and…
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“No pressure to deliver” – Davido’s Signee, Liya Confident of Success
Having released her first official single ‘Melo‘ as a DMW artist, upcoming singer, songwriter and DMW First Lady, Liya who was interviewed alongside DMW boss and megastar, Davido on TheBeat99.9fm is confident about her sound and optimistic about succeeding as a female artist in Nigeria. Upon her official announcement as DMW’s signee, Davido made Liya…
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“If I wasn’t a musician I’ll be on the street …” – Wizkid to Naomi Campbell
Wizkid has revealed that if not for music, he’ll be on the street right now with the other kids he grew up with as that would’ve been his only foreseeable future considering his background. This was revealed by the superstar in his latest interview with Naomi Campbell on the 15th of December 2020 when he…
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Yemi Alade: Mama Africa is Birthing African Royalty with Her Music
Born Yemi Eberechi Alade, to a Yoruba father and a multilingual Igbo mother, the stars had always augured in her favour to become a global sensation, but for Alade, it wasn’t something she immediately had a grasp on. Now it’s the year 2020 and as music from Africa rapidly becomes the soundtrack of the universe,…