Category: News

  • Davido Talks Afrobeats & Plans For Nigerian Politics With Channel 4

    Davido Talks Afrobeats & Plans For Nigerian Politics With Channel 4

    Shutting down the O2 Arena has brought more international attention to not just Davido but also on Afrobeat, a music that seems to be of great interest to the world, but requires no rocket science to figure out why considering the number of lovers it has worldwide. UK media station, Channel 4 recently had a…

  • Seun Kuti To Perform At The 61st Grammy Awards

    Seun Kuti To Perform At The 61st Grammy Awards

    Seun Kuti has just been announced as one of the performers for the upcoming 61st annual Grammy awards. The son of Afrobeats legend, Fela Kuti is also a nominee at the event slated for 10th February 2019.  Below is a the statement by the Grammy Awards. . . The 61st GRAMMY Awards will start off with sizzle…

  • Mavin Records Secures Multi Million Dollar Investment From Kupanda Holdings

    Mavin Records Secures Multi Million Dollar Investment From Kupanda Holdings

    MAVIN RECORDS, Africa’s industry-leading music label, announces its multimillion dollar equity investment partnership with KUPANDA HOLDINGS. Mavin is focused on scaling operations to meet the rapidly growing international demand for African music, on growing its roster and on strengthening its services across A&R, touring, marketing, distribution, publishing and partnerships.   “Our mission is to grow…

  • Davido Delivers Stellar Performance At His Sold Out Concert At O2 Arena

    Davido Delivers Stellar Performance At His Sold Out Concert At O2 Arena

    Davido Delivers Stellar Performance At His Sold Out Concert At O2 Arena On Sunday, 27th of January, 2018, history was made as superstar singer – Davido sold out the 20,000 capacity concert venue, O2 Arena which is a huge feat to achieve for any artist. This further underlines the dominance of Afrobeats to the world right now.…

  • Burna Boy Announced As Star Brand Ambassador

    Burna Boy Announced As Star Brand Ambassador

    Burna Boy Announced As Star Brand Ambassador Having enjoyed a banner year in 2018; sold out concerts, smash hit singles, and carting away with the coveted artist of the year award at the Soundicty Music Awards, Burna Boy begins the new year with a bang. Burna Boy was announced as the brand ambassador for national…

  • Davido & Patoranking Collabo Alert! Who’s Ready? ?

    Davido & Patoranking Collabo Alert! Who’s Ready? ?

    Pop star and Reggae/dancehall star Davido and Patoranking are set to release a song together for the first time and from Davido’s social media post, it seems the video is already in the works. This announcement was made on  Davido’s Twitter account on Wednesday, 23rd of January with as the singer asks fans “Who’s Ready?”  PATO…

  • YouTube Deletes Tiwa Savage’s ‘One’ Due To A Copyright Claim

    YouTube Deletes Tiwa Savage’s ‘One’ Due To A Copyright Claim

    The song that crowned 2018 for Tiwa Savage ‘One’ has been taken down by Youtube after a copyright complaint was filed against the singer hence the video to the song is no longer available due to a copyright claim by a third party. Sometimes last year, Nigerian singer, Ajibola Olumuyiwa Danladi popularly known as Danny Young…

  • Davido’s Feature On Rollingstone Examines The Rise Of Afrobeats In U.S

    Davido’s Feature On Rollingstone Examines The Rise Of Afrobeats In U.S

    On Monday, 21st of January, Davido was featured on one of the biggest music and pop culture magazines in America, Rollingstone, and this feature covers the gradual rise of Afrobeat with Davido as the ideal case study. According to the writer, Elias Leight, Davido’s Fall released in 2017 is gradually picking in the US as…

  • Davido Reveals Intention To Renegotiate Sony Deal

    Davido Reveals Intention To Renegotiate Sony Deal

    The story of Sony Music Entertainment and Davido usually comes up in conversations when Davido takes a walk down the memory lane that birthed his career-defining hits, IF and Fall, songs that were released after what he has constantly described as a bad year for his music with his EP Son of Mercy and this time was no different…

  • “Fall Is Not The Song I Want People To Know Me For” – Davido

    “Fall Is Not The Song I Want People To Know Me For” – Davido

    Davido’s Fall seems to be doing way better than any song released with the way it’s spreading the afrobeat sounds to other continents and while everyone is shocked and excited for the artiste at the same time, with the song presently on its 107 Million views as at the time of this post, the artiste…