Oh My Gosh - Yemi Alade ft Rick Ross

 Yemi Alade  continues in her quest for domination and supremacy as the queen of Afropop with another massive hit single featuring American Rap superstar Rick Ross.
Once again Yemi sets another record as the first female Afropop artist to get over 1 million youtube views in 24 hours. This is in addition to the fact that she is the first female afropop artist to hit over 100 million youtube views for her hit single 'Johnny'. 

With her youtube channel boasting over a million subscribers and over 7 million followers on instagram Yemi has again thrown down the gauntlet to her bitter arch rival Tiwa Savage over who has the right to wear the crown as the Queen Of Afropop and its looking like that is a debate which will continue for sometime. 

Watch out for Yemi's  forthcoming album 'Woman Of Steel' due to be released later this year 





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Yemi Alade Vs Tiwa Savage - Who Wears The Crown

R Kelly Set To Face More Jail Time

It very much looks like the ongoing saga of R.Kelly's woes are set to continue and will not be going away any time soon as he once again faces jail time for non payment of child support for the last 2 months an issue that's already led him to spend time in a cell some weeks ago.

At the time R.Kelly was only released after an unidentified friend paid the outstanding amount of $161,000.33 on his behalf however since then R.Kelly has allegedly failed to make a single payment to ex wife Andrea who should receive $20,000 per month for child support.

As a result its very likely that the R&B singer who is still trying to fight charges of sex abuse will most likely be arrested again and locked up soon for this separate offence.  As they say in my part of the world "when it rains it pours" it seems R.Kelly is facing a storm of gigantic proportions.  

So is this just another case of a famous black male about to be taken down aka Bill Cosby, James Brown, Michael Jackson etc (Well Michael was once black!!) or have they brought it on themselves and deserve the punishment, what do you think.

As the late great Fela Kuti once sang when "When Trouble Sleep Yanga Go Wake Am Wetin He Day Find.. Palavar He Go Get"

Please leave your views and comments below thanks for visiting my blog and God bless 

Wizkid's Baby Mama Drama & The New Beyonce Album

News out is that Afropop superstar- your boy Wizkid is set to feature on Beyonce's forthcoming album and it very much looking like the starboy's star could not be shining any brighter as one of the most recognisable faces of afropop which has now truly become a worldwide phenomenon.

Wizkid along with the likes of BurnaBoy, Davido, Tiwa Savage and many more have now become major acts selling out concert venues in Europe The U.S and Africa as well as featuring at worldwide music festivals and being sought after by major RnB and rap artists for collaborations such as Drake, Snoop Dog, Kanye West and Omarion.

It's therefore no suprise that Wizkid is set to feature on Beyonce's forthcoming album after previously featuring on her single back in 2017 titled 'Yonce Riddim' 

And Just as more proof of the rise and rise of afropop it's also being rumoured that top afrobeats producer Kiddominant will be working with Beyonce on the album to produce one of the songs titled Nefertiti which is said to feature Rihanna.
Kiddominant who real name is Ayoola Oladapo Agboola is well known for producing Davido's mega hit tracks 'Fall and Fela in Versace.

Wizkids Baby Mama drama set to continue!!



Stay tuned for the next instalment of afropop entertainment news please leave you comments and thanks for visiting my blog. 

IJE-The Journey -Nollywood's Highest Grossing Movie

IJE -The Journey, Nollywood's highest grossing movie of all time at the cinema is set to continue its winning ways in the DVD market. After several weeks of buzz, the award winning movie hit the DVD market and instantly recorded an unprecedented patronage, selling about 200, 000 on its first day on the shelf. The movie is selling in over 6000 stores in Nigeria, the US and some parts of North America and on music and video merchandising site, I-Tunes and Amazon
The movie, IJE has been tipped to achieve another Nollywood milestone by selling more at the DVD market thereby doing better than the previous bestseller The Return of Jenifa which sold well over 100,000 in its first week in the market. Speaking on the impressive DVD sales, the director and producer of the movie, Chineze Anyaene couldn't hide her joy at the feat "Selling that much on the first day is huge, its more than encouraging. It is not a common feat in a country like Nigeria as a director and producer is always up against various factors". For the New York Film Academy graduate, the journey into Nollywood has been interesting since she overcame her father's initial opposition of her career choice. "My father didn't want me to act in movies for the fear of men touching me on set.
He particularly said that no daughter of his would act because he was so uncomfortable with the way men touch ladies while on set but when I told him I was going behind the camera to direct and produce, he said ok, that's not bad. At a point my mum wanted me to study law but when I returned with my first short film, my father was stunned but very happy and couldn't believe I could do that, he was impressed.

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Innocence of the Muslims -An Exploding Controversy

This is the anti Islam video a that has caused a riots and a violent anti America reactions in the Middle East and all around the world and has lead to the deaths of some people including the American Ambassador to Libya.

I do not normally focus on religious views on this blog which is  more to do with African music and entertainment news events however after watching this movie on the net I felt compelled to make of few comments and try to find out what other Africans Muslim or Christains might feel.

I personally found the trailer quite disgusting and insulting to Islam as a religion, and I wonder why this guy Sam Bacile guy who allegedly made it was allowed to publish it in America, I thought all films had to be reviewed by the government films board before they could be published  if so was it approved? some may say it's in the interest of freedom of  speech and people should be allowed to publish whatever they want but then should people be allowed to publish material that would be offensive to the many millions of Muslims around the world where exactly do we draw the line - would  it be alright to publish a Nazi Propaganda film or a film glorifying Racism - I wonder .

I also wonder how much of this was about a person or group of people making a film because they had strong convictions or deep seated feelings against Islam or if they just wanted make a controversial film that would take the proverbial P out Islam in the name of entertainment because they thought it would be funny, or are there more sinister motives at play surely the backers and funders of this film must have known that if it saw the light of the day it would cause a massive controversy and reactions from the Muslin world especially at time when there is already so much that has gone on in places like Iraq,Libya, Afghanistan and Syria.

Is this a calculated attempt to cause even more hatred and friction between the West and the Islamic world for whatever reason or purpose, is there some kind of end game here or am reading too much into it - is the film more a culmination and symptomatic of the very strong anti Islamic feeling in America.   I do find it ironic that our governments are always talking about spreading peace and democracy in the Middle East and helping to free the people from so called dictators - then you get a film like this coming out which of course encourages more fundamentalism and serves as a great recruiting tool for extremist groups like Al Qaeda and so on.

On the other hand you might want to question why people should react so strongly to what is essentially just a movie, do people really have any justification for rioting and killing other innocent people,it or is there something fundamentally wrong here aren't religions supposed to spread peace, tolerance and forgiveness of one another.  what happened to that basic commandment 'thou shall not kill'

Anyone out there who would like to comment or air their views please feel free to do so.

Peace and Blessing 

GFlow Baba-Hustle Nd Bubble

Big track from G.FlowBaba in case you're wondering who he is then you might recognise him by his former stage name Teran G which he has now changed due to legal and other management reasons don't ask me what that's all about! but he back under new management with a big track simply titled Hussle N Bubble.and it's as catchy as they come with a video which I must say is very slick and well produced, it features flashbacks of his great grandfather the late Herbert Ogunde a musical  theatrical Icon, and  legendary pioneer of professional theatre as well as one of the first big movie makers in Nigeria.

For more information on Gflow Baba check him out on his brand new website or  hook up with him on FaceBook by clicking on the links below. and don't forget you can download the track here.

Peace and Blessings

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QOFI Menza Them Not Know

Stepping out from Accra, Ghana Qofi Menza is one of those guys gaining a lot of traction and attention nowadays, because he has his own unique style with a very good beat and drops some inspirational and positive messages on his tracks in his own words he says "All those that walk positive and believe that no matter what God ( Nana, Onyame, Allah, Jah Buddha, Yaweh, Karmah. The Supreme Being, The Most High) Still walks with his people....KEEP THE FAITH in God Almighty and ourselves.


Currently signed to the Blaqq Drum label QOFI has just dropped his new album "GHANA EP"  and trust me if the rest of the tracks are as good as this one then I will be definitely looking forward to it.
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Play download his latest track  "Them Not Know"





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