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There’s beef, and then there’s whatever Blaqbonez and Odumodublvck have cooked up. It’s no longer just a rap war it’s a full-blown cultural moment, a personality clash spilling beyond bars and into Nigeria’s biggest conversations about ego, identity, and what it really means to be a rapper in an Afrobeats-dominated world. What started as a…
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The Effects of Music Globally Music is one of the few things that belongs to everyone. It crosses language, culture, and class a universal language that connects hearts before words do. From Lagos to London, Seoul to São Paulo, music has become not just a form of entertainment but a force that shapes how people…
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For years, Afrobeats was driven by individual ambition, artists chasing solo glory, defining their unique sounds, and competing for dominance across charts and streaming platforms. But the new wave tells a different story. From producers forming creative hubs to artists building communities around shared vision, the rise of collectives and joint projects has become one…
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The street has always been the heartbeat of Nigerian music noisy, honest, and brutally expressive. But in the last few years, the street stopped whispering and started leading. It became the pulse of Afrobeats, the slang of the city, and the rhythm of survival. And if there are two faces that define this raw uprising,…
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In today’s Nigeria, the dream has changed. Once, stability meant a corporate job, a neat résumé, and a life built on predictability. Now, that dream is fading. The new ambition glows in studio lights, behind phone cameras, and on digital stages. For many young Nigerians, creativity has become both a calling and an escape a…
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Afrobeats has grown from a regional sound into a global force shaping playlists, fashion, and cultural conversations from Lagos to London, from Accra to Atlanta. But as the genre expands, so does the tension around who leads it. Artists compete for the biggest streaming numbers, the flashiest co-signs, and the loudest headlines. Yet behind the…
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There was a time when getting a song to blow in Nigeria followed a clear formula: radio spins, Alaba market distribution, and maybe a co-sign from a top DJ. But in today’s music economy, those rules barely apply. The gatekeepers have changed, and so has the pipeline. In 2025, the real plug isn’t a radio…
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Every time a musician tweets about elections or injustice, the internet splits in two. One side screams, “Stick to music!” while the other says, “Use your platform!” The truth? There’s no easy answer but pretending art and politics live in separate worlds is the biggest lie the industry keeps selling. Music has always been political,…
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Music is a universal language, but the way artists get paid for it is far from universal. Around the world, royalty systems the backbone of how musicians, songwriters, and producers earn vary dramatically from one region to another. What an artist makes from a million streams in Nigeria is not the same as what an…
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There was a time when an artist dropped a single, fans discovered it organically, and the buzz grew from there. But today, we live in an age where music doesn’t just drop its teased. The snippet comes first, then the reactions, the TikTok trends, the countdowns, and finally, the release. Afrobeats has fully embraced this…