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When the legendary R&B singer Toni Braxton and hip-hop mogul Birdman quietly tied the knot on August 8, 2024, the headlines might’ve been missed by many but the script that followed read like a soap opera. Two days later, according to court filings, their marriage was already listed as over. What happened in that short…
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Greasy Tunes & Green Beats: How Spotify Is Deepening Its Roots in Nigeria’s Music Culture On a warm Lagos evening, where the hum of traffic blends with the pulse of Afrobeats, Spotify’s new cultural experiment comes to life. The streaming giant’s Greasy Tunes Café pop-up, launched in October 2025, is more than just a marketing…
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North West has done it again another set of photos, another internet meltdown. The daughter of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian has long been a pop-culture fixture, but her latest images pushed her even deeper into the spotlight. The pictures, posted across fan pages and major outlets, showed North dressed in full star energy: bold…
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CKay × Mavo – BODY: A Catchy Groove That Misses the Mark on the Feature Nigerian superstar CKay returns with BODY, a silky new single featuring rising artist Mavo, released October 22, 2025. The track promises an alluring fusion of Afrobeat slow-burn and late-night vibe but while the lead artist shines, the feature leaves something…
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In an age when playlists and tastemakers hold real power in music discovery, Audiomack’s latest move might be quietly game-changing. The streaming platform recently rolled out a set of analytics tools aimed specifically at curators and its “Tastemaker” program giving non-artist, non-label players the visibility and data they’ve long needed. If you’re a curator, influencer,…
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Billboard’s Hot 100 Rule Change: A New Era for Chart Longevity and Fair Play What Changed Billboard has officially revised the recurrent-song rules for the Billboard Hot 100, dramatically shortening the window during which older tracks can remain on the chart. Under the updated criteria effective October 2025, a song falls into recurrent status if it…
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Lewis Hamilton, Chelsea, and the High-Stakes Battle Over Gambling Ads In a week when most sports headlines revolve around performance and transfers, a quieter but far more consequential story emerged from the United Kingdom. The country’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned two gambling ads, one featuring Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton, another displaying Chelsea…
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For the French luxury house Hermès, the appointment of Grace Wales Bonner as Creative Director of Men’s Ready-to-Wear is more than a high-profile hire. It signals a deliberate strategic shift, a recalibration of heritage, craft and global relevance. Here’s my take on what this move says about Hermès’s direction, its long-term strategy and what it means for…
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The Women Running the Nigerian Music Scene in 2025 For years, the global conversation around Nigerian music was framed by the men who carried Afrobeats to the world. But something shifted. Not with noise or neon-lit declarations, but with an unbothered confidence that moved like a tide persistent, inevitable, and quietly rebellious. By 2025, the…
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When Afrobeats Hits a Rut: Is the Sound Losing Its Groove? Once upon a time, you couldn’t scroll through TikTok, Instagram, or Spotify without hearing a catchy hook from Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tems, or Rema. Afrobeats had the world in a chokehold vibrant, fresh, and unapologetically African. Fast-forward to 2025, and something feels different. The…