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As the streaming numbers roll in for 2025, one message is loud and clear: African artists are no longer waiting for global permission they’re earning global attention and rewriting what success looks like. The data is compelling. According to YouTube Music figures, Rema reached 223 million streams globally in Q1 alone, placing him as Nigeria’s…
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Rumours have followed Big Sean and Jhené Aiko through almost a decade of public-facing romance from whispers of cheating and secret proposals to speculation about split-ups and hidden weddings. For a couple who’ve built part of their identity around vulnerability, spirituality and creative partnership, the speculation around their relationship has become a persistent subplot. The…
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Halloween, once seen as a purely Western celebration, has quietly found a place in Nigeria’s growing pop-culture landscape. What began as a foreign tradition rooted in superstition and costume play has now evolved into a social event redefined by Nigerian youth, nightlife promoters, and creative communities. As global culture becomes more connected through social media…
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Images of burned villages, mass graves, and desperate families are not abstract headlines. They are human emergencies. Nigeria’s insecurity from Islamist insurgency in the northeast to massacres and raids in central states has produced a mounting humanitarian crisis that affects Christians and Muslims, farmers and herders, and entire communities. The question now being asked in…
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Music in the Age of Mental Health: How Artists Are Finding Healing Through Sound For years, music has been the escape, a way to drown out chaos, express what words can’t or make pain sound poetic. But lately, something deeper is happening. Across genres and continents, artists are no longer just creating music for applause;…
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There was a time when a few men in tailored suits and tinted offices decided who got to be famous. Record label execs, radio hosts, TV presenters they were the gatekeepers of the culture. They decided what we listened to, who made it to the charts, and who faded into silence. But somewhere between the…
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The video landed like a warning light. On the busy streets of Sagamu in Ogun State, what began as a minor car crash involving DJ Chicken quickly escalated into a near-mob assault, viral footage capturing an influencer forced to sit at the scene as a crowd rallied around anger and judgment. The incident isn’t just…
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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…