Billie Eilish did not say that she wants to “be poor” in order to relate to most of her fans. Many social media users have been sharing a fabricated quote attributed to the 20-year-old singer about her wanting to be…
The Kidd Creole found guilty of manslaughter
Kidd Creole, a founding member of the US rap group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, has been found guilty of manslaughter over the fatal stabbing of a homeless man on a New York street. John Jolly was stabbed twice…
Expo 2022: Music, comedy, fashion galore in Delta
Delta State is set to stage a music, comedy and fashion show by the entertainment industry in the state to climax government and private investments in these sectors tagged EXPO 2022. It is an exhibition of talents both in Comedy,…
Naira Marley, Marlians and his aural pornography – Dami Ajayi
There is an on-going revolution in Nigeria—and the most unlikely hero, Naira Marley, is stirring it.Before we come to what this revolution is and what it means, a few words about Naira Marley: Born Afeez Fashola, partly groomed in Agege,…
Fireboy DML’s “Laughter, Tears and Goosebumps” signals coming of new guard – Dami Ajayi
Fireboy DML’s debut album has been anticipated since his breakthrough single ‘Jealous’ crept up on us subtly and became an earworm. His silky voice, deliberate wordplay and swain’s strophe makes him that chap that could divest a woman’s underpants while…
Asa’s “Lucid” springs no surprises – Dami Ajayi
The release of Asa’s Lucid was a hugely anticipated cultural event. Coming at least a dozen years after her self-titled debut and half a decade after her last album, ‘Bed of Stone’, one can safely conclude that Asa is not…
Phyno rings in his 3rd LP with no fanfare and says “Deal with It”- Dami Ajayi
He calls this project, “Deal With It” and it is obviously more Hip-Hop in its concept as much as it is good Ole Phyno in delivery. But at 21 tracks, at a time when the album is at best a…
All Hail Lady Donli, Queen of Naija Alté – Dami Ajayi
Lady Donli has become the name everyone wants to drop in the Alté scene. Alternative used to be the opposite of mainstream but that was until a squad of new-school bourgeois cats with international exposure and swag came by. They…
Brymo “skata” ground on A.A.A. EP – Dami Ajayi
A.A.A. is perhaps as non-descript as it gets – a new EP project with abstract art adorning its cover and with that acronym. Immediate assessment: underground, left-side of advertisement. Brace yourself. Come to this music without lofty expectations of the…
Burna Boy and the Fela influence – Dami Ajayi
Twenty-two years after Fela‘s death, his accomplished older son, Femi Kuti, is 58 years old, the exact age Fela was when he succumbed to HIV/AIDS. Seun Kuti, his younger son, in whose hands the mantle of leading the Egypt 80…
