Drake sues Universal music over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’
Rapper Drake on Wednesday filed suit against his own label, saying Universal Music Group’s release and promotion of a Kendrick Lamar track dissing him amounted to defamation and harassment. UMG is behind both Drake and Lamar, two superstar rapper…
Funke Akindele, Stephen Oluboyo top list of highest-grossing Nollywood writers in 2024
Nollywood star, Funke Akindele, has emerged as the second highest-grossing Nollywood writer for the year 2024, along with Collins Okoh and Akinlabi Ishola. This was for the film “Everybody Loves Jennifer,” which had generated N1,125bn at the box office…
FULL LIST of 82nd Golden Globe winners
The 82nd Golden Globe Awards took place on Sunday at Beverly Hills, United States of America with major winners across different categories. Here are the winners; Surreal narco-musical “Emilia Perez” led all films with four awards, includin…
Africa Magic opens entries for 11th AMVCA
Africa Magic, in partnership with MultiChoice, has called for entries for the 11th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards. Busola Tejumola, Executive Head of Content and Channels, West Africa, MultiChoice, confirmed this in a statement on M…
How I became bishop of C&S church — Shina Peters
Legendary Afro-Juju musician Sir Shina Peters revealed on Friday that his ordination as a bishop was in fulfilment of a divine calling. In 2021, Shina Peters was ordained as a bishop at the Cherubim and Seraphim Church of God in the Iju area of Lagos S…
Apostle Femi Lazarus, others top Spotify most streamed podcasts in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa
Online streaming platform, Spotify, has unveiled the top five most streamed podcasts in Nigeria, Kenya and South, for 2024. Spotify’s Sub-Saharan Africa Podcast Manager, Ncebakazi Manzi, in a statement on Thursday, said that “Apostle Femi Lazarus” rema…
Jay-Z accused of raping 13-year-old girl with Diddy in civil suit
Musician and producer, Jay-Z, was accused in a lawsuit submitted on Sunday of raping a 13-year-old with hip-hop star Sean Combs in the 2000, court documents show, claims denied by Jay-Z. An updated complaint in a civil case against Combs alleges that J…
Ayra Starr, Tems, Gyakie lead Spotify’s top female artistes in Africa
Spotify, an online streaming platform, celebrated Nigerian singer Ayra Starr, who emerged as the most streamed female artiste in three countries: Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya. Spotify’s Head of Music, in Sub-Saharan Africa, Phiona Okumu, disclosed this in…
Mali singer extradited to Belgium in child custody case
Malian singer Rokia Traore was extradited from Italy to Belgium and detained on Friday over an outstanding two-year prison sentence handed down in a child custody dispute, prosecutors said. The 50-year-old singer and guitarist was sentenced in absentia…
One Direction star Liam Payne took cocaine, others before death – Prosecutors
One Direction star Liam Payne consumed cocaine, alcohol and a prescription antidepressant before falling to his death from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony last month, Argentine prosecutors said Thursday. The prosecutor’s office added that three peop…