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Check Out 10 Latest Music To Go For
Away from the bright lights of Pop Stars, there’s a healthy dose of music coming out of Nigeria, among the latest music to go for this week are:
DSDC, Poe, Ikon – More to life
To mark the start of another year, SDC x Poe x Ikon release ‘More to life’, a song reflecting on some of the lessons they picked up over the past year and their mind set for the year ahead. ‘More to life” follows on from a successful 2017, which saw Poe signing marvin records, Ikon completing his debut album ‘Hungry 2 live” and SDC releasing their popular EP and rounding off the year with the palm wine music festival. “More to life” is produced by Spax who was responsible for SDC’s palm wine music.
Oyinkanade – ‘Oluwa’ ft Q Dot.
MTN project fame season 5 super star popularly known as Onyinkanade who is best known for his hit single ‘Adura’ featuring Olamide is back with a new song titled ‘Oluwa’ to kick off 2018. The talented artiste enlists indigenous versatile artiste Q-Dot to serve a hot collaboration that talks about how he was kept together, what has kept him going.
I Last Autograph – WO – (Olamide Cover)
I Last Autograph, a four piece metal – core/ post hardcore band based in Lagos announced the release of their latest cover ‘WO’ originally performed by Olamide. After release of their first cover “Yes/No” by BankW . In a punk style, they took it further to transforming this club banger into metal core music.
Mc Galaxy – Uh LaLa ft Nacho
MC Galaxy hits the jackpot as he becomes the first Nigerian artiste to tap into the Latin market by collaborating with Latino superstar, Nacho and signing a publishing deal with Universal Music Latin Entertainment.
Chiko Ekun – Waloda
As usual, Chiko Ekun never disappoints and hasn’t put in a wrong foot, yet still keeps up the high standard he has been setting with mixing and mastering credit to spyritmyx.
Tunde (Styl – plus) – My Heart
Tunde, formally of the Styl plus crew is now a solo artiste who continues to apply his amazing vocals, charm and personality to creating melodic and deeply soulful songs just for you.
Lamboginny – Kiri Jobo Jobo (Shaku)
Afro dance hall star, lamboginny has surfaced with a brand new tune, a post album song titled having unleashed a 16 tracked album salt in October 2017 with an historic launch concert at the Kirikiri medium prison in Lagos, the social- trainer decided to topple the great effort with a blend of Kirikiri prison and Shaku Shaku influenced jump which he called kiri jobo-jobo.
Dammy Krane – Credit Card
World star Inc head honcho-Dammy Krane stays consistent with the releases as he churns out yet another spanking new single titled ‘Credit Card”. He has had his fair share of controversy this year and now channeling his energy into his music.
Teni – Pareke
After the success of her recent single ‘Fargin’ which got her signed to rising fernale artiste, Teniola Apata popularly known as Teni entertainer rounds up a pretty dope year with this very street ready tune dubbed ‘Pareke’.
Popular businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest, has said that his relationship with singer Davido is beyond money and gossip.
He stated this in a recent interview with BBC Igbo.
“Davido is my friend. He is my in-law; he married Chioma who is from Imo State where I hail from.
“So the relationship I have with Davido is beyond money and gossip,” he said.
DAILY POST reports that Chief Priest disclosed via his Instagram page that his outfit for the wedding of the singer, Davido and his wife, Chioma, in Lagos on Tuesday cost seven million Naira.
The socialite recently appreciated Davido for not “discarding” Chioma.
He stated that the DMW boss has made Imo State proud by choosing to marry from the state.
Nigerian singer Simisola Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, has lent her voice to the ongoing anti-tax hike protests in Kenya.
The Tide’s source reports that Kenyan youths are marching against tax hike in widespread demonstrations tagged ‘RejectFinanceBill2024.’
Five people were shot dead and dozens wounded after police clashed with protesters who stormed the parliament building in Nairobi on Tuesday, according to Amnesty Kenya.
Reacting via her X handle on Tuesday night, Simi declared her support for the demonstrators.
She stated that “it is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights.”
The singer wrote, “I stand with the people of Kenya. It is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights. Godspeed and Strength. [Hash tag] RejectFinanceBill2024.”
In a series of other posts, she wrote: “Wow. When you’ve had enough, the fight is almost inevitable.
“African leaders- have not you done enough?
“I can’t wait for the day Africa is not a weapon fashioned against Africans. All of this amazing Black power and human resource, but the majority are not likely to thrive unless they run.”
Famous Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Davido was spotted among other top artistes at Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tour concert in Atlanta, Georgia.
Asake’s performance at his sold-out show at the 17,000-capacity State Farm Arena in Atlanta began on August 16, 2024, and is set to run for 10 days.
In a trending video on social media, Davido appeared backstage with American rapper Quavo to support Asake during the live performance.
Other musicians in attendance included Nigerian hitmaker Zlatan and American rapper Russ Millions.
The Tide’s source reports that Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tour is set to cover six U.S. cities, where he will headline notable venues including Madison Square Garden in New York, the Toyota Center in Houston, and the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
Asake’s tour comes just days after the release of his latest hit, ‘Lungu Boy,’ which features several superstars, including Wizkid, British rappers Central Cee and Stormzy, Travis Scott and Brazilian singer Ludmilla.
‘Lungu Boy’ set a new record for the biggest opening week on Spotify Nigeria, garnering 18.9 million streams in its opening week and breaking the previous record of 14.4 million streams held by Davido’s ‘Timeless.’