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Harrison Gives Kudos To MTN For Mandella’s Tribute Song
Harrison Tare Okirie
popularly known as Harrisong is today reaping the fruits of his hard work as his MTN sponsored award for the most downloaded callertunes of 2013 at the recently held headies award has taken him to places across the globe.
By attending the globally acclaimed best entertainment awards in company of his bosom friend, Kingsley Okonkwo, widely known as KCEE, Harrisong could be said to be reaping the reward for hard work and ingenuity.
It was gathered that his trip to Las Vegas was facilitated and sponsored by MTN as part of the benefits attached to the recognition accorded to the Delta-born artiste for his tributary song titled “Mandela” at the headies award held in December 2013.
The song which was released shortly after the demise of the ex-South African President went ahead to record over 2 million down loads in less than two weeks on the MTN e-distribution network callertunez.
The talented singer who was sponsored by MTN to Las Vegas to attend last year’s grammy Awards expressed his joy, describing it as a dream come true and thanked the tele communication giant and ICT Company for the opportunity to attend the glammorus event alongside other celebrities from around the world.
It would be recalled that last year’s grammy awards had a few surprises as Seattle born rapper MackLemore and Ryan Lewis became the stars of the night as the duo bagged four awards for the best artist, best Rap performance, best rap song and best rap album for 2013. Close to the duo was Daft Punk who also carted home the same number of awards.
Also Jayz received the award for best Rap/song collaboration for the song “Holygrail, featuring Justin Timberlake. Other artistes on the prestigious awards list are Pharrell Williams, Alisa Keys, Darius Rucker, Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Kacey Musgraves Ben Harper, Herb Alpert and others.
However Femi Kuti still maintains the record of being nominated in the Grammy for four times as no Nigerian has ever achieved this feat.
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.’