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Organise by Asake has reclaimed the top place on Apple Music.

May we not tolerate failure and trash o!

Recently, Wizkid’s song “Bad To Me” was released, and it quickly rose to the top spot on Apple Music, knocking Asake’s song “Organise” to number two.

A feat that Davido, Burna Boy, and other well-known artists were unable to accomplish when they released their own songs. 

Asake’s “Organise” is back at number one right now, and it’s unfortunate that all of Davido’s fans are backing Asake only to put Wizkid in the doghouse.

Remember that when Davido released “Stand Strong,” it failed to stay at the top for one day.

At this point, I’ll put my pen down and invite other Wizkid fans to join me in celebrating our own Machala.

I’ll be waiting for Machala supporters and detractors in the comment area.

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The track “Bad To Me” by Wizkid is great for grooving and getting people riled up.

The excellent and Grammy-nominated fourth album from Wizkid, the pioneer of Afrobeats, can make you forget that the suave singer excels at getting the party started with passionate, fast-paced music. With songs like “Caro,” “African Bad Gyal,” and “Pakurumo,” Wizkid has dance floor fire whereas the majority of Suited in Lagos is made for slow whines and chilling out. In reality, his 2011 debut, Superstar, is an upbeat electronic track with an African edge that was probably influenced by EDM at the time.

Wizkid. 📸: Nabil Elderkin

Wizkid attempts to break out of the recent beautiful and sensual rut he’s been in by tackling the dance sound that is beginning to characterize this era in African music: Amapiano, on his first release of 2022 as the lead artist. The song “Bad to Me” was produced by P2J (the executive producer of Made in Lagos and a go-to beat-maker for Afro-excellence for many stars). It starts off with a four-count that sounds a bit like Pharrell but soon transitions into electrifying percussion with shekere and deep drums. Bright keys add some romance to the song as Wizkid enters with his first stanza, honoring yet another awful gyal and her spinning figure: “This kind of body don dey cause a migraine,” he goes. 

The gentle image Wizkid has been cultivating over the past few years is combined with this club-focused moment to create the instantly appealing “Bad to Me.” From the log drum to the call-and-response outro’s echo (a la Asake or “Finesse”), it is obvious that the Starboy team is aware of the trends in world music. The release of “Bad to Me” has sparked an internet discussion on the origins of South African style’s effect on Nigerian music, however many Afrobeats artists have been exploring Amapiano as well.

When a Davido fanatic attempted to discredit Wizkid’s work by claiming that it was the result of Davido’s forays into Amapiano (such as the remix of “Ke Star,” “Champion Sound,” and “Watawi” with South African star Focalistic), DJ Maphorisa, a major figure in the genre, referred them to his collaborations with Wizkid and Burna Boy with Kabza De Small on “Sponono Others have attempted to stake a claim for themselves and their favorite Nigerian artists’ works using Amapiano components after Maphorisa’s remarks. But rather than claiming ownership of the hybrids, Maphorisa’s reaction to the Davido fan seemed to promote a deeper understanding of them. “No one owns amapiano anyone can do it n win,” he wrote. 

Wizkid’s MLLE (More Love Less Ego) Album Will Be Released On the 29th Of October, 2022.

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Rolling Loud

Image source: Saint Laurent Donye Twitter

History.

Rolling Loud is a hip hop music festival that takes place in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Canada. Complex calls it “one of the biggest rap-only festivals in the world,” while Billboard calls it “the be-all of hip-hop festivals.”

An estimated 210,000 people attended the event in Miami in 2019. 

Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif, who met in elementary school in Hollywood, Florida, founded the festival in 2015. When they were in high school, they began organizing and promoting parties that “leaned heavily on a mix of Southern and Midwestern rap.” In 2010, they transitioned to professional live music events, beginning with an after-party headlined by Rick Ross. By the summer of 2013, they were hosting monthly events in Miami with emerging artists such as Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar. Before recognizing the need for a genre-specific music festival, the pair promoted artists from Florida’s burgeoning SoundCloud rap scene under the brand name Dope Entertainment.

The first Rolling Loud took place in February 2015 in Miami, Florida, and featured artists such as Schoolboy Q, Juicy J, Currensy, and Action Bronson. It was held at Soho Studios in the city’s Wynwood district, though the venue was temporarily flooded due to rain. 

Rolling Loud 2016 was held at the larger Mana Wynwood convention center and featured headlining acts Ty Dolla $ign, Young Thug, and Future. 

Rolling Loud relocated to Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami in 2017. 

It has been held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens since 2018. The festival also expanded to other cities in 2017, with the inaugural editions of Rolling Loud Bay Area and Rolling loud Southern California. 

Rolling Loud Australia in Sydney, Australia, and Rolling Loud NYC were added to the list of host cities in 2019. The same year, they announced Rolling Loud’s first European festival would be held in Portugal in July 2020. 

However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the 2020 festival, which was originally scheduled to take place from May 8 to May 10, has been rescheduled for July 23 to July 25, 2021. 

Due to similar circumstances, the European edition in Portugal had to be rescheduled for 2021.

Rolling Loud hosted a post-pandemic festival in Miami in 2021, with over 200,000 attendees. The festival collaborated with WWE and included a Friday Night Smackdown. 

Rolling Loud continued to expand into new countries in 2022. Rolling Loud’s first collaboration with a European festival was announced in 2021 as a collaboration with the 2022 edition of Woo-Hah!, which will take place from July 1-3, 2022.

Rolling Loud Portugal took place on July 6-8, 2022, after being postponed in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rolling Loud Toronto is set to take place in Canada on September 9-11, 2022. From March 3-5, 2023, the festival will hold its first California edition at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium.

Rema performing at rolling loud Toronto
Skepta performing at rolling loud Toronto

Wizkid is to headline today’s event at the rolling loud Toronto

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Wizkid is a pioneer.

At the 2022 edition in Atlanta, Georgia, Wizkid, who won his first Headies Award in 2011 with “Holla at your Boy,” shone brightly.  

Ayodeji Balogun, better known by his stage name Wizkid, is a prominent music artist from Nigeria who has won the Headies award more times than any other artist ever. 

The artist took home five prizes at the 15th Headies Awards, which took place on Sunday in Atlanta, Georgia’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center. 

Viewers witnessed live performances by Ruger, Ladipoe, Flavour, and other artists during the event, which was hosted by Nollywood actress Osas Ighodaro and Hollywood actor Anthony Andersen. 

Wizkid won two of the four album categories, including Album of the Year and Best Afrobeat Album (Made in Lagos) (Made in Lagos-Deluxe Edition). His other two honors came from his song “Essence,” which he co-wrote with Tems. It was named Best Collaboration, Best R&B Single, and Song of the Year. On Saturday, September 4, 2022, Kanye West uploaded the single’s cover on his Instagram profile and said, “Best song in music history to date.”

Wizkid, who began winning Headies Awards in 2011 with the Next Rated Category song “Holla at your Boy,” has now won a total of 16 Headies.

Source: TurnTables Charts

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Why was Carter Efe and Berri Tiga’s hit song “Machala” removed from Apple Music and Spotify?

Machala Song unavailable on Apple Music

The hit song ‘Machala’ by Carter Efe and Berri Tiga has been removed from Apple Music and Spotify platforms worldwide.

 Carter Efe and Berri Tiga’s song “Machala,” arguably one of the biggest in 2022, has been removed from Spotify and Apple Music in every country.

The trending song that peaked at number one on digital streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and others was published on July 28, 2022. 

Although no official explanation has been provided for why the hit song is no longer available on Apple Music and Spotify, many people are still eager to hear it again. The hit song is still available to listen to on YouTube.

MY CONCLUSIONS:

Could it be that the two artists, Carter Efe and Berri Tiga, had a disagreement about song ownership and royalties, and one of them decided to file a complaint with Apple and Spotify? Simply thinking outside of the box.

What are your thoughts on this, gentlemen? Please leave a comment below.

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New Banger Alert!

Omah Lay

Akinbiyi Abiola Ahmed, professionally known as Bella Shmurda a Nigerian street-hop singer and Stanley Omah Didia, known professionally as Omah Lay an Afro-pop singer shared a snippet of their upcoming hit. 

In the video below, that has circulated the internet, both artistes, alongside their friends, were vibing to a new hit yet to be released in the studio, although there is no update as consideration when the song will be released .

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Wizkid’s ‘Made In Lagos’ becomes the First African Album certified Gold by RIAA.

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Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, known professionally as Wizkid, has set a new record as his album ‘Made In Lagos’. He is the first African Artiste whose album would be certified Gold the Recording Industry Association America (RIAA). His 4th studio album, “Made In Lagos” sold over 500k units and was confirmed in the 25th of August, 2022. 

The award-winning album was released October 30, 2020. This is the first African album to be certified gold by RIAA. The album received a nomination at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Global Music Album. Artistes featured on the album are Burna Boy, Skepta, H.E.R., Ella Mai, Tay Iwar, Projexx, Tems, Damian Marley, Terri and was executively produced by Richard Olowaranti Mbu Isong, professionally known as P2J.

Below is a video posted by Wizkid news on Twitter.


The Afrobeats greatest of all time now has the best selling African album and best selling African song in USA.

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Notting Hill Carnival, London.

A picture from the Carnival

On the field of entertainment Nigerian singer and sensation Burna Boy’s song ‘Last Last’ received wide reception at London, as the fans of the singer went wild singing along to the song. Many say that the world has to know how he made the song that good and we pray for more hits like this from the singer.

Watch the video below.

Fans singing along to the song
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Artistes whose careers thrived under Olamide’s aid.

Olamide

Olamide Gbenga Adedeji, is a Nigerian rapper and singer. He is one of the biggest and most influential artists in Africa. He records in Yoruba and English. He was born on the 15th of March 1989. 

Fireboy

Fireboy DML

Adedamola Adefolahan (born 5 February 1996), known professionally as Fireboy DML is one of the most outstanding top artiste in the Nigerian music industry currently. The artiste was signed into YBNL 2019, the singer recently spoke about his new about his new album ‘Play Boy’ to Fader Magazine and he also explained how his mentor Olamide helped him through to becoming what he his today. 

Asake

Asake

Asake, otherwise known as MR MONEY is an Afropop and Afrobeat musician from Nigeria. His full name Ahmed Ololade, was born in the late 1990s. Asake regarded top be the rave of the moment, recently obtained a new house. He went in twitter and tweeted ‘one call from Olamide and everything changed’. 

Picture of the tweet below.

Asake’s tweet
Adekunle Gold

Adekunle Gold 

Adekunle Almoruf Kosoko, known professionally as Adekunle Gold and AG Baby, is a Nigerian Afrobeats singer and songwriter. He gained ample attention after releasing the 2015 hit single “Sade” under the YBNL record label. He said YBNL changed everything for him he also said that he is grateful for Olamide’s support. 

We also have Artistes such as Lil Kesh, Zlatan Ibile, Portable, Bella Shmurda and so on. 

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Mavin Records latest signee, Bayanni releases an eponymous EP

Bayanni

Bayanni is a male singer and songwriter who is a new signee of Mavin Records (Mavin Academy). His debut EP is an establishment to his writing and melody is to sculpt a niche for himself and the Nigerian music industry. 
Here is a link of the the video that was posted on the Instagram page of Mavin Records 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChnKXamgNGj/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

The four-track EP is produced by Don Jazzy. 

Songs on the new EP

Below is the link to download the EP

https://t.co/eMEYmQ1FY3

Bayanni and Don Jazzy