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Wizkid Misunderstood, Not Running Away From Afrobeats – Joeboy

Nigerian singer Joeboy has stated that Grammy-winning colleague Wizkid is misunderstood.
According to him, Wizkid’s recent comment on Afrobeats was taken out of context.
Recall that Wizkid earned backlash after he denounced Afrobeats on social media recently.
He explained that his decision to cease identifying as an Afrobeats artiste was because he makes “all sorts of music.”
Reacting in the latest episode of the Big Friday Day Show with Tacha on Cool FM, Lagos, Joeboy insisted that Wizkid was misunderstood, stressing that the singer wasn’t ditching Afrobeats.
He said, “Wizkid’s statement is being misunderstood, he is not running away from Afrobeats. All we are saying is our identity is Afrobeats but please don’t box us because we can make other genres of music too.”
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Joeboy reacts, saying, “Miss Me With All That Drama,” after Mr. Eazi and Temi Otedola unfollowed him and left the label.

Joeboy, a well-known Nigerian artist, responded to his former record label boss Mr. Eazi and his spouse Temi Otedola unfollowing him on Instagram.

Joeboy, whose record label is Empawa Africa, had already declared his intention to finally quit the company.

He wrote a note to his former boss thanking him for taking a risk on him before leaving.

Everything appeared normal up until the point that it was revealed they had unfollowed him and that their split wasn’t amicable.

Joeboy reacted by saying that he was only available to develop quality music and sign other gifted singers, not to engage in controversy.

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Take off Joeboy’s Instagram followers, Mr. Eazi and Temi Otedola

Joeboy has lost followers on Instagram due to the actions of Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade, better known by his stage as Mr Eazi, a Nigerian musician, songwriter, and record executive, and his partner Temi Otedola.

This development occurs just days after Joeboy declared his intention to leave Mr. Eazi’s record label Empawa and launch his own label, Young Legend, with the goal of developing up-and-coming artists.

Joeboy said, “Thank you for taking a chance on me,” in his farewell message to his boss, according to The Nation. I appreciate you still having faith in me even when others told you I wasn’t worthy.

“Thank you for the past five years; you have played a significant role in my path. I’m hoping for the best for you.

Our brief investigation of Joeboy’s Instagram account

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When I became famous, I wasn’t prepared for fame – Joeboy

The Nigerian musician Joseph Akinfenwa Donus, better known by his stage name Joeboy, has admitted that he wasn’t prepared for stardom when he first became well-known.

Three months after the publication of his first hit song, “Baby,” he stated he was taken aback to see it become an international hit.

He claimed that when he first rose to fame, he had no idea that anyone would ever recognize him.

Joeboy claimed in an interview with the Afrobeats Intelligence Podcast that his rise to stardom was unexpected and that he had to leave his neighborhood in order to adjust to his new position.

“When ‘Baby’ blew,” I wasn’t ready,” the singer admitted. I had to adjust to the life of celebrity. It happened so quickly.

“I released the song ‘Baby’ in March of this year, and by June, I had already performed live in countries where I had assumed no one was interested in Nigerian music.”

“Nations such as Uganda and Tanzania. Three months from now!

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I Like Wicked Women – Singer, Joeboy

Afrobeats star, Joseph Akinfenwa Donus, popularly known as Joeboy, has opened up on the type of women he is attracted to.

The ‘Alcohol’ crooner disclosed that he is attracted to “wicked women”in a recent interview with Stand Out TV.

Joeboy, however, clarified that he did not mean evil women but “hot energy” women.

He said, “There is this thing I say, I say I like wicked women. When I say wicked, I don’t mean like the person has to be evil. But there’s a certain… I don’t know how to describe it.

“Me saying wicked women is just like… I love women that have this hot energy around them.”

He said he believes that reassurance and words of affirmation are very important in a relationship.

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I Made A Lot Of Money From Ckay’s ‘Love Nwantiti’ – Joeboy Reveals

Joseph Akinfenwa Donus, the popular Nigerian singer, who is more widely known as Joeboy, has revealed that he made a lot of money from being featured on the remix of his colleague, CKay’s global smash, ‘Love Nwantiti’.

Recall that CKay remixed his hit song ‘Love Nwantiti’ with Joeboy and Ghanaian singer, Kwame Eugene in 2019.

Speaking on the latest episode of his audiovisual podcast, Body & Soul, Joeboy said he only accepted to be on the song because he likes CKay.

He said CKay asked him to jump on the song after someone else turned him down.

He said, “The money Love Nwantiti gave me bruh, bruh that song changed the lives of everybody on it. That is one thing I always thank God for. Thank God, I actually jumped on that song. Anytime I play the song, I just dey happy say thank you my Gee (Ckay).

“CKay reached out to me that he was trying to get somebody on the song, but the person was not responding on time. That was like the end of 2019. To be honest, the only reason I jumped on that song was because I just like CKay. It wasn’t about the song. That time, I just blew up and everybody was trying to drag me for features.”

CKay’s ‘Love Nwantiti’ has over 2 billion combined streams across all platforms, with over 20 million units sold worldwide, according to Chart Data.

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Fuel Subsidy: Singer, Joeboy Provides Free Bus Rides For Lagos Residents

Joseph Akinwale, the Nigerian singer, who is popularly known as Joeboy has made a new announcement.

The singer announced plans to provide residents of Lagos with free buses to help cushion the effect of the hike in transportation fares.

Joeboy made the announcement via his Twitter page on Tuesday.

The buses, which according to him will ply some popular routes in Lagos, will be free and run between the hours of 8 am and 5 pm.

Joeboy said the initiative was borne out of his genuine desire to help cushion the effect of the economic condition which he said was as hard on people.

“I know the fuel subsidy p is hard on everyone right now so here’s my little way of helping. For the next 3 days, there will be FREE Body & Soul buses along the following routes between 8 am and 5 pm.

“Enjoy the ride, Love you guys”

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Joeboy acquires fourth house in Lagos

Talented singer and songwriter, Joeboy has splashed millions of naira to acquire his fourth luxury crib in Lagos.

The musician took to his social media handles to announce the news of his latest purchase as he shared a photo of the magnificent edifice.

Joeboy, born Joseph Akinwale, could be seen standing between his white rides in the premises of his new house.

His colleague, Mr Eazi reposted the image and congratulated him on his house number four.

“House number 4 pondeck,” Mr Eazi captioned his post on Twitter.

Other colleagues and fans have as well written their congratulations to the ‘Body and Soul’ crooner.

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“I’ve spent over N50M on my girlfriend in 2 years” – Joeboy

Talented Nigerian artist, Joseph Akinwale Akinfenwa, known as Joeboy reveals that he has spent over N50M on his girlfriend since they met.

The singer, who recently showed off his child on social media revealed this during an interview with Pulse. The singer disclosed that he has been in a relationship for the past two years as he was done with the streets.

He further revealed that his partner is the person he has been posting about on his social media.

While answering questions, Joeboy revealed that he is the type of man to spill his woman and treat her right.

I love to spoil my woman. As for the money I have spent on her, let us say above 50 million Naira,” Joeboy said.⁣

The singer made it clear that he had no intentions of revealing her identity. “Her identity will continue to remain unknown. Everyone can continue to wonder who she’s.”

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Joeboy Celebrates 2 Billion Career Streams

Joseph Akinwale, the popular Afro-pop singer, also known as Joeboy, has achieved groundbreaking milestone in his musical career.

The Banku Music/ emPawa Africa signee has now recorded two billion career streams.

According to Pon Deck, the humongous streams was garnered on five digital streaming platform

He also noted this was accomplished with just one album, an extended play alongside the best fan base across the globe.

The ‘young legend’ as he fondly refers to self shared a poster bolding displaying the words: “Joeboy 2 billion career streams on 5 digital streaming platforms.”

To accompany the poster, Joeboy wrote: “1 album, 1 EP and the best fan base in the world made this possible. New album soon.”

Joeboy began his musical career professionally with the song “Fààjí”, a Mr Eazi-assisted track released on 26 October 2018, using his portion of the grant he received from emPawa100 to shoot a video for the song.

On March 1, 2019, he released his single “Baby” which garnered 20 million streams across YouTube and Spotify in same year.

The music video for “Baby” surpassed 31 million views on YouTube.

He went on to release “Beginning” on 15 August 2019, where its accompanying music video accumulated 23 million views on YouTube.

He followed up with the release of his debut extended play “Love & Light” in November 2019 by emPawa Africa.

The EP which was supported by the singles “Baby” and “Beginning” also contains the Mayorkun-assisted track, “Don’t Call Me” and “All for You”.

Joeboy won Best Artiste in African Pop at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards, and Best Pop at the 2020 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival.

He went on to release ‘Call’ on April 10, 2020, a track which featured Déjà

In January 2021, Joeboy announced his debut album, ‘Somewhere Between Beauty & Magic’, which was released in February 2021.

Since then, he has continued gather more waves globally, recording mind-blowing successes in his craft.