Category: Lifestyle

A Canada-based songwriter and rapper, Oluwatomiwa Omidiji, aka TommystYles, has said that decades after the death of afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, he has shaped his career. TommystYles, who raps in English and Yoruba languages, was born in Nigeria but relocated many years ago. Speaking about the impact of the late Fela on his music, Tommystyles, said, “He made immense contributions… Read More

Vienna-based composers contest will present the ranking of the “top 3 greatest living classical composers of the world” – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Sunday, September 18, 2022 · 591,471,697 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events… Read More

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Adewole Adebayo, shares his thoughts with CHUKWUDI AKASIKE on why he avoided joining the two major political parties in the country and other issues W hat informed your joining the Social Democratic Party even when you have the option of realising your aspiration on the platform of either the Peoples Democratic Party or… Read More

DJ Jimmy Jatt, on Saturday, opened up about undergoing a kidney transplant in a Nigerian hospital. The veteran DJ, currently based in the U.S., is the second Nigerian celebrity to go public with a kidney related illness in recent times. Famous Nigerian rapper and rights activist Eedris Abdulkareem, who recently underwent a successful kidney transplant, in August was the first… Read More

Popular Nigerian superstar Ayodeji Balogun, globally known as Wizkid, pulled the big wigs to his Made In Lagos concert in France. On Friday, September 16, the Grammy-winning singer and songwriter performed in a show at the Accor Arena, one of the largest indoor arenas in France. The ‘soco’ singer blessed his french fans with some hits songs from his vast… Read More

Nigerian singer, Ayo Balogun popularly known as Wizkid made a grand entrance at the sold-out Accor Arena concert, in France. Naija News reports that Wizkid, on Friday night, 16th September put on a dramatic entrance into the show after descending from the sky into the 20,000 Accor Arena for his performance in Paris. The singer who made history as the first-ever… Read More

For many Nigerians, leaving their home country and migrating to Canada is a means to an end – the end being the provision of a better life for their children, better education, and a higher standard of living. But on the sidelines, they have continued to excel in their chosen careers. Some believe it is a result of the urgency… Read More

Fast rising artiste, Adaoji Ifeanyi Kingsley also known as Spenta, is set to release an EP titled, Glory to Glory. Spenta, who started his music journey as a producer with Akwaamaka Music, says he derives inspirations from happenings around him. “When I hear a story, I try to put words together to express how I feel about the situation. I… Read More

The issue of song ownership and theft is probably as old as the music industry itself. Over the years, quite a number of artistes have had issues with other artistes and even record labels over the rightful owners of certain songs. There is an ongoing controversy over the ownership of a popular song titled, ‘Machala’, and it has attracted several… Read More

Not all Nigerian singers are free of Copyright violations as some of them at some point have been accused of stealing other people’s intellectual work. Naija News in this article takes a look at some top Nigerian singers whose reputations have been dragged through the dirt after they were accused of stealing songs written by other people. Wizkid 1. Wizkid:… Read More