Stars Set Stage On Fire At Industry Nite With AFRIMA

IT was an electrifying night at the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) special edition of weekly Industry Nite on Wednesday July 1, at Spice Route, Victoria Island, Lagos, as stakeholders were thrilled with freestyle, back to back tracks (both old and new) from stars paraded to celebrate the continental award and music from Africa.

The well-attended all night event organised by AFRIMA was in partnership with Beat 99.9FM, and designed to create an avenue for interaction and bond among the Nigeria music industry stakeholders as well as elicit awareness for the ongoing AFRIMA entry submission which closes July 20, across the world on the AFRIMA website, www.afrima.org.

Guests include A-List stars, artiste managers, industry veterans, media executives and Nollywood acts, who came out to identify and celebrate AFRIMA and African music. Among the stars on parade on stage was 2face Idibia, Phyno, Timaya, Iyanya, Skales, Olu Maintain.

Others are Keke Ogungbe, managing director Raypower/Kennis Music; Chris Obosi, MD Beat FM, Classic FM and Naija FM; HowieT, MD Baseline media; Afro beat maestro, Dede Mabiaku, Country manager Bacardi, Femi Olajinbiti, Efe Omoregie, MD Now muzik; Seun Soyinka, MD Quotent edge, Kunle Afolayan, Azadus, Sheyman, Eedris Abdulkareem, Presh, Baci, Saeon, JJC, and Sheyman.

Performances on the nite that set the stage on fire were Phyno, Lil Kesh, Joel, Cynthia Morgan, Sean Tizzle, Adekunle Gold, Niniola, Simi, Aramide, Mr. 2Kay, Jeffrey, Project Fame winner, Charass, Sunkanmi, Harmony, Tjan, and Rayce among others.

The event was broadcast live by Raypower FM. And the nite flow was marshalled by Beat FM’s Olisa Adibua and Industry Nite official hype man, Jimmie, while DJ Spinall was on the wheel dropping his hot mix at intervals to excite the audience.

The stage was superhot when the headliners for the Nite, Phyno came on stage with his buzzing hit tracks after hit tracks, and the fans kept asking for more. Then came the Regge/Ragga dancehall diva, Cynthia Morgan, who ensured the Nite climaxed on high note.