Grammy
16 Nov 2022
Beyoncé leads the pack of nominees with nine, according to the Recording Academy's list of 2023 Grammy Award nominees. With this, she equals Jay-career Z's record of 88 nominations for artists overall and becomes the most nominated female artist in history. The Grammy Awards for Best Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and…
28 May 2022
Weeks after the first Grammy nomination experience for Made Kuti, the grandson of late Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has decided to return to his father, Femi Kuti’s Afrikan Shrine for a ‘Father & Son experience.’
5 Apr 2022
Wizkid's manager Jada Pollock has expressed her frustration at the Recording Academy after he lost both Grammy nominations. Wizkid has lost both nominations in the Best Global Music Performance category and the Best Global Music Album category. Angelique Kidjo's Mother Nature won the Best Global Music Album award, which came as a surprise to many especially considering the global success of Made…
5 Apr 2022
Angelique Kidjo has been trolled by fans of Nigerian music star, Wizkid after her win at the Grammys on Sunday. She shared an image of herself jubilating over her win and was trailed by fans filled with rage over her win. Due to the online bullying and vile comments by Wizkid’s fans, the Beninese singer…
4 Apr 2022
The Grammy awards notably takes place with an "in memoriam" tribute to those in the industry who have passed on over the past year. This year's Grammy began with video footage in respect to Hawkins, who died while on tour with the Foo Fighters in Colombia. The Grammy’s also honoured late Stephen Sondheim composer whose…
12 Mar 2022
Somi is not just a Grammy-nominated jazz musician; the African-American singer is also a Lagosian in almost every sense of the word...
6 Jan 2022
The 2022 Grammy Awards scheduled to hold later this month,31st of January, has been postponed by organisers for the second year in a row due to the Covid-19 surge. "After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners, the Recording Academy and CBS…
11 Dec 2021
Most Nigerians can still flashback to December 2019, when the city of Lagos became the holy grail of entertainment. From one corner of the city to another...
25 Nov 2021
Having conquered the African continent, DJ MC Rayan has made in-roads into the highly competitive music industry in the USA and is regarded as one of the most successful DJs out of Africa championing the promotion of Afrobeat sound to global audience. MC Rayan bares his mind on the Afrobeat, Enjoy the excerpts MY TAKE…
26 May 2021
The Recording Academy, the organizers of the prestigious Grammy Awards, has updated its rules for the album of the year category, giving more producers and songwriters a better chance at winning the top award. The academy on Wednesday announced that any producer, songwriter, engineer or featured artist on an album nominated for album of the…
23 Apr 2021
Cardi B, who performed her hit 'WAP,' an acronym for 'wet a** p****,' with Megan Thee Stallion at the Grammy awards last month shot back on Twitter, asking why Rep Glenn Grothman was devoting his time to this while police violence has been dominating the news. On Thursday, Grothman went after the rapper on the…
17 Apr 2021
Two-time Grammy award-winning group and Reggae Royalty Morgan Heritage will drop three songs as Non-Fungible Tokens