It is another week of explosive entertainment. We have curated some of the best stories that you may have missed during the week for your enjoyment.
Burna Boy Makes ‘Times’ 2024 100 Most Influential People
Nigerian Afrobeat star and Grammy award winning artist, Burna Boy, has been listed among the Times hundred most influential people of 2024.
Other icons and change makers include Taraji P. Henson, Maya Rudolph, 21 Savage, and Patrick Mahomes.
His profile was written by the Beninese-French award winning artist, Angelique Kidjo, in which she wrote “He is history in the making.
Now a whole generation of young people from the continent is looking up to him”.
Angelique also highlighted the successes and some records broken by Burna Boy through his music and activism.
Tems To Release New Album In May 2024
The long anticipated studio album by Tems is finally going to be released this May.
The Nigerian singer and media sensation revealed that her debut studio album, ‘Born in the wild’, is ready via her post on X.
‘Born In The Wild. The Album. May 2024” Tems wrote on her page.
Davido’s ‘Unavailable’ Certified Gold in France after 15 million streams.
Davido’s popular hit song, “Unavailable” has received a gold certification in France.
The song, which was part of his fourth album ‘Timeless’, featuring other artists such as Musa Keys, Ragee, and Magicsticks, received over 15million streams, leading to the certification.
Also, his other hit song, ‘Fall’, achieved 4X platinum certification in the United States and platinum certification in South Africa.
Tiwa Reveals why she left acting for music
Sensation Afrobeats singer, Tiwa Savage, has revealed why she left acting for music.
She disclosed this in an interview with MTV base.
Tiwa said, “I have always wanted to do acting.
Acting was one of my first loves before music. I got into music because I had a crush on a guy and he was always around the musician, so, I said ‘yeah, forget acting and just go into music.” She said.
