VIDEO:Kay Switch drops the video for ‘Oluwa is involved’

Kay Switch is gradually stepping away from his brother’s shadow and making a name for himself in music circles. D’Banj’s younger brother, has already released a couple of singles, but his newest offering, is a new video for ‘Oluwa is involved’. The video for the track, which is already a firm favourite among music lovers, was directed by AJE Filmworks.

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Wizkid vs Tonto Dike: “Brush up your spellings” – EME Starboy fires

They’ve been twitter buddies for years. And, contrary to what is widely believed, they both continue to insist there’s never been any romance between them. Well, Wizkid might just be severing ties with Tonto Dike who many feel is fast becoming a ‘nuisance’ on the social network, Twitter Wizkid on Tuesday, November 6 expressed his displeasure at Tonto’s spelling game. ‘I get mad when a chick doesn’t type right…wtf is succezz?!‘, a somewhat infuriated @Wizkidayo tweeted. Any ardent follower of Tonto Dike on the social network know the controversial actress replaces her ‘S’s with ‘Z’s. Here profile reads; Who ever

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“Get married” – Angry fans blast ex-Most Beautiful Girl for appearing half-naked on birthday

Former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Munachi Gail Teresa Abii Nwankwo, otherwise know as Muna has been at the receiving end of criticism by Nigerians especially her teeming fans following her recent ‘tongue-wagging’ appearance on her birthday. Fans have taken on the controversial entertainer for proudly showing-off her cleavages in some pictures posted from her 25th birthday party. One anonymous fan queried, “Her mates are posing with engagement rings worth millions of dollars and she’s busy flaunting her boobs, mtcheww! Another one tweeted: “Looking at the pictures reminds me of the Biblical women of Gomorah. Did she actually emerge

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Wande Coal to set up his own record label

Wande Coal will in a couple of months unveil his own record label called BLACK DIAMOND. The label is already registered and has 2 artistes on it with their singles to be released in 2013. The record label, which is being managed by Wande’s manager Abbey Nana, has been Wande’s dream dream since his days at Mo’Hits before moving on with Don Jazzy as an established artiste under Mavin Records. Sources close to Wande disclosed to Music Gist that he was inspired to float his own label about 2 years ago when he started having problems with D’banj over the release of his 2nd album. He made efforts to leave Mo’Hits Records but was held back by Don Jazzy who promised to straighten his career for him no matter what. That Wande is floating his own label might give people reasons to speculate a fight between Don Jazzy and Wande since he is signed onto his label Mavin but we can authoritatively tell you that they are on good terms and have an understanding about Wande’s move. Don Jazzy ,we learnt ,has given Wande the grace and support to float his label and also promised to support him.

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“Don’t tell me about postinor” – 2face Idibia

2face Idibia already has six children from three women – Annie Macaulay, Sunmbo Ajaba and Pero Adeniyi. And it appears that the well respected artiste, is either not a big fan of contraceptives or simply doesn’t like postinor. Thee Hypertek boss took to Twitter yesterday to make this know. His tweet read: “I pity all of una wey dey tell me about postinor. #shallowminds” This update generated a lot of talk on the social network last night and the word ‘postinor’ even trended in Lagos as a result. 2face might as well not need contraceptives, as he is now legally married to his girlfriend of many years, Annie Macaulay.

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“It was Don Jazzy who disvirgined me” – Tonto Dikeh

Tonto Dikeh is never a mile away from controversy. And this time around, she has not released a new single and uploaded a semi-nude picture. The Nollywood actress, sensationally claimed via Twitter, that her first sexual experience, was with foremost music producer, Don Jazzy. “I got disvirgined by @DONJAZZY i think this a lil bit Too Much info,” she wrote. Don Jazzy, who was online at the time, chose to respond with humour. He wrote: “lol me dat im still a V,” (‘V’ meaning virgin). A lot of fans were amused and shocked at the same time and reacted differently. Some did not believe it, stating clearly that Tonto was still on her attention-seeking mission. But it might just be true, as Don Jazzy, once dated the actress and admitted it sometime back.

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“My ex-wife killed my son, now she wants to kill me” – Mr. Ibu

In January 2011, popular Nollywood actor John Okafor’s wife and 1 year old son, Mandela Okafor, were kidnapped and held in captivity for 10 days. Then exactly one year later, 2 year old Mandela died in mysterious circumstances. John Okafor later revealed in an interview that his son died from food poisoning. In an interview with Entertainment Express yesterday, Mr Okafor accused his ex-wife of poisoning Mandela and also trying to kill him. What he said below: “My ex-wife and her cohorts planned and kidnapped my wife and child; they were later released after 10 days. I paid the ransom and they came home twelve hours later. That child died a year later through poison. The facts later came out but I don’t want to act on it now. She has made several attempts on my life and that of my immediate family. You will be surprised the day you hear what really happened, but I don’t want to go into details now’

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MTV Europe Music Awards: D’Banj loses out to Moroccan artiste

Pop star D’banj has lost out of the forthcoming 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards as he did not make the final list for Worldwide Act in the Africa-India-Middle East region. The hit maker had initially edged out stiff opposition from the likes Wizkid, Camp Mulla and Sarkodie as he received the most votes from fans across sub-Saharan Africa. He has however lost to Morocan singer Ahmed Soultan who will represent the Africa/India/Middle East region More than 160 artists from every corner of the world have enjoyed the MTV EMA spotlight as part of the Worldwide Act voting competition and finally the final five Worldwide Act nominees were recently revealed as: Dima Bilan (Europe); Han Geng (Asia Pacific); Ahmed Soultan (Africa/India/Middle East); Rihanna (North America); and Restart (Latin America). Hosted by supermodel, entrepreneur and hometown girl Heidi Klum, the 19th annual MTV EMA will broadcast live from Frankfurt’s historic Festhalle on Sunday 11 November and will feature performances from Taylor Swift, Muse, No Doubt, Carly Rae Jepsen, FUN, Rita Ora, Alicia Keys, Pitbull, The Killers and Psy.

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Royal party: Iceprince celebrates birthday with Wizkid, Naeto C, Dammy Krane [PHOTOS]

Chocolate city artiste, Iceprince Zamani, celebrated his birthday this week. And of course, as an A-list artiste, some of the guests at his party, were some of the industry’s finest musicians and producers. Here are some of the pictures from the fun groove:

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VIDEO: Vector- Born Leader Ft Movado [Behind The Scenes]

Watch Vector’s Born Leader Behind the scenes featuring Movado. The video was shot/directed by Antwan Smith(In-house video director for We’re The Best Music) in Miami Florida at the exclusive G-Five. The Official Video drops in few days, watch out for it.

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“Homosexuals want to sleep with me” – Nollywood actor, Mr Ibu

Famous comic actor, John Okafor, otherwise known as Mr. Ibu has lamented that the Nigerian motion picture industry, globally known as Nollywood is currently being ravaged by a virus called homosexuality. The Thespian in an interview with E-Express disclosed that some guys had been after him, trying to harass him sexually. He said: “One idiot came toasting me o! That is true, as funny as it would sound. Something is happening in this Nollywood. These upcoming actors are being used by some of the established producers who are gays. If you want to get a job as an up and coming actor, you must sleep with them. You must be sexed to get a job. We are no longer in the era of the female actresses suffering from sexual harassment; it is now man to man. Abomination! God has a lot of things to judge. Man to woman is also bad, but we can easily overlook that. Why not put your penis in the right place. There is something spiritual in that thing (frowns). Why would you bend down for one idiot to penetrate you, thereby destroying your future? You left God and bowed to devil…by the time you get up, you

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Nollywood ranked third in the world with revenue of N126 billion

Nigeria’s film industry, otherwise known as Nollywood, has reportedly generated about N126.4bn ($800m) in the last three years, making it the third highest revenue earner in the world. According to the managing director of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) Robert Orya, Nigeria is Africa’s biggest movie producer, with a consistent production of over 2,400 yearly titles in the past three years – 2,408, 2,514 and 2,621 in 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively. Data compiled in 2011 by the Nigerian Film and Videos Census Board (NFVCB) indicated that 1,743 movies were registered and 1,234 approved. Meanwhile, movies produced in 2012 were forty-four percent English, thirty one percent Yoruba, 24 percent Hausa and 1 percent Igbo. The global film and entertainment industry is reported to have generated about N14.3 trillion ($90.6 billion) revenue in 2010. This is however, projected to increase to N16.2 trillion ($102 billion) in 2012. American film industry, Hollywood is ranked first in world, and India’s film industry Bollywood takes second place.

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Killz To Be Featured On BBC1 Through The Month of November

CEO of World Famous Akademy, Ikechukwu aka ‘International Killz’ will be taking over popular Dj Edu’s show on Bbc1 in London for the month of November. Dj Edu’s show is the most listened to show for Afrobeats in the UK and Ikechukwu will be on every weekend in November for one hour. He’ll get the chance to not only promote his music but that of other artistes as well. So be sure to check him out on air.. Ikechukwu’s video for the single B.A.D.A which was released in September 2012 will be out in a week or 2… Look out for that.

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“I can’t believe you would stoop so low as to diss me” – Don Jazzy and Freeze in war of words

We’ve often reported that after the Mo’Hits saga and controversial split between label heads, Don Jazzy and D’banj, most friends and acquaintances were somewhat forced to take sides, settling for ‘Team Don Jazzy‘ or ‘Team D’banj‘, they might deny but it’s true. Maverick producer and MAVIN Records boss Don Jazzy and popular COOL FM on-air-personality Ifedayo Olarinde better known as Freeze kicked off the month of November with a ‘war of words’ on micro-blogging site Twitter. Don Jazzy called out Freeze in the afternoon, accusing him of having bad blood against his person. ‘Uncle @Freeze_Coolfm if to

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D’banj wins 2012 MOBO Awards Best African Act

It’s looking like Dbanj will be ending 2012 on a high note as he has been named the Best African Act as the 2012 MOBO Awards. He was nominated along side Nigerian duo P-Square along with Fatoumata Diawara, The Very Best, Spoek Mathambo, Fally Ipupa, Sarkodi Duncwills, Cabo Snoop, Camp Mulla, Amadou and Mariam. The event was held yesterday, November 3rd 2012 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool UK. Past Nigerian winners of the MOBO awards include 2face Idibia (2007) 9ice (2008) and Nneka (2009), & Wizkid (2011)

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“I’m not gay. I’m married and I’m a praise leader in my church” – Nollywood actor, Arinze Okonkwo

Few months ago, it was reported that Nollywood actor, Arinze Okonkwo, walked out of the hall of an event, when Paul Obazele asked anyone who was gay to leave, or be disgraced. This further fuelled speculations that he practises homosexuality. But in a recent interview with Nigeriafilms, at another event in Lagos, the actor denied he was into same-sex relationships. Arinze backed up his argument with the fact he just got married and he has a child. “They don’t know I’m married? That I just had a baby? I am not [a gay]. It is stupid for anybody to think that [I am gay]. Haha, I dated so many girls and I am now a married man, don’t even think about it. If that was your first question, I won’t even answer you. I do not entertain nonsense from anybody,” he fired. “I am a child of God. I am a praise leader in my church. The person saying that does not know me and when people don’t know you, that is when they talk rubbish. I don’t care what anybody says about me. I am standing straight and I know God is my witness.”

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Photo: Ice Prince & Son, Jamaal

Ice Prince was rumored to have a son a few months ago, but with no confirmation from IcePrince himself, we figured it was all just random rumors floating. Well it turns out, it’s no rumor at all as he shared a picture of himself and his son, Jamal. Cute boy if we can say so.

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“When I met her, I said ‘good evening ma’” – Wizkid reveals crush on Genevieve Nnaji and more

Wizkid has confessed in an exclusive interview with Toolz, how he had a huge crush on Nollywood star, Genevieve Nnaji. “When I watched her movies, I said ‘O I love you’,” he said blushing. “Then I met her and said, ‘Good evening ma!’” “Good evening ma? O you killed it,” Toolz laughed. EME’s star boy, apparently was in the mood to tell it all, as he discussed his fast growing international reputation, the ‘big boys’ he rolls with now and of course, his beef with Davido.

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“My boyfriend wasn’t too happy” – Beverly Naya denies dating Uti Nwachukwu

Fast rising Nollywood actress, Beverly Naya, has denied reports that she is currently dating Uti Nwachukwu. The stories even went further to say they were planning to walk down the aisle in no time. However, she has emphatically stated she is in another relationship and the rumours were misleading. She tweeted: “This Insinuation is laughable..Pls lets not start a rumor…..My boyfriend wasn’t too happy seeing this.” She went on insist that their relationship was not beyond platonic and it was purely professional. “Uti makes me laugh a lot…its always fun and games hanging out with him and nothing more. We are not dating,” she said. The 2010 Big Brother Africa winner, is yet to react to the rumours, even as ‘Weekend Getaway’, a movie they featured together, will be released soon.

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Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde honoured with BEEFTA Film Icon Award

For her contribution to the film industry in Africa, Europe and globally, Nollywood superstar, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has been recognized with a special honorary award, BEFFTA FILM ICON. BEFFTA (Black Entertainment Film Fashion Television and Arts) award is Europe’s biggest award ceremony celebrating achievements of black and ethnic personalities in showbiz globally. BEFFTA founder, Pauline Long, praised Omotola’s great talent and commended her for being a mentor to the young ones aspiring to get into the film industry. Omotola, a World Food Programme Ambassador and Amnesty International activist, started her career at a tender age of 17 and has appeared in over 300 hundred movies, often playing the lead roles.

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“I listened to my songs, I did well. I’m shooting the videos soon” – Tonto Dikeh

To every hardened critic and those that think she will be a flash in the pan, Tonto Dikeh has a message for you all: There is no stopping her. In an exclusive interview with Stella Dimok-Korkus, Tonto speaks extensively about her music career and how she plans to build on from her first two singles: What prompted you into singing? I love music and I wanted to do my own thing, to contribute my own music. You got monstrous negative response to both singles. How did feel with all the attacks? I listened to my songs over and over again and I told myself I did well. In all I see only the positivity in it,I made History. Peoples opinion of how my music was has further strengthened my belief that dreams die when you let the next man’s opinion get to you and I am using now to pass a message to everyone out there, if you can just do it. Don’t let anyone’s opinion kill whatever dream you have or try to stop you from taking the next step. Click to continue You tweeted that you were not giving up. Does that mean you will become actively involved in music? I love my acting career and I don’t see myself jumping into full time music. I am however shooting the musical video of my songs,I will not let the hating stop me. You released your song on Wednesday October 17, 2012 and two days later despite the negativity your song had hit 5.2 million download on the internet. How do you feel?

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Wizkid to work with Godwin Tom, MI Abaga’s former manager

A few weeks ago, we reported that pop star Wizkid and manager Osagie Osarenkhoe parted ways. We’ve got news for you – the pop star may have hired popular manager Godwin Tom. Wiz and Osarenkhoe, who runs her own outfit M.e.tal Management, ended their business relationship in June 2012, and we’re told Wizzy has been without a manager since then. Meanwhile, Wizzy’s label EME also recently announced that they are ‘currently seeking for a General Manager to manage its growing business and build up the EME label.’ Godwin seems like the likely replacement, having handled M.I, in whose career he played a vital role, and rapper duo Show Dem Camp. He also had a stint with singer Airis and is currently part of singer Waje‘s management team. Inside sources tell us that Godwin hasn’t signed any contracts, as he will be on probation for now. Meanwhile, Mr Tom said ’I’ve seen the news and there’s a lot of speculation. There has been no announcement of such so let’s just leave it at that for now‘. But going by his words on social network Twitter, Godwin seems to be excited about the new role. ‘Things are coming together… I am doing what I love… What Im good at. I dont regret being who I am! I am the best me! I dont regret one bit of my last 5+ years. They were the best. And best is relative… Things are about to get better!‘ he tweeted.

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MI Abaga records ‘Ashes’ in memory of Aluu 4

“4 young men died at the hands of a lynch mob on the 5th of October 2012. Whether or not their deaths will mean anything, or fade out of our minds as just another meaningless tragedy, is up to us and what we do from here on. I hope this song captures that message. Nothing would be worse than for a death to mean nothing” – MI Abaga.

Lyrics 
We were down a sandy beach, All night talking to your mouth’s words. Tell me where you would like to be. Tonight don’t be afraid to dream. Lean on the fire for a while. Cause in the morning it’ll all just be ashes on the ground Instead it be them, let it be me. Since I will die inevitably, Then let it be, that it be said When I am dead: some other was free, some other was fed Some other, not me, was able to see That long as we live inside a country where no one is safe, No one is safe. We only evade, try to escape The imminent doom But closer the date looms. It comes for all. If we must go, then at least, When we fall… When we’re all ashes… If I am slain, let them forever

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“You parade used cars in your rented garage in Abuja” – Stella Dimoko-Korkus hits out at Jim Iyke

The story of Jim Iyke’s alleged 11-year-old son is getting really interesting now. After popular gossip blogger, Stella Dimoko-Korkus leaked the story to the whole world, the Nollywood actor responded via his Media Manager. Apparently, it seems he did not stop at that. Jim Iyke reportedly went ahead to call Mrs Dimoko-Korkus, who is living in Germany at the moment and rained expletives on her. However, the blogger, has decided to reply him back via her blog. And here is her piece unedited. Full article: Before i start with this;I know Jim WILL GO AROUND POSTING TRASH as anonymous on where ever this memo comes up but who cares? You live on the Internet defending yourself on various blogs and posting incoherent babash, cussing out the blog owners remember?Be my guest. I start this memo by quoting the lyrics from Abolore Akandes(9ice)song where he mentioned the words “baaaaastard”in reference to his ex friend rugged man. Ikechukwu(Jim my axx) you are exactly what 9ice said,a “baaaaastard” . I did

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‘Abija’ – Kaystar

Kaystar aka Lyrical irumole is a song writer, singer and rapper, his articulate blending of the Yoruba and English language together is one of a kind and his lyrics and rhymes distinct him from other rappers in the trade. Started singing from high school. This 19 year old lyricist is an indigene of Abeokuta in Ogun state. He had in the past collaborated with heavy weights in the game, “Abija” is the second single of his forth coming mix tape (GOTS) god of the streets with hit like Inspiration a remix of Rick Ross BMF. Abija is a perfect fusion of hip hop and afro dance hall. Abija a Yoruba word when translated in English means a warrior, Kaystar is talking about his strength and capabilities as a man and equating it with that of a Tiger. Kaystar is signed to the management team of Mossdef Entertainment. Abija was produced by T-izze, the tempo of the instrumental will get you in a dancing frenzy coupled with clinical delivery and finesse, the song is set to top the charts soon. LISTEN TO ABIJA:

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When Asa, Davido & Chidinma rocked Felabration [VIDEOS]

All through last week, Lagos stood still for the 2012 edition of Felabration – a yearly gig that celebrates the legendary Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. As usual, the festivities lasted for one week and were rounded up on Sunday 21, 2012. Many top notch Nigerian artistes performed all through the week. And here we present to you the performances of Asa, Davido and Chidinma. Enjoy!
ASA’S PERFORMANCE
DAVIDO’S PERFORMANCE
CHIDINMA’S PERFORMANCE

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In Pictures: Flavour Launches Nite Club In Enugu

Flavour launched his club 2nite Klub in Enugu and featured performances from some of the biggest names in Entertainment. The club launch also served as his Album Launch party. His album, Blessed was released a few weeks ago and has received heavy reviews so far. Tiwa Savage, Bracket, Iyanya, Phyno were all in attendance and hit the stage along with Flavour himself.

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Taraba crash: Governor Suntai’s aides flown to National hospital, Abuja

More than 24 hours after the injured Governor of Taraba State,Daantata Suntai was flown out of the country to Germany for proper medical treatment,his three aides who were involved in the plane crash with him were on Sunday night transferred to the National Hospital, Abuja. The Governor’s Aide de Camp (ADC), Dasat Illiya, who had reportedly been lying unconscious with a fractured leg at the specialist hospital in Yola, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the governor, Timo Dangana, who sources said has two fractures on both legs, and the Chief Detail to the Governor, Joel Dan, who has a fractured arm have all been taken to the National Hospital in Abuja. DailyPost was informed that colleagues and families of the Governor’s aides were getting worried that the three officers needed more state attention than they were getting before now and hence called on the state government for its intervention. The National Hospital spokesperson, Tayo Haastrup, confirmed that the trio are in the National hospital but said it was difficult to independently confirm the level of injuries sustained by the aides.

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P-square rock crowd of 35,000 people at Vibes Concert in Zimbabwe [PHOTOS]

If you needed proof that P-Square, is one of the hottest pop groups in Africa, then the Glamis Arena in Zimbabwe, is where you should have been on Saturday night.

The Nigerian twins, their manager-brother, Jude and their 13-man band arrived the South African country on Thursday, ahead of the concert. since then, they have been making appearances on local TV and radio stations.

At the event itself, a 35,000-crowd were in attendance, as the group thrilled the guests with some of their hit singles. Prudence Katomeni-Mbofana, dancehall star Winky D, Nox, Amara and Alexio Kawara, also performed at the event.

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Nigerian Idol announce Femi Kuti as judge for third season

The producers of Nigerian idol, have announced afrobeat maestro, Femi Kuti, as a judge for the third season of the high flying music reality show. It is not clear if the three-time Grammy Award nominee, has been brought on board to replace Charly Boy, whose presence on the show has not been confirmed. “We keep bringing in new twists and turns to make the show more interesting, two brand new cities made the audition train and most exciting is our own living legend, three-time Grammy nominee and Afrobeat king Femi Kuti as one of our judges,” Tiwa Medubi said in a statement. Femi Kuti, expressed his happiness, at being chosen. “An opportunity to be able to impart on the lives of the future of Nigerian music is one I will never say no to,” he said. Femi Kuti will join Yinka Davies and Jeffery Daniels on the show.

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