Fans criticise Brymo for posting nude picture online

e aren’t entirely sure what R&B-Pop singer Olawale ‘Brymo‘ Ashimi is up to nowadays on the internet. Yesterday, the Chocolate City act posted a photo of nude female with the caption ‘#aphrodisiac #missbootang‘. The lady’s head is cut off in the photo. His followers on twitter and Instagram, where he posted the photo, are however not too impressed. ‘Why are you posting porn, do you masturbate or what? yuck. Totally lost my respect for you‘, one Yusuf Santuraki responded to Brymo’s post. Another follower Abiel Keli wrote ‘The fame is getting to his head Abi’. In other news, Brymo’s second album and first under Chocolate City ‘#TheSonOfaKapenta‘ is due out on November 15, 2012.

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D’Banj returns with a new song and video, ‘Bachelor’ [WATCH]

The Kokomaster, D’Banj, has released his new track and video – ‘Bachelor’. This is his second solo offering, after he broke up with Don Jazzy. Before this, Oyato was not well received and the former MoHits boss knew he had to step it up. This video was directed by Sesan and featured cameos from Special Ed and his younger brother, Kay Switch. WATCH:

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Radio Hit Show [S2 E27] – D’Prince: Next Rated or Under-Rated?

Every time D’Prince drops a single it becomes an instant hit and club banger, I would have thought his name will be on the Headies nomination list for Next Rated, but that’s a topic for another day. For today the question still lingers, “is he really the next rated or just another flash in the pan?” .
Songs reviewed this week:

1) Sasha P – Authentic
2) Sinzu feat. Burna Boy – Headless Chicken
3) Olamide – Voice Of The Street
4) D’Prince feat. M.I – Real G
5) Wacomzy – Jogodo

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Evidence of Sarkodie’s alleged membership of Illuminati surfaces [VIDEO]

After his massive appearance in 2008 with hits like ‘Baby’, ‘Lay Away’ and a host of others. With his different and well calculated punch lines which gained five awards including Artiste of the Year in 2010. Again he was adjudged Artiste of the Year in 2012 making him the only Ghanaian act to win Artiste of the Year twice in the history of Ghana Music. With his style of flow which have gained him Black Entertainment Awards 2012 nomination for the category of Best African International Act which he won. My research shows that the day Sarkodie had his BET nomination; his grandmother died. People might doubt me but well establish music followers will bare with me that immediately Kanye West started gaining fame, his mother died. To add to the list, P-Square’s mother recently died after their two hit remixes. Any sign of connection

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Seun Kuti tattoos Fela’s name on his back [PHOTOS]

While it is a norm for most celebrities, to get tattoos of different animals, words or symbols on different parts of their bodies, Seun Kuti has chosen to stand out. The 29-year-old son of the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has inked the words “Fela lives” on his back, as a mark of respect and honour to the memory of his late father. It is not clear when Seun got this done, but the CEO and front man of his father’s Egypt 80 band, has made it clear, that not only does Fela live within him, he lives on him too.

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Tonto Dikeh makes cinema debut in ‘My life, my damage’ [WATCH]

My Life My Damage features Tonto Dike, veteran actress Bukky Wright, H Thomas Altman, Meadea Tyler, Dani Palmer, Biola Williams, Bobby Obobo, Kalu Ikeagwu, Brian Price, James Tucker, Pinky Weah and Tia Dabs. The movie is part of the Damage series which is a movie collection of three distinct but interwoven stories aimed at advocacy for social issues; each story addresses important problems affecting individuals, families and societies at large. In this movie, Tonto Dike known for her weird acting was able to depict the character of a loose young lady who’s careless about her life. Watch trailer below:

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“We still have a very long journey ahead” – Wande Coal denies plan to set up record label

Sweet-voiced Wande Coal, is not leaving Mavins Records. The singer and songwriter, has come out to dispel rumours that surfaced this week, claiming that he was about to set up his own record label. “There have been no such plans, and I wish to remain in Mavin Records,” Wande Coal said in the statement, that was released on Mavin’s offical website. “Mavin Records is my family and will always remain so. I want to thank all my fans for continuing to support me. We still have a very long journey ahead.” This is not the first time such stories have arisen. And at that time, Wande Coal, released a single ‘Been long you saw me’, specifically to address them. The artiste joined the defunct MoHits Records in 2008.

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Timi Dakolo releases video for his song ‘Great Nation’ [VIDEO]

Finally, Timi Dakolo, bring his powerful vocals and poignant message to us in moving pictures. For a while, we have had to be content with the winner of the only ever West African Idols, sing ‘Great Nation’ live at different functions. But now, in conjunction with the brilliant Clarence Peters, there is a video we can keep replaying. The timeliness is important, even as the US re-elects Barack Obama for a second term. We are truly all we have.

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Trybes Records terminates Eva Alordiah’s contract

Just five months after fast rising female rapper, Eva Alordiah, signed up to Trybes Record, her contract has been terminated. Reports say it has been long coming, as there has been a prolonged disagreement between her and the management of the eLDee the Don-owned outfit. Specifically, it is alleged that Trybes Records got tired of Eva’s excessive demands. And they have now taken the step to release her. “Trybe Records and Eva Alordiah have agreed to terminate her recording contract effective immediately,” the label said in a statement. “Trybe Records’ vision is to discover and nurture the talents of our artists while operating with purpose, valuing relationships with our partners within the industry, and being persistent in creating and releasing quality music. Unfortunately, over the past 5 months Eva’s vision has not aligned with ours and thus, both parties have agreed to separate. “We wish Eva the best in her future endeavors and plan on continuing towards our goal of creating quality music for Nigeria and beyond.” Eva’s last release was the video for the song ‘High’, off her EP, GIGO, which was released earlier this year. She did not release any song or video under Trybes Records.

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Ruke Amata’s wife’s multiple affairs with Governor, other men exposed (See leaked BBM chats)

The story that has unfolded in the home of actor, Ruke Amata and the famous Amata clan is the type found in the kind of movies you watch in Nollywood, unbelievable and shocking. Are you married and into runs and have information on your phone that might nail you? Please check your phone and delete before you read further as this could be you!

Pretty Gilda Amata has a can of worms that has been opened, given away by her blackberry phone. According to insiders, ‘Someone got hold of Gilda’s phone and downloaded the content of her black berry chat and the shocking contents were love/sex chats between her and a top politician whose wife she calls ‘Aunty’, a serving Governor and several others. Gilda met the serving Governor through actress, Omoni Oboli and the rest is history’.
In the chats, Gilda confessed to a lot of shocking things including running down her husband of eight years. There is also a portion on the chat where she chatted with the Governor. The Governor who runs a South South state is a hopeless lover boy who reffered to Gilda as MMP (missing my princess). Gilda is also said to have a 17year-old son she didn’t declare when she met and married Ruke and he has just found out. The person who downloaded Gilda’s messages sent the chats copying Ruke Amata, two governors, actress Omoni Oboli, a politician and some others involved. The e-mail has been circulated and there is fire on the mountain. Gilda who shuttles Nigeria and the United Kingdom is currently in Nigeria as you read this. May His will be done! We tried for about 48 hours before going to press to get Gilda’s side of the story, but her phone

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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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