Miley Cyrus took us back to our childhood yesterday when she posted a cute snap of her and little sis Noah wearing matching outfits on Instagram. #Twinning.
Afro hip hop group A’won Boyz has released a new single titled “Forever”. The group popular for their“Azonto” track features Tekno of Made Men Music Group on their new song.
NEW VIDSARKODIEEO:
The Ghanaian rapper recently released a new video titled "Love Rocks". It was directed by Vertex and features dancehall star Samini.
Watch it below:
KIM K KEPT NAKED SHOOT SECRET
We'd expect that working as Kim Kardashian's "momager" would mean Kris Jenner knew when her daughter had a big job coming up.
However it turns out we'd be wrong, because Kim herself has revealed that she kept her recent naked photoshoot for Paper magazine a secret from her mum.
Davido has dropped a new single titled “Owo Ni Koko”. The singer who turns 22 years old on 21 November 2014 will be celebrating his birthday in Las Vegas.
Listen to his newest single here:
RiRi looks super sweet in girlie pink!
Rihanna managed to pull-off both sexy and sweet for Tuesday night’s MAC AIDS Fund event, going topless beneath her pink gingham Altuzarra suit jacket, complete with matching pencil skirt. Just flashing her under-bust tattoo, RiRi teamed cute outfit with nude caged heels, for the MAC premiere of new documentary It's Not Over in Los Angeles.
Eva has dropped a new track just days ahead of her EP release due out this Thursday 20 November. The single is titled "Deaf And Dumb" and it features Sarkodie and Olamide.
IGGY AZALEA HITS BACK AT EMINEM
Iggy Azalea has hit back at Eminem after he mentioned the Aussie babe in a shocking rap about rape.Ahead of the release of Em's SHADYXV compilation album, track Vegas leaked online - and sees the rapper namecheck both Iggy and Nicki Minaj on a verse.
Taking a swipe at the Fancy hitmaker, Slim Shady spits: "Put that s**t away, Iggy/ You gon’ blow that rape whistle on me. Scream! I love it. 'Fore I get lost with the gettin' off."
Clearly annoyed by his words, Azalea took to Twitter last night (November 20) to state that she's "bored of the old men threatening young women".
Nigerian pop duo, P-Square, have set an African first by their video “Personally” reaching 30 million views on Youtube, the first by an African artist.
The video is a tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, and sees the brothers pulling some of Wacko Jacko’s dance moves in the video.
Peep the record breaking video below.
WIZKID HAS FUN IN SA
Wizkid had a great time in South Africa over the weekend. The singer, who performed at Harem nightclub in Johannesburg with 2Face Idibia, shared the experience with his Instagram followers.
One of the snaps was captioned: “ Way Up! South Africa turn up!” Wiz and 2Face were in the country for Hennessy Artistry’s African Tour, which was a one-night-only event.
Beyoncé is the queen of surprises. After releasing her 7/11 track recently, the singer unexpectedly dropped the video. In the clip Bey twerking and dancing all over the place, while also acting silly.
The song has already been dubbed the ‘ratchet anthem’ and we have no doubt that it will be a hit in the clubs. Watch the video below.
“Ring Off” is dedicated to Mama Tina.
Beyoncé has released a new song titled “Ring Off”. The track, which is said to be dedicated to her mother Tina, has received great reviews so far. The track addresses Mama Tina’s painful divorce from her husband Mathew, and the singer also praises her mom for her strength.
“Dust yourself off and you love again. You found a new man now you shine and you’re fine. Like it’s my time, you took that ring off,” Bey sings.
Listen to the full track below and let us know what you think.
NEW MOVIE GROUPS ARE DESTROYING NOLLYWOOD, SAHEED BALOGUN CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS WITH HIS NEW ASSOCIATION – VETERAN ACTOR, ADEBAYO SALAMI, OGA BELLO
Nollywood great, Adebayo Salami, aka Oga Bello has been in celebratory mood since he announced plans to mark his 50th year as an actor.
With the big event to celebrate the icon less than a month to go, ENCOMIUM Weekly spoke with him on the event as well as the various issues rocking the industry, including the festering crisis within the Yoruba actors body, the Association of Nigeria Theatre Art Practitioners (ANTP).
He also justified the decision of frontline actors like himself who pulled out of the crisis ridden ANTP to form the Theatre And Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPPAN) where he is serving as the Chairman, Board of Trustees.
Tiwa Savage transformed into an old woman to give advise in her new video for new song, My Darlin. See the video after the cut...
See what Ashanti's sister said about some African bodyguards..
The lady flanked by those bodyguards is Nya Lee, Love and Hip Hop New York cast member. She's currently in Ivory Coast for some project. Immediately Nya posted these pics of bodyguards attached to her, Ashanti's sister dropped a comment saying 'Nice, but I know your nose is broke' insinuating that the African body guards probably stink. Thankfully, Nya checks her indirectly. See the full post after the cut...
Damilola Adegbite And Chris Attoh Christen New-Born Baby, Brian
Engaged couple actors Damilola Adegbite and Chris Attoh Christen their 2 months old son, Brian, in Accra, Ghana. Dami recently returned home to Ghana with the baby after being in New York for months to give birth. See another photo below...
P-Square becomes Honorary Calgarians
Peter and Paul Okoye of P-Square are presently on their US/Canada Tour and just shared photos on instagram informing us that they have just been sworn in as Honorary Calgarians, an Honour bestowed on foreigners who have performed greatly in their chosen career. They were presented with official white hats after the ceremony has seen on the photos. Calgary is known as the largest city in Southern Alberta, Canada and the citizens are called Calgarians. Big Congrats to the Incredible Twins...
B-T-S Photos Of 2face, Wizkid, KWAM1, 9ice For 'Dance Go' Video Shoot
Hennessy Artistry headliners, 2face Idibia and Wizkid have shot the video for the much talked about theme track, “Dance Go”. The video shoot which held at Koga studios was directed by music video director, Kemi Adetiba and featured exciting cameo performances from DJ Caise, Shaydee and EFA.
Other guests who were present at the shoot to show support to the headliners include King Wasiu Ayinde, 9ice, BBA contestant, Chris, Tola Odunsi, 2Shots among others. See more b-t-s photos below...
9ice Rides Horse To APC Secretariat To Submit Nomination Form
Abolore '9ice' Akande rode on a horse to submit his nomination form for House of Representatives at All Progressives Congress Secretariat, Yemetu, Ibadan yesterday, Monday 24th November. See more photos below...
RUGGEDMAN INSISTS HE DIDN’T SLEEP WITH 9ICE’S EX-WIFE TONI PAYNE, REVEALS WHY HE LEAKED A PHONE CALL WITH 9ICE
Sometimes ago Ruggedman was accused by fellow artiste 9ice of having an affair with his then wife, Toni Payne, which was without doubt one of the biggest Nigerian celebrity scandal of all time in the Nigerian Music Industry.
Few years later CEO RuggedRecords and veteran rapper Ruggedman revealed his own part of the story and why he leaked a phone call between him and 9ice to the internet. 9ice told Punch Newspapers
It is not news that indigenous language rap pioneer,Lord of Ajasa has been off the scene for a while.
It would be recalled that after Lord of Ajasa’s emergence, Olamide and late Dagrin followed suit, rapping in their indigenous language. However, death took away Dagrin during his prime and all eyes have been on Olamide since then.
Shoki is apparently never going to be a popular song as long as you are in Redeemers University as it has recently bein revealed that the singer was not allowed to sing the song when he was at the university where he was invited to perform at the Redeemer’s University Student’s Association for the 2014 Fresher’s event tagged ‘The Debut Night.’
After all the backlash from her animated video for the song ‘Only’ Nicki Minaj has decided to shoot a proper video for the song and in true Nicki fashion the singer hot in a black lingerer. Check out photos from the shoot below.
The Lifetime Aaliyah biopic aired on the 15th of November and almost every one in America is pissed off at the movie and at the Producer. The movie was produced by feisty daytime TV host Wendy Williams and she was not spared criticism and in true modern fashion the slander was taken to Twitter were a lot of slanderous memes of the movie held sway. Timberland who was a producer and friend to the late Aaliyah also made mention of his distaste for the movie in an Instagram post where he stated.
Should Nicki Minaj’s new nickname be Mag cover slayer? Because she seems to be doing exactly just that this days. The very hot female lyricist is this time conqering the cover of complex magazine. The pictures for the magazine sees Nicki dressed in a futuristic themed attire and she looked almost flawless. Check picture and excerpts from the magazine interview below.
The Miniwana Master who is set to wed his long time heart throb and mother of his child in few days time (November 2nd 2014) has decided to drop the visual to one of his love song which he feature his colleague in the music industry ‘Five Star Represente’ HarrySong. The video was shoot in New York, USA.
Real Madrid player Christiano Ronaldo is definitely cashing in on his fame and wealth as he has launched his own set of shirt line for men.
Speaking on the new product in a report by daily Mail yesterday, November 17, 2014, the former Manchester United star was quoted as saying:
‘Part of my belief is always being the best that you can be. The perfect fitting shirt gives a man the confidence to become the best version of himself possible.’
Its being 20 years since the passing away of Biggie Smalls but every now and then Faith Evans always finds a way to keep the memory of her late husband fresh. She recently revealed that she’ll soon be releasing a full album of duets featuring herself and her late husband.
Naeto C has released the video to his single ‘What U Want’ ft BOJ and Ajebutter 22. The rapper has being trying to make a complete comeback to the industry after being on hiatus for a while. Check the video below and see if he is on the right track to achieving his aim.
EME’s first lady Niyola did a shoot for Made Mag and some of the photos from the shoot are already out and Niyola also took time to answer questions about herself. Read excerpts from the interview and pictures from the shoot below.
HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE YOUR KIND OF MUSIC
My style of music is contemporary R n B /POP it is very modern yet with the core elements of Good old R n B with an infusion of some pop most times in the writing of the song and the production is almost always very contemporary as well but with core elements of today’s sound.
The Carters done started something, and apparently Jaden Smith is following the #newrules well.
In a move befitting "the nicest rapper out" (according to Twitter follower @DanielSmuttz), Jaden dropped a surprise album, Cool Tape Vol. 2, via his own iTunes app, The Jaden Experience.
Willow Smith: 'I Did So Much for Young Black Girls'
Willow Smith and Jaden Smith are raising some eyebrows with their recent interview with the New York Times, published on Monday. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's offspring shared updates on their new music with the Times, but also dropped some knowledge on readers about everything from the value of school to the nature of time.
If you’re wondering what to expect from the new X-Men movie, we have some news! X-Men: Apocalypse will centre on the romance between characters Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender), according to The Hollywood Reporter. According to a mole who has read the script, 20th Century Fox has taken full advantage of Lawrence and Fassbender's star power by focusing on the love affair between their characters. It’s not all about romance though – the film will also see the X-Men face their arch enemy, the immortal mutant Apocalypse. James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult and Evan Peters also star.
FAST & FURIOUS FINALE
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Universal Pictures is keen to see director Justin Lin return for the finale of the Fast & Furious series, according to Deadline. Lin helmed four consecutive movies in the franchise, up until Fast & Furious 6 – when he passed the baton to James Wan (The Conjuring).
As the horror hitmaker has now signed on for The Conjuring 2, it's believed Universal are keen to see Lin take the helm once again.
Universal is expected to shoot several movies at the same time, in similar fashion to the Harry Potter, Twilight and Hunger Games series finales.
Iggy Azalea recently teased details of her Fast & Furious 7 role. Furious 7 will be released on 3 April, 2015.
MR LATIN HOLDS PUBLIC LECTURE TITLED “A DAY WITH THE KINGS” WITH KSA, K1, AYUBA AND ODUNLADE ADEKOLA
On Thursday 4th December 2014, popular comic actor, Bolaji Amusan aka, Mr. Latin is calling on Nigerians to join him at the Obasanjo presidential library as his Mr. Latin foundation holds its 4th annual general public lecture tagged ‘’a day with the kings’’
The duo of king sunny Ade and k1 will make a special appearance. The topic of the lecture is tittles ‘’celebrities and challenges of stardom in public consciousness’’, and the guest speaker will be Tunde Kelani and Adewale Ayuba. Music will be by Alhaji Sefiu Alao and top actor.
Odunlade Adekola will be the M.C. of the event, the program is scheduled to hold by 1pm.
A couple of years ago, Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua aka Seyi Shay became the lead singer for the now defunct pop girl group, From Above, which had a recording deal with Sony/Columbia and was managed by Mathew Knowles’ Music World Entertainment, a company owned by Beyonce’s father. In November 2013, the British-born Nigerian singer/songwriter signed an endorsement deal with telecommunications company, Etisalat. After successfully releasing a couple of singles including Irawo, Ragga Ragga, Chairman,andMurda, featuring Patoranking and Sheydee, Seyi Shay is now working on her debut album.
In this chat with Entertainer, she talks about her career, heartbreak, and celebrity crush among other issues. Excerpts:
ARESS LIZ DA SILVA SET FOR 2ND ANKARA PARTY WITH PASUMA, RELEASES HOT PICTURES + VIDEo
The second edition of Ankara Day, an event put together by popular Yoruba actress, Liz Da Silva, is expected to take later in December 2014. At the maiden edition, fashion designers showed how creative they could be with the ‘ankara’ fabric. Those who attended the event described it as glamorous.
However, information availabe for PlaygroundTV confirmed that the second edition is expected to be grand and many are already anticipating it.
Kaffy, Praiz, Jimmy Jatt, Ali Baba, Others Join Lamboginny And Clayy In #IAmBroken
Celebrities and members of the society have joined a new movement tagged #iambroken an initiative of positive like minds coming together to create solutions to immediate problems facing the society
The #iambroken campaign is a reminder of the state of mind of the African youths who have been disappointed by so many societal factors. It is a cry for change. The duo believe that before a problem is solved you must accept that there's a problem in the first place.
I Was Brought Up To Know Everyone Is Important" - Tuface Idibia On Humility
Nigerian music legend, 2face Idibia who is renowned for his humility despite all his achievements in a recent interview with Yes Magazine, said he was brought up that way. His words below:
"Well, for me, I will attribute that to my parents; the way they brought me up. They brought me up to know that look, everybody is important. So, even when we were young, even if we had a house help in the house, my parents dey let me know say dis one self na person, dat I still need to wash my clothes by myself. The househelp na just basically for some things wey mumsy no get power to do. No be say na slave or anything. So, na dat respect for people. That’s how my parents brought me up."
Nigerians Come For NTA After They Ask People What Their Favorite Program Is On The Station
NTA took to their Twitter handle this morning to ask what people's favorite programme on their station is and the answers are hilarious. See the reactions below...
Peter Okoye Of P-Square Unveils His Own Record Label, Signs First Artist
Peter Okoye of P-Square has kicked off his own record label called P-Classic Record, a subsidiary of his company P-Classic Group. Yesterday, he unveiled the first artist signed to his management, his handsome cousin - Malcolm Obinna Clint Onyeyiri, aka Malcoholic Obinna.
Singer Duncan Mighty Proposes To His Girlfriend On Her Brithday
Port Harcourt 1st son Duncan Mighty is officially off the market as he popped the question to his long time girlfriend Vivien yesterday, which happened to be her birthday, she said yes. Big congrats to them. See more photos below...