Kenyan scholar wants late Fela immortalised Prof. Patrick Lumumba, a Kenyan Professor of Law has urged Africans to immortalise Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and his ideal of a corrupt-free society. Lumumba said this during the 2017 Felabration, with the theme: “40 Years after FESTAC, 20 Years after Fela, Wither the Pan-African Dream?” Felabration is an annual music festival conceived in 1998 by Yeni Anikulapo-Kuti in memory and celebration of her father Fela, a Nigerian musician and human rights activist known for pioneering the afrobeat genre of music. Lumumba said that Fela had remained ever green because of his ideas which emanated from his observation of the society years back. “To achieve a corrupt free society, we must immortalise Fela’s ideas as most of his songs had attested to the fact that he had seen corruption deeply entrenched in everything in Nigerians. “We need to immortalise Fela’s ideas and make corrections, take positive steps to adjust,” he said. “I quite apprecia

Rapper Eminem’s rap video that  derided U.S. President Donald Trump as a racist and a reckless leader  is attracting huge views on You Tube, with over 5.6 million logging on Wednesday,  less than 24 hours after it was uploaded. The video was aired on Tuesday night during the Black Entertainment Television Hip Hop Awards. It has also attracted over 58,000 comments. “Eminem is back! And he’s in classic bar-for-bar form blasting at Donald Trump from his Detroit home. The cyphers went crazy too. Peep.”, says the post by BET Networks Eminem told his fans in the four-minute unaccompanied vocal they must choose whether to support him or the president. “Racism is the only thing that he’s fantastic for,” Eminem rapped in the video that was taped on Friday in a Detroit parking garage. Watch the video:  Trump has previously dismissed accusations of racism. For example, he said in February he is “the least racist person.” Representatives for the White House did not immediately

Rapper Nelly: released from jail American rapper Nelly has been released from jail without charges pending an investigation of rape allegations, police in Washington state said. Nelly, 42, was arrested early Saturday in Auburn, Washington, after a woman accused him of raping her in his tour bus. Police said Nelly — born Cornell Haynes Jr. — had been booked for investigation of second-degree rape and released from custody. Nelly has vehemently denied the charges. “I am beyond shocked that I have been targeted with this false allegation,” he said on Twitter. “I am completely innocent. I am confident that once the facts are looked at, it will be very clear that I am the victim of a false allegation.” The sexual assault allegedly took place on the tour bus hours after Nelly had performed at the White River Amphitheater just east of Auburn. Nelly’s lawyer also denied the charges. “(Nelly) is the victim of a completely fabricated allegation,” his attorney Scott Rosenblum told

RICQY ULTRA is all but set to drop his fourth studio mixtape project. This project will be a totally new breed of mixtape in the entire mixtape world because it has some innovations that has never been seen.  " WELCOME TO ZOO ROAD " is the name of this enticing mixtape and the track listing will be released few days prior to the main release date which should be on 26th October, 2017. Ricqy Ultra  has previously released three mixtapes prior to this one titled "Hate it or Love it Vol. 1", "Hate it or Love it Vol. 2" and "Simply Ultralistic Vol.3". Welcome To Zoo Road will be the fourth addition to his growing number of mixtape projects and the artist is not stoping any time soon. Ricqy Ultra still plans to release his first studio album to be titled MAHAKURCI MAWADACI and the artist is still searching for the final ingredient that will make the make the album the best ever rap album in not only Arewa but the entire Nigerian Music scene

Alhaji Lai Mohammed: announces tax relief to TStv New pay Television operator, TStv Africa, has been granted three-year tax relief by the federal government. The newly inaugurated television was also granted tax free dividends to all investors in the company. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced incentives on Sunday night in Abuja at a dinner to mark the official unveiling of the new company. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports TStv Africa is a wholly owned by Nigerian Pay TV operator with refined offerings of novel Unclassified Pay Per View subscription and complimentary internet services. Mohammed who performed the official unveiling of the new company and its products said the tax reliefs were in line with the Pioneer Status recently granted to the Creative Industry by the Government. The Minister congratulated the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Dr. Bright Echefu and his team for liberalising and breaking the monopoly

Osinbajo hails creative industry The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has hailed the creativity and ingenuity of Nigerian artistes which they have deployed to project the image of the country. He made the commendation after watching a grand performance of the cultural troupe, Wakaa the Musical, on Monday night at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. Osinbajo, his wife, Dolapo, Senate President Bukola Saraki and Information Minister Lai Mohammed were part of the dignitaries that watched the cultural fiesta. Osinbajo, who described the event as trilling said: “I have never seen anything like this before; it is absolutely incredible; this is wonderful.’’ The producer of the theatre group and Chief Executive of Terra Culture, Mrs Bolanle Austen-Peters, while welcoming guests to the occasion said it was the group’s way of promoting creativity in the industry among Nigerian youths. “Art is still taking the back stage in the country but we are prepared to boost it greatly d

Fresh Boy A.K.A Muna Ciki is an upcoming artist based in Kaduna. He drops this new single titled “Like Dat”. He features Ice Kid, who is the Boss of the crew AYNC. The song was produced by Dj Effect. Kindly Download below and listen up to this upbeat track by Fresh Boy.. DOWNLOAD