Another fire dance-hall sound from 1dakid,.
We haven't finish feeling the vibes of his last track Radio.
And here is another dance-hall banger about bad energy and fake lovers......
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Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Funke Akindele Shuts Down Romance Rumours with JJC
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“We are just colleagues, ”she has said and insists that the report was as mere fabrication and a figment of people’s imagination. “That’s not true. They’re just professional colleagues. And JJC has made a lot of input into what Funke Akindele is doing in terms of her career. It is not impossible for people to insinuate when they see two people that are close. But the truth is that they’re colleagues” her spokes person,Mr Biodun Kupolu said.
But that may not be what we are seeing on the social media, we have seen a picture of herself and JJC cuddled up in bed with the headline,’Oooh back to bed with my boo” while Funke had shared a video of herself and JJC on the same account saying,”Taking breakfast with my boo.”
We wonder what they are doing together with all these affections and yet claiming no love lost.
Duncan Mighty Begs Buhari for Appointment After Insulting Him
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The Obianuju’ singer who is the Niger Delta Youth ambassador wants to join the President in helping the youths. We wonder if the president would consider him
Few days ago, he had begged his fans to share his apology until it reaches the Office of the President: “I want you to give me the opportunity to assist your government in carrying out youth empowerment project in Niger Delta as to enable some of our eligible youths shun social vises, cultism and face there Gods given talent.”
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Mr 2Kay Another Rising Star
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Singer Mr. 2Kay – real name, Abinye Jumbo – broke onto the music
scene in 2013. Known for his hit, Bubugaga, 2kay has performed with
artistes such as May7ven and Moelogo.
In 2012, he started a charity event where he goes to the waterside in Port Harcourt to give food stuff to the elderly and school kits to the kids. He also performs for free for the waterside community as his way of giving back.
Our reporter, Michael Abimboye, sat down with him for a rare chat.
PT: Who is Mr 2kay?
Mr. 2Kay: 2kay is a simple guy, sometimes stubborn. He is loveable, friendly. I came about the name when I started my music career but with Mr 2 Kool. After a while, when I got signed to Grafton Records, I had to change my name. So I changed it to 2k. You know 2k is a popular word on the street which means 2,000. So, it’s like I’m here to stay forever like right now we are in 2015, next year we go to 2016, so you will always have my name on your lips.
PT: How did you get into music?
Mr. 2Kay: I had a rough upbringing. When I say rough, I mean I wasn’t born with a silver spoon, so I had to make money for myself. I grew up with my mum, and she was a petty trader at some point and sometimes I had to leave school to help hawk on the streets of Bonny Island. The only way I could keep myself company was to sing. From there, I moved to secondary school where I was in the children’s choir and was still singing to a few friends and people kept saying you have a good voice. Then, I was singing other people’s songs but at a point in time I began to write my own songs while I was at Community Secondary School, Bonny. Some friends began to encourage me to go to the studio to record and they put money together to support me. So, that was the beginning of it for me.
PT: What’s your music genre?
Mr. 2Kay: Afro pop; so, I do everything that is popular. I’m very versatile and I can do any kind of music. So, you can’t say I’m doing a particular kind of music.
PT: You recently collaborated with Cynthia Morgan and Seyi Shay on the remix of your song Bad Girl Special. Why these artistes?
Mr. 2Kay: You are talking about rising powerful female singers. You have Seyi Shay on the pop and R&B side. Then you have Cynthia Morgan on the reggae and pop as well and having these two together is a great thing. Cynthia is my ‘G,’ very close friend and Seyi Shay as well. We recorded the remix at Square Ville (PSquare’s mansion in Omole, Lagos) and it was actually supposed to be Cynthia Morgan and Eva but Eva wasn’t actually forthcoming and I couldn’t wait, so I had to call Seyi Shay and she came to my rescue. When I called her, I told her I need you. Earlier, I was supposed to do a song with her in the UK but it didn’t work out. But when I sent her this song, it was her kind of song and she jumped on it. While recording with her, she was fun to be with and she’s an amazing person.
PT: What are you working on currently?
Mr. 2Kay: I’m working on a few things right now. Working on the official release of Bad Girl remix in the UK and working on more songs as I am thinking of dropping an album this year, hopefully, and a couple of shows in and outside Nigeria.
PT: What do we expect from your album?
Mr. 2Kay: Different genre of songs, songs that people haven’t heard and the ones they have heard but will come as a bonus. And production, I’m working with the guy that produced Timaya’s Sanko. He actually produced my first single back then in Port Harcourt.
PT: You are yet to collaborate with artistes from your region, South South, like Timaya, Duncaan Mighty; why is that?
Mr. 2Kay: I have done a song with Duncan Mighty. I have also done a song with Timaya but both songs are not out yet. The song with Timaya is ready and we are looking at shooting the video in the UK. We are just waiting for the right time to push it out.
PT: Describe your relationship with your label.
Mr. 2Kay: Our relationship goes beyond business. The label CEO is from my home town so it is more like a father and son relationship. I call him my father and I can’t quit the label on a sad or bad note. Obviously, I will leave some day, but I will remain affiliated to the label.
PT: How would you describe the Nigerian music scene?
Mr. 2Kay: I feel the industry is growing rapidly and it will surely get better in a matter of years. It wasn’t like this before so you know it has grown in the last couple of years, particularly on the international scene.
PT: If it wasn’t music, what would you be doing?
Mr. 2Kay: I’m from Rivers State; from a town called Bonny Island and I have actually worked with the NLNG before so I know I will be somewhere in the oil industry.
PT: From Port Harcourt to Lagos, how has the music journey been so far?
Mr. 2Kay: It feels good to me if you ask me. It’s
been two years now that I have moved to Lagos but not really stable in
Lagos because I have been shuttling the UK, Lagos. It’s not easy to be
frank because I left my comfort zone to another area where I’m trying to
get my ground and get myself together and I have had to work. So far so
good, I’m doing great.
PT: So far, you have not been involved in scandal what’s the secret?
Mr. 2Kay: I think it has to do with my upbringing and my management also because they have been able to actually train me to the way I react in public, talk. When I got signed to Grafton, I went through something called Grafton Academy in Port Harcourt. It took like close to a year for me to go through that, for them to actually work on my mindset because from my background and where I was coming from, you know, it’s all violence and violence but I won’t say I’m a violent person. You know, in some areas violence is the order of the day and you have to get what you want by violence and sometimes not violence.
While Mr. 2Kay’s “Bad Girl Special Remix” is still having a swell time on some of Nigeria’s best music chart shows, such as Olisa’s Top 10 Countdown on Beat FM and on Rhythm FM’s Top 20 Nigeria Countdown, the Grafton Entertainment frontrunner is gearing up to release his next single. However, the upcoming single will have to wait a bit for this beautiful rendition titled – “Who No Like Better Thing”
.
In 2012, he started a charity event where he goes to the waterside in Port Harcourt to give food stuff to the elderly and school kits to the kids. He also performs for free for the waterside community as his way of giving back.
Our reporter, Michael Abimboye, sat down with him for a rare chat.
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| Mr 2Kay |
Mr. 2Kay: 2kay is a simple guy, sometimes stubborn. He is loveable, friendly. I came about the name when I started my music career but with Mr 2 Kool. After a while, when I got signed to Grafton Records, I had to change my name. So I changed it to 2k. You know 2k is a popular word on the street which means 2,000. So, it’s like I’m here to stay forever like right now we are in 2015, next year we go to 2016, so you will always have my name on your lips.
PT: How did you get into music?
Mr. 2Kay: I had a rough upbringing. When I say rough, I mean I wasn’t born with a silver spoon, so I had to make money for myself. I grew up with my mum, and she was a petty trader at some point and sometimes I had to leave school to help hawk on the streets of Bonny Island. The only way I could keep myself company was to sing. From there, I moved to secondary school where I was in the children’s choir and was still singing to a few friends and people kept saying you have a good voice. Then, I was singing other people’s songs but at a point in time I began to write my own songs while I was at Community Secondary School, Bonny. Some friends began to encourage me to go to the studio to record and they put money together to support me. So, that was the beginning of it for me.
PT: What’s your music genre?
Mr. 2Kay: Afro pop; so, I do everything that is popular. I’m very versatile and I can do any kind of music. So, you can’t say I’m doing a particular kind of music.
Mr. 2Kay: You are talking about rising powerful female singers. You have Seyi Shay on the pop and R&B side. Then you have Cynthia Morgan on the reggae and pop as well and having these two together is a great thing. Cynthia is my ‘G,’ very close friend and Seyi Shay as well. We recorded the remix at Square Ville (PSquare’s mansion in Omole, Lagos) and it was actually supposed to be Cynthia Morgan and Eva but Eva wasn’t actually forthcoming and I couldn’t wait, so I had to call Seyi Shay and she came to my rescue. When I called her, I told her I need you. Earlier, I was supposed to do a song with her in the UK but it didn’t work out. But when I sent her this song, it was her kind of song and she jumped on it. While recording with her, she was fun to be with and she’s an amazing person.
PT: What are you working on currently?
Mr. 2Kay: I’m working on a few things right now. Working on the official release of Bad Girl remix in the UK and working on more songs as I am thinking of dropping an album this year, hopefully, and a couple of shows in and outside Nigeria.
PT: What do we expect from your album?
Mr. 2Kay: Different genre of songs, songs that people haven’t heard and the ones they have heard but will come as a bonus. And production, I’m working with the guy that produced Timaya’s Sanko. He actually produced my first single back then in Port Harcourt.
PT: You are yet to collaborate with artistes from your region, South South, like Timaya, Duncaan Mighty; why is that?
Mr. 2Kay: I have done a song with Duncan Mighty. I have also done a song with Timaya but both songs are not out yet. The song with Timaya is ready and we are looking at shooting the video in the UK. We are just waiting for the right time to push it out.
PT: Describe your relationship with your label.
Mr. 2Kay: Our relationship goes beyond business. The label CEO is from my home town so it is more like a father and son relationship. I call him my father and I can’t quit the label on a sad or bad note. Obviously, I will leave some day, but I will remain affiliated to the label.
PT: How would you describe the Nigerian music scene?
Mr. 2Kay: I feel the industry is growing rapidly and it will surely get better in a matter of years. It wasn’t like this before so you know it has grown in the last couple of years, particularly on the international scene.
PT: If it wasn’t music, what would you be doing?
Mr. 2Kay: I’m from Rivers State; from a town called Bonny Island and I have actually worked with the NLNG before so I know I will be somewhere in the oil industry.
PT: From Port Harcourt to Lagos, how has the music journey been so far?
PT: So far, you have not been involved in scandal what’s the secret?
Mr. 2Kay: I think it has to do with my upbringing and my management also because they have been able to actually train me to the way I react in public, talk. When I got signed to Grafton, I went through something called Grafton Academy in Port Harcourt. It took like close to a year for me to go through that, for them to actually work on my mindset because from my background and where I was coming from, you know, it’s all violence and violence but I won’t say I’m a violent person. You know, in some areas violence is the order of the day and you have to get what you want by violence and sometimes not violence.
While Mr. 2Kay’s “Bad Girl Special Remix” is still having a swell time on some of Nigeria’s best music chart shows, such as Olisa’s Top 10 Countdown on Beat FM and on Rhythm FM’s Top 20 Nigeria Countdown, the Grafton Entertainment frontrunner is gearing up to release his next single. However, the upcoming single will have to wait a bit for this beautiful rendition titled – “Who No Like Better Thing”
.
“Who
No Like Better Thing” is a song by Mr 2kay with Ayzed and Hans, both
of who make up the group called ‘The Jonsers’. It was produced by Ayzed
with vocals by Mr. 2Kay. The song tells a very simple story about life
and its reality.
Though
rendered in Pidgin language, “Who No Like Better Thing” is a song with a
universal meaning, which stresses on the fact that – everybody wants
the good life and Mr. 2Kay delivers this message effortlessly.
Friday, 8 April 2016
A BLIND PIONEER OF SOUND
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| Cobhams Asuquo Performing |
Cobhams
Asuquo
(Efik
pronunciation: [ˈko̞bʱäms
äsˈuːku:wo̞]) is a born blind Nigerian
musician, producer, and songwriter. In 2005, Asuquo was signed on with Sony ATV London as a
songwriter. After working as Head of Audio Productions at a local label,
Questionmark Entertainment, he set up his own recording facility in 2006. He is
CEO/ Head of Productions of CAMP (Cobhams Asuquo Music Productions) which is
currently representing himself, Bez
Idakula and Stan Iyke. He was responsible for Aşa's highly
acclaimed international album ASA and has been mentioned on many
artists' sleeve credits as producer and writer.
Early
life
Cobhams
Emmanuel Asuquo is a Nigerian song writer/music producer per excellence who
started his professional training as a lawyer, but later branched into music
full-time to fulfill a lifelong desire. His style comprises a wide spectrum of
genres based on his careful understudy of such classical, jazz and traditional
music greats as Tchaikovsky, Dave
Grusin and Haruna Isola respectively. He is
currently signed onto Sony ATV (Sony Publishing) London as a songwriter and has
won awards in music as well as his other fields of interest. Cobhams released
his much awaited first official single title Ordinary People on 1st
January 2014. The Song immediately became the NO.1 on most radio charts
Nigeria.
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| Cobhams Asuquo |
Music Career
Cobhams Asuquo likes to say that his music career started when as a child he used to puff his cheeks to play the 12-bar blues. Today, he is known for producing some of the finest artistes in Nigeria. Noteworthy among these artistes is the Nigerian soul-singing sensation, Asa, whose 2007 debut album became an international hit. In addition to producing the album, Cobhams wrote and co-wrote several of its hits songs. In 2005, Cobhams signed on to Sony ATV London as a songwriter. After working as Head of Audio Productions at a local label, Questionmark Entertainment, he set up his own recording facility in 2006. He is CEO/ Head of Productions of CAMP (Cobhams Asuquo Music Productions), an all-encompassing entertainment company that discovers, nurtures and exposes great talents. Cobhams has won multiple local and international awards for his creative and entrepreneurial contributions to the Nigerian music industry.WIPO had the pleasure of hosting on July 13, 2009 a performance by Nigerian musician, songwriter and producer Cobhams Emmanuel Asuquo. He was recently featured on CNN's African Voices for his contribution and impact on the African music industry. Rising alternative soul artiste, Bez is the first of three artistes signed by Cobhams to the C.A.M.P record label, and Bez’s debut album ‘Super Sun’ was highlighted on The Boston Globe’s top ten list of best ‘world music’ albums of 2011. He has won several awards in the music and film scene in Africa and beyond. Cobhams talked about the advantages of being blind in an interview he had with the BBCNews Cobhams Also spoke at the TEDxEuston in 2012 where he talked about the gift of blindness.
On 2 December 2010, Cobhams Emmanuel Asuquo got married to Ojuolape Veronica Olukanni and have a Son.
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| Cobhams Asuquo with Wife and Son |
Production Work
Cobhams shot to international acclaim with his musical production of the debut album by the Nigerian soul sensation Aṣa. He also wrote and co-wrote several songs on the award-winning album including the hit singles, “Fire on the Mountain,” and “Jailer.”Cobhams has likewise produced numerous award-winning songs for Nigerian recording artistes such as:
Banky W Omawumi Waje, Timi Dakolo, Dare Art-Alade, Rooftop MCs, Faze, Mode 9, Ego, Shola, Allyson, Djinee, Maintain.
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| Cobhams Asuquo with Uk Superstar Usher Raymond |
He has arranged music, and performed with bands at international music events as The Harare International Festival of Arts, the AFA Sponsored French Cultural Center Concert with Asa and Angelique Kidjo; AFA Sponsored French Cultural Center Concert in Johannesburg, South Africa; Nigeria Week in Paris and the launch of MTV’s one hundredth channel (MTV Base Africa) at Abuja, Nigeria.
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| Cobhams Asuquo with Ice Prince |
In the TV and film media, he has composed and arranged film scores to be interpreted for conservatoires as well as for film and stage performances such as “A Voice for Ella” by Uche Macaulay, Sunshine (Alpha Vision), “Bent Arrows” by Isang Awah and Communication For Change’s “Bayelsan Sillhouttes.”
Awards and Nominations
The Future Awards 2006 and
2009 (Producer of the Year)
Hip-hop World Awards 2007
and 2008 (Producer of the Year)
Nigeria Music Awards (NMA)
2007 Producer of the decade.
Nigerian Music Awards (NMA)
2008 for “Producer of the Decade”
LEAP Africa Award 2007 for
his “Creativity, Fortitude & Exemplary Leadership In the Music Industry”
The Partnership Awards 2008
for “supporting the Worship For Change Concert”
One Gospel Awards for
“Gospel Composer/ Writer of the Year” (2008)
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