Nigeria : Music

He’s multi-talented, he’s young, he’s fresh, he’s the one everyone’s talking about. With two hit singles accompanied by solid videos, it’s safe to say 19 year old Davido has fully arrived. Watch â€œDami Duroâ€�below. Feel free to share on twitter, facebook and every social media site out there  (africahit.com)

Ever since Kanye West signed African artists, D’banj and Don Jazzy, to his G.O.O.D Music label, the former friends and business partners have been at odds with one another. (africahit.com)

African pop giant and former Mo'hits boss Dapo 'D'banj' Oyebanjo has signed with Mercury Records, an imprint in the UK under the Mercury Records Group of Universal Music UK. Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the The Island Def Jam Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group (africahit.com)

Nigerian rap artiste and one of Chocolate City's ambassadors, Panshak Zamani popularly known as Ice Prince, emerged the Best African Act, at the 2012 Vodafone Ghana Music Award ceremony (africahit.com)

"The Magician" the music video from Africa's most requested artist, Ice Prince, featuring reggae chart topper Gyptian and produced by Jesse Jagz is out and sizzling on TV networks.The hit single "Magician" was originally released as part of Ice Prince's debut album, E.L.I. "Everybody Loves Ice Prince", in October 2011.It was shortly thereafter that Spinlet partnered with Chocolate City in Nigeria and learned Ice Prince had an interest in working with Gyptian in some format. (africahit.com)

2Face (The African R&B Legend) drops another heart touching single titled �Rainbow� (Rainbow, rainbow, baby please be my rainbow) this is just an �appetizer� from his soon coming album, you sure gonna like this. (africahit.com)

During his recent stop over here in the UK, Washington DC rapper Wale took some time out to do what he does best over the instrumental for Nigerian artist D’Banj’s hit single “Oliver Twist.â€� (africahit.com)

J Martins just signed to Now Muzik and is on the brink of releasing his third album effort â€œSelahâ€�. So now that he’s label mates with the likes of 2Face Idibia, Timi Dakolo and T.W.O, we can only wonder if they will have direct impacts on his music or if we’ll be hearing any wonderful collaborations any time soon. (africahit.com)

American superstar, Bobby Brown, together with his boy band members BBD, arrived in Lagos on Wednesday ahead of their two-city tour (africahit.com)

Jay Z and D’Banj will be performing alongside a stellar line-up of acts already announced including Tinne Tempah, Jessie J, Ed Sheeran, Florence + the Machine, Professor Green, Leona Lewis, DJ Fresh, Plan B, Flo Rida and Will.i.am (africahit.com)

The wealth of the dynamic duo, Peter and Paul Okoye popularly known as “P-Squareâ€�, is not in question. They have weaved their way to the top through hard work that has seen them reap dividends in form of endorsements,concerts and the likes all over Africa, including the N24m deal with Globacom. (africahit.com)

Kanye West is in Paris making headlines with his showing at the Fashion Week, and Nigerian pop star and label act D’banj has been spotted hanging out with the G.O.O.D Music crew. (africahit.com)

Popular Nigerian artiste, Abolore Adigun Akande, who is well known as 9ice, has hinted on his intention to run for the position of House of Representative at the next round of elections in 2015. (africahit.com)

Linking up with their new Konvict Musik CEO is celebrated Nigerian R&B duo P-Square for the official remix to their West African club banger “Chop My Money.â€� (africahit.com)

Nigerian music superstar 2Face Idibia proposed to his longterm girlfriend and mother of one of his children (daughter – Isabella), Annie Macaulay.2Face proposed last night (Valentine’s Day) at Jay Jay Okocha’s Club 10 in Victoria Island, Lagos.Annie and 2Face have been dating on and off for a decade and she appeared in his breakthrough solo video “African Queenâ€�.2Face is currently expecting his sixth child with ex-girlfriend, Pero Adeniyi. (africahit.com)

Nigerian pop duo, Psquare are currently in Atlanta, United Sttaes, shooting the video for ‘Chop My Money’ from their fifth album ‘Invasion’. (africahit.com)

According to sources, P-Square will soon release a single featuring the R&B star and it didn’t come cheap. The collaboration reportedly was made possible by Akon’s record label, Konvict Music, which made the headlines recently for allegedly signing P-Square, 2face and Wizkid all from Nigeria.  (africahit.com)

Die-hard fans of highlife music would likely respond that it was never gone from the Nigerian music scene. Of course, any who owns a collection of highlife music albums, listens to highlife music while driving through heavy traffic daily, sets one as a ringtone or even as an alarm tone to rouse from sleep every morning will effortlessly argue thus. (africahit.com)

Here's the video of the award-winning single "Raindrops," by 2Face Idibia (Off his album, "Unstoppable"). The video was shot in Ghana and directed by Isaac Offei Awuah, for Hypertek Entertainment. Enjoy! (africahit.com)

US-based Pero Adeniyi, Tuface Idibia's baby mama and mother of two of his children is expecting baby No.6 Pero is due in March to give birth to baby no 3. (africahit.com)

Bracket, the supper group that brought us the bangers Yori Yori, Ada Owerri and No Time is getting ready to release their new album, Cupid Stories which is already complete and ready for Alaba, a worthy follow up to the success they have gained after the release of their Least Expected album. (africahit.com)

P-Square flew to the United States of America on New Year's Day to shoot the music videos of Beautiful Onyinye and Chop my money, two songs from their current album titled, The Invasion. (africahit.com)

AllHipHop.com is reporting that the hip-hop artist Rick Ross unexpectedly scrapped a high-profile performance in Nigeria. He was supposed to perform on Wednesday at the Cross River State Calabar Christmas Festival.  (africahit.com)

Senegalese-American singer and music producer, Akon has signed three of Nigeria’s top musicians, Tuface Idibia, Wizkid, and P-Square duo to his Konvict Music label.The news has not been officially confirmed yet because they are not yet listed on Konvict Music website. (africahit.com)

Bankole Wellighton known as Banky W, the ceo of E.M.E actually made Wizkid a superstar.But it’s so disheartening that, there has been much controversies for Wizkid.Wizkid has faced with too many controversies through the year, ranging from impregnating an undergraduate, to allegedly stealing the Pakurumo song, to the internet unclad picture scandal, the rumoured affair between him and sexy actress Tonto Dike and other ‘illicit’ affair-he’s sure got a bagful of scandals rocking his back.  (africahit.com)

CNN’s weekly programe which focuses on Africans who have done well in their chosen professions, recently featured Nigeria’s 2Face Idibia. Well-known for his creative streak, soothing voice, and award winning “African Queenâ€� track, he has steadily climbed the musical scene with songs that clearly thrill the youth scene. He’s quite dashing too and this probably also accounts for why he’s the darling of many a young, street-wise lady in Nigeria today. (africahit.com)

The difference between life and death is so slim.One minute you are gone.In Nigeria,life can be so cheap.Before you know it,someone is aiming his gun at you and asking you surrender everything on you.At times,he doesn’t even give you enough time to comply.In one moment of madness,he pulls the trigger and the bullet hits you gboooa! I have been shot and I don’t like talking about it.It was just like a flash. (africahit.com)

Musician, Tuface and his friend, Matthew Ohio, saved the life of a police officer who had been shot. (africahit.com)

The 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards held recently in Johannesburg, South Africa will remain a ‘Nigerian Nite’ as the country’s stars gleaned six awards from the annual show. (africahit.com)

Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player D’Banj brings out Kanye West for a surprise performance in London’s Hammersmith Apollo last August. (africahit.com)

THEY are women with substance, with something to offer their generation in terms of music. Closing the gulf that existed between the male and female artistes in the industry, they proved pundits wrong that what their male folks could do, they could equally do, if not even better. (africahit.com)