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Nigerian artists Wizkid, Burna Boy and Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz lead the BET Awards 2021 Best International Act Nominations
BET announces the “BET AWARDS” 2021 nominees with African heavyweights Wizkid, Burnaboy (Nigeria) and Diamond Platinumz (Tanzania) scoring three nominations in the Best International Act category. This ...
#YNaijaMusic50: Don Jazzy, Davido, Ozedikus, Sunday Are, Simi…Here are the 50 Most Influential Nigerians in Music
For a country with numerous social issues, music is the one thing that manages to keep us sane. Every year, ...
MTV Base to air exciting episode of Musicology featuring Masterkraft, Falana, others
Since 2005, MTV Base has taken up the important role of showcasing the best of Africa’s talent to the world. ...
Burna Boy’s video for ’23’ pays homage to women with dreams
Fresh off from winning his first Grammy over a week ago, in the category of Best Global Music Album, Burna ...
Why Burna Boy’s Grammy win is historic
It’s 2019 and Burna Boy is billed to perform at the Coachella music festival, but he isn’t happy with his ...
Grammy 2021: Burna Boy, Wizkid win at music awards, Biafra: ‘We’re unstoppable’ Asari Dokubo declares | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across the thirty-six states of Nigeria, these are the five biggest stories you shouldn’t miss out on: Grammy 2021: Burna ...
Buhari: ‘Nigeria’s unity not negotiable’, Obafemi Martins speaks on ‘issue’ with Burna Boy | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across the thirty-six states of Nigeria, these are the five biggest stories you shouldn’t miss out on: Buhari: ‘Nigeria’s unity ...
5 reasons why University of Sussex should be your top choice
Of the many challenges young people face, choosing the right university sits firmly on top of the list. Deciding which to attend from ...
Fayemi: ‘We need more prayers to tackle insecurity’, Burna Boy enlisted to perform at the Grammys | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across the thirty-six states of Nigeria, these are the five biggest stories you shouldn’t miss out on: Fayemi: ‘We need ...
Burna Boy goes global again with Pepsi Ad featuring Messi, Pogba
Love us some Burna and Pepsi! We saw the new Pepsi Global Ad, we heard the vocals featuring this African ...
Burna Boy’s ‘Destiny’ selected for Biden-Harris inauguration playlist
With the inauguration of presidential-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris on the horizon (tomorrow, January 20, 2021), no ...
Watch the dazzling animated video of Sia’s ‘Hey Boy’ feat. Burna Boy
Announced on Tuesday that Burna Boy will feature on Sia’s Hey Boy remix, off her upcoming eight studio album Music ...
Watch the video of Wizkid’s ‘Ginger’ featuring Burna Boy
Piggybacking off making it to the Billboard World Album chart for a second time with Made In Lagos, his fourth ...
The 2021 Grammys postponed is a reminder that the coronavirus is still with us
In predictable fashion, the 2021 Grammys has been postponed over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. Initially slated to ...
Burna Boy performs ‘Way Too Big’ on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’
Burna Boy made an appearance on American talk show Late Night With Seth Meyers yesterday, performing the anthemic Way Too ...
David vs the Giant: What you need to know about the Davido, Burna Boy ‘clash’ | The #YNaijaCover
Twittersphere was set abuzz upon reports that the entertainer, Davido was involved in a brawl with Burna Boy at a ...
FG announces reduction in fuel price, US adds Nigeria to blacklist on religious freedom – Pompeo | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
FG announces reduction in fuel price to N162.44 per litre The Federal Government has announced a reduction in the pump ...
Why foreign media have a different perspective of Nigerian albums
In the space of one week, two albums of two separate Nigerian singers were adjudged by the foreign media to ...
Burna’s alleged affair with Jopearl: Gender bias rears head as Burna is justified by fans
Celebrities and controversies are like collocations. One barely exists without the other and the fixated eyes of the public on ...
Grammy: Burna gets #TwiceAsTall with 2021 nomination
It has been more than a long time coming for Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy who gets a ...
MOBO Awards return to shine light on a big year for Nigerian artistes
You would have to go as far back as 2017 for the last time popular music awards MOBO held. But ...
#ABetterTime: Afrobeats battle for supremacy reaches new height
Perhaps for the first time ever, we have the big four of Davido, Wizkid, Olamide and Burna Boy dropping albums ...
What to expect from 14th edition of The Headies Awards
It is that season of the year for pomp and circumstance of the music industry, and popular awards platform often ...
A Nigerian coming of age story, Exclusive interview with Niniola– the best Nigerian articles of the week
Niniola: Staying inside the House – Joey Akan What I did was, the following month, I got on a plane ...
How Burna Boy is taking the fight against corruption global
Since the days of Fela Kuti, music has been a weapon to fight corruption, injustice and infrastructural decay. He was ...
#EndSARS and the limits of celebrity activism
In the film One Night in Miami which had its North American premiere in September at the Toronto International Film ...
Burna Boy and the #EndSARS protest, Protesting from the diaspora – the best Nigerian articles of the week
Each week here at YNaija, we round up the best Nigerian writing on the internet, highlighting the stories, profiles, interviews ...
Rivers gov, Wike, prohibits all proposed protests under #EndSARS, Lagos govt approves full reopening of primary, secondary schools | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has prohibited all protests relating to #EndSARS in the state; warning parents to ensure that ...
#SARSmustEnd: Davido to meet with the IGP; wave of leadership from entertainers commendable
It felt like a moment of relief and victory when the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, announced the disbandment of ...
#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: Burna Boy finally joins the #EndSARS movement with ‘Project Protect’
At the present, the world all over has become aware of #EndSARS movement. What was rebuked as mere social ...