Category: Magazine
SARO6IX IS RARING TO GO
INTERVIEWED BY ADEOLA ILELABOYE PHOTOGRAPHY: RAYO KASALI More than ever, young music artistes can dream of the stardom that always seem like a fairytale. No more are young people forced to be the doctors and engineers they don’t want to be – especially not in a state like Nigeria. Ayoola Israel OlaOluwa also known as…
JAYWON SPEAKS ON HIS MUSIC AND HOW HE REMAINS PERSISTENTLY RELEVANT
What is the secret to continual relevance? How does an artiste hold his own after a decade even without the biggest song in the country? All these were going through my mind as I ponder on the music industry and the disappearance of some its former big hitters. Enter the immigration officer who had collected…
SLIMCASE RULES ON THE NEW COVER OF SIMPLE MAGAZINE
You just can’t outrun Slimcase. It seems as though every publication, Billboard chart or Instagram feed features a reference to the “Otunba Lamba” crooner in some way and he’s seemingly not slowing down when it comes to building his empire of milestone achievements and success. The latest move by Slimcase sees him flawlessly grace the cover…
YUNG BJ – THROUGH THE LENS
Can you tell us about yourself? My name is Bolaji Sekoni, popularly known as Yung B.J. My brand is Next Lense Films. I’m a cinematographer, a director, a video editor, and a 3D animator. Cinematography is a great creative profession. What made you choose this path? Of all profession, I chose cinematography because I’m…
THE REINTRODUCTION OF FRESH PRINCE
Let us allow you to re-introdruce yourself. My name is ADEWALE DAMILOLA DAVID, aka “Fresh Prince Lomo”. I am an Afropop singer and rapper. In my music, I sometimes also fuse Trap music with Fuji. How long have you been into music? For a while now but professionally, 7years. What do you mostly…
JUMABEE, GONG POP AND GOOD MUSIC
Play me Majek Fashek. Play me Baba Fela… Jumabee pays homage to Africa’s music legends on his song, “good music.” The song which became a constant tune on airplay also featured Sound Sultan, Banky W, Niyola and Chigurl. Jumabee speaks the truth he believes with fear of nothing and no one. It is why he’s…
BEAMBO TAYLOR: THE NEW GIRL WITH THE FIRE
A common trait to gifted and focused up-and-comers in the music industry is a normally undocumented time stretch of underground work, trials-and-errors, near-rises-often-falls, repeated adjustment to plans, slowly clarified vision and a heated preparation for stardom. For most, this period shapes not only their grind team and industry network based on common interests, alignment in…
NIYI TOWOLAWI – OCHESTRATOR BEHIND THE SCENE
Not many know of Niyi Towolawi in his land of nativity, Nigeria. His prowess and achievements however, speaks volume. Niyi is an award-winning British-Nigerian filmmaker, software development entrepreneur and passionate music lover with boundless creative energy and a strong emphasis on visual storytelling. A recipient of over 30 awards and festival wins, he is the…
ALEX AKANDE UNSCRIPTED
Alex Oluwatayo Akande is black and magic! Powerful right foot, relentless energy, unfading smile even after a horror tackle, the once unknown foreigner has endeared himself to the people of Hong Kong. Donning his No. 8 jersey for SC Kitchee, the Nigerian born footballer and business man, spoke with Adeola about life in the far…
THE GENIUS OF AMAZINGKLEF
Photographer extraordinaire, Graphics design savant, web designer, AmazingKlef is a frontrunner amongst the propagators of the new African dream. At Just 24 years of age, Oguchukwu Martins Abanobi has created such a huge following with his art so much more that there are only handful celebrities he hasn’t worked with. With an endless list of…