Bob Em born Robert Chukwuemeka, is an artist, songwriter and entrepreneur. His passion for music knows no bound and he effortlessly pushes his career to heights of reckoning and relevance. Talking about his journey into music he says, “I started music to be the voice, a sign to ordinary people out there that everything will…
Warner Music has signed a new licensing deal with music streaming platform Audiomack for key African territories including Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania. Canada and Jamaica are also among new territories covered by the companies’ licensing deal. WMG first entered into a partnership with Audiomack in August 2019, marking the platform’s first licensing deal with…
Universal Music Group today announced the launch of Def Jam Africa, a new label division within the continent. According to the announcement, the new label is dedicated to representing “the best hip-hop, Afrobeats and trap talent in Africa, and will follow the blueprint of the iconic Def Jam Recordings label,” one of the most important hip-hop/R&B…
Nigerian gospel artist, Sinach has become the first African to top Billboard Christain Songwriters Chart. She been on the gospel music scene for quite a while now and she is unarguably one of Nigeria’s most successful gospel artists. This is all thanks to her unique sound and back-to-back hit songs, which has led her to…
The Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a media briefing in Geneva, said the agency “can only give advice, but one thing should be clear, we don’t have any mandate to force countries to implement what we advise them.” It’s up to the countries to take our advice, or reject it”, adding that the…
CCN has listed the top ten biggest music stars in Africa, with Grammy nominee Burna Boy of course topping the list. The list, which was compiled over the weekend, has five Nigerian artists out of 10: Burna Boy, Yemi Alade, Wizkid, Mr Eazi, and Tiwa Savage. See the full list below: Burna Boy Angelique Kidjo Diamond Platnumz…
Grammy Award Winning American rapper, Cardi B will be coming to Nigeria and Ghana for a performance Livespot X for her first visit to Africa The award-winning rapper, Cardi B has revealed that she will not be performing for the rest of 2019. In a video that has been making rounds on the Internet, the…
Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote have been friends long before they officially met. We’ve witnessed these two personalities attend events and hanging out together. Gates narrates how he “cemented his friendship with Aliko Dangote” on his personal blog, Gates Notes. Read excerpts from the article: Have you ever met someone new and immediately felt like you could talk to…
It’s Grammy season and Yemi Alade is geared up. Her fourth studio album, ‘Woman of Steel‘ has been submitted for consideration. ‘Woman of Steel’ has 15 tracks; a recently released album by Yemi Alade has been put into consideration for an award at the 2020 Grammy Awards. She wrote that, “We’re up for GRAMMY AWARD…
In a new report by Africa Property News, Lagos has been ranked the 4th wealthiest city in Africa, coming behind Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Cairo. Lagos was valued at $108 billion, while the other Nigerian city on the list – Abuja – was valued at $13 billion. The overview of the continent’s wealthiest cities is based…
