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Nigeria Musician late night photo shows he has a hair that looks grey. The image was taken in a dancehall as a selfie. The image was shared through his Personal site angelhenrydaily about how he danced to ease himself and prepare for a photo shoot. The lovely musician says he is ready thrill fans with his comic book, as he encourages them to play his songs.

Nigerian artiste, Olamide 'Badoo' Adedeji beat Yemi Alade, Vanessa Mdee, Anne Kansiime, and South Africa's Refiloe Maele 'Cassper Nyovest' Phoolo to clinch The Future Awards Africa Prize in Entertainment. The event which held yesterday at InterContinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos was a celebration of Africa's most creative minds across various fields. Olamide who recently lost his dad thanked the organizers of the awards and gave a shout out to his fans on his Twitter page: "Future awards! Oshey ….thanks God bless u guys… God bless my supporters.‎" The 26 year old artiste released his first single in 2010, and has gone on to release four commercially successful studio albums as well as a collaborative record with fellow indigenous rapper, Phyno.‎ His latest album, Eyan Mayweather ‎was recently released to critical acclaim. See full list of winners at The Future Awards Africa 2015 and their profiles below: The Future Awards ...

Olamide To Shut Down Lagos With #OLIC2 On December 27 After one of the most epic years ever recorded by a Nigerian recording artiste, YBNL front man Olamide is set to wrap up his wildly successful 2015 with the second edition of his flagship mega concert Olamide Live In Concert on 27 December 2015 at the Eko Convention Centre, Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. Tagged OLIC 2: Beast Mode Unleashed, the show brings Olamide to the fore in one frenetic night of entertainment alongside the entire YBNL family at the end of a year that has seen the squad drop hit after hit from Olamide, Lil Kesh, Viktoh, Adekunle Gold and Pepe. Organised by Right Entertainment, YBNL and Achievas Entertainment, #OLIC2 is set to be even bigger than last year's concert which sold out the same venue with guest performances from Wizkid, Davido and many others. Commenting on #OLIC2, CEO Right Entertainment, Adetoro Suleiman said, "It's not often that you see an a...

Urban music and lifestyle channel, MTV Base has named rave of the moment, Olamide 'Badoo' Adedeji has its Hottest artiste in Nigeria for the year 2015. Olamide was announced the hottest artiste for the year 2015 following a two day intense debate the panel on the MTV Base TV special #BaseNaijaHottestArtist, which includes popular broadcaster, Olisa Adibua, DJ Spinall, Omalicha, Do2dtun, Shade Ladipo, Osagie Alonge and and VJ Ehiz. Earlier in the year, Olamide released a joint album with Phyno entitled '2 Kings'. Few weeks ago, he also dropped his fifth studio album christened 'Eyan Mayweather' which has received positive reviews. Speaking on the announcement, Olamide said, "It's a great feeling to know that my work has made so much impact on Nigerians and i'm humbled by this announcement. Thank you MTV Base." Pop star, Wizkid was named in second position while HKN gang frontline act, Davido clinched the third spot. See t...

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The feud between Olamide and Don Jazzy may not be as fresh as it seems, as there seems to be an indication that third parties may have fueled the rivalry. Hints are beginning to emerge that Davido may have instigated the clash between Olamide and Don Jazzy at the Headies Awards. In a tweet, the 'Omo Baba Lowo' posted about two months ago, he had openly expressed his support for Lil Kesh to pick up the controversial 'Next Rated Artiste' award over all the other contenders in the same category. Not only did he tip Lil' Kesh for the award, he suggested Olamide and the rest of the YBNL team pull a 'Kanye West' stunt if they don't get the award. What the 'Aye'' crooner actually meant by a 'Kanye West' stunt is the US rapper's usual confrontational character when he feels cheated over an award. Several times at award ceremonies, Kanye West has openly voiced out his opinion on him or his affiliates being robbed of ...

Olamide's social media strength has benefited positively from his fracas with ace producer, Don Jazzy at the Headies Award. Hours after rap star and YBNL label boss Olamide threw out heavy lashes at the Mavin Records Boss for calling him out at the Headies Awards that held last night over the "Next Rated Category" , the young father and rapper has gained nearly 30,000+ followers between the time of his first tweet around 3-4am two nights ago and now, 3rd of January. One of those followers he gained yesterday was Wande Coal who was a member of the defunct Mo'hit group who seemed to be taking sides with Olamide and tweeted "Lol ! Just Passing by" and went on to follow the enraged rapper. See a screenshot of the size of his followership currently: Copyrighted to Gistus

DZRPT presents an expose into the humble beginnings of Olamide Adedeji also known as Baddo! Watch emotional accounts of baddo's personal story from his mentor and friend – producer ID Cabasa. 2phat, Pheelz Mr Producer, friends and neighbours, relatives and other producers also share stories of how he came from the streets to become one of Nigeria's leading artistes with a track record of millions of albums sold, sold-out concerts home and abroad and a massive influence on Nigerian pop culture. The King of the streets as he is also popularly known has delivered hits back to back and enjoyed major airplay in the streets, clubs and everywhere else. Watch testimonials from his YBNL-signed acts Lil kesh, Adekunle Gold and Vikhtor. Major tributes from Industry heads such as Olisa, Osi and Toolz of Beat FM, Freeze and Dotun of Cool FM, Yaw of Wazobia, Sensei Uche of City FM and many more. Follow this epic journey as DZRPT TV takes you on a documentary into Bariga whe...

Just like 'Bobo', The Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation has come down hard on Olamide's 'Don't stop'. The Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has banned Olamide's 'Don't stop' song off his "Eyan Mayweather" album oweing to its vulgar lyrics. According to a statement by the NBC, which is the government agency in charge of broadcasting regulation, the song was banned from being played on the airwaves for its "obscenity, being indecent, vulgar languages, lewd and profane expressions like 'Wa gba ponron', 'I just want to hit you now', 'Je kin wo be…" The song in question has also been in the news of recent following the claims by D'banj's producer Deevee that the rapper Olamide stole a part of the song from them. The NBC had some time last year also placed a NTBB (Not to be broadcast) label ban on about 18 popular songs such as Davido's 'Fans Mi', Lil Kesh's 'Gbes...

Popular wordsmith Olamide has made another momentous mark in the history of live performance in Nigeria with 'Olamide Live in Concert 3′, which held on Monday; 26th of December, 2016 at EKO Hotel Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. Hosted by comedian AY and Nollywood actress Funke Akindele, the concert had one of the largest attendance ever recorded in Nigeria – with attendees ranging from some of the most revered dignitaries and socialites to A-list celebrities and personalities which include Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Oba Elegushi, 2face Idibia, Wizkid, Obafemi Martins, Yaw, Funke Akindele, Mercy Aigbe, Eniola Badmus, Toke Makinwa, Iyabo Ojo, Bovi and a host of others. Baddo as he is fondly called, thrilled the audience in a never-before-seen fashion as he performed some of his biggest hits including 'Bobo', 'Eyan Mayweather', 'Turn Up', 'Stupid Love', 'Eleda Mi', 'Abule Sowo', 'Konkobility',...

Popular rapper Olamide has joined the long line up of A-list artists scheduled to perform at Alibaba's 'January 1st Concert'; holding on the 1st of January, 2017 at EKO Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The upcoming concert will mark the third edition of the 'January 1st Concert', which began in 2014 and has since become one of the biggest annual concerts in Lagos. Alibaba has promised fans the upcoming edition will be significantly bigger than the previous as there are surfeit of surprises for attendees. The comedy veteran also revealed the concert will not only involve comedy and music alone but dance as well. Produced by Bunmi Davies, the concert will feature some of the biggest comedy names including Okey Bakassi, Akpororo, Omo Baba, AY, Senator, MC Abbey, Kenny Blaq, Funny Bone, Yaw, Short Family and several other highly sought—after comedians. Fans will also witness music performances from other talented artists, including Har...

It's no news that "Mo MI Crooner" Adepegba ololade known as Lollymade an indigene of Ogun state (Abeokuta) is one of Nigeria's indigenous rap Lord whose Latest single "Mo Mi" is hitting the air wave around the country. The Afro hip hop star "Lollymade" in a recent interview with the freshprince of rockcityfm in Abeokuta made his intention clear about challenging one of Nigerians' Rap king' Olamide "Baddo". In his words "I have always loved Olamide and had to prove to him my worth and make other rappers sit tight by challenging him down to a 60mins Rap battle". He revealed how passionate he has always felt to be on stage with some of Nigerians finest rappers but would prefer a rap battle with some especially "Olamide" "MO MI" the single is currently receiving massive love from DJs and OAP's in Nigeria but the big question is ,Can Lollymade stand the heat on stage with Olamide?...

Nigerian rapper, Yung6ix couldn't keep it secret after his girlfriend billed him the sum of N700,000 for her hair makeover. He further revealed that he gave her the complete money. That amount of money is big enough to buy a plot of land, lol. Copyrighted To 36NG

Nigerian rapper, Eva has made public 'revelation' of one of her resolutions for the year 2018. Eva Alordiah announced that her lips won't be kissing anyone this year as she wants to keep all her energy in. -Copyrighted to 36NG

Yemi Alade rocked Paris, France with a special edition of #TraceLive tagged Yemi Alade & Friends. The exclusive concert which was streamed live on Facebook to over 60,000 viewers, saw Africa's championing diva perform material majorly from her top selling third studio album Black Magic. Armed with her band and dancers, the fiery Alade was joined by international superstar acts MHD, Lylah, Silva Stone, Youssoupha, Charlotte Dipanda and Admiral T. Copyright:BellaNaija

Copyrighted To Gist Us -  The 2016 One Lagos Fiesta kicks off today, December 24th, 2016. The event, which will run for 8 days, will feature the biggest names in the Nigerian music industry including 2baba Idibia, Tiwa Savage, Olamide, Phyno, MI, Kiss Daniel, Reminisce, Falz, Adekunle Gold, Yemi Alade, Seyi Shay, Patoranking, Humble Smith and Tekno among others. What's even more exciting is that these new school artistes will be joined by Nigerian music legends like King Sunny Ade, Chief Ebenezer Obey, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (KWAM 1), Sir Shina Peters, Queen Salawa Abeni, Lagbaja and a host of others. This simply means that there is going to be an interesting mix of great indigenous music that cuts across all ages and genres – something for everyone to enjoy and groove to during the 8-day long jamboree. More so, renowned disc jockeys and stand-up comedians from across the five regions – Agege Stadium, Ikorodu Town Hall, Epe Recreational Centre, Bar Beach at V...

Gistus - Singer, Skales has revealed the role Olamide of YBNL played in his life. He took to micro-blogging website, Twitter to announce that Olamide helped him with funds for his hit track "Shake Body" video shoot. Skales revealed this via a series of Tweets on Twitter. He admitted that he was broke then, and this favour from YBNL boss changed his life forever. "Guys I have been holding back for so long, But I gotta let the world know, Olamide actually gave me cash to shoot "ShakeBody" Video". Back then, I was super broke and couldn't afford to shoot a video for that song. I will never forget it bro Thanks a lot. And since then my life has never been the same….GOD BLESS ALL THE REAL AND TRUE ONES OUT THERE.. ..and then, the YBNL Boss responded thus: "God for all bro we agreed to keep this coded dough lol"

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, son of veteran Nollywood actor Pete Edochie, has said he may seek election as Nigeria's president in 2019. Edochie contested the November 2017 Anambra governorship election on the platform of the Democratic Peoples Congress (DPC). He ran against 36 other governorship aspirants, including the eventual winner, Willie Obiano. Edochie, who just turned 36, secured only 145 votes in the election. However, he is confident of winning in 2019, if he decides to run for the highest office in the land. "So, it's my birthday today, 7th of January, 2018. I just turned 36, so happy birthday to me. "2018 is just unfolding, we pray for more blessings so let's just keep our fingers crossed. Who knows, I may just decide to run for president of Nigeria this time, in 2019, and I will win," Edochie stated in a video posted on Instagram. Myjoyonline

After some years of being a single mother, following the death of her former husband, veteran actress, Liz Benson, who remarried few weeks ago, has explained why she took the decision. The screen diva, who said she has found her missing rib in Bishop Great Emeya, walked down the aisle on Saturday, 18 July, 2009, in Warri, Delta State. The new couple, who are in London now for their honeymoon, has been keeping the relationship for sometime before it eventually led to marriage. http://nollywoodgists.com gathered that while Liz has become a born again Christian and an evangelist, Bishop Emeya controls one of the biggest churches in Warri. Speaking on why she eventually decided to remarry after the death of her former husband in 1998, the mother of three said it is the will of God that has come to pass in her life. In the words of her spokesperson, "as a widow, she has the biblical and legal backing to remarry, particularly with Bishop Emeya, who is also a wi...

My debut album is one glass apparel to me I cannot let drop. Everyday, someone in somewhere is listening to my song. And I am feeling so great ever producing cool melody that will please your ears. Angel Henry Junior Ogar Says. The grace album has about NGN20,000 Profit attached to it already, and am looking for more he said while writing to Angelhenrydaily. I sold few copies of my CD and I hope to sell more. The genre is called classical and all those who hear pop songs, rap will be a fan I bet. Am already a fan of my music and I like my fans so well.  Buying my song is a grace for you, I don't doubt it and neither should a music lover. Entertainment can be a great deal, but its hard sometimes to pull the crowd, especially for a concert,show, or even to purchase your songs. In loving tales of how music began I admire grace and expect to reach your heart with my musical play of art. Angelhenrydaily

Pop Musician Angel Henry Junior Ogar, has claimed the number two spot in Nigeria in the Classical Pop Music Chart. The Musician who appeared on billboard as a sponsored artist by Reverbnation, says he is amazed and excited for this award. He has kept his position for more than 30 days, and he is also acknowledged by Youtube Music as a sponsored artist also. He said bearing all struggles and competition, am unable to beat the Number one contestant to the top of pop songs in Nigeria, although am happy with my position, I seek more support from music fans, to play my songs and get a copy for themselves to claim the top spot. Am looking forward to join the world chart competition. My Grace album is just spectacular to me, Oh! See how much I love it as it raised me above several contenders in weeks. I got few plays and clicks with over 16,000 fans coverage as I got a Billboard, Youtube, Pitchfork,MTVBase music sponsor and support. Am so excited for the great opportunity. My ...

Sultry singer, Yemi Alade is known for her eccentric style and choice of fashion. She has dubbed herself Mama Africa and her style certainly screams African pride, even though you would often wonder the concept she is trying to pull. One of the fabrics she uses to set herself aside is Ankara. Her love for Ankara is immeasurable as she uses it the most to convey her personal.