Archive For: EL Now
15th Oct 2014 And Nigerian premiere of the movie of late legendary afro-beat king Fela Anikulapo Kuti titled “Finding Fela” took place at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos on Sunday. The documentary, directed by Academy Award-winning director, Alex Gibney tells the story of Fela’s life, his creation of afro-beat ... Read More
15th Oct 2014 Still on new releases, Nigerian fast-rising dancehall singer Cynthia Morgan finally has a video for her well-received single titled “I’m taken”. The daring video has Cynthia singing and dancing in all sorts of unusual places with energetic girls from a cage, to a bathtub in a room ... Read More
15th Oct 2014 And congratulations are also in order to Nigerian representative of Big Brother Africa season 9: Hot-Shots, Tayo Faniran, who shed tears of joy when he got the news that he is now a father, on Monday. Big Brother broke the news to Tayo that his girlfriend had been delivered of their baby ... Read More
14th Oct 2014 What’s up folks! So, top Nigerian fashion designer Folake Folarin-Coker marked the 15th anniversary of her fashion brand Tiffany Amber, by unveiling fifteen “Women of Vision” between the ages of 18 and 60 who are repping their various industries. Among the chosen women is Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, super model Oluchi Orlandi, ... Read More
14th Oct 2014 Over to the music world, Samklef who is former producer of Nigerian pop superstar Wizkid, has taken to his twitter page to vent his anger at Wizkid for allegedly forgetting about him upon attaining fame and success. When asked on twitter by a fan if he still makes beats with Wizkid, Samklef ... Read More
14th Oct 2014 And in South Africa, celebrated soul singer Ziyon of the defunct duo Liquideep has released his first solo video titled “One in a Million” from his freshly released first solo album “Audio Alchemy”. Ziyon who had parted ways with his Liquideep partner Ryzor a few months back ... Read More
14th Oct 2014 So, two top Nigerian rappers, Naeto C and Phyno are in Naeto C’s recently released single titled “China”, which now has a spanking new video. The single “China”, produced by ace producer Jay Sleep, is off Naeto C’s forthcoming third album. Word has it that finishing touches ... Read More
13th Oct 2014 Howdy EL Now faithfuls! Have you heard that Ghanaian reggae and dancehall artist Shatta Wale has been slammed with a 10 million Ghanaian cedi lawsuit for defamation against Ghanaian event management and production house Charter House? Shatta Wale had posted videos on Facebook where he attacked Charter House, insulting the company and ... Read More
13th Oct 2014 And Nigeria’s afro-beat megastar D’Banj aka Bangalee has been made the first African ambassador to Apple’s newly acquired Beats by Dre headphone brand. The lucrative deal D’banj signed with Apple also comes with custom made studio wireless Beats by Dre headphones which has D’banj’s name on it, which will be launched in ... Read More
13th Oct 2014 In related news, Still on D’banj going places, the Koko Master has been in studio with Senegalese-American superstar Akon working on a new track of Akon’s titled “Frosh”. An unofficial version of “Frosh” has recently surfaced online courtesy of DJ Fully Focus of Atlantic Records, while Akon’s and D’banj’s fans are eagerly ... Read More
