The 17th edition of the Headies Awards concluded late Sunday night at the Landmark Event Centre in Lagos, a jubilant return to Nigerian soil after a two-year stint in Atlanta, USA. Under the theme “Back to Base,” the music award ceremony celebrated outstanding achievements within Nigeria’s thriving music industry. Davido was named Artist of […]
Nigerian rapper ODUMODUBLVCK has been announced as the winner of the highly coveted Next Rated award at the 2025 Headies. The Next Rated category, a major highlight of the award ceremony, recognizes the most promising emerging artist who has achieved significant breakthrough success in the past year. View this post on Instagram […]
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Zerrydl has been announced as the winner of the Rookie of the Year award at the 2025 Headies Awards, one of the most competitive and talked-about categories of the night. He beat out fellow nominees Llona, Taves, and Kaestyle, all of whom had strong years. View this post on Instagram A post […]
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For the past several years, Bimbo Ademoye has been one of Nollywood’s most watchable comedic actors: instinctive, expressive, and often hilarious. She built her career playing women on the verge: the messy best friend, the nosy younger sister, the street-smart Lagos girl trying to navigate a weary world. But even when the roles leaned a […]
Ayra Starr and Wizkid reunite for “Gimme Dat”, their first collaboration since “2 Sugar” on Wizkid’s 2022 album More Love, Less Ego. Burna Boy links up with Shallipopi for “Laho II”, a high-profile remix that taps into the viral momentum of the original. South Africa’s Rowlene returns with “Don’t Give Up On Me”; and Minz […]
Nigerian music icon Wizkid is set to make his film festival debut with the documentary Wizkid: Long Live Lagos, premiering at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BIG WIZ🦅 (@wizkidayo) The film will screen as part of the festival’s […]
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Four of Nigeria’s biggest music stars — Tems, Wizkid, Rema, Asake, — have been nominated for the Favorite Afrobeats Artist category at the 2025 American Music Awards. Tems enters the race following a string of major wins. After winning a Grammy award earlier in 2025, she’s solidified as one of the most respected voices in […]
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By the end of most weeks in Nigeria, the question of what to eat on Sunday used to require no thought. It was rice. That much was fixed. The details might vary — jollof rice, white rice with pepper stew, fried rice if there was time — but the baseline remained. Sunday was a rice […]
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Superstar Rema returned to Coachella’s Mojave stage for Weekend 2, delivering a performance that effectively silenced critics of his earlier set. His first Coachella outing was, to put it mildly, a misfire. Scheduled for a 45-minute set, he appeared nearly 30 minutes late, leaving his DJ and band to awkwardly fill time while the audience […]
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On Round The Clock, Lagos-born singer and songwriter Veech (aka Badmanveech) delivers a debut EP that wears its heart on its sleeve—but keeps one eye on the dancefloor. A sleek, genre-blurring collection of Afrobeats, R&B, and soul-pop, the project positions Veech as part of a new wave of Nigerian artists balancing emotional nuance with club-ready […]
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Afrobeats luminary Davido offers his fifth studio album, 5ive, a 17-track compilation, distilled from an initial pool of 80 songs with insights from close confidants. The project features collaborations with international artists such as Chris Brown, Victoria Monét, Becky G, Omah Lay, and Victony. Fifteen years after his seminal mixtape, Wiz Khalifa returns with […]
There are few figures in 21st-century African pop culture as instantly recognizable, as relentlessly discussed, or as persistently underestimated as Davido. In the trinity of Nigeria’s Big 3 (with Burna Boy and Wizkid rounding out the roster) Davido is often seen as the populist. The crowd-pleaser against a crowd that does not always seem too […]
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