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Grammy nominee, Burna Boy has been selected as one of the artistes to perform at Lady Gaga’s Curated Concert Special “One World: Together At Home”   In an attempt to support and celebrate healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization and international advocacy group Global Citizen have announced plans for a benefit concert on the 18th of April, 2020. The Lady Gaga-curated event will be broadcasted live and will also be streamed across almost every major streaming service. Burna Boy is to perform alongside the likes of Lizzo, Billie Eilish, and Elton John and will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert. Other artistes to perform include Alanis Morissette, Andrea Bocelli, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Chris Martin, David Beckham, Eddie Vedder, Finneas, Idris and Sabrina Elba, J Balvin, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban, Kerry Washington, Lang Lang, Maluma, Paul McCartney, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Shah Rukh Khan, and Stevi

Naira Marley’s track “Tesumole” is apparently still causing havoc in Burna Boy’s girlfriend, Stefflon Don’s household. Recall that sometime in January, Steff simply tweeted “Tesumole” with a dancing emoji to indicate that she can’t stop dancing Tesumole and Nigerians went wild on social media. Well, it appears her love for the song and dance itself is yet to fade away. In a video that has gone viral, the singer laughed at her family members for failing to dance properly. Despite the terrible dancing, one can see that they were having a swell time and its safe to say both acts might link up in the future for a track. What do you think of a Stefflon Don & Naira Marley collab? See the video below:  

Phyno serves the official music video for “Oso Ga Eme.” Highly rated Nigerian rapper  Phyno  has released the official music video for his rap record dubbed “ Oso Ga Eme .” “ Oso Ga Eme ” is the 2nd track off his latest 22-track album tagged “ Deal With It ” which was met with rave reviews from fans and critics. Furthermore, the crispy visual was shot and directed by the highly creative  Unlimited L.A . Check it out and share your thoughts below. DOWNLOAD AUDIO

Spread across categories like finance, tech, art, and sports, it features 30 young entrepreneurs in Africa who are innovating their respective industries. Every year, Forbes Africa releases a list of top 30 under 30 young Africans who are doing amazing things for themselves and for their community. Here are the Nigerians on this year’s list: 1.  Florence Otedola  (DJ Cuppy), 27, DJ, Founder, and Director, Red Velvet Music Group Industry: Entertainment 2.  Oluwatosin Ajibade (Mr. Eazi),  28, Musician and Founder, emPawa Africa Industry: Entertainment 3.  Patrick Okorie (Patoranking),  29, Musician Industry: Entertainment 4.  Tracy Batta,  29, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Smoothie Express Industry: Food and Beverage 5.  Olajumoke Oduwole , 29, Founder and CEO and Senior Web Developer, KJK Communication Limited Industry: Tech/software development 6.  Swanky Jerry , 28, Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Swanky Signatures Industry: Fashion 7.  Davies Okeowo , 29, Co-founder and CE

Canadian rapper, Drake has revealed that he and Mavin act, Rema has several hit songs that he can’t wait to dish out. Rema has caught the eye of the Award-winning Canadian rapper, Drake and it turns out that they’ve actually worked together in the studio. The “God’s Plan” rapper made this known during his Instagram live session with his fans. He played several songs and even premiered a released track during the session. However, he supered fans when he played Rema’s smash hit song, “Dumebi.”Drake didn’t stop at just playing Rema’s music to his fans but also gave the “Beamer” singer  a shoutout by telling fans that they have a “sick song together.” He said:  “Big up Rema too. We have sick songs together…” See the video below:  

American rapper, 2chainz has requested for a collaboration with Burna Boy and its safe to say that we might be served with the biggest hit of the year soon. American producers, T-Pain and Lil Jon had a battle of hits on Instagram Live and millions of fans trooped in to watch the much awaited duel. 2Chainz happened to be a part of the viewers and from there he surprised fans by making an open call to Burna Boy to hop on collaboration with him with Lil Jon producing the beat in the comment section. He wrote:  “Burna Boy lets do one jon do the beat”    At the moment, Burna Boy is yet to make an official response and social media has gotten wild with the hopes that both acts would hit the studio for a smash hit. What do you think of a Burna Boy and 2chainz collab? See the post below: what do you all think about this ? is it gonna be a global hit? i know so many questions must be in you all minds t the moment.

Funke Akindele Case: Naira Marley Yet To Report Himself, Police Says Naira Marley  is still in the wild, the Nigerian Police has revealed. The artist was asked to report himself owing to him attending a house party hosted by actress  Funke Akindele  in honor of her husband,  Abdulrasheed Bello , popularly called  JJC Skillz . Yesterday, in a wildly outrageous reaction on social media, Mrs. Akindele’s actions were called to notice, as people demanded she be punished for so casually flouting a law which could influence the safety of many. Funke Akindele and Naira Marley When the video of the party leaked, the police arrested the actress on Sunday evening and ordered her husband and  Naira Marley  (who was present at the house party) to report at the station or be declared wanted. Artiste Naira Marley is yet to report to the station. The PUNCH   reports  that they (Funke Akindele and her husband) will be arraigned for breaching the Lagos Infection Diseases Regulations 2020 (the Regulation

The colleagues of movie star Funke Akindele who was arrested and arraigned over violating the social distancing rule have expressed sympathy with her colleagues and called for leniency over the case in court. Most of her colleagues took to their Instagram handles to express their sympathy as they equally prayed for her. They acknowledged that the African Movies Viewers Choice Award (AMVCA) award winner had been of good behavior over the years and had contributed meaningfully to the growth of the Nigerian entertainment industry. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Akindele was arrested on April 5 for violating the Lagos State rule of social distancing in view of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Akindele contravened the state rule when she organised an indoor birthday party for her husband JJC Skillz at their Amen Estate, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, the party which had over 20 people in attendance. Actress Bidemi Kosoko wrote on her Instagram handle: “You can’t be broken sis because God is on

Controversial Nigerian journalist Kemi Olunloyo has stated that Chioma, Davido’s fiancee does not have the deadly corona virus. If you recollect, the singer came out 2 weeks ago stating that his wife-to-be has been infected with the disease as she was the only who tested positive among about 30 members of the family. The disclosure was met with mixed reactions at the time as many Nigerians wonder how possible it was for her to get the disease, while the baby who is always in close contact with her, tested negative. Taking to Twitter, Kemi Olunloyo alleged that Chioma does not have corona virus and she doesn’t care if people choose to believe her. She wrote: Chioma does not have #covid-19 You don’t need to take me seriously. Dumb people focus on your own health.