Oseyiza Oogbodo Blog

                                                          Mike Dada, AFRIMA's founder In furtherance of the social responsibility initiative of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA in partnership with the Africa Union, the continental awards project has donated computers, exercise books and other writing materials to participating schools at the recent FELABRATION 2016 Senior Secondary School debate. The Senior Secondary School debate was held at the Freedom Park, Broad Street, Lagos on Wednesday, October 5 with the topic: ‘Reparation: Yes or No.’ This forms part of the programme of activities for Felabration, the annual festival organised to celebrate the legacy of late music maestro and afrobeat creator, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Highlighting AFRIMA's objectives in partnering Felabration 2016 edition in the schools debate, Country Director, Nigeria/Co Producer, AFRIMA, Kingsley James, said it created another platform for the AFRIMA Foundation to purse her Corporat

                                                                        Waje A-list singer, Waje, has disclosed that she can easily quit what is supposed to be the passion of her life: music. According to her, if she’s given $20bn, she’ll quit music immediately without any remorse. During an interview recorded for the annual Coke Studio Africa which will be back on TV this month, she was askd if she would quit music if she was given $20bn, and without hesitation, she answered that “yes, I will. I will sing in my living room instead. And if I have to sing to people, I will cook and invite my friends to come and eat while I sing to them, but at least the $20billion is in my pocket and that’s what matters.”

                                                                        Babalola This week, CNN African Voices examines Africa’s music masters who are performing at the top of their game. The programme features Mozambican hip-hop star Laylizzy, Ugandan rapper Navio, and a two-time Grammy award winning Nigerian musician weaving traditional sounds into funky beats. In Lagos, African Voices meets jazz icon Lekan Babalola who is looking to change perceptions of the genre in Nigeria. The programme learns that Babalola is using his upbringing in a Yoruba community to create an original sound which incorporates his own jazz style. Babalola explains his love of music and influence of his parents to African Voices, saying, “What I love most about my job is freedom of expression, that I can express myself. The influence of my parents is very strong, particularly my father.” It was whilst studying abroad that Babalola discovered his love of music, but also began to look

                                                                             Prince J Budding Nigerian singer, Emmanuel Joshua Oluwaseyi, otherwise known as Prince J, is taking every step of his career seriously and does not seem to be losing sleep over the success that has been greeting his music since he hit the big scene. Even as his fans are yet to get over his last single, Shout Out, which ruled the airwaves and rocked many club houses for months, he has returned with another single, Omo Olope. And as Omo Olope has started to spread fast, he has spoken out about his consistent comparison with Adekunle Gold, saying, “Don’t compare me with him. I’m Prince J and I’m true to myself and I have no reason to worry about anything but to concentrate on my churning out more great stuff that would give my colleagues a run for their money.” Well said, J.

                                                                      Adetu Music artist, King Oogbodo, has come out to say that Bayo Adetu, popularly known as the publicist of P-Square and Helen Paul, is nothing but a cheap 419. According to Oogbodo: “Since Adetu goes about saying he’s the one who does the online promo for P-Square, I contacted him for mine, and he told me that the first step is to place it on the top 5 music blogs and that it would cost me N80k. “I paid it into his Square Image Associates GTB 0019497892 and to my surprise, he placed the song, Pankere, on only three of the sites. But being our first time of working together, I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt. “That was in May 2016. Then in August 2016, I wanted to promote my Inu N Bi Mi (Nu Version) and I contacted him again. I complained about our first project’s turnout and he said he would keep to our agreement this time and he said he could only get me four of the top sites for N7

                                         Yeni Kuti (middle); Project Director, AFRIMA, Kemi Ashefon (left) and Adenrele Niyi during the partnership agreement  Following the successful release of the full Nominees List for the 2016 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, the African Union Commission, AUC, and the International Committee of AFRIMA have entered into partnership with Felabration 2016, the annual festival organised to celebrate the late music maestro and Afrobeat creator, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. The decision to support the 2016 edition of Felabration with the theme, Everybody Say Yeah Yeah, was disclosed by the Associate Producer, AFRIMA, Adenrele Niyi, to the founder of Felabration and daughter of the late music legend, Yeni Kuti, when she paid a courtesy call to the AFRIMA Secretariat in Lagos recently. According to Niyi, AFRIMA will be fully involved with Felabration 2016 from the first event, the Senior Secondary Schools Debate, which holds on Wednesday, October 5