konvict act wale beg wizkid for a collabro

pop star wiz kid is has gone from been  the little kid on the block singing holler at boy to been so much of a big deal, how better can it get when konvict act wale is begging him for a collabro.

uche jumbos wedding pictures in america

a lot of fans and foes took the news of her marriage in far america with a picth of salt, the news was believe to be one of those gist the fly around from tabloid boys. picture dont lie. this is nollywood finest tying the knot with her american adonai                             

 

faze bounce back with fourth album

after is not to successful last release (the originality album) faze is back with his fourth album(refaze) to please his fans. .armed with two singles Akachukwu and  ‘Follow on your mind‘ faze  and with now music providing the  management work faze is poise to  further work to artistic glory

why 9ice sign a  record deal with diesel music

the music business is a serious businesss, to be relevant you dont ony need to be talented but also need   to have  huge capital to push your product  to  your audience, which explain why alapomeji ceo had to sighn a record deal with diesel music just to able to  stand head and shoulder in  todays  competitive market inspite  of been the ceo of his own company. in the western world it is not strange to find big label under other bigger label on account of   the huge capital requires to remain relevance. 9ice who has not been sitting heavy on chart like he use to be need to surround himself with new force who would further enhance is career further at a time  when  the quest for international  collabro as become the in thing.

brackets move into new home in lekki

 

bracket have join  the growing list of top celebrity who leave on highbrow lekki, the group which would commerce a tour of  america on  saturday ,4 august 2012 to american cities such as atlanta,rhodes, chicago,miami,newyork etc would also be traveling to philadelphia where they would be given award by the mayor of  philadelphia

pepsi endorse  wiz kid and tiwa savage as her brand ambassadors

hard work pays, true talent truly beckons huge endorsement. following the larger than life buzz they have been commanding in the recent times  the pepsi brand deicided  recently  to endorse wizkid and tiwa savage as their brand ambassador at the unveiling party done at likwid lounge at victoria island lately. the two hot sensation joined lynxx who had been a pepsi ambassador for sometime

rick ross set to invade lagos

 come august  17, 2012 mayback boss rick ross would be performing life at the expo hall of eko hotel and suite.  the event which is tag  summer jam festival is put together by st eve magazine to give a  lagosian a  musical treat.  rick ross  who would be coming to town for the third time in a press release boasted that he would taking over lagos when  he storm lagos.               

dbanj and his good family members

this is to put all the mouth saying dbanj is not afflilated to goodmusic a rest, look closely at the picture you  would see dbanj and his good music family, this picture  extracted from  the August/September issue of Complex magazine apparently confirm dbanj as a certfied good music family member

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Artiste bio (rayce) Kingsley irase amoni otherwise known as RAYCE is a seasoned singer, songwriter and music producer. Rayce is from Edo state in the southern region of Nigeria. rayce had his primary education at SOLID FOUNDATION Montessori school, apapa. He moved on to government college ikorodu and later left for ikotun high school where he concluded his secondary education. Born to Mr and Mrs. George amoni in Lagos. Rayce has one sibling, his sister lauretta. Growing up around his grandfather who was a musician definitely had a profound effect on him musically. In 2001 rayce met an older friend who told him it was possible to make beats using computers. That revelation changed his life as he started learning how to make beats from then on. Rayce mastered the art of beat making by helping his music inclined friends churn out neighborhood hits. In July 2004 rayce dropped his first official single “nakiyeh”. The song and video did well at the time. Between 2004 and 2008 when raise dropped his second single (solo), rayce kept making music and producing for artistes in the business. February 2008 “solo” dropped. Rayce’s second single gained airplay on major radio stations and the video was received with the same love. Rayce went back to the studio and months later “sci-fi love” was released. This was rayce’s contribution to the rising interest of Nigerians for techno music. This song dropped online and is still receiving huge downloads till date. Rayce runs a music production unit called “admire beats”. Rayce has worked with artists like wizkid, gino, isolate, kaydee, skales, dpzle, kaha, grip boys, illbliss, zee, 2shots, ketchup, Morachi and a whole others. Rayce’s role model is tuface idibia and his dream collaboration would be a joint with tuface. In March 2011, rayce’s smash single “roll” was released. The song went on to become a nationwide hit and it still is. “Roll” opened a lot of new doors to the artiste. Rayce has traveled far and wide preaching his music gospel. Rayce has rocked stages with wande coal, iyanya, cabo snoop, wizkid, dbanj, Duncan mighty, brymo, davido etc rayce worked with 2shots afterwards on a song titled “jobiokoto” which he produced. This feature played a useful role in cementing rayce’s spot in the industry. The video for this song dropped later on and has been receiving very good airplay across the continent Rayce has 2 new singles currently rocking the airwaves nationwide. “Tested ok” produced by him and “figure8” which was produced by GOSPEL is rayce’s way of saying “this is going to be a long ride”. His debut album which is set to drop before the end of 2012 is titled “DCMR” which simply means “dey call me rayce”. This album will have music appearances by top African artistes such as tuface, fally ipupa, wande coal, m.i, iceprince, wizkid, tiwa savage etc. rayce is currently signed to bigdon records and managed by PUSH management

 

omo akin is not a flash in the pan

after he wowed us with his single talo sobe omoakin returns to wet our appetite  with a single tittled borrow  borrow. listening to the song it is easy to note that omo akin is not a flash in  pan but a talented act gunning  to solidified himself among the heavyweight in the  industry

fast rising naija  california star unveiled

 

 

 

Meet Miss Yetunde Falade. Born in Lagos State Nigeria in 1985, Falade is the third child of four and only daughter to Matthew Olusola Falade and Adesola Olufunke Falade. Having already completed her Bachelors of Science in Health Manageme...nt Care at California State University, Dominguez Hill, Falade is currently pursuing her Masters in Nursing at Charles Drew University of Medical Science. Not only gifted intellectually, Falade utilized her creativity and various talents to start her own business “Yetty’s Touch” and is also a gifted singer. She is the 2012 Miss Nigeria in America delegate for Akwa Ibom.See More

naija stars shun davidos album launch

having comanded a cult following in the recent time with his monster hit back then , dami duro and  a stint here and  there, one would have expected an avanlanche of who is who among nigeria artise to register their presence at davido album launch just to show love to one of  naija biggest revelation in the year 2012, but what  we saw was few presence of some  of  our popular stars who love to parade their esqusite fabric for the paparazo to have their fill day.  the various media house who were eager to capture the their stars live on the carpet were greeted by a scanty turnout of  famous stars. even as it became evidence that this stars are not going to shoot, there was a steady influx of  expensive looking geust coming to show davido great love, what is more important when you have the rich and famous dangote in the house, you dont need a thousand of stars who might end up not paying in his court

nigerian ladies are the best in the world, true meaning of african beauty.

 legend of the street, dagrin. his legend lives on

 

           naeto c roll wedding bell

slick talker naeto is set to work down the aisle on july  21,2012  with his long time fiance nicole chukwueke. the couples who had their introduction october  in april 2011 are finaly ready to seal it with a white wedding.                                        

naeto c set marry

not quiet long nigezie held  its is much talked about relaunch party at rumours club to  launch her 24 hours music and fashion channel, the party which was a strictly by invitation pull some of naijas brightest stars. hotnaijastars  was in the house and this was some of the things that went down

  TOLU KANDI ,A RAW TALENT  ON  THE RISE

when you listen to his song the first thing that would come to your mind is, who is this cat and where has he been hiding his talent, tolu kandi is an r and b act who has sweet melody stamp all over his   debut single, i wonder why,poise to  herald his name tolu is presently giving us a taste of his unique  singing prowess  by releasing i wonder for us to savor. THE  single which bespeak  a product of a talented singer further drives home the fact that naija is truly endowed  with promising stars who can go places if supported by the right hand. tolu is on sound cloud for  everyone to listen TOO.

 wizkid  faces pressures of changing  name to wiz

 having enjoy an avalanche of  fame, chics, money in the recent time it finally made sense for wiz kid to remove the kid from his name to register that he is no longer a boy but a bigger boy that  can sit comfortable among the big names in the entertainment industry, wiz kid who turn 22 on july 16, 2012  tweeted that he doesn't want to be refereed to has wiz kid again after he made a resolve in the time past that he would not change is name even when he grows older.  hotnaijastars is wishing wiz as he love to be called now many years of skyrocket reigns even has he takes his art to the world stage

naeto c and dbanj collide on tony montana remix

heavyweight naeto c and mr endowed himself as decided to hit us with a dope remix of tony montana to let us know that they are still head players in charge and you got to love this one.

what it cost to be like davido , davido acquires 12 million 2012 posh audi Q7

if you have a monster of a hit like dami duro and a money bag father who has bundles stock in the bank you would be able to affored a mobile toy like the one seen with davido here, having enjoy a large share of some high profile shows in the recent time it just make a lot of sense for davido to acquire a machine like this,it cost a lot to be a young boss,if you are going to leave a top drawer life like him,  you must have GOD, a bankable song, a top of the notch swagg,strong affilation and an a finacial muscle to register heavily like omo baba olowo.

oyato, is this the begining of an end for dbanj

after so much anticipation surrounding his  new romance with good music is dssipating, after flaunting his new label affilation def jam in the air so all and sundry can pay homage for his  legendary exploits, after annoiting davido has the new face of def jam africa, after the apparent ratrace between him am his former friend and sometime boss don jazzy  as the new contender for royal thrown was display for everyone to see, after rollickficking with kanye in the world spotlight, dbanj finaly drop his much aniticipated single for us to savour.while many expected dbanj to drop a material that would killed the ghost of the believe that his done with,without the genious of a beat doyen called don j, while many expected him to prove  while he was truly the brainbox behind the mo hit legendary exploit, oyato droped and he is hit by an avanlache of critisim that came mostly from the social network who label the track a wack material from mr endowed. from all   indication oyato has met great displeasure from a lot of people who are the majour user of social media, which brings up a questionmark, is this the beginging of an end of a stellar career for dbanj, has dbanj lost the spark with don jazzy  out of the big picture, his naija top  representer loosing the midas touch, while this is not the first time dbanj releases would be greeted by cold reception, oyato might grow on the people.     whats good about oyato, dbanj is back in his playful element exhibiting while he is the king when it come to pure unalloyed entertainment shock value tactic, oyato a product of dbanj peculiar comic treat take a familiar trek with his lovable personality oozing all over it, nice beat, nice story line, superb use of  lines, las the reinevention of mouth organ  an instrument which distinguish dbanj when he first step on the scene years back. hate it or love it oyato would cater to the head of those  who careless about melody but just want to basx in the euphoria of  groving to mr endowed. dbanj has never said he stand on the same wavelength when you to talk of vocal strenth reminiscent of robert kelly ,but he might just be the man for the job when it comes to provide laugh theraphy, he is  just the guy to put on the world stage if u want pure 100 percent entertainment,he is the one to aid damsels in distress with his out of the world playful magic,is that not entertainment.   while oyato would not  command an awestruck  feedback from  pundit it would not silence the legend of the koko master. mr endowed just need cool his heels, take his time and charms his people with the art we have come to to love him for

my mum did not compell me to pursue a

 master degree

in this interview done by morakinyo sunday  the slick talking nate oc open up on why he embark on a master degree.

Some artise still go broke inspite of all the big money they make from showbusiness, what do think an artise need to do to prevent this predicament?o  show money is fast money. . An artiste need a business plan, a business structure. The mistake a lot of artistes make is that, they spend so much in putting out the product and then worry about the marketing later ; the  verse should be the case. Music is profitable. Though, it would have been more profitable if bootlegging didn't exist, but we are still making some reasonable profit.
.Q: are you talking like this because, you recently bagged a Masters Degree at the University of Dundee?A: My Masters degree has got nothing to do with my music. I was already successful in music before I went for my masters. Education is good, but even if you didn't go to school you can always learn from other people's experience.I knew  I was going to run my business way before I went for a Masters Degree. My education has definitely  helped further to boost my confidence anyway, but every artiste must start to think smart
.Q: But rumor has it that you
wouldn't have gone through the stress of pursuing a Masters programme, if not for your mum who pressured you to?A: (laughs) Common, common. In this day and age you don't need anyone to tell you to go to school. I had always plan to be a different rapper. Because most rapper don't have formal education doesn't mean I shouldn't. It's always been my ambition to take my edcuation to the next level. I don't like being a mediocre and I will continue to push higher in whatever I do. My dream had always been to have a Masters
.Q: So, is a Doctorate Degree in the offing?A: It's not a bad idea at all. Everything is in God's hand
.Q: You know, I've always wondered how you managed to scale through  . While focusing on my rigorous academic classes, I was at the same time working on my album and travelling all over. But I owe a lot to my tutors who cooperated with me and
supported me. To God be the Glory, it takes determination
.Q: It was also reported in the media that your mum was outrightly against the idea of you pursuing a career in music, how exactly were you eventually able to convince her?: I didn't have to do anything extra ordinarily hard to convince mum. She simply saw me making progress with music and she became convinced that I could make something huge from it. She is my No1 fan at the moment. Now she is also used to calling me by my stage name. My mum never  had a problem with me pursuing a music career, she just wanted to be sure whether i was really serious about it or it was just an infatuation.
Q: You've helped created a big demand for the Hausa cap among even non Hausa's in the West, East and South with your fashion sense, what's the idea behind your style?: first of all, when I dress, simplicity is my watchword. I don't
like to keep things complicated. I stock a lot of Jeans, t-shirts, sweaters and kaftans. But the keyword is simplicity. Whatever I feel like wearing must be simple and I like to spice up my dressing with such accessories like glasses/shades,arabian scarves and cufflinks. If I need to appear more formal, then I go in bespoke suits. Now, talking about the Hausa cap, it serves two purposes;uniquess and cultural representation. I like to stand out, so whenever people imagine Naeto C or wherever I go they can identify me with the cap. And they will also know that it is a cap from Nigeria. I'm glad I have been able to make it a cool fashion trend in the country. But I just like to be different from every other person in appearance

tattoo craze take a crazy turn among hotnaijastars

engraving tatoo on the skin has always been an intergra part of the celeb life, all around the world superstars across  the showbiz world has always shown a fondness for tattoo by displaying their tattoo in video,movies,picture, just to register their fashion statement,in nigeria this fasionable trend has not been lost among some of our top famous celebrity   who are fast getting a peice of the action.hotnaijastars bring you a catalouge of some of the hotnaijastarswho favour this trend

kcee and davido in hot remix of okpekete

 

 

 when u are hot like davido you would command collabro from left and right to meet the huge bills that comes with been a royal star reminecent of sean combs, here is davido on  set with kcee in south  africa for the video of okpekete remix.

in beautiful onye we heard how psquare  long  to take their beautiful onye to their mother for maternal blessing, , it is however so sad that they wont be able to achieve  the dream as they lost there belove mother mrs josephine okoye to the crue handl of dead last night in indian where she was flown for medical treatment. may  her soul rest in peace.

Stardom will rob you of your friends – Wizkid

Wizkid

He is of small stature and age, but his sounds are mighty. Ayodeji Balogun, better known as Wizkid, could be considered Nigeria’s child prodigy of the moment. This wonder boy, who signed unto Banky W’s Empire Mate Entertainment (EME) record label since releasing his debut album “Superstar” about a year ago, has been tormenting the music industry with his versatile talent so much so that no high profile event is complete without him. He is also a darling of some young and elderly music fans alike who relish his unique voice. The 21-year-old superstar, who just returned from a sold out concert tour in the United Kingdom, speaks with MORAKINYO OLUGBIJI.
Is it true that you are planning to change your name from Wizkid to Wizzy?
Rumours again. Common, there is no such thing. It’s still Wizkid.
It was said that because you got the name Wizkid when you were a kid it’s only appropriate to a find similar name only without the ‘kid’ in it.
Okay, it’s like this. The name ‘Wizkid’ has been part of my success, so it doesn’t really matter whether I’ve grown older; I will always be a kid, at least, a kid to my parents. The bottom line is that if you call me Wizkid it’s cool; if you call me Wizzy or Wiz you are still on point.
My fans know me by these names. I used to be known as Lil’ Prince way back, but I always wanted something that I’d be comfortable with because many young artistes were fond of using Lil’ (as in little) in their names. You have Lil’ Romeo, Lil’ Bow Bow and such. Bearing Lil’ Prince made me feel like I was copying those foreign artistes. Wizkid sounded different and it was even more interesting because my sisters named me Wizkid.
What’s your relationship like with your family, especially as it relates to your musical career?
I have a very supportive family. My family are my biggest fans. My mum, especially, has never opposed my career. She has always supported me all the way.
Though I had issues with my dad as to my music, but I realised later that it was because he was concerned about my education. But I can tell you they all love me as much as I love them. My relationship with my family is so tight that my sisters were in my first ever musical performance just to encourage me. So we are cool.
What’s your dad position on your musical pursuit now?
He has no problem with me doing music now, because he sees that I’m not doing too badly. He’s been showing me support. My dad and I are cool. He loves me.
Tell me a little about your childhood.
My childhood was an interesting one because I had the opportunity to experience different environments and aspects of life. You know, I lived with my grandma in Ajegunle at a time and you know how Ajegunle is. If you live there, you’ve got to be smart. I learnt a whole lot there like some of the ghetto slangs I use in my music. So, yes, I experienced Ajegunle; I’m a kpako (ghetto) boy. Then there is Surulere, where I actually started. Surulere is my hood. That was where my hustle as an artiste began. It wasn’t that smooth and rosy for me singing.
I’ve had to pay my dues on the streets as an artiste – from trying to rap and dancing way back in secondary school. I used to save money to buy cassettes of my favourite artistes as at the age of eleven. But I was determined to make it, coupled with my family’s support. Like I told you, there is love in our family. We are so close. We use to attend church together. You can’t grow up in my family and not go to church, because my mum is an active Christian. I was an usher in my church.
I would have expected you to say you were in the choir.
No, interestingly I couldn’t make it into my church choir due to the high pitch of my voice. My voice is too loud. But it was all good; being an usher was still doing God’s work.
What kind of artistes did you listen to while growing up?
I listened to all kinds of music, but my favourites were Haruna Ishola. This is because my dad listened to it a lot and we had it in the house all the time. I listened to a whole lot of Fuji as well. Hip hop wise, my favourites were Snoop Dogg, Lil’ Bow Wow, Craig David, Master P and so on.
How would you categorise your music?
To tell you the truth, I just sing as the inspiration comes. I can sing any style; my concern is to make my fans like whatever style I give them. I find it hard to describe the kind of music I sing.
How exactly did you meet Banky W?
M.I. actually introduced me to Banky. He took me to Banky’s house. Banky had heard so much about me, but didn’t know I was so young. So, I was at a show where M.I., Banky and I were to perform and because I came late, I joined them at the end of the show. Banky and I were not able to see each other perform.
After the show – the show was a high school event – I went with M.I to his house. While at Banky’s house, M.I. called out my name at a point and Banky was like “Wait, wait…this is Wizkid? I’ve been looking for this guy. So this is you?” And that was how we got to meet. He offered me a deal and the rest, as they say, is history.
He said he had been looking for you. How did he know you existed?
I had featured in M.I.’s “Talk About It” album and many had heard my voice but they didn’t know my face or that I was this young. I also recorded a song with Kel and even backed both Kel and M.I. up at some shows. I guess with that and my other studio activities, Banky had heard stories about me.
You just rounded off your U.K. tour. Tell us about it.
Wow! First of all, shout out to all my U.K. fans. They showed me much love from the day I landed at Heathrow till the end of the concert. Tickets were actually sold out. The concert was a massive success. I was humbled. I couldn’t believe the turn out.
What prices have you paid for stardom?
It’s not easy. I don’t have time for any other thing again because I’m always busy performing at one show or another. I’m always travelling all over Nigeria too; many times outside the country. There is hardly time to rest. But I can’t complain because success is what I have dreamt of and prayed God to grant me.
Now that he has answered my prayers, I can only give God all the glory. Stardom will rob you of your friends sometimes, because they will expect you to still do the things you use to do with them when you were coming up, but you won’t just have the time. Some might even think you are now arrogant or a snob. They just don’t want to understand, but you can’t please everybody. Then I don’t have privacy anymore. I can’t walk on the street. I can’t go to certain places again or else I’m in trouble.
You now have new colleagues at EME in the person of Niyola and Shaydee. How do you feel?
It’s great. I feel great. The EME family is expanding. We are going to rule the industry together. I think you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Do you feel threatened that attention could be shifted from you to say Niyola now that the EME house is expanding?
I don’t feel threatened at all. All the artistes are unique as individuals. I have my fans; Skales has his, Shaydee and Niyola too. Even Banky has his fans too, so there is no cause for alarm. More artistes are welcome. No qualms.
There have been like a truckload of rumours about you. How do you feel about them?
Man, it’s crazy; really, really crazy. But I have now gotten to understand that once you are a star you can’t avoid rumours. Initially, I used to be very bothered, but I have now realised that it is normal. I have developed a thick skin for scandals. I mean, it’s funny how one person would go on a social media like Twitter and post a lie about you and in less than 30 minutes, everyone is talking about it on the streets. But it’s just one of such prices to pay for popularity.
Are you saying that all the negative stories are rumours, including the story that has gained ground that a girl has a child for you?
It’s all rumours, trust me. People will think up all sorts of stuffs to damage you if you are very popular.
Do all these negative scandals bother your family?
They used to be bothered too. In fact, at some point, my mum would call me to find out if it was true, but they’ve also realised now that it’s part of stardom. Nobody knows me more than my family. When some things are written, they know it’s all lies. They know what I can do and what I wouldn’t do.
What’s your advice to young people like you who want to become successful in their chosen fields?
Hard work, hard work and hard work, is all I’ve got to say. There is no substitute to hard work. Then, the family is also important to the success of the youth. One of the things that I had going for me was the support I was given by my family. Like I told you, my mum was a major influence in my life. She supported my career all the way. Many parents don’t have time for their children anymore. Parents’ encouragement can help a child succeed. They must encourage their children and pray for them. I was very lucky that my entire family stood by me.

When the name jjc  and 419 squad is mention in the Nigeria music industry  what barely comes to our mind is the face of  abdul rasheed bello, a maverick record producer, talented director and sensational rapper  who had played a pivotal role in selling the Nigerian hip hop brand to the uk audience, yes jjc  has  being  instrumental  in giving  a meaning to the face o f the  new Nigeria  music  thanks to his doggedness to follow the path of the art  at a time when  the Nigeria  music was lackluster at his best. With his  production  savvy  boating  a  client list like uk urban/pop   act ssas lemar, liberty x, and big brovas jjc has over the years won heart with his creative prowess  mentoring acts like dbanj,don jazzy, mp, queen who  have all come to become  household name in Nigeria. Having  commanded  an enviable following in uk  jjc  has finally decided to  stay put in Nigeria to establish is company in Nigeria. In these exclusive interview  jjc share  with us his plans for the Nigeria  music industry

Whenever  the name jjc  and 419 squad is mention in the Nigeria music industry  what barely comes to our mind is the face of  abdul rasheed bello, a maverick record producer, talented director and sensational performer who  played a pivotal role in selling the Nigerian hip hop brand to the uk audience, yes jjc contribute  in giving nigerian music  a meaning ful direction  in  uk   thanks to his doggedness to follow the path of the art  at a time when  the Nigeria  music was lackluster at his best. With his  production  savvy  boasting  a  client list like uk urban/pop   act like  lemar, liberty x, and big brovas, jjc has over the years won our heart with his creative prowess  mentoring acts like dbanj,don jazzy, mp, queen who  have all become    household name in naija.poise to replicate the same towering feat jjc  has for sometime move back to   Nigeria to establish is company. In these exclusive interview done by ayodeji falade  jjc share  with us his plans for the Nigeria  music industry

Question   For  the sake of this interview  can you tell us about yourself.                                                       
 The name is abdul rasheed bello born in kano my mum is irobo orobo, my dad is from kwara state I grow up in the north, I speak hausa and Yoruba  , at the age of fourteen I moved to England where I have being till now. 

      QUESTION  you seem to have a split personality, there are many side to you, you rap, direct video, MAKE BEAT, can you  define yourself. when  I went to England I started my music, I wanted to be a producer, but I started as a dj , I started appreciating  music, I started making music, I look at myself as a person who is always constantly evolving from one talent to another talent, by nurturing those talent I found out I can actually use those talent for myself . so I had to start looking for external  people  to invest those talent I have learnt on. so people started calling me skills, all  the names  that I have people  gave them to me ,that kind of explain the split personality I  have , for instance  I am abdul  rasheed bello ,I am who I am ,when I went to England a lot of people call me jjc, they say look at that jjc, because of how I spoke  ,the way I am, my background  ,so I took the name jjc as the artiste ,the Nigerian guy, while I was there I acquired a lot of knowledge , those  knowledge actually made me the versatile  talent you know today, people on London street started calling me skills cos I do different thing, by  doing  those thing s I just started evolving, I helped artiste, they blow up ,I help another generation they blow up and I think I would be doing that for the rest of my life..

QUESTION     which of this talent  can  you  call your comfort zone. the problem  is  I keep on developing my self everyday,  one day I would learn one thing in after effect  and I  would be like am the best after effect editor and I  would write a song and I would be like I really love the way I wrote the song   and am the best in writing songs, even though   I feel am the best in writing songs does not mean the world agree with me, I just let the people that believe me  in choose for me, and  I hope they appreciate everything    I do.

QUESTION   WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO COME TO NIGERIA AT THIS POINT  I have being in the England for some years now, i think is the right time I move back home and start investing, I have had fun with my life, now is the  time to start investing so that when  I become an old man I would say this is my legacies, I cant build my legacies in England, since the beginning  of my career I have always kept up with  Nigeria music scene , this is time I need to  do all I can do to  consolidate my business, so that I can build a legacies that can last for generations and to help new generations yet to come.

QUESTION  THERE WAS A POINT IN YOUR CAREER THAT  A LOT PEOPLE WHERE   EXPECTING  YOU TO COME BACK  HOME BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE ACCEPTANCE THAT GREETED YOUR   SONGS,  WHAT MADE YOU TO STAY BACK IN  ENGLAND. when I was doing big brovas back in the days, that was really big,  a lot of people where telling us to come home but my job has not finish yet, I haven’t gain all the knowledge, at that time I could produce but I wasn’t a brilliant song writer, I didn’t understand the market,  I kept  on doing it and  found out that I cant really shoot really good videos, at that  time I was working on dbanj  ,donjazzy , jjjc and 419 squad  and queen, but if  you look at the video that we did they where  not competitive enough  so that angle was needed  to be enhance so that a  strong company can be built, that was something I embarked on. I ha d to wait and expand my knowledge, I  also had to find new people to  benefit with that knowledge, so now I can come home and relax because I can achieve that legacies I want to build. 

QUESTION  6 WHERE YOU THE ONE PROVIDING THE CAPITAL FOR THE RUNNING OF T HE BUSINESS. since I started my career  I am thankful to god that god has bless me with the ability to work hard, so from my early days has a deejay I was making money and the money I made I re invest, I have always bankroll my own business. Along the way people that  where business invested
,   g ave me sponsor ship

QUESTION 7 WHERE YOU EVER SIGN TO  ANY  INTERNATIONAL LABEL. in my early days I was sign to sony, have being sign to emi,have had  a lot of deals  in the uk, in Nigeria I have being an independent label with names like backbone music, before then I was big brovas, now we have big boys record, we have business partners, we are going to have an office, we  still have one office in London, the London office is working perfectly and is a machine on its own  and am here to set up the naija branch, which I can say am controlling, and we are going to have a branch in Abuja which is going to be run by one of  our members, so is not just about me coming home, big boys is coming home, is  a whole infrastructure, we have to evolve to a point where we would build a proper  legacies.  

QUESTION 8   ARE YOU SAYING THE COMPANY IS NOT SOLEY OWN BY YOU yes  is own by collective board  of directors, people can actually buy shares from  the company, is a business, is something I think WE can use to change the face of the African music .

DO THINK YOUR  IDEAS  CAN WORK IN  THE NIGERIA  INDUTRY  THAT STILL REMAIN DISORGAINSE,  AN INDUTRY  THAT IS BESET BY VICES LIKE PIRACY AMONG OTHER VICES ,if it  is not organize then someone need to organize it, I believe that Nigerians have the biggest  opportunities ,if you have the money let everyone enjoy  it, if you have the money at your disposal  then you should  help others .Most time when you are trying to make money you have deadline to meet and you don’t have e  enough money , it doesn’t mean you don’t want to help the person, the truth is, it’s a give and take, but if you hold back then you cant receive, so  if we all work together we all make more money, the whole world is looking at Nigeria, they are looking at Africa more importantly Nigeria because of our population, we are envied, we can make it work internationally.

QUESTION     DO  YOU BUY THE IDEA  OF SPENDING HUGE MONEY  on INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION come on don’t you see when  rick ross came to Nigeria, what was he looking for in Nigeria,  is  he not well known in America but he wants to be known internationally , he wants to be known in Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Japan  so as a Nigerian  we want to make an impact in the international  market, why shouldn’t durellar or too short be known in America, so we can break into the international market and make Nigeria music  have impact like reggae tone, then we would   have achieve a lot for our culture, language and country. international collaboration is the first step in  expanding into other   territories  and we all need to evolved so  I definitely   support it, it is not cheap but if you  can get someone to bankroll it  for you please go ahead and do it because it helps the market, even American artiste love to break into African market. there is guy in angolar   who  did the song  windeck, the guy track blew up in Africa and now fatjoe is on it. so you can see, if you have something the masses love they would look for you, it’s  a two way thing , they want to get into Africa just like we want to get into America  and England.

 HOW COME YOU Haven’t DONE ANY INTERNATIONAL  COLABORATION LIKE THE BOY YOU MENTORED TALKING ABOUT DBANJ everybody has a level ,at the time I was doing big brovas our game was not evolved enough to have international collaboration, at that time nobody believe much in Nigerian music, I was one of the few Nigerians  that was screaming Nigeria is the best land, when everybody where  saying  they where Jamaican in England. so there was no way I could get a collaboration with someone in the famous world, I was instrumental  like  many  other people in making that Nigerian brand nice, make it possible, make it international brand you want to be part o f . like many other artiste I  worked hard to make that happen, so now we have done it, now that I have come back into music definitely expect an international  collaboration with an international artiste when I found one that sooth my style

 QUESTI HOW CORDIAL IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH  DBANJ AND DONJAZZY what I would say is me and the mohit don’t have problem at all, they  came as part of  the development of African music and they themselves have evolved  to be where they are today doing a collaboration with snoop and many other artiste ,anybody  in the game that has being able to evolved  the game am cool with such person, I believe in the next generation, for them  to make it international is  a dream for all of us, am hearing  wiz kid is working with some international acts, good for us

QUESTION HOW COME YOU DON’T HANG OUT WITH THEM . they  are busy, that is  the whole point you know, they are taking the bulls by the horn , they are  going for it, they are madly busy, if I  have the opportunity they  have right now I would be madly busy. So if we cant hang out now is all good .i saw  them once actually, we hanged  out together  in London so we are cool.

QUESTION  did  you actually train the dbanj  generation how too sing and produce. What I did was mentored them for instance., Right now I have a whole new set OF generation we call the big boys all stars, I mentor them and guide them on how to go about their songs, what am trying to say is I  WONT  work with an artiste if the artiste is not talented, what I do is polish that talent to make them t into something  extraordinary ,  for  instance the person that refine      a diamond didn’t create the diamond god created the diamond so am more  like the person that  wash the diamond, polish it nicely , so what I did was give them that push and exposure .

QUESTION  WHAT ARE  YOUR FUTURE  PLANS I pray for long life and good health, for inspiration to keep on coming, the initial plan is  to set up, the long time plan is to create  an  engine that would help the artiste that are sign to my label but more importantly to create a service to the next generation and not just service where we help you create song, shoot video but  more importantly on how to use instrument  themselves ,  so  that  those certain tricks that  people like  don jazzy would know  would be  available for the masses , that is what I want to do,  anybody that  knows me would knows  that information flow freely in my circle, our culture as thought us no to teach each other anything but in England everybody teach everybody everything  so am back to teach  anybody whatever  we ought to  have known , I hope  if I start  a lot of people would follow and this would impact a lot of generations.

 QUESTION WEHEN ARE YOU DROPPING YOUR NEW ALBUM.  I should  be dropping my  album before  December if  everything  work  out has planed. Coming to Nigeria I thought  I would be able to drop our album but I can just drop the album just like that, at least I have to let people know we are here by  setting up an office, so that everybody knows where they can go too, so we can welcome everybody to knock.
 QUESTION   what do you have to say  to the Nigerians  that would be reading  this piece .we all have  to be involved  in the process   of making Nigeria great, American  has a  lot of negative things but they don’t show it, they show us Hollywood, so that we all want to go America, I  have lived in England, I have seen the shanty  places  we don’t see on the TV so we should not be showing our negative side to the world, the government are to manage us and we too should get involved in the process  cos we are responsible for our own problem for as they are managing us we too should be managing them, we should tell them what we need from them and they  must give it to us so that we can be productive, maybe am just a novice a jjc but in London we hold them accountable  for what ever  they do, we go  as far as organizing irallies when they don’t perform, I  have being actively involved  in developing  the face of African youth, have being  opportune to  do  a festival for the mayor  of London and the reason for doing this is to redeem the image of Nigeria   as a people who perpetrated  419 activities, that was the reason we formed the 419 squad , it was the group that actually took away the stigma associated with the figure, as we turn it into music so  when people see  us they reason  they just  are Nigerian group that do music .it blend the two into one, its not something that is a stigma anymore, so we must all contribute our quota  to he development of this country .

THE RESURGENCE OF DON JAZZY .

Even with dbanj out of the picture don jazzy was able to lead his new music family under his new label mavin record to a  stunning performance leaving a pleasnt smile on fun lovers who came out to unwind at oriental hotel  on3rd of  july. with  electriying performance coming from tiwa and his male cohort the full house nod in agreement that don j is still going to wow us for a long time with his genious touch. big up guys