Name: Fela Anikulapo Ransome-Kuti Popularly called: Fela Birth: September 22, 1946 Place of birth: Abeokuta, Nigeria Origin: Ogun state Growing up in Abeokuta, Fela was born to a prominent family, His father, Rev. Ransome-Kuti, was a clergyman, an educator, and a priest in Anglican while his mother...
Name: Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye Popularly called: King Sunny Ade Birth: September 22, 1946 Place of birth: Osogbo, Nigeria Origin: Ondo state Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye is a veteran jùjú singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Hailed from Ondo state but was born in Osogbo, Sunny Ade was from a...
Almost every human on earth derives inspiration from listening to some particular songs as it’s generally described as the food for the soul. A scientific study has revealed that music helps to activate every part of the human brain. From this study, you should understand the positive impacts of...
The competition in the Nigerian music industry was not overly limited to certain people 16 years ago unlike it is now. During that era, there were a number of artistes who were very big and created keen competition for each other. We had the likes of 2face, D’banj, P-square,...
Name: Wasiu Ayinde Adewale Omogbolahan Anifowshe Changed name: Wasiu Ayinde Marshal in early 90’s Popularly called: K1 De Ultimate, KWAM 1, K1 Birth: March 3, 1957 Place of birth: Agarawu, Lagos, Nigeria Origin: Ogun state Wasiu Ayinde is a veteran Nigerian fuji musician and is probably the...
Issues are bound to happen in relationships, ability to resolve those issues as partners is what makes marriages last longer. When fight happens in relationship, there should always be a way to resolve it depending on the person you’re dating. Nigerian singer, Abolore Akande, popularly known as 9ice, has...
Popularly called Pasuma wonder, the veteran fuji musician has been very known to be talented and versatile in his music delivery. Although we don’t know if there is any record of fuji artist that has sung hip-hop or featured Nigerian hiphop artist. Pasuma has opened the fuji world to...
Fuji music is a very popular genre of Nigerian music and very common and well enjoyed especially among the Yoruba tribes because it’s sung in Yoruba dialect. Fuji music has likewise gone beyond the walls of Nigeria, Africa and used to entertain foreigners around the world. One important instrument...
As the negative aspect the lockdown may have had on the Nigerian economy, it has some positive impact on few Nigerian musicians as the lockdown gave everyone the time to listen to music a lot more, which led to the discovery a large chunk of these artists who have...
The year 2020 AFRIMMA with the theme titled ‘Destination Africa’ marks the 7th edition of the event award event being held. For the first time, the awards held virtually aired on AFRIMMA YouTube page hosted by WFAA’s Tashara Parker. The award was an interesting experience as viewers were entertained...
