Organizers of the annual urbane music awards The Headies (Hip hop world awards) have revealed the first set of artistes who will be thrilling guests and delivering series of remarkable performances at the upcoming event.

Olamide, MI, Flavour, Brymo, Waje, Muna, Tiwa Savage, Ice prince, Omawumi and Dr Sid are the first set of performers to be announced for this year’s edition. Read the rest of this entry »

MTV has announced the nominees for the “2011 MTV EMA” with Lady Gaga leading the pack with six nominations, and Katy Perry and Bruno Mars following closely behind with four nominations.   British songstress Adele, who stands as the top-selling artist of the year, has been nominated for three awards, with Justin Bieber and Thirty Seconds To Mars also up for three.  The 18^th annual MTV EMA will take place on Sunday 6 November at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena, airing on MTV channels around the world including MTV (DStv 321) and MTV Base (DStv 322).

 

New this year is the World Wide Act category, which celebrates diversity and the breadth of all the music that MTV has to offer by nominating incredible artists from all corners of the world.  Fans will be able to vote for an artist/group within five different regions (Asia Pacific, North America, Latin America, Africa/India/Middle East and Europe).  The nominee from each region with the most votes (to be announced the week of 24th October) will then battle for the “World Wide Act” distinction – to be bestowed at the show in Belfast.

 

Two of the reigning queens of pop will go head to head at this year’s EMA in four of the same categories, as Lady Gaga and Katy Perry compete for Best Live, Best Pop and Best Female, as well as Best Song, with Perry nominated for “Firework” and Gaga for “Born This Way”.   Gaga is also nominated for Best Video for “Born This Way” and Biggest Fans.  Multi-talented singer/songwriter Bruno Mars is up for four awards, including Best New, Best Male, Best Push and Best Song for “Grenade.” Adele has been nominated for Best Female, as well as Best Song and Best Video for “Rolling In The Deep”, and Justin Bieber will compete for Best Pop, Best Male and Biggest Fans.  Thirty Seconds To Mars is up for Best Alternative, Best World Stage and Biggest Fans.

 

As always, the MTV EMA – MTV’s international celebration of the year’s best in music – features nominees from across genres, recognizing today’s hottest acts and global superstars.  Foo Fighters, Snoop Dogg, My Chemical Romance, Jennifer Lopez, LMFAO, Jessie J, Beyoncé, Coldplay, Eminem, Arcade Fire, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Far East Movement, Kanye West, Linkin Park, Wiz Khalifa and Kings of Leon are each up for two EMA nominations.

 

Also new to the “2011 MTV EMA” is the Biggest Fans award, which will go to the most passionate fan base for a particular artist.  Beginning Monday, 19^th September, viewers can vote for their favourite EMA artists by visiting www.mtvema.com.  The more fans engage with the EMA content featured on the site, the more their participation and points can boost the chances for their favourite artist to win.

 

Here is the list of nominees for the “2011 MTV EMA”:

BEST SONG

Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”

Bruno Mars – “Grenade”

Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull – “On The Floor”

Katy Perry – “Firework”
Lady Gaga – “Born This Way”

BEST LIVE

Coldplay

Foo Fighters
Katy Perry

Lady Gaga
Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

BEST POP

Britney Spears

Justin Bieber

Katy Perry

Lady Gaga
Rihanna

BEST NEW

Bruno Mars

Far East Movement

Jessie J
LMFAO
Wiz Khalifa

BEST FEMALE

Adele

Beyoncé

Jennifer Lopez

Katy Perry

Lady Gaga

BEST MALE

Bruno Mars

David Guetta

Eminem
Justin Bieber
Kanye West

 

BEST HIP HOP

Eminem

Lil Wayne

JAY Z & Kanye West
Pitbull

Snoop Dogg

BEST ROCK

Coldplay

Foo Fighters
Linkin Park

Kings of Leon
Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

BEST VIDEO

Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”

Beastie Boys – “Make Some Noise”

Beyoncé – “Run The World (Girls)”

Justice – “Civilization”

Lady Gaga – “Born This Way”

 

BEST ALTERNATIVE

Arcade Fire

Arctic Monkeys
My Chemical Romance
The Strokes

Thirty Seconds To Mars

 

BEST WORLD STAGE

Arcade Fire

The Black Eyed Peas

Diddy Dirty Money

Enrique Iglesias

Kings of Leon

Linkin Park

My Chemical Romance
Ozzy Osborne
Snoop Dogg

Thirty Seconds To Mars
BEST PUSH

Alexis Jordan

Big Time Rush

Bruno Mars
Far East Movement
Jessie J

Katy B

LMFAO

Neon Trees
Theophilus London
Wiz Khalifa

BIGGEST FANS

Justin Bieber

Lady Gaga

Paramore

Selena Gomez

Thirty Seconds To Mars

 

AFRICA/INDIA/MIDDLE EAST (Top vote-getter will represent Africa/India/Middle East in the World Wide Act category)

Abdelfattah Grini

Cabo Snoop

Fally Ipupa

Black Coffee

Wizkid

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The official Nigerian Corner at the popular Nottinghill Carnival, in London will again host a galaxy of stars, this year as organisers announced, today, the line up of entertainers who have signed up to fly the Nigerian flag at the world-famous carnival.

Organisers Sodium Brands Solutions say hiphop hit-maker Eldee, iconic DJ Jimmy JATT, super-compere Tee A are some of the acts fans should expect to see this year. Read the rest of this entry »

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Legendary Nigerian comedian Basketmouth has been revealed as the host of THE BIG FRIDAY SHOW - the edgy new Friday night music and entertainment show from MTV Networks Africa and STV. 

 

Airing every Friday night from 5 August, THE BIG FRIDAY SHOW brings fireworks, fun and Nigerian youth culture to Friday night TV.  Among the regular slots featured on the show will be: interviews with the hottest Nigerian celebrities; entertainment news and gossip from the digital sphere in C-VON’s and Bella Naija’s V-Log of the week; a club review highlighting the best places to party when the weekend lands, and a weekly restaurant challenge where Lagos’ top chefs create “THE BIG FRIDAY SHOW SPECIAL” for their menu.  Read the rest of this entry »

 

 

 

The nominees for the annual urban music awards were announced via the official website www.theheadies.com, and on the Beat 99.9 FM by Radio personality Oreka Godis.

Chocolate City scored a remarkable 15 nomination including nine nominations for Ice Prince (Song of the year, Producer of the year, Best Rap Single for Oleku and She and my Swagga, Lyricist on the roll, Best Collabo for Oleku and Joor Oh Remix ,Next Rated and Best street hop for Joor Oh Remix), Five nominations for MI (Artiste of the year, Album of the year, Best Collabo, Best Conscious music and lyricist on the roll) while Jesse Jagz has  two nominations for Producer of the Year and Hiphopworld revelation of the year. Read the rest of this entry »

THE PRODUCERS OF THE 6TH ANNUAL NEA AWARDS

ANNOUNCES ITS NOMINEES FOR THE 2011 NEA AWARDS

SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th 5:00PM AT THE

SHARP THEATER AT SYMPHONY SPACE IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, NY– (May 26, 2011) – The Producers of the NEA Awards are pleased to announce the Nominees for the Sixth Annual NEA Awards scheduled for Sunday, September 4th, 2011 at 5:00pm at the Sharp Theater at Symphony Space in New York. This year’s nominees highlight new and young talents that are destined to shape the future of African Entertainment.

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This is an important information for all you underground artistes.Lanre ‘eLDee’ Dabiri, C.E.O of Trybe Records  recently announced an initiative created by Trybe Records called “Top Talent“. It is a platform for unsigned Nigerian artists of all genres that allows for them to showcase their talent and possibly get a record deal. The contest requires unsigned talent to enter an mp3 song for free by sending an email with their song attached. eLDee and his team of A&Rs will then listen to all entries and select the top 10. The top 10 entries will be posted on a website for free online voting by the general public. The Top Talent based on online votes will automatically get featured on eLDee’s upcoming “Is it your money Vol.2″ album including a possible music recording deal offer from Trybe Records.

Click on the link for complete details Top Talent; A Trybe Records Initiative

Jamiu Bolarinwa also known as Doggext is a Nigerian hip-hop artist based in Boston, Massachusetts. Born on August 16, 1982, Doggext was raised in Mushin, Nigeria.   He started his music career in 1998 at his alma mater, Ansar Ud Deen College in Lagos, Nigeria, performing primarily at social night events on campus.  While at Ansar, he was given the nickname Snoopy. However, at the same time, rapper DMX was an artist whose style and intensity he thoroughly enjoyed so he consequently created his own alter ego “DoggX” which was written as such to retain the “Dogg” in Snoop Doggy Dogg as well as to incorporate his newfound interest in the rapper DMX, but in late 1999, he made one last modification to the name, changing it from “DoggX” to “Doggext”.

Doggext’s lyrics are grounded in his perception of life, his milieu, and his jokes. He is often comical but never fails to drive his point home. Also, the manner in which he fuses American English with Yoruba—one of the main languages in Nigeria—keeps his flow diverse and his audience entertained and this style has earned him numerous comparison to the late Nigerian rapper, Dagrin.  Although their lyrical content are not similar, both artists represent Mushin with their music.

In 2002, Doggext relocated to the United States where he continued composing, recording, and performing for various audiences. He is currently in the studio working with different artists from  United Kingdom, United States and also Nigeria. He has teamed up with artists on SwanBallaz Records to record some tracks that were recently illustrated in the mixtape ‘SwaggaKings presents Jacking for Beats. Doggext has collaborated with EMX on recently released track If You Know and also R & B artist Duncan Daniels on Do Me. In December 2010, the video for his hit track, Holla @ Me Freestyle premiered on various digital platforms of music and entertainment blogs including Notjustok.com, Amebor.com and of course,yours’ truly. The freestyle track was also included in the D.J Kobe Presents Omo Mushin Mixtape which is set to drop on April 1st, 2011  at an exclusive red carpet affair at the Caprice Ultra Lounge, 275 Tremont street, Boston.

You can listen to one of the tracks on the mixtape below. It’s a remix to Wiz Khalifa’s Black and Yellow.

Black & Yellow

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Contacts:
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doggext@gmail.com
facebook.com/doggext
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