The 90s were simpler times for music in Nigeria. Lagbaja was giving us hit after hit and all Zaaki had to do was shine torch and everywhere went crazy!

The 90s/early 00s also gave us something special — boybands!

About 7 years ago, BlackMagic landed his breakout hit with “Repete” — a song that announced him as a star to watch. While he followed up that timeless gem with a slew of other solid songs, none of them ever caught on quite like they deserved to. With the start of this brand new decade, […]
In this week’s #ZikokoSYDHT, we recapped the video for Eedris Abdulkareem’s 2003 song, “Live in Yankee; where he abandons his girlfriend to japa and then calls her from America to brag about how awesome his new life is.
The disappointment was real.
I was born a farmer, not unlike the way Trevor Noah says he was born a crime.
Some anime characters stress me out so badly that when I hear their names, all I can think of are these questions.
Believe it or not, when Tekno said, “I’m a fisherman, are you a fish?” he just wanted to know if the dazzling damsel he’d just met was single.
Have you ever watched a Nollywood film or show and thought: “Why is this character so familiar?” You’re not alone. From men who can’t handle the consequences of their blood money rituals to marine spirits who trap and steal men’s destinies after sex, these Nollywood characters are practically the same, but in different fonts. Fun […]
#Khoyemi’s off and on ship, Santheo’s exit and other things that happened on #BBTitans this weekend
African music is witnessing explosive growth on YouTube, in a marked departure from the continent’s past struggle to gain a foothold in the global scene.
Content creators from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa dominated the inaugural TikTok Top Content Creators Awards 2022.
Why we need to ban the word disrespect, and put these #BBTitans housemates on Broadway.
If there’s one Nollywood movie that had everyone talking in 2022, it’s Brotherhood. The action thriller, which follows twin brothers (played by Falz and Tobi Bakre) on different sides of a massive heist, took over the cinemas in 2022, reminding us that Nollywood doesn’t have to make a rom-com to grab the audience’s attention. With […]
Tems wasn’t playing in 2019 when she told us not to try her. Tems first caught our attention in 2019 with her defiant hit, Try Me. Since then, she’s blown up big time, moving from an underrated alté artiste to one of Nigeria’s biggest afrobeats exports.Whether it’s dropping songs of the summer back-to-back, with Essence […]
I hate to be one of those people, but while I appreciate the wide range of Afrobeats at the moment, a part of me is still nostalgic about the songs and artistes who raised me. I’ve been listening to some of them again recently, so I decided to give them their flowers and do a […]
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