Davido teams up with Ichaba for “Man Must Chop”

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DMW’s latest team effort “Man Must Chop” sees label leader, Davido and Ichaba singing their appreciation of things life has to offer. Over beats produced by in-house producer, FreshVDM, the duo sing about the blessings that come with money, Ichaba longing for the material possessions that are often attached to living a lavish lifestyle in Nigeria —“make I live in banana Island like Adenuga”. Davido takes the backseat on “Man Must Chop”, providing only the chorus, a hook and off-topic lines about an unnamed woman and her body. While Ichaba sings lines encouraging listeners to do all they can —even illicit activities; “do the wire”— to earn that money, because “man must chop”, by any means necessary.

On the accompanying video for “Man Must Chop”, Ichaba and Davido surround themselves with the wealth they sing about, further illustrating what Ichaba explains is the benefit of the hustle. Director Q directs a video that follows the duo from a neon-lit parking lot, where they’re surrounded by models, to lively party scenes where they show off their fortune with champagne and wads if cash in hand.

Watch Ichaba and Davido’s “Man Must Chop” here:

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Wizkid says he intends to build schools around Africa with his proceeds from Nike

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Wizkid’s debuted “Starboy”, his newly released collaborative jersey with Nike this week. Along with the launch of the line, the singer has also announced plans to dedicate his personal proceeds from sales to improving education in Africa. Sold at $64, the Jersey, which Wizkid says was inspired by Nigeria’s Super Eagles, has his hometown, ‘Surulere’, emblazoned on the lower back, green and white trimmings reflecting the Nigerian flag on the sleeves and Wizkid’s “Starboy” graphic is highlighted across the chest.

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In a tweet following the official release, Wizkid announced his decision to dedicate his proceeds to his chosen cause; “Using my own profits from this business partnership with Nike to build a school back home in Lagos. #Educationforeverychild”, asking fans to nominate countries and areas they believe are in dire need of more schools. According to his tweet, Starboy intends to start in his hometown, Surulere and extend his efforts across Ghana and Benin Republic. He, however, expressed hopes to build at least one school in every African country.

Earlier this year, Wizkid was announced as one of the headliners at Global Citizens’ annual Charity concert, Global Citizen Festival, focused on raising awareness and proceeds for alivating poverty global poverty. As a Global Citizen ambassador, he has called on the state Lag0s State Government to join the initiative in ending the poverty cycle through proper education. However, his first personal philanthropic endeavor coming as a collaboration with Nike is no surprise considering Nike’s history with philanthropy. In recent years, ‘The Nike foundation’, has dedicated time and advocacy efforts to providing quality education to girls in the developing world with their ‘Girl Effect’ project in as their contribution to the fight against global poverty. It

UNICEF Nigeria recently revealed that Nigeria is currently the country with the most uneducated children in the world, 65% of which are girls. Though Wizkid hasn’t given details as to what level of education he intends to concentrate his efforts, this commitment, perhaps in collaboration with established non-governmental organisations, along with Nike’s dedication to providing quality education for girls, will contribute to the global efforts currently committed to solving the problem of poor education in African nations.

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Tetta’s new single, “Shut Doors Shut Love”, digs into the pains of romance

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Tetta intimately knows how her guitar serves her and she exploits the solemn ambiance it creates to lay some heartfelt lyrics on her new single, “Shut Doors Shut Love”. Over the soothing mix of synths, strings and backup vocals, she performs an emotive set, addressing a lover that ruined romance for her. The song is almost unbearably gloomy with her storytelling, describing in some detail how her heart got ripped out of her chest; “I Heard You Told Your Ex I’m Your Cousin”. For anyone who has been through similarly heartbreaking situation, the graphic depiction of her relationship woes is exactly what makes “Shut Doors Shut Love” so riveting.

You can stream Tetta’s “Shut Doors Shut Love” below.

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Creative Arts Emmy Winners 2018: Anthony Bourdain’s Lagos Docu, John Legend, Rick and Morty, SNL & More

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The Creative Arts Emmys ceremony took place last night in the lead up to the 2018 Emmy Awards show, which is set to air live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 17.

There’s a long list of winners with people and shows we have a special soft spot for.

Anthony Bourdain’s CNN series Parts Unknown took home an award for Season 10 Episode 3 —a 42 minutes embodiment of the high-energy and entrepreneurial spirit of Lagos. With an editing style that brought the show to another level, Parts Unknown: Lagos earned an award for “Outstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program”.

Parts Unknown: Lagos beckons you in with a full-bodied hug through Bourdain’s living experience in Makoko (Nigeria’s Venice), interview features from Blessing Ebowe, Banky W and Quilox CEO, Shina Peller, and more importantly Bourdain’s experience with the indigenous food and culture. Before his passing earlier this year, Bourdain wrote on his field notes, “our episode in Lagos, Nigeria, is one of the true highlights of the season and a piece of work I’m very proud of”. The chef turned writer and television host, remembered for his infectious enthusiasm, also received an award for “Outstanding Informational Series or Special”, making two posthumous Emmys for Parts Unknown.

John Legend took home the award for “Outstanding Variety Special (Live)” for his work as a producer on the NBC special “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert”. His win made him an official EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner. “Before tonight, only 12 people had won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony”, Legend said in an Instagram post. At just 39, Legend joins every other celebrated winner of EGOT.

Saturday Night Live bagged 7 good wins, with former child-star actor and comedian, Kenan Thompson winning his first Emmy for “Best Music and Lyrics”: “Come Back Barack”— a song he co-wrote for SNL. Dave Chappelle, Donald Glover’s “Atlanta,” “Rick and Morty,” “Queer Eye,” and several others took home awards too.

Check out the full list of winners below:

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
Seth MacFarlane, American Dad!
Alex Borstein, Family Guy **WINNER**
Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy
Russi Taylor, The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular
Dan Castellaneta, The Simpsons

Outstanding Animated Program
Baymax Returns (Big Hero 6: The Series)
Bob’s Burgers
Rick And Morty **WINNER**
The Simpsons
South Park

Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
Adventure Time
Robot Chicken **WINNER**
Steven Universe
Teen Titans Go!
We Bare Bears

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More)
American Horror Story: Cult
The Handmaid’s Tale – “June” **WINNER**
The Handmaid’s Tale – “Seeds”
Ozark
Twin Peaks

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More)

The Alienist
The Crown
Game Of Thrones **WINNER**
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Westworld

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour Or Less)

Atlanta
Barry
GLOW **WINNER**
Grace And Frankie
Silicon Valley
Will & Grace

Outstanding Production Design For A Variety, Reality Or Reality-Competition Series

Bill Nye Saves The World
Dancing With The Stars
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Saturday Night Live **WINNER**
The Voice

Outstanding Production Design For A Variety Special
Carol Burnett Show 50th Anniversary Special
The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards
60th Annual Grammy Awards
Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert **WINNER**
The Oscars

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series
Atlanta
Barry
GLOW
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel **WINNER**
Silicon Valley

Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series

The Crown **WINNER**
Game Of Thrones
The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
Westworld

Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story **WINNER**
Godless
Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert
The Looming Tower
Patrick Melrose

Outstanding Casting For A Reality Program

Born This Way
Project Runway
Queer Eye **WINNER**
RuPaul’s Drag Race
The Voice

Outstanding Choreography

The Late Late Show With James Corden
Routines: The Greatest Showman, Crosswalk the Musical
Chloe Arnold, Choreographer
So You Think You Can Dance **WINNER**
Routines: Brand New, To Make You Feel My Love
Mandy Moore, Choreographer

So You Think You Can Dance
Routines: Change Is Everything, Strange Fruit
Travis Wall, Choreographer

So You Think You Can Dance
Routines: The Man That Got Away, L-O-V-E
Al Blackstone, Choreographer

So You Think You Can Dance
Routines: Prism, Say You Won’t Let Go
Christopher Scott, Choreographer

Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-Camera Series

The Ranch
Donald A. Morgan, ASC, Director of Photography

Superior Donuts
Patti Lee, Director of Photography

Will & Grace **WINNER**
Gary Baum, ASC, Director of Photography

Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)

Atlanta **WINNER**
Christian Sprenger, Director of Photography

Barry
Paula Huidobro, Director of Photography

The End Of The F***ing World
Justin Brown, Director of Photography

GLOW
Christian Sprenger, Director of Photography

Insecure
Patrick Cady, ASC, Director of Photography

Mozart In The Jungle
Tobias Datum, Director of Photography

Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (One Hour)

The Crown **WINNER**
Adriano Goldman, ASC, ABC, Director of Photography

The Handmaid’s Tale
Colin Watkinson, Director of Photography

Legion
Dana Gonzales, ASC, Director of Photography

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
M. David Mullen, ASC, Director of Photography

Ozark
Ben Kutchins, Director of Photography

Stranger Things
Tim Ives, Director of Photography

Westworld
John Grillo, Director of Photography

Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited Series Or Movie

The Alienist
PJ Dillon, ISC, Director of Photography
Fahrenheit 451
Kramer Morgenthau, ASC, Director of Photography

Genius: Picasso **WINNER**
Mathias Herndl, Director of Photography
Godless
Steven Meizler, Director of Photography
Twin Peaks
Peter Deming, ASC, Director of Photography
USS Callister (Black Mirror)
Stephan Pehrsson, Director of Photography

Outstanding Cinematography For A Nonfiction Program

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – “Lagos”
Morgan Fallon, Director of Photography
Jerry Risius, Director of Photography
Tarik Hameedi, Director of Photography

Blue Planet II – “The Deep”
Gavin Thurston, Photography

Blue Planet II – “One Ocean”
Ted Giffords, Photography
Roger Munns, Photography

Chef’s Table
Adam Bricker, Director of Photography

Jane **WINNER**
Ellen Kuras, Director of Photography
Hugo van Lawick, Archival Photography

Outstanding Cinematography For A Reality Program

The Amazing Race
Joshua Gitersonke, Director of Photography
Alan Weeks, Cinematography by
Ryan Shaw, Cinematography by
David D’Angelo, Cinematography by
Petr Cikhart, Cinematography by

Born This Way
Bruce Ready, Director of Photography

Deadliest Catch
David Reichert, Director of Photography
Charlie Beck, Director of Photography
Kelvon Agee, Director of Photography
Ben Staley, Director of Photography
Josh Thomas, Director of Photography

Life Below Zero **WINNER**
Danny Day, Director of Photography
John Griber, Director of Photography
Mike Cheeseman, Director of Photography
Simeon Houtman, Director of Photography
Terry Pratt, Director of Photography

Queer Eye
Garrett Rose, Director of Photography

RuPaul’s Drag Race
Michael Jacob Kerber, Director of Photography

Outstanding Commercial

“Alexa Loses Her Voice” – Amazon
“Earth: Shot On iPhone” – iPhone
“In Real Life – Monica Lewinsky” – Anti-Bullying
“It’s A Tide Ad” – Tide
“The Talk” – P&G – My Black Is Beautiful **WINNER**

Outstanding Period Costumes

The Alienist
The Crown **WINNER**
Genius: Picasso
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Outlander

Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes

Fahrenheit 451
Game Of Thrones **WINNER**
The Handmaid’s Tale
A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Westworld

Outstanding Contemporary Costumes

The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story **WINNER**
black-ish
Empire
Grace And Frankie
This Is Us

Outstanding Costumes For Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Programming

Dancing With The Stars
Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert
RuPaul’s Drag Race **WINNER**
Saturday Night Live
Tracey Ullman’s Show

Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series

Andre Allen
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee – “Episode 2061”
Paul Pennolino
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver – “Episode 421”
Tim Mancinelli
The Late Late Show With James Corden – “Episode 0416”
Jim Hoskinson
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert – “Episode 438”
Carrie Brownstein
Portlandia – “Riot Spray”
Don Roy King **WINNER**
Saturday Night Live – “Host: Donald Glover”

Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program

Bryan Fogel
Icarus
Brett Morgen **WINNER**
Jane
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
The Vietnam War • Episode 8: The History Of The World (April 1969-May 1970)
Chapman Way and Maclain Way
Wild Wild Country – “Part 3”
Judd Apatow
The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling

Outstanding Directing For A Reality Program
Bertram van Munster
The Amazing Race – “It’s Just A Million Dollars, No Pressure”
Patrick McManus
American Ninja Warrior – “Daytona Beach Qualifiers”
Nick Murray **WINNER**
RuPaul’s Drag Race – “10s Across The Board”
Ken Fuchs
Shark Tank – “Episode 903”
Alan Carter
The Voice – “Live Top 11 Performances”

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series

Game Of Thrones – “Beyond The Wall”
Tim Porter, ACE, Editor

Game Of Thrones – “The Dragon And The Wolf”
Crispin Green, Editor

Game Of Thrones – “The Spoils Of War”
Katie Weiland, ACE, Editor

The Handmaid’s Tale – “June” **WINNER**
Wendy Hallam Martin, Editor

Stranger Things – “Chapter Nine: The Gate”
Kevin D. Ross, ACE, Editor

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series

Atlanta – “Alligator Man”
Isaac Hagy, Editor
Atlanta – “Teddy Perkins”
Kyle Reiter, Editor

Barry – “Chapter Eight: Know Your Truth”
Kyle Reiter, Editor

Barry – “Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast And Keep Going”
Jeff Buchanan, Editor

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – “Pilot” **WINNER**
Brian A. Kates, ACE, Editor

Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory – “The Bow Tie Asymmetry”
Peter Chakos, Editor

Mom – “Crazy Snakes And A Clog To The Head”
Joe Bella, Editor

One Day At A Time – “Not Yet”
Pat Barnett, ACE, Editor

Roseanne – “Darlene v. David”
Brian Schnuckel, ACE, Editor

Will & Grace – “Grandpa Jack” **WINNER**
Peter Beyt, Editor

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Limited Series Or Movie

The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – “Alone”
Emily Greene, Editor

The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – “House By The Lake”
Shelly Westerman, Editor

The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – “Manhunt”
Chi-Yoon Chung, Editor

Twin Peaks – “Part 8”
Duwayne Dunham, Editor

USS Callister (Black Mirror) **WINNER**
Selina MacArthur, Editor

Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming

Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2018
Brad Conlin, Editor
Tom Jarvis, Editor

Dave Chappelle: Equanimity
Jeff U’ren, Editor

Drunk History – “Heroines”
John Cason, Editor

Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents: The Great American* Puerto Rico (*It’s Complicated)
Jesse Coane, Editor
Charles Divak, Editor
Daphne Gomez-Mena, Editor
Andrew Mendelson, Editor
Tennille Uithof, Editor

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver – “Wax President Harding (segment)”
Anthony Miale, Editor

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver – “Border Patrol (segment)” **WINNER**
Ryan Barger, Editor

Outstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – “Lagos” **WINNER**
Hunter Gross, ACE, Editor

The Defiant Ones – “Episode 3”
Lasse Järvi, Editor
Doug Pray, Editor

Jane
Joe Beshenkovsky, ACE, Editor
Brett Morgen, Editor
Will Znidaric, Editor

Wild Wild Country – “Part 3”
Neil Meiklejohn, Editor

The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling
Joe Beshenkovsky, ACE, Editor

Outstanding Picture Editing For A Structured Or Competition Reality Program

The Amazing Race – “It’s Just A Million Dollars, No Pressure”
American Ninja Warrior • Daytona Beach Qualifiers
Queer Eye **WINNER**
RuPaul’s Drag Race
The Voice

Outstanding Picture Editing For An Unstructured Reality Program

Born This Way
Deadliest Catch – “Battle Lines”
Life Below Zero – “The 11th Hour”
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked – “10s Across The Board”
United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell – “Sikhs In America” **WINNER**

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series

The Crown
Game Of Thrones
GLOW
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Westworld **WINNER**

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special

Dancing With The Stars
Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert
RuPaul’s Drag Race **WINNER**
Saturday Night Live
The Voice

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Limited Series Or Movie

American Horror Story: Cult
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story **WINNER**
Genius: Picasso
Godless
The Last Tycoon
Twin Peaks

Outstanding Interactive Program

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver **WINNER**
The Late Late Show With James Corden
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Original Interactive Program

Back To The Moon
Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab
Coco VR
NASA JPL: Cassini’s Grand Finale **WINNER**
Spider-Man Homecoming VR Experience

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media Within a Scripted Program

Mr. Robot
Rick And Morty
Silicon Valley
13 Reasons Why
Westworld **WINNER**

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media Within an Unscripted Program

CONAN Without Borders **WINNER**
The Oscars
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Watch What Happens Live! With Andy Cohen
America’s Got Talent
Dancing With The Stars
Saturday Night Live
So You Think You Can Dance
The Voice

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special

60th Annual Grammy Awards
Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert **WINNER**
The Oscars
Super Bowl LII Halftime Show Starring Justin Timberlake
71st Annual Tony Awards

Outstanding Main Title Design

The Alienist
Altered Carbon
Counterpart **WINNER**
GLOW
Westworld

Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)

Game Of Thrones
GLOW
The Handmaid’s Tale
This Is Us
Vikings
Westworld **WINNER**

Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic)

Dancing With The Stars
Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Saturday Night Live **WINNER**
The Voice

Outstanding Makeup For A Limited Series Or Movie (Non-Prosthetic)

American Horror Story: Cult
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story **WINNER**
Genius: Picasso
The Last Tycoon
Twin Peaks

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special

American Horror Story: Cult
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Game Of Thrones **WINNER**
Star Trek: Discovery
Westworld

Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score)
Game Of Thrones – “The Dragon And The Wolf” **WINNER**
Ramin Djawadi

Marvel’s Jessica Jones – “AKA Playland”
Sean Callery

Once Upon A Time – “Leaving Storybrooke”
Mark Isham, Cindy O’Connor, and Michael Simon

SEAL Team – “Pattern Of Life”
W.G. Snuffy Walden and A. Patrick Rose

Star Wars Rebels – “Family Reunion – And Farewell”
Kevin Kiner

Westworld – “Akane No Mai”
Ramin Djawadi

Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

Alias Grace – “Part 1”
Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna

The Commuter (Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams)
Harry Gregson-Williams

Crazy Diamond (Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams)
Cristobal Tapia De Veer

Godless – “Homecoming”
Carlos Rafael Rivera

March Of The Penguins 2: The Next Step **WINNER**
Cyril Aufort

USS Callister (Black Mirror) • Netflix
Daniel Pemberton

Outstanding Music Direction

Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live At The Apollo
Bruno Mars, Music Director

Elton John: I’m Still Standing – A Grammy Salute
Davey Johnstone, Music Director

The Oscars
Harold Wheeler, Music Director

Super Bowl LII Halftime Show Starring Justin Timberlake
Adam Wayne Blackstone, Music Director

Tony Bennett: The Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song **WINNER**
Gregg Field, Music Director

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics

“Totally Gay”
Music & Lyrics by Mark Rivers
Big Mouth – “Am I Gay?”

“In The Market For A Miracle”
Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
A Christmas Story Live!

“High Crimes and Misdemeanors”
Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Coulton
The Good Fight – “Day 450”

“Just Getting Started”
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman, Music by Dave Grusin
If You’re Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast

“Come Back Barack” **WINNER**
Music by Eli Brueggemann
Saturday Night Live – “Host: Chance The Rapper”

“The Buddy Song”
Music & Lyrics by Steve Martin
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

Godless **WINNER**
Carlos Rafael Rivera

The Last Tycoon
Mychael Danna

Marvel’s The Defenders
John Paesano

The Putin Interviews
Jeff Beal

Somebody Feed Phil
Mike S. Olson, Bridget Ellen Kearney, Michael Calabrese, and Rachael Price

The Tick
Chris Bacon

Outstanding Music Supervision

Atlanta – “Alligator Man”
Jen Malone and Fam Udeorji

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel **WINNER**
Robin Urdang, Amy Sherman-Palladino, and Daniel Palladino

Stranger Things – “Trick Or Treat, Freak”
Nora Felder
This Is Us – “That’ll Be The Day”
Jennifer Pyken

Westworld – “Akane No Mai”
Sean O’Meara

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series

Katt Williams, Atlanta **WINNER**
Sterling K. Brown, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Bryan Cranston, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Donald Glover, Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series

Matthew Goode, The Crown
F. Murray Abraham, Homeland
Cameron Britton, Mindhunter
Gerald McRaney, This Is Us
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us **WINNER**
Jimmi Simpson, Westworld

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series

Wanda Sykes, black-ish
Maya Rudolph, The Good Place
Jane Lynch, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tiffany Haddish, Saturday Night Live **WINNER**
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Molly Shannon, Will & Grace

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

Diana Rigg, Game Of Thrones
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale **WINNER**
Cherry Jones, The Handmaid’s Tale
Kelly Jenrette, The Handmaid’s Tale
Cicely Tyson, How To Get Away With Murder
Viola Davis, Scandal

Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series

Miles Tagtmeyer, Broken
DeStorm Power, Caught The Series
Alexis Denisof, I Love Bekka & Lucy
James Corden, James Corden’s Next James Corden **WINNER**
Melvin Jackson Jr., This Eddie Murphy Role Is Mine, Not Yours

Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series

Kelli O’Hara, The Accidental Wolf
Diarra Kilpatrick, American Koko
Christina Pickles, Break A Hip **WINNER**
Lee Garlington, Broken
Naomi Grossman, Ctrl Alt Delete
Megan Amram, An Emmy For Megan

Outstanding Narrator

Sir David Attenborough, Blue Planet II **WINNER**
Carl Reiner, If You’re Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast
Morgan Freeman, March Of The Penguins 2: The Next Step
Charles Dance, Savage Kingdom
Liev Schreiber, 24/7 – “Canelo-Golovkin”

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program

Ellen DeGeneres, Ellen’s Game Of Games
Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway
RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race **WINNER**
W. Kamau Bell, United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell

Outstanding Television Movie

Fahrenheit 451
Paterno
The Tale
USS Callister (Black Mirror) **WINNER**
Flint

Outstanding Variety Special (Live)

The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards
60th Annual Grammy Awards
Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert **WINNER**
Night Of Too Many Stars: America Unites For Autism Programs
The Oscars

Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)

Carol Burnett Show 50th Anniversary Special
Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2018
Dave Chappelle: Equanimity **WINNER**
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents: The Great American* Puerto Rico (*It’s Complicated)
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life

Outstanding Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series

aka Wyatt Cenac
An Emmy For Megan
Grey’s Anatomy: B Team
James Corden’s Next James Corden **WINNER**
The Walking Dead: Red Machete

Outstanding Short Form Variety Series

Between The Scenes – The Daily Show
Carpool Karaoke: The Series **WINNER**
Creating Saturday Night Live
Gay Of Thrones
Honest Trailers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – Cover Room

Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction Or Reality Series

The Americans: The Final Season
Anthony Bourdain: Explore Parts Unknown **WINNER**
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story: America’s Obsessions
Jay Leno’s Garage
Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen

Outstanding Children’s Program

Alexa & Katie
Fuller House
The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special **WINNER**
A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Star Wars Rebels

Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special

Icarus
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – Featuring A Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention Of Tony Clifton
Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like
Spielberg
The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling **WINNER**

Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series

American Masters
Blue Planet II
The Defiant Ones
The Fourth Estate
Wild Wild Country **WINNER**

Outstanding Informational Series Or Special

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown **WINNER**
Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman
StarTalk With Neil deGrasse Tyson
Vice

Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking

City Of Ghosts
Jane
Strong Island **WINNER**
What Haunts Us

Outstanding Structured Reality Program

Antiques Roadshow
Fixer Upper
Lip Sync Battle
Queer Eye **WINNER**
Shark Tank
Who Do You Think You Are?

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program

Born This Way
Deadliest Catch
Intervention
Naked And Afraid
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked
United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell **WINNER**

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Project Runway
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)

Game Of Thrones
Homeland
Star Trek: Discovery
Stranger Things **WINNER**
Westworld

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Waco

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Barry **WINNER**
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Saturday Night Live
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Shameless
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Westworld
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The Voice

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The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, co-hosted by Colin Jost and Michael Che, will air live (Monday, September 17th) on NBC, starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

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The trailer for Genevieve’s directorial debut “Lionheart” is out, Watch it here

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Genevieve started out as an actor, but she’s been financing and producing movies under her production company, The Entertainment Network [TEN] and developing her directing career for a while now. The trailer for her directorial debut, “Lionheart” is finally out.

“Lionheart” will have its first appearance at the 43rd edition of Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) , which is set to take place from 6th to 16th of September, 2018. On TIFF’s website, their set goal is to create spaces for women to thrive by supporting women behind and in front of the camera. This goal reflects in TIFF’s final rollout, which features films with strong female leads as well as movies, directed by black women, including Genevieve’s debut directorial film, “Lionheart”.

What’s more, MPM Premium —a distribution company based in Paris— has picked up “Lionheart” for international sales. MPM’s International sales manger, Ricardo Monastier commented on the film’s impact saying it is “a captivating and humorous movie that not only reveals the talent of Genevieve as a first-time director, but also sharply portrays a fast-changing society”. TEN has also signed a deal for “Lionheart” to be released on Netflix later this year.

“Lionheart” brings a traditional perspective to the global problem of female workplace discrimination. Emil B. Garuba, Genevive Nnaji, Chinny Onwugbenu, Ishaya Bako and C.J. Obasi are writers of the story and it stars Genevieve as Adaeze, a young woman with an executive position at Lionheart —a bus company owned by her father (Pete Edochie). When her father falls ill, Adaeze assumes that, given her value to the company and the diligence she has exhibited over the years, she would be awarded the responsibility to hold the fort while her father recovers. To her astonishment and that of her colleagues, she is passed over in favour of an uncle, Godswill (Nkem Owoh).

As seen in the trailer below, “Lionheart” is set in Enugu, with a few glimpses of Kanyo O. Kanyo, who plays the rival working to bring the company down, and Onyeka Onwenu as Adaeze’s mother.

In a statement released by Genevieve, “Lionheart” is the beginning of a journey to explore and express her creative interpretation of story-telling, particularly African stories. She states, “Africa is a possessor of the most compelling stories as yet untold, and we are determined to tell our stories, our way, through our voices, to the world”.

Along with “Lionheart”, Genevieve Nnaji will also appear on the TIFF screens with British-Nigerian actor Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje, who also has a directorial debut, “Farming”, a movie based on Akinnouye-Agbaje’s life as a foster child after his Nigerian family “farmed” he and his siblings out to white families. The film also stars Kate Beckinsale, playing Akinnouye-Agbaje’s abusive foster mother, as well as Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Damson Idris.

Have a look at the trailer for “Lionheart” below.

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The Weekend Shuffle: ‘My Car’ by Tony Tetuila

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Artist: Tony Tetuila

Album: My Car

Year: 2001

Label: Kennis Music Records

Rating: 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐

 

Before Tony Tetuila’s debut solo album, he had been one-third of Nigeria’s biggest hip-hop-inclined group at the time – The Remedies.

Established in 1997, The Remedies were made up of Eedris Abdulkareem, Eddy Montana and Tetuila. Signed to Kennis Music Records since their inception, they fit perfectly at the self-proclaimed best record label in Africa. Helmed by the legendary radio DJ Kenny Ogungbe, Kennis was the first indigenous label of the 90’s to capitalise on the new wave of television programming and electronic production to build a steady audience.

The group scored their first hit with the timeless “Shakomo”, a rolling ditty that combined the best of the increasingly popular American hip-hop music, drawing uncanny parallels to the Bad Boy’s iconic remix of 112’s “Only You”. Then came the singles “Jealousy” and “Belinda”, the preludes to their critically received debut album, Peace Nigeria.

Like any great boy-band fresh off success, there were calls from fans and critics alike for a solo run from the frontman. In the case of The Remedies, this was for all intents and purposes Eedris Abdulkareem. Whilst they all remained independently signed to Kennis Music, Abdulkareem’s album marked the end of the group’s two-year run at the top of the game. Due to Montana’s close family ties to label boss Kenny Ogungbe, he was the next to be offered a chance alone in the spotlight. With his label-mates achieving contrasting levels of success, next up was Tetuila.

Tony Tetuila had no delusions going into the production of his solo album. He was the last man standing with the label due to his original contractual obligations. Kennis wanted an album as quickly as possible, but like any label, they wanted a sign that there was an audience yearning for a solo Tony Tetuila album. Enter: lead single and album title track, “My Car”. Built on a heavy bass riff and thumping percussion, the former Remedies man delivered a hilariously accurate take on a motor accident in Nigeria. Tetuila’s storytelling seemed to hone in on urban life in Lagos and the relatability of the tale propelled his music beyond just the nightclubs and the bars, but to the streets. It didn’t hurt that the music video for the song managed to incorporate a few jabs at former labelmate Eedris Abdulkareem, and pay homage to Bola Tinubu, the Lagos state governor at the time.

“My Car” became a critical success, and most importantly for Tony and the label, a commercial success, fast-tracking the production of Tetuila’s debut album. In a situation that seemed to suit both parties, Tetuila was able to stay true to his sound due to the success of the single, with Ogungbe allowing him to have creative control of the LP. Simultaneously, the label was happy to plug into the Tony Tetuila “Street Champion” brand, thus providing them good reason not to commission big-budget music videos, as it simply was not what the people wanted.

Despite being from an era when American hip-hop and its mannerisms were beginning to gradually seep into Nigerian popular culture as the marker for cool, My Car celebrates Tetuila’s Yoruba heritage, with distinct strains of fuji, updated to what was then considered as contemporary sounds. His traditional instrument of choice was the talking drum, substituting its more organic, earthy sound for the more popular electronic drum arrangements that producers favoured at the time. A number of collaborators including Pastor Goody Goody, Ice K and Ruggedman helped add much-needed variety to the LP.

This album was Tony Tetuila’s way to prove himself capable of sustaining a solo career. Essentially written off after the break-up of the group. My Car presented a way to catapult himself back into the limelight. And most importantly, he was calling the shots for once. In Remedies, the label heads had always deferred to Eedris Abdulkareem and allowed him steer the group’s music. Going solo allowed Tetuila the opportunity to tell the kind of stories that mattered to him, often specific in scope yet somehow universal in sentiment. My Car saw Tetuila narrate the most ordinary of uniquely Nigerian experiences, a style of songwriting that had previously been reserved exclusively to niche genres like Fuji and Highlife. It showed record labels and artists that it was possible for artists to rise from the ashes of a group and go it alone, simply by being themselves.

Humour can be such an effective tool in music, but over the years, artists in every genre have utilised it very differently. Eminem’s infamous opening lines of his career, “Hi kids, do you like violence?” foretold the story of an artist who would use humour to temper his darker world. In Nigeria, humour was introduced to Afro-Pop music as a necessity in the late 20th century: it was the only way to make the increasingly hip-hop inclined songs accessible to the public. These days, humour is pretty much embedded in the troll-like culture of millennial online interaction. In music, you hear it in Falz’s “Brother Taju” schtick, Mr Eazi’s deadpan sarcasm and many others. With My Car, Tetuila became one of the first artists to truly incorporate humour and tongue-in-cheek social commentary into his music videos. It was an approach to music video storytelling that Eedris Abdulkareem would capitalise on a year later with his “Mr Lecturer” visual series that swept the nation into a frenzy, and started a revolution against the sexual harassment of students in Nigerian schools.

The formlessness of Afro-Pop has robbed the sound of a tangible history, leaving us with a murky timeline of singles and albums, marked by shifts and turns in songwriting and composition. My Car is not a genre-defining album, nor is it a perfect musical masterpiece. But what makes the album resonate so much is the honesty and transparency behind it all – and this is what makes it an essential album to truly understand where Nigerian music is now. The satirical social commentary displayed in the title track can be seen replicated in the hits of today, such as D-O’s “Chop Elbow”. The pseudo-love song “Only You”, sees Tetuila try and convince his girl that he’s ready to be serious with her — a narrative all too familiar in the current crop of dance-floor fillers. It’s taken 17 years, but the seed Tetuila planted has grown into a whole generation of artists happy to be themselves. For that alone, he’s a legend.

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Mayowa Nicholas confirmed second year in a row for Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

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Despite the exclusive cast for Victoria Secret’s annual event, Nigerian-born model, Mayowa Nicholas—who has been confirmed to walk this Victoria Secret Fashion Show 2018—is getting a second call from the highly coveted fashion event. Last year the model was forced to forfeit her walk after she was denied a visa for last year’s show in Shanghai, China. There are no confirmations yet for where this year’s edition of Victora’s Secret will hold but there are rumours, it may be New York where Mayowa Nicholas already has a portfolio.

Earlier this week the angels for the next edition of Victoria Secret’s fashion show were announced. Mayowa will walk this year’s runway with Leomi Anderson, Georgia Fowler and Kelsey Merrit and Gizele Oliveira amongst who have also taken to social media to celebrate getting “the call”. The event, scheduled to hold in November, has been one of most televised fashion events in the world since its inaugural edition in 1995. The exclusive list of confirmed models who will walk this year’s show, join a long hall of famous faces who have ascended to supermodel status since walking Victoria’s Secret’s runway.

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Watch Maleek Berry and Chip on the video for “Love U Long Time”

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The video for Maleek Berry’s latest single “Love U Long Time”, shows the singer and UK-based artist, Chip, milking the last days of summer for all its worth. JM films produces a video set at a party in a basketball court, on a backdrop of grey skies and summer-green trees.

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The music video shows an entourage of dancers who breezily play basketball over the beat Maleek Berry produces. Maleek Berry and Chip perform lines directed at a love interest, who they promise to change for. While the two artists are romantic, they objectify her body. But Maleek Berry declares his faithfulness by promising to be committed to her; “For you imma curve all my side chicks”.

“Love U Long Time” comes after Maleek Berry’s previous video, released in August, “Gimme Life”.

Watch Maleek Berry and Chip in the video for “Love You Long Time”.


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Lagos luxury sets tone for Skepta and Wizkid’s vacation-themed video for “Energy”

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Lagos has seen more of Skepta since his legendary set at NATIVELAND 2016. This year alone, the rapper has tilted towards a subtle green-white-green campaign; hosting his debut BBK concert in March, bagging a chieftaincy title and releasing “Energy” featuring, Starboy Wizkid on the chorus. Though “Energy” is more a tribute to the positive vibes, Meji Alabi provides more context for Skep and Wiz’s unlikely friendship with a vacation-themed music video shot in Lagos.

“Energy” captures the power of two of the most charismatic artists on earth, simply having fun on a beach. While Skepta and Wizkid perform their verses, the Lagos art scene cameos through notable appearances from several indie creatives like Bai, Falana, Wavy the Creator, Santi and more. Their presence highlights Skepta’s chemistry with Nigeria’s growing urban culture.

Watch the video for “Energy” by Skepta and Wizkid

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Mystro and Tiwa Savage team up for “Gawu”, a party starter

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What is dance music if not an expression of a collective spirit? Collaborations in Afropop have become more popular just as the sound has become increasingly homogeneous and prevalent. After their compelling partnership on DJ Consequence’s “Do Like This”, Mystro and Tiwa Savage have teamed up for another Afropop tune destined for DJ sets on dancefloors. Unlike their initial collaboration, where their lyrics seemed to be more fixated on gloating than partying, Mystro’s new single, “Gawu”, featuring Tiwa Savage takes a more direct approach to the dance fascination.

Over the pacy drum riffs, synths, percussion and horn samples that Mystro produces, Mystro opens the song himself saying “This One Na Party Starter, I Don’t Want To Waste The Lamba”. Mystro’s lyrics offer some commentary on the partying culture, as he references Davido’s “Assurance” and the effect it has had on picking up girls at the club. Tiwa Savage’s verse however, focuses on keeping the party lit as she performs a melodious set, switching flows and encouraging listeners to get into the music; “Make You Rock The Waist, Na Your Own”.

You can stream Mystro and Tiwa Savage’s “Gawu” below.

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Five Take-Aways From Davido’s Breakfast Club Interview 

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Just yesterday, Davido was on American syndicated radio show, The Breakfast club to talk about his upbringing with his dad and his Afrobeat success with celebrated hosts, DJ Envy and Charlemagne tha God. Davido gave interesting insights into his life, which you may not have known before. He was both earnest and entertaining. Below are some major highlights from the interview to take away:

Davido initially made “Back When”  for Mpizzle:

Way back between 2008-2010, Davido made Demo tracks as a producer and gave them to artists. While his cousin, Mpizzle was still an upcoming artist, he produced a Demo track for him, but Mpizzle didn’t record it for some reason. At this point, Davido was just like “Fuck it I’m just gonna drop it, put some rapper on it and it got big”.  “Back When” featuring Naeto C, became Davido’s first single and a major hit in 2011.

Davido was on the run from his dad and 50 policemen:

All hell broke loose when Davido’s billionaire dad found out he had dropped out of school from his University in America, and returned to Nigeria without his consent. After releasing “Back When”, Davido started doing club gigs in Nigeria and one day, 50 policemen sent by his dad arrested his ex, his road manager and the promoter of the show, in a bid to get Davido. He was also threatened, as he recalled a phone conversation with his dad; “If you do not come to the police station, all your friends are going to Jail”.  Not long after the commotion, Davido dropped “Dami Duro” where he shouted out to his Dad. —“E ma Dami Duro Emi Omo Baba lowo, Don’t stop me, I’m the son of a rich man”. From that point on, he started to get more recognition from even his dad’s billionaire friends, such that his dad eventually had to accept the career path he had chosen.

He went to a school in the village —“Babcock”:

Seeing Davido’s dogged determination, his dad finally decided to meet him halfway, promising to fund two video shoots if Davido would agree to return to school in Nigeria. They settled on Babcock University, a school he fondly recalls being located “in the village”. The deal was to go to school on weekdays and do music away from school on the weekends. This is presumably how we got to see Davido in his videos for “Back When” and “Dami Duro”, and may be the backstory for the famous studio he flaunts on his Snapchat.

First endorsement at 17:

Davido landed his very first endorsement deal with a telephone company in Nigeria at the young age of 17 for about $100,000.

Son of Haiti’s ex-president sang Davido’s song word-for-word:

Speaking about the international reach of his song, Davido explains how surprised he was to find that Olivier Martelly, Haitian-American Singer and ex-president Michel Martelly’s son, knew his song “Word-for-word”, while he was in Haiti for the First Time Press Conference on February 2nd, 2018.

Take a look at Davido’s interview with DJ Envy and Charlamagne the God below.

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Essentials: M.I’s ‘Yxng Dxnzl: A Study on Self Worth’

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Even at his most watered down, mainstream pop savvy, M.I has never shied from imbibing political themes in his music. It gives the impression that the weight of the injustice in the world is a persistent burden on his shoulder. And yet, fans have had to wait for over two years between the announcement and release of his 8th project, ‘Yxng Dxnzl: A Study on Self Worth’.

But it’s better late than never for the Chocolate City boss, who magnified expectations for the album to legendary proportions. During his sit down with the Loose Talk crew last year, M intimated he was forced to scrap the album’s first demo after criticisms from younger collaborators dished on the pre-finished product.

The eventual 10-track album dropped at the tail-end of last month to instantly warm reception. But unlike M previous studio albums, Yxng Dxnzl is bleached of everything pop and gives an uncomfortably brutal—but honest—look at M.I’s self-portrait.

Through the project, M.I occasionally expresses his thoughts through the voice of other people, whose interviews he samples to feature as skits and interludes on the album. Other times, he disguises his own voice in crooked, glinting bars and closes songs with revealing session with a presumed therapist. Pro-self confidence at every turn, ‘Yxng Dxnzl: A Study on Self Worth’ is a portrait of Yxng Dxnzl in fragments that refract M.I’s persona, forming a more complete picture of a man who has had a lot of dirt thrown on his name in the past.

The lengthy track names are the first hint at the journal-style M.I employs for this project. M.I gets right into it on the first track, “Do You Know Who You Are? Take Some Time And Meditate On You”, opening with the sound of a coin flip and some ominous bird chips that welcome listeners into the psyche of a rapper who almost seems bored of being on top of hip-hop’s allegorical throne. His talent for catchy—often corny—punchlines ensure that his pointedly-existential lessons aren’t hastily shoved into corners and wallpapered over by the wonderful ballad fueled hip-hop beat Tay Iwar produces.

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M.I’s bold statements on lead single, “YRSFUYL”, sticks out like a sore thumb on ‘Yxng Dxnzl: A Study on Self Worth’. Though the harsh bars worked for promotional value when it was released last year, on the album, it only serves to show M.I’s self-righteous side, which the therapist on the album attributes to his lack of intimacy, caused by fans’ idealistic impression of celebrities.

It’s admirable however he’d admit the flaws of the larger-than-life legacy he has painstakingly groomed over the years. This message is especially poignant on the next track, “Another Thing! Don’t Be a Groupie”, where M brags about all his accomplishments, inevitably encouraging the quixotic standards he had earlier complained about.

Despite the implied introspective direction of the ‘Yxng Dxnzl: A Study on Self Evaluation’, M.I’s messages are packaged such that on “Stop! Never Second Guess Yourself”, he can seamlessly go from cheering a woman to speaking to the person in the mirror. On “You Are Like Melody, My Heart Skips a Beat”, a romantic cut from the album, he confesses he’s “Learning Everyday But Hoping This (his relationship) is No Lesson”. But for all the relatable sentiments he expresses, the struggle to reveal the most real parts of himself comes at the price of his ability to nimble in and out of cadences. On “I Believe In You, You Should To, Believe in You” he compensates with carefully considered schemes and a time-space defying fluidity saying “My Self Esteem Was Low As Low Can Be/ Then I Caught A Glimpse of Older Me/ Young Denzel Has Come, Set The Culture Free” over the bass bumping beat GMK produces.

M.I’s deepest personal inflections come together on the 9th track, “The Self Evaluation of Yxng Dxnzl”, the album’s stand out track. The PatricKxxLee produced beat booms with a bass line that goes hard enough for M.I to abandon hip-hop’s braggart conventions, opting instead to explore secrets most rappers would rather keep to themselves; “I’m So Unprepared/ Everybody Wants My Help/ They Think I’ve Got Enough to Share/ I’ve Been Struggling for Motivation/ No one is Aware”. Through his fourth wall breaking lyrics, he can step outside himself and tackle insecurities even the biggest M.I critic wouldn’t dare touch; “Its Exciting When They Sight Him/But They’d Be Different if They Saw Inside Him/ But Here it Goes; I’ve Been Battling a Deep Depression (woah)”. 

The album closes with “Love Never Fails, But There Are Prophecies Love Will Cease to Remain”, a cathartic dirge to the emotional toll those battling depression endure. The track features a verse from PatricKxxLee, who only recently got out of rehab after checking in to seek proper help for his mental health problems. He and other featured artist, Tay Iwar, join M.I to paint a riveting image of the reality of a mental health patient struggling to find help. Tying the mental-health awareness anthem with his personal journey and coming to terms with his insecurities wraps M.I’s self-positive album neatly in a bow. Like his extremely introspective Illegal Music 3, ‘Yxng Dxnzl: A Study on Self Evaluation’ suffers from the same narrowed gaze at the man under the project’s spotlight, but it’s by far M.I most thoughtful LP till date.

You can stream ‘Yxng Dxnzl: A Study on Self Evaluation’ below.

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Hear Hamzaa’s sophomore single, “You”

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Hamzaa’s latest single “You” is a follow up to her debut “Stranded Love”, and it weaves a similar theme of love. The new track was first heard on “Chance”, her collaboration with New Machine. Unlike “Stranded Love”,  Hamzaa replaces her perceived dominance in her relationship with resignation on “You”.

Singing over acoustic guitars, Hamzaa reflects on the beginnings of her relationship with an unidentified lover; “They say that you’re no good but you’re fruit to me”, acknowledging the good times for what they were, regardless of what the voices around her said. The visuals for “You” follows the singer through different familiar spaces in her hometown —the studio, parks and living rooms— reminiscing on the honeymoon phase of the inexorably doomed relationship. In a conversation with NATIVE, the singer  revealed that “You” is going to be the final track on her forthcoming EP. Although a title hasn’t been set and a release date hasn’t been announced, she promises the EP will be out later this year. Watch the video for Hamzaa’s “You” here:

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John Boyega is producing a horror film, titled ‘A Spriggan’

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UK-born Nigerian actor, John Boyega is set to co-produce a UK-based horror feature film, titled, “A Spriggan”. It’s currently under works in Boyega’s production company, Upper Room Productions, in conjunction with writer-director, Keir Burrows and producer Josephine Rose. “A Spriggan” will be Boyega’s second production project with the imprint, the first being “Pacific Rim: Uprising”, which Upper Room Productions co-produced alongside Legendary Pictures.

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“A Spriggan” is said to be based on a UK folklore about Spriggans. Spriggans are said to be spirits related to the trolls of Scandinavia, and the creatures were often characterized as old wizards with large, child-like heads. Although small, the creatures were considered to be ghosts of giants; it was believed that they could swell to far greater sizes. Boyega’s film will follow a recently widowed mother who returns to a property owned by her father only to find creatures of this nature lurking on the land.

There’s no news on whether or not John Boyega will feature on screen yet. However, as of this morning, it was reported that Upper Room Productions, Keir Burrows and Josephine Rose are out to cast actors.

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Genevieve Nnaji makes her directorial debut with “Lionheart”

Sade resurfaces for new single, “The Big Unknown”

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After a near decade-long haitus, Sade Adu and her band, Sade, released their first single titled “Flowers to the universe”. The song, which explores magical rewards of motherly love, was released as the main soundtrack of Ava DuVernay’s directed film, A Wrinkle in Time, released in March this year. Shortly after the song’s release, an interview with Sade’s guitarist, Stuart Matthewman, revealed that the singer is working on an album to be released ‘soon’, though information of the release date is still underwraps.

Nothing has been said about the project since, but the band has resurfaced with their second song of the year, titled “The Big Unknown”. This time featuring in Steve McQueen’s directed feature film, “Widows”. According to a statement from McQueen, Sade’s decision to feature on the film was due to her affinity with the 1983 British TV Series, ‘Widows’, on which the film is based. “It was an honor to work with such a legend. Sade is an incomparable talent and incredible artist who so rarely releases new material” said McQueen, “but luckily the original series of ‘Widows’ had deeply resonated with her”. The remake, which stars Viola Davis, Daniel Kaluuya, Cynthia Erivo, and more, was written in conjunction with ‘Gone Girl’ author, Gillian Flynn. Like the original, it follows four women who continue a bank heist their husbands died trying to pull off while under the pressure of police.

“Widows” alongside Sade’s “The Big Unknown” debuts September 8, at the Toronto International Film Festival and hits international theaters on the 16th of November.

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Watch Terry Apala’s music video for “Baca”

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In the video for “Baca”, Terry Apala’s recently released plus-size women appreciating single, he favors colorful landscape scenes that capture the full effect their beauty has on the world. With barely any digital edit or psychedelic filters, the video follows the song’s muse as she casts a surreal ambiance everywhere she goes. MexFilms directs the video, clipping slow motion takes of her struts and the head turns they prompt from on lookers. The sultry harmony of Terry Apala’s vocals and the Caribbean-influenced beat Popito produces give the movement of her hips a hypnotic effect that resonates with the song’s lyrics; “Your Backside Dey Make Person Lose Control/ If They Turn Am To Drum”.

You can watch the video for Terry Apala’s “Baca” below.

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For women in music and the Irony of Choosing Un-feminism

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“If I literally sat down all day and spoke about how hard it is to be a woman, I won’t have time to be at City FM talking to you because I would be somewhere in Alade Market talking about how women need better rights” DJ Cuppy said, during a recent interview at City FM last week.

The DJ’s comments have since gone viral, spurring perhaps the nth round of conversations on feminism and its meaning on social media and beyond. Cuppy’s statement is a one-off expression of a personal sentiment, but her perspective is a reflection of the oft un-feminist views often touted by women in the music industry and the society at large.

There is, for instance, Chidinma, who “does not want to wear the feminist tag”. On her Guardian Life cover, Chidinma says she believes, the push to make feminism universal has negated the meaning of the ideology writ large. However, “if it’s about women going to school, fighting for the girl child and all those stuff, then that’s okay”, Chidinma says.

Clearly, Chidinma understands that feminism’s core ideals fall right into the purview of her personal beliefs, the only caveat is, she has no interest in being part of an association that has lost sight of its politics. Similarly, Yemi Alade was once quoted by Cable News to have said: “No woman is living on an island with only females; if being a feminist means I strongly believe that the girl child can do just as well as the male child, then call me a feminist. But if that’s not it, then I’m not that”. From Mama Africa’s viewpoint like Chidinma’s, it’s clear the issue may not be feminism as a concept but feminism as a cause with equal parts ideological warfare and idealism in itself.

Feminism propagates that to reach equality, society as a whole must first stop suppressing women. Statistically speaking, women have been oppressed for decades and a majority of our problems in society could be solved if we admit that there is a systemic gender problem, then attempt to rectify it.

This is why ending years of a reductionist social status for women as a core goal for feminism is supposed to be considered as ‘unquestioned good’ without counter-arguments. There is an unintentional doublespeak that occurs when people accept promoting women’s rights and respecting their dignity as human beings, but ignore the prevailing social reality. This conflates radicalism as feminism’s only mission. It is especially problematic when such thoughts are made public.

But there is no problem money can’t solve —or so it is popularly believed— which is truest in this part of the world where classism thrives above all else. For women who work in the music industry as DJ Cuppy rightfully put, they have to make unusual compromises to work around intimidation by men at every turn. Thus, survival of the fittest comes to be determined by how best anyone can prioritize self-interest over the common good. This reflects in the privilege that some celebrities have acquired to self-exempt themselves from issues that affect women all over the continent (and in the world).

The end of this delusion comes with the rude-awakening that male domination is beyond a set of issues that can be circumvented with money and fame. The aftermath of Tiwa Savage’s dissenting voice in the demand for gender equality is perhaps the greatest test of our collective memories.

In 2016, Tiwa inked a new deal with Roc-Nation, survived a major media scandal, and was quite rightfully placed in the spotlight. “[The deal with Roc Nation] is an amazing opportunity for any artist, particularly a woman, because traditionally such global parts have largely been enjoyed by the male artists”, she told Elle Magazine South Africa later that year. Adding, “I’m so honoured it has happened to me. And while it may mean, as a woman, I need to work 10 times harder to make things happen, I am fine with that. My approach is: do what it takes”.

Fast forward to October 2017, in Tiwa’s words on Beat FM, “I don’t think men and women are equal. We can be strong as a female in our career and stuff, but when we are home we have to realise that the man is the head of the house”. What Tiwa forgets is that, the same norm that assigns the man head of the home (in the functional social structure of tradition) is the same norm that supports a culture that hinders the progress of female careers in the music industry.

But since these same women reject the feminist tag because of the ‘apparent’ negativity it connotes, they are inadvertently silenced by the same system they engender.

It’s 2018 and Tiwa explicitly said she didn’t understand the motives behind feminism during an interview with Soundcity radio earlier last month. Ironically, Tiwa still demanded that female artists should be equally paid and equally respected with the male counterparts. But can that be possible? When that’s not the way the family, society, the nation and the world works.

On August 24th, ten days after Tiwa’s statements at SoundCity, she pulled her first headline concert at the O2 Indigo. For one of Africa’s biggest pop stars, the support and post-event press for the concert was oddly moderate. Even more bizarre is when one remembers Wizkid already pulled the O2 Arena itself to rave reviews as a testament to the progression of his career. Little wonder that a few days after Tiwa Savage’s concert, she lamented being born woman. “It’s a sin to be a woman in Africa, feel like giving up, tired of fighting, tired of proving myself, tired of smiling” her Instagram Story read.

It is unclear if Tiwa Savage’s post is because of the lukewarm reception at Savage Tour UK. But it is no less proof that even at peak success, there are limitations African women cannot supercede due to the patriarchal structures that dominate the music industry. Tiwa said it herself she has to “work 10 times harder” because she’s a woman.

In a chat, a female rapper who’s asked to be anonymous, shared a personal experience with the NATIVE saying “I actually used to reject the tag “feminist” because I’m against tags and labels in general, but maybe I did it out of fear. Today I’m a proud feminist and I always make my views known”. In reference to female artists trading favours for career advancement to the point of exploitation: “I definitely have compromised myself so I can coexist with male artistes in peace, but my justification is that for a revolution to happen we have to forego instant gratification”, she says.

A lot of female careers in Nigeria are often trailed with accusations of promiscuity and infidelity that reduces their talents and skill to the men on whose backs they supposedly ‘rode to fame’. But since these same women reject the feminist tag because of the ‘apparent’ negativity it connotes, they are inadvertently silenced by the same system they engender. They become women who cannot say what they truly think; as Chimamanda Adichie says, they grow to be women who have turned pretence into an art form.

If wishes were horses, another female pop star would have fought the fight for people like Tiwa Savage. If that were the case, she probably won’t have to make the rant on how hard it is to be a woman, since she’d be rightfully respected without the need to prove herself.

It is true that “the game is the game”, but the fight for gender equality (in any sphere of life) is a fight so the rules, that demands that everybody has to play the game, don’t exist. If we can’t all be DJ Cuppy—aka Miss Otedola with the money—perhaps we should all be feminists.

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Slimcase tributes Michael Jackson on sophomore single, “Kalamo”

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Slimcase’s new single, “Kalamo”, is a testament to how far Afropop has come from its cringeworthy, derivative past. Although its still largely influenced by foreign pop elements, artists know better than to rip off other creatives without infusing their own originality. The ingenious drum riff and house-fueled ‘Wo’ rhythm of Slimcase’s “Kalamo” may bare no resemblance with any of Michael Jackson’s works, but the dance-inclined song is being promoted as a tribute to the late pop legend.

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Over the mid-tempo beat Killertunes produces for “Kalamo”, Slimcase performs in his signature drunk-hype man vocals, bragging about the potency of his music releases on dancefloors. Asides the MJ name drop on the outro, Slimcase also interpolates shrieks, screams and adlibs inspired by Michael Jackson.

You can stream “Kalamo” by Slimcase below.

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Covers Elle India’s September Issue “The Original Feminist”

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie elegantly features as the cover star of Elle India’s September, 2018 Issue as one of the biggest feminist icons of our times. Asides Feminism, which is the major theme surrounding this issue, the renowned author also speaks about “storytelling spirits, her scandalous cooking habits and endless curiosity with people’s lives”, ElleIndia states on their Instagram page.

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Although the exact date for release is still unannounced, the lifestyle magazine also released a teaser video on their Instagram page to drive promotion. She had her interview with Supriya Dravid, the magazine’s editor, and judging from the teaser video, Chimamanda is both graceful and stylish in her appearance and mannerisms for the feature.

Check out some of the other snippets below.

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On The Couch: Presidential Aspirant, Donald Duke retracts his statement on homosexuality

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One of the human rights issues frequently discussed on ‘On The Couch’, an interview-style web-series hosted by Laila-Johnson Salami and Falz, is the Nigerian legal and social system’s criminalization of same-sex relations between consenting adults. On three of the show’s four aired episodes, the interviewed presidential aspirants have expressed reservations about homosexuality, but they have all —irresolutely or assertively— agreed that the 14-year jail sentence imposed on individuals ‘caught’ in same-sex relationships since 2014, is a violation of basic human rights, as everyone has free agency.

One of the more assertive responses came form Donald Duke, the former Governor of Cross River state and now aspiring President of the Republic. Although Donald Duke founded his argument on a cultural level, he affirmed his belief in the protection of basic human rights by offering a solution: “I don’t understand their sexuality”, he said, “But I will not criminalise them. I will ensure that they have the protection of the law”.

Donal Duke didn’t offer any insight into his proposed implementation strategy, however, his response offered more of an opinion than the other two aspirants —Fela Durotoye, and Eunice Atuejide, who both offered views from people in their political parties, and gave socio-cultural condemnation as a reason to keep the laws as they are. “Except someone within the community is willing to challenge it”, said Fela Durotoye, during the first episode of the show. Durotoye also said that he doesn’t think homosexuals are discriminated against in the current state of Nigeria.

Considering how often difficult it is to draw out individual voices away from the traditionalist monolith that is the Nigerian society, Duke’s response sparked some social media activity. The comments ranged from people calling him progressive to others registering him as unfit to run the country because of this opinion. Donald Duke took an exceptional stance from the lot, which is why it is disappointing to find that he withdrew his statement earlier today —a week after the episode aired.

His statement offers what he calls clarification for the aforementioned statement, which he says was “construed”. What he meant, according to his released statement, is that he won’t go out of his way to find and prosecute homosexuals for this act. Although he already made it clear that his views are not an endorsement of same-sex relationships during the interview, the written statement posted on Instagram and Twitter further emphasised that fact: “Recently, a statement I made during an interview concerning gay rights and homosexuality has been construed as my affirmation homosexuality and same-sex marriage”, he wrote, “Nothing is further from the truth”

In a country where people who identify as gay are often ostracized by their families at best and beat up, shamed and lynched at the worst, perhaps what we need is political allies who wouldn’t let the backlash overshadow their fight to protect the basic right to freedom of another individual, regardless of their views.

Watch the “On The Couch” episode here:

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Eternal Africa features DJ Neptune, DJ Tira, Moonchild Sanelly and Patoranking for new single, “Osikapa”

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As far as South Africans are concerned, the Nigerian music scene was a bit late to the house music party. But you can hardly tell the difference from the enthusiastic reception for house based genres, gqom and ‘Wo’, in both nations. Both genres have fueled the party scenes with their own dedicated ‘gwara gwara’ and ‘shaku shaku’ dance moves in South Africa and Nigeria respectively. On “Osikapa”, Eternal Africa’s recently released single, he features some of the top acts from both soundscapes, DJ Neptune, DJ Tira, Moonchild Sanelly and Patoranking, for a song that tributes house music’s cross-continental appeal and having a good time with a side dish of rice.

Eternal Africa produces the house beat with synths, throbbing bass and a drum riff that resonates almost solely in the hips. Featured vocals from DJ Neptune, DJ Tira, Moonchild Sanelly and Patoranking, performing their verses, chorus and ad-libs elevates the song even further into DJ sets.

Stream the animated video for Eternal Africa’s “Osikapa” featuring DJ Neptune, DJ Tira, Moonchild Sanelly and Patoranking below.

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