Justin Bieber’s DJ details how Essence remix happened.
Wizkid and Tems ruled the global scene during the lockdown period with their magic collaboration. The creation of Essence immediately impacted both artistes’ careers, making history as the first Afrobeats song to achieve a Billboard Top Ten entry. In truth, the magic of this song was further evident in the making of the remix with Pop star, Justin Bieber. In an interview, Justin’s DJ, Tay James revealed that he played the track to Justin Bieber, which he jumped on immediately. Soon after they reached out to Wizkid’s team and the rest became history.
J Hus expected to drop his new project anytime soon.
After a two years hiatus, UK rapper, J Hus seems to be back! Earlier, he disclosed that he was working on an album. Different speculations pointed to the album being titled “DON’T SAY MILITANCY”, which he consistently teased on social media and across London. With the release of It’s Crazy and Who Told You with Drake, fans are very hopeful of the album being released anytime now.
Lil Durk wants to make an album with Morgan Wallen.
Perhaps, it’s weird to think of a rap and country genre collaboration. Well, Lil Durk does not think so. American rapper, Lil Durk, has in a social media post, shared his intention to make a collaborative album with Country star, Morgan Wallen. Morgan Wallen is presently dominating the Billboard charts with his single, Last Night and his album, One Thing at a Time. Both artistes have a recent collaboration on Durk’s album and fans are excited about the prospect of another cross-genre experimentation.
Five Nigerian artistes nominated for 2023 BET Awards.
Nigerian artistes continue to make waves in the global market, breaking bounds, selling records and selling out shows. The 2023 Black Entertainment Awards has however recognized some of the strides of these Nigerian artistes. Burna boy leads the pack with four nominations to compliment his global domination with Last Last. Tems follows suit with three nominations, including the best collaboration for her contribution to Future’s Wait for You. Wizkid is also nominated in the best collaboration category for his contribution to Chris Brown’s Call Me Everyday. New cats, Asake and Arya Starr also receive one nomination each.
Davido places Burna boy with Fireboy and Rema as “new cats”.
The recent interview of Afrobeats star, Davido, is presently causing an uproar on social media. In the interview, Davido stated that he and Wizkid were the first youngins to blow up, further revealing how proud he was for new cats like Burna boy, Fireboy, Rema and Asake, who were now taking the world by storm. The inclusion of Burna Boy as a new cat has however caused a major uproar on social media, with fans clashing over Burna Boy’s new cat inclusion. Many fans have maintained that Burna boy had been a household name since 2011 and this attempt is aimed at poking Burna Boy.
