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Davido teams up with Brown Joel, Boypee & Hyce for “Ogechi” remix.

“Ogechi” is one of the trending records in the Afrobeats scene right now. The beautiful love song has been one of the most used sounds on TikTok Nigeria and has entered the Apple Music Nigeria’s top 100 chart. Surprisingly, Afrobeats’ 001, Davido has now joined Brown Joel, Boypee and Hyce for an alluring remix of the record. The hitmaker released a snippet of the remix yesterday and fans were instantly impressed with the remix. Set to marry his long-time girlfriend, Chioma, this remix is perhaps the most beautiful love gift to her.

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Nia Long to be included in the 2025 Hollywood Walk of Fame class.

Hollywood star, Nia Long has been announced as one of the inductees of the 2025 Hollywood Hall of Fame class. Long, popular for her role in acclaimed movies like “Soul Food”, “Love Jones” and tv series like “Empire” and “Best Man”, is included within the Motion Picture category which also includes stars like Bill Duke, John Carpenter, Colin Farrell and Lisa Lu. Reacting to this, Nia Long shared her excitement on social media. She said, “My mother used to tell me when I was a little girl I would have a star on the HOLLYWOOD HALL OF FAME one day. I never really believed it was possible. Life was hard back then. Today, a dream came true for both of us.”

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Sabrina Carpenter earns her first Billboard no. 1 with “Please Please Please”.

American singer, Sabrina Carpenter is on a roll. Ahead of her upcoming album, “Short N’ Sweet”, her new song, “Please Please Please”, which comes as a follow up to her hit single, “Expresso” has just become her first ever song to peak at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts, four weeks after its official release. Reacting to this, the singer shared her excitement by posting a screenshot of a fan’s reaction when the song was released. The fan wrote, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone fumble a second single this hard, my goodness.”

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XXL unveils its 2024 Freshman Class, including 4Batz and Cash Cobain.

Over the years, the XXL Freshman Class has been one of the most successful ways of introducing some of the best new artists in hip hop. With many new artists popping out this year, there has been a high level of anticipation from fans to see the new stars included in the 2024 class. However, the official list has just been unveiled and it includes breakout stars, 4Batz, Hunxho, Scar Lip, Rich Amiri, Maiya The Don, Skilla Baby, BigXThaPlug, That Mexican OT, Lay Bankz, BossMan Dlow and Cash Cobain. These artists will freestyle on a beat created by Southside and fans are thrilled to see what these new stars bring to the Cypher.

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Lauryn Hill announces “The Miseducation Anniversary Tour” with Fugees & YG Marley.

Months after cancelling some of her shows due to complications with her voice, Lauryn Hill has just announced a new set of tour days for her “The Miseducation Anniversary Tour”. This tour celebrates the 25th anniversary of her highly acclaimed album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” which was recently regarded as the greatest album of all time by Apple Music. The tour is set to commence on August 9 at the Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa and will go through other states in America and European cities like London, Paris and Amsterdam. Lauryn’s former group, The Fugees and her son, YG Marley will be special guests at the tour.

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