Lil Wayne comments on the current “Hip hop is dead” narrative.
Lately, one of the driving narratives in the hip hop scene has been the heavy claim about the genre’s death. Many critics have been immensely critical of the current trend of hip hop songs, noting that the rap scene is experiencing its biggest fall in terms of quality. Acclaimed hip hop legend, Lil Wayne has however weighed in on this narrative. According to Wayne, the Hip Hop genre is just innovative and constantly evolving and those criticizing it have just failed to evolve with the sound.
Lil Wayne when asked if 'Hip-Hop is dying' …
“If they say that & mean it, then they’re blind. Hip-Hop is innovative, it’s growing, it’s evolving… If they a musician, they only [mad] because they don’t know how to evolve with it.”
He would go on to make this analogy to… pic.twitter.com/Wxgxbtuwcc
— NFR Podcast (@nfr_podcast) February 24, 2024
Billie Eilish confirms her third studio album is now completed.
American Pop artist, Billie Eilish has shared an exciting update on her upcoming studio album. She had earlier teased new music in an interview with Westwood One’s “The Cookout”, revealing that the whole process was in the final stages. In a new Instagram post, the “What Was I Made For” singer confirmed that her new album was finished. In a series of posts with her rocking a black and grey Balaclava, she wrote the caption, “My album is mastered”. Fans have shown great excitement as to this news.
Billie Eilish confirms her new album is finished. pic.twitter.com/bJI6JAGG9F
— Pop Base (@PopBase) February 25, 2024
Burna Boy thrills fans after selling out 20k capacity Scotia Bank Arena.
Afrofusion star, Burna Boy has become a global phenomenon, selling out stadiums and arenas across every corner of the world. After his highly successful “I Told Them” album, he continued his “I Told Them Tour” with two sold out Scotia Bank Arena shows, in Toronto, Canada. In the first show which took place on Saturday night, Burna Boy thrilled fans with great live performances from his catalogue, with the second show is set to hold tonight. Without any doubt, Burna Boy has become one of the biggest global performers, thrilling fans with great energy and stage performances at everyone of his shows.
FULLY SOLD OUT HOUSE FOR BURNA BOY AT THE SCOTIABANK ARENA IN CANADA! 🇨🇦🏟️ pic.twitter.com/c6MFndBLRR
— benny. (@benny7gg) February 25, 2024
Logos Olori reveals composing Davido’s hit song, “Unavailable”.
Davido’s smash hit, “Unavailable” featuring Musa Keys has been one of Afrobeats’ biggest songs over the last year, receiving a Grammy nomination and spending multiple weeks in the official UK singles chart. New DMW signee, Olori has however just revealed that he wrote and composed the song before Davido contacted Peruzzi to re-write the verse. He however took to his twitter page to appreciate Davido for constantly giving huge platform access and credits to songwriters.
I wrote "Unavailable," for Davido, and Peruzzi wrote the verse — Logos Olori
— Wîñço (@Winco_3) February 25, 2024
Kcee discloses how collaboration with One Republic came about.
Nigerian music star, Kcee hit the spotlight again last year with heavily acclaimed single, “Ojapiano”. Fans were however shocked at the news of an upcoming collaboration with American Pop Rock band, One Republic for this hit song. Speaking at Naija FM, Kcee revealed that the band slid into his Instagram DM and requested a collaboration for the remix of “Ojapiano”. He also disclosed that he worked with popular DJ, Diplo in a record which will be released soon.
How One Republic slid into Kcee's DM.
A collabo with Diplo is on the way too. pic.twitter.com/RsfA79fEy3
— 🐬 @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) February 25, 2024
