In 2006, a crew of young musicians from Nigeria set up the Hottest Coalition of Nigerian DJs. The group comprised artists living in the country as well as in the growing diaspora around the world. Their mission was to promote the kind of music that was popular in West Africa …
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UPDATE (1/7): A month after dropping their collaborative single “B. d’Or,” Burna Boy and Wizkid have shared a new video for the track. Bottles pop and money drops all over the clip, which finds the artists in pure celebration mode. Nigerian-American UFC Welterweight Champion Kamarudeen “Kamaru” Usman makes an appearance. …
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When Rihanna met Tems, you would have thought that Tems was the newly minted billionaire. The Bajan mogul brought the 26-year-old Nigerian singer-songwriter into a firm embrace at the New York premiere of her latest Savage X Fenty fashion show in September: “Enough of that humble shit,” Rihanna was heard …
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