The singer tweeted his latest acquisition, a BMW X6.

Here is the OFFICIAL VIDEO for the viral new single by Syndik8Records recording artist / Pepsi Ambassador Lynxxx feat Wizkid and starring the beautiful Ghanian actress, Joselyn Dumas.

Shot on location in Lagos Nigeria by Syndik8 Films Directed by Tom Robson

The Channel O Music Video Awards, have announced this year’s nominees and 13 Nigerian artistes make the final cut. They include: D’Banj, P-Square, 2face, Wande Coal, Wizkid, Flavour Nabania, Tiwa Savage, Davido, Mo’Cheddah, Brymo, Ice Prince and Naeto C.

However, it is Camp Mulla, a Kenyan pop group, who got the highest nominations (4) – in the ‘Most Gifted East African video of the Year’, ‘Most Gifted Newcomer video of the Year’, ‘Most Gifted Video of the Year’, and ‘Most Gifted Group/Duo’.

The ninth edition of the awards, will be held on November 19 in Kliptown, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Check out the full list below:

Most Gifted South video of the Year
Cashtime Fam – Shut it down (Stundee)
HHP – Bosso
Shota ft Shana
Zeus – Dancing Shoes
Paul G ft Maezee – The Feeling
Shugasmakx ft Moneoa – Take it Easy

Most Gifted Hip-hop video of the Year
Khuli Chana feat Notshi – Tswa Daar
L-Tido – Smash
Ice Prince – Superstar
M.Anifest – Makaa Maka
K’NAAN feat Nas – Nothing to lose

Most Gifted West African video of the Year
D-Black ft Mo’Cheddah – Falling
Wizkid – Pakurumo
Sarkodie feat Obrafour – Saa Okodie No
Naeto C – I gentle
Wande Coal – Private trips

Most Gifted R&B music video of the Year
Lloyd Cele – Hero
Lizha James ft Perola – Leva Boy
Flavour feat Tiwa Savage – Oyi
2Face – Be there
Habida feat Cannibal – My Reason

Most Gifted East African video of the Year
Keko feat Madtraxx – Make You Dance
Camp Mulla – Party Don’t stop
AY feat Sauti Soul – I Don’t Want to Be Alone
K’Naan and Nas – Nothing to lose
Navio – One & Only

Most Gifted Dance video of the Year
DJ Zinhle feat Busiswa – My name is
DJ Cleo – Facebook
OS3 feat Tchoboly – Mokongo
Davido – Dami duro
Bucie – Get over it
Cpwaa – Hnmm

Most Gifted Newcomer video of the Year
Toya Delazy – Pump it on
Davido – Dami duro
E.L. – Turn the lights down
Camp Mulla ft – Party don’t stop
Donald – I deserve

Most Gifted Afro Pop video of the Year
Jozi – Ugologo
DJ Sbu ft Zahara -
Gal Level feat Toniks – Money
Brymo – Ara
Maurice Kirya – I don’t Want to Fight

Most Gifted Reggae video of the Year
HHP feat Lutan Fyah, Omar Retnu – Baheitane (remix)
Buffalo Souljah ft Cabo Snoop – Styra Inonyengesa
Ice Prince – Juju
Orezi – Booty Bounce
Wyre – Dancehall party

Most Gifted Kwaito video of the Year
Kabelo ft Professor: Amapantsula’Ajabulile
Spikiri ft Various Artists – Ngeke Balunge
Big Nuz – Serious
Ees feat Mandoza – Ayoba
The Dogg ft Brickz – Tromentos

Most Gifted Video of the Year
Dj Zinhle ft Busiswa – My name is
Khuli Chana ft Notshi – Tswa daar
Toya Delazy – Pump it on
Lizha James feat Perola – Leva boy
Big Nelo: Sente o beat
D’banj – Oliver twist
Brymo – Ara
Sarkodie feat Obrafour – Saa Okodie No
Camp Mulla – Fresh all day
AY feat Romeo, Lamyia – Speak with your body

Most Gifted Female Video of the Year
Zahara – Loliwe
Lizha James feat Perola – Leva body
Tiwa Savage – Love me love me love me
Mo’Cheddah feat Phenom – See me
Keko feat Madtraxx – Make you dance

Most Gifted Male Video of the Year
Khuli Chana ft Notshi – Tswa Daar
PRO – Makasana
Big Nelo – Sent
D’banj – Oliver twist
Ay feat Romeo and Lamyia – Speak with your body

Most Gifted Group/Duo
Mi Casa – Heavenly sent
Liquideep – Still
Camp Mulla – Fresh all day
Buffalosouljah ft Cabo Snoop – Styra Inonyengesa
Psquare feat Akon, May D – Chop my money

The official list of nominations for this year’s HEADIES (formerly known as HipHop World Awards) has been released.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Best album (solo or group) in year under review, that meets judges’ requirements of excellence (in every realms: songwriting, production, rendition and promotion) and acceptability (sales, popularity)

Everybody Loves Ice Prince – Ice Prince

The Invasion – P-Square

Superstar – Wizkid

Super C Season – Naeto C

 

ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

Most critically and commercially adjudged artiste in the year under review Overall most successful artiste for the year under review.

P-Square

Wizkid

Ice Prince

Naeto C

D’Banj.

 

SONG OF THE YEAR

Most popular song from an album in year under review. Decided by voting

Chop My Money – P-Square ft. Akon & May-D

Dami Duro – Davido

Oliver Twist – D’Banj

Gaga Crazy – Chuddy K

Kukere – Iyanya

 

RECORDING OF THE YEAR

Best single recording (on-air only or released) by artiste or group in year under review. Originality and production very essential

Stupid Song – Bez

Private Trips – Wande Coal

Ara – Brymo

I Love You – Praiz

 

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

The individual responsible for producing the most acclaimed songs/album in the year under review. His CV for the year includes top-notch tracks and production credits no one can fault.

Cobhams – Stupid Song (Bez)

Tee-Y Mix – Super C Season (Naeto C)

Shizzy – Dami Duro (Davido)

Jay Sleek – Private Trips (Wande Coal)

Jesse Jagz – E.L.I (Ice Prince)

 

BEST MUSIC VIDEO (AWARD GOES TO DIRECTOR)

Best conceptualised, best edited, best picture, best directed and most exciting video in year under review as voted by fans and decided by the jury.

5 & 6 (Naeto C) – Clarence Peters

Chop My Money Remix (P-Square) – Jude Okoye

Ara (Brymo) – Aje Filmworks

Kosorombe (Dipp ft. Da Grin) – Mex

 

BEST R ‘N’ B SINGLE

Best R&B single in year under review (by single individual or group)

Private Trips – Wande Coal

Stupid Song – Bez

Nawti – Olu Maintain

Soundtrack – May D

Love Me (3X) – Tiwa Savage

 

BEST POP SINGLE

Best pop single in year under review (by single individual or group)

Dami Duro – Davido

Oliver Twist – D’Banj

Gaga Crazy – Chuddy K

Chop My Money – P-Square

Kukere – Iyanya

 

BEST R ‘N’ B/ POP ALBUM

Best R&B or pop album in year under review (by single individual or group)

Superstar – Wizkid

Super Sun – Bez

Versus – 9ice

The Invasion – P-Square

 

BEST RAP SINGLE

Best single released on-air recording of a rap song

Too Much Money – Iceberg Slim

Shutdown – Phyno

Angeli – Vector ft. 9ice

Oh My Gosh – Yung6ix

Young Erikina – Olamide

 

BEST RAP ALBUM

Best album by a rap artiste or group in year under review

E.L.I – Ice Prince

The Dreamer Project – Show Dem Camp

Rapsodi – Olamide

Super C Season – Naeto C

 

LYRICIST ON THE ROLL

Rap Artiste with best lyrical depth and performance on a single song or album

Vector – Angeli

Yung6ix – Oh My Gosh

Iceberg Slim – Too Much Money

Phyno – Shutdown

Erigga – Mo Street Gan

 

BEST COLLABO

Best R&B, Pop or hip hop collaborative track (including cameos) in year under review

Chop My Money remix – P-Square ft. Akon & May-D

Angeli – Vector Ft. 9ice

Carolina – Sauce Kid Ft. Davido

Stupid Song – Bez Ft. Praiz

Orobo – Sound Sultan Ft. Excel & Flavour

 

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE)

Single male artiste with most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album

Wande Coal – Private trips

Banky W – Low Key

Praiz – I Love You

Brymo – Ara

Bez – Stupid Song

 

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)

Single female act with most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album

Tiwa Savage – Love Me, Love, Love Me

Chidinma – Kedike

Ijeoma – Oloomi

Waje – Na The Way

 

AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

Non Nigerian category

Sarkodie (Ghana) – Azonto

Camp Mulla (Kenya) – Feel No Pain

D-Black (Ghana) – Get On The Dancefloor

Zahara (South Africa) – Loliwe

 

BEST STREET HOP

The most popular street-hop single in year under review

Kako Bi Chicken – Reminisce

Gaga Crazy – Chuddy K

Akpako – Terry G

Roll – Rayce

Mo Street Gan – Erigga

 

NEXT RATED

Most promising upcoming officially unreleased act in the year under review

Davido

Eva Alordiah

Praiz

Chuddy K

 

HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION OF THE YEAR

Best New artiste in the year under review

Wizkid

Ice Prince

Bez

Timi Dakolo

Olamide

 

HEADIES HALL OF FAME

Special recognition for excellence and outstanding impact to the entertainment industry.

Femi Kuti.

After collaborating with US rappers Young Jeezy, The Game and  Wale, Nigerian  singer Wizkid has recorded a duet with  Canadian rapper and record producer Kardinal Offishall.

Saharareporters recently published an article written by veteran rap artiste and enterpreneur, eLDee where he has distanced himself from the Mo’Hits, D’banj and Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign scheme after their allegedly re-edit of a voter registration initiative commercial he was part of into a commercial where the youth including the artistes Tuface, MI, eLDee, PSquare, BankyW, Duncan Mighty and Wizkid support President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid in the upcoming elections with a free concert to this regard in Abuja on the 25th of March 2011. “I have never, and even more so now will never be a part of any campaign for President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan…  I don’t appreciate my image and likeness being exploited for political purposes without my consent.” He wrote in his article titled ‘The Politics of ‘Our Time”.

Here’s the original commercial:

Read the entire article below:

“Integrity requires three steps: discerning what is right and what is wrong; acting on what you have discerned, even at personal cost; and saying openly that you are acting on your understanding of right from wrong.” – Stephen L Carter.

Months ago, before the 2011 voter registration exercise began in Nigeria some of us were very excited as we saw this as an opportunity to effect the much-needed change in our country. I geared up and began non-partisan campaigns aimed at youths in Nigeria to ensure that they register, vote, and protect their votes. I spent at least four to six hours everyday campaigning on social network platforms, TV/Radio, and print media. My team and I did everything we could from explaining the process, to following people on twitter who posted pictures of their registration cards, to giving away cellphone airtime and even went as far as helping local INEC officials with some of the technical difficulties they faced at the commencement of the registration exercise. We are currently working on an incidence reporting initiative to help curb election malpractices. What’s in it for me you might ask…like I tell everyone who has asked me, some of us just really believe in a better Nigeria. If I have the resources to make change, I wont hesitate to put it towards just that. I am Nigerian, I have a daughter who is Nigerian and I would love to see my daughter raised in this country. I am a true patriot and I have consistently promoted the idea that the Nigerian situation can and should improve with the right leadership.

During the voters’ registration campaign, I got together with a few friends and colleagues of mine to discuss ways to increase youth participation in the democratic process of our country using our music platform. During one of those discussions, we came up with the idea to have multiple concerts across the country, which would only be accessed by registered voters. It felt like a great idea because with this initiative, we could all join forces and get more attention from our intended demographic. Household names such as PSquare, D’banj, eLDee, Tuface, MI, Banky W, Naeto C, Sound Sultan, Timaya, Wizkid, Duncan Mighty and the likes, would easily fill up arenas in any city so why not have a free concert that people can only be a part of if they present their voters registration card. To the best of my knowledge, we came up with a tag called “Our time” for the concert series. In order to avoid the initiative being politicized, we agreed to raise funds through non-partisan means alone.

We put little resources together and quickly shot TV commercials since there were only a few days left of the voter registration period. The commercials were immediately published on TV/Internet and it generated a good amount of attention. At the end of the voter registration period, there was overwhelming evidence of the success of the initiative and we all looked forward to entertaining our registered voter fans at the concert series.

Fast forward to March 17, 2011. I am watching television and I see a commercial that looked just like the one we shot for our campaign. It was indeed footage from our voter registration initiative commercial, however this version was manipulated to suit a different purpose. The new edit describes a free concert featuring D’banj, Tuface, MI, eLDee, PSquare, BankyW, Duncan Mighty, Wizkid and others, which supposedly holds in Abuja on March 25, 2011 and totally omits our voter registration campaign initiative. The advert now ends with a different tagline, “supported by Our Time Group, Youths rising up for GEJ.” I immediately had a cold feeling of shock, betrayal, deceit, and misrepresentation because this was the exact opposite of what we created the initiative for. Now I was being touted as a representative of the youth in support of the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan presidential campaign. What’s even more interesting is that Silverbird TV ran this new advert before and after the D’banj interview with Goodluck Jonathan, as if it were part and parcel of that GEJ campaign initiative. I called all parties involved to express my disapproval and disgust at how anyone would take such an innocent initiative and manipulate it to misrepresent the interest and support of the youth. To my dismay, another slap in the face came in the form of a full-page newspaper advert in The Vanguard of March 22, 2011 with my picture, among others artists, advertising the same GEJ Presidential campaign concert.

It is sad and indeed worrying that people continue to take advantage of good intentions and initiatives for selfish and corrupt purposes. I use this medium to make public that I have never, and even more so now will never be a part of any campaign for President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, therefore please do not expect me to be at the supposed concert. Let me be clear, I have nothing against the supposed concert and its participants; I just prefer to be consulted about such a manipulation of interest beforehand. I have never received any money or gift of any kind from any member or supporter of the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan presidential campaign or any presidential campaign for that matter, neither have I volunteered my services in support of any such campaign. I’ll be glad to announce if and when I do but until then, I don’t appreciate my image and likeness being exploited for political purposes without my consent.

By eLDee

Wizkid is rave act of the moment with another growing single – Don’t dull with a fair share of controversy after the release of his latest video, Tease Me with critics’ concerns centered on the concept of the underground club scene with erotic dancers and his age, now the concerns might just move to his declaration on his relationship status. The young act who is a second year student at Leed City University studying international relations confessed to be a reserved person and announced that he doesn’t have a girlfriend, in a recent interview. “I am seriously single, even though i have alot of girls around me“, he said. Apparently, he has broken up with the chick in his ‘Holla at your boy‘ video who he said to be his girlfriend in a TV interview.

In the same interview that took place on the 9th of February, when asked his age, he said 20 – apparently, being 21 years of age declared in the Tease Me video was for entertainment. In the same interview, he shared the ‘craziest thing a female fan has done to him’ as a female fan who kept a button from a shirt he lost at a gig in Bells University and returned to him two months after.

Recently, There has been an alleged affair between the singer and actress Tonto Dike, addressing the situation, he said: “Tonto is somebody I have not actually met. We only met at a shooting of a video. We became friends on Twitter… She called me her husband and I called her my wife [over Twitter].. and everybody started taking it very serious… She is a very good friend of mine. Tonto is also my big sister in the industry.“

Born Ayodeji Balogun, he has three sisters – he is the only boy and last child of the family.

An evening of classy champagne cocktails, beautiful ballads and banters, interspersed with wild and wicked works from some of the best contemporary Nigerian music makers would also serve as a networking event, bringing together the bright, the bold and the brave in an atmosphere fit for no-holds-barred conversations.

Guests will include musicians, actors, young graduates, entrepreneurs, undergraduates, models, young media players, and other key individuals within the youth segment,  Principal Consultant of Sodium Brand Solutions – Abisoye Fagade informed. Darey Art Alade, Banky W, DJ Jimmy JATT, MI, Weird MC, Emem Ema, Kunle Afolayan, WizKid, Iyanya, Tonto Dikeh, BasketMouth, and many others have already been confirmed for the annual event.

‘Champagne Conversations’ would take place at pool side of the prestigious Eko Hotel in Lagos, on Sunday February 27 2011.

It so happens Wizkid’s holla at your boy was not a total new thought-out or original effort. Wizkid sorta p-squared it. Is he as amazing as the hype has cut him out to be? well Since we are yet to find the original tune for ‘Gidi girl’, I’d let him pass but just be assured the complete melody of that song (gidi girl) was made in a song this century by a lesser known acts to the average Nigerian. See the video below by Se7en titled Girl. Produced by Dark Child responsible for records by late Michael Jackson, singer Brandy et al but this particular record refused to reach the billboard or chart peak.

Wizkid – Holla at your boi

“Holla at yur boy” was completely inspired by the song – he was smart enough to switch: “Every time I turn around, the girls be looking at me” by Se7en to “When you see me come around, I got you looking at me”.

The event put together by Magic Entertainment and Slick Bar VGC would take place every last friday of the month. DJ Pioneer tells that his intenton with DeJaVu Night is to provide fans who have been the only reason the Nigerian music industry as remained as vibrant and promising as it is, a chance to enjoy good music from premium and tested fastrising artistes without the hassle of paying a fee at the gate.

“The music industry is still without a structure even being a multi million industry, pirates living comfortably of their illict trade, artiste still not getting royalties every time their music is used – radio and TV are still promotional avenues and don’t give the artiste enough for using their materials as content”, DJ pioneer said.
“The only reason there is an industry is because there are fans. Every artiste who is in business and big today from Tuface, D’banj, P sqaure to M.I. had to convince and rake in the fans before the corporate endorsement came.They are career artistes and don’t need to moonlight to make ends meet.” he added.

“I feel an event without a gate fee is got this inviting aura,” he said jokily.

DJ Pioneer is a protege of renowned Nigerian DJ – DJ Humility. Born Eno Henry in the 80s into a family of six as the First child, He dropped out from The University Of Calabar to become a career DJ and presently attends private institution, Grace Polytechnic, Surulere. DJ pioneer is an on-air DJ with Rhythm FM.

His dream is to represent Nigerian in the world DJ championship – DMC.

“We kicking off in Lagos island but it would be moving to the mainland and Abuja in the nearest future”, Pioneer enthused about the event.

Deja Vu Nite promises to be like no other experience as it would parade nextrated artistes and a bundle of A list celebrities. The event, hosted by Silverbird Rhythm FM’s Elboogie and Victoria Pepple will hold at Slike bar VGC Opposite Nicon Hotel Hotel, Victoria Garden City Lagos on the 30th of July, 2010.

It would be hosting Kas (‘fimile’ fame) and Wizkid as well as feature an array of noted artistes, such as: Ajuju, Sleek, A Jay, Ojeezy, King Boston with Nigezie’s Andre Blaze as a special guest. DJ Pioneer supported by DJ Johnny Blaze would be on the wheel of steel all night.

Entry into the event jointly facilitated by Slick bar VGC, Magic Entertainment and powered by DJ Pioneer is free and it is open to all but guest would be denied entry when the club capacity is reached.