A full 2 hour set, live, no gimmicks. Best in stage presence, best vocals, best in band control whilst still looking motherfucking good. Art in real life
@adekunleGOLD
After eight years of managing the vibrant and hardworking talent,
@Cuppymusic
and her brand, I have decided to proceed on to the next chapter of my career.
The past eight years have been filled w/ great lessons, learning and success.
I leave
@RVMGworld
grateful that I was able
The Artist is not responsible for the task of developing the Nigerian music industry. We need execs, journalists, government officials and other stakeholders to do that. Our artists are just the flag bearers for the messages we need to pass on.
But sometimes we need to be calming down. Artists have to create edits of their songs with features without the feature verse and if the band have been rehearsing that version then they will play that version. Experience is important in this industry.
In light of all this, I need to publish my thesis. Thankful to all those that gave their time to contribute
@GodwinTom
@OneMotolani
@fozadoza
@obiasika
and others. Those that could not be bothered we are our own enemies. Toh
@adekunleGOLD
you already know…you are blessed and favored…so even when they try to push you down…still… you will be “falling up”…
God is the greatest, period.
If there’s one thing I’ve learnt from
@adekunleGOLD
it’s that there is always more from where that came from. Just when you think you have arrived, if you dig deeper there’s more.
African music is currently the medium for cultural and intellectual interchange between Africa and its diaspora. This is why it must be protected. It’s potential for growth outside of the continent is endless as long as Africans continue to be transnational.
Inspired every day by AGs resilience and drive. Touring can be tough but he shows up on stage every show giving 101%. Full 2 hour sets on stage every night back to back.
Singer
@adekunleGOLD
opens up about living with sickle cell disease and how he adapted his lifestyle to stay healthy.
About 80% of sickle cell patients are in Africa. Nigeria has the largest population of people living with the condition in the world
1/2 When
@godwintom
asked me to be on the board for MBA last year, I was honestly so confused but unknowingly to me, he saw how passionate I was about education and development.
The rot and decay in Nigeria as a country is beginning to seep into industries like music. There’s no solving it without tackling Nigeria’s poverty, development and corruption issues.
A lot of artists, producers don’t even know the music they’re making. They don’t know the history behind the sounds in their music. So how do we expect them to keep talking about it?
Label: 2 artists, 1 Nigerian 1 American. Newly released singles at the same time sounding similar sonically. American artist = immediate radio airplays. Nigerian artist with touring history and solid US streaming data = afrobeats = not suitable for radio.
Where we might win is our melodies. They’ll be sweeter because they come from a deep knowledge of sounds that existed prior to the globalisation of ‘afrobeats’.
Afrobeats and afrofusion are two sides of the same knife. As for the others I don’t know. There is no afro highlife or afro emo or afro rave. Afrobeats/afrofusion is music that fuses other genres (hip hop, rnb and so on) with African beat pattern + rhythm and expression.
Ego, envy, greed, self centeredness is ruining a lot of people. I blame poverty small money and everyone has lost their mind. We are scrambling at the bottom of the food chain and still fighting each other.
We rarely see the combo of:
an Artist, who is also a Musician + an Entertainer = without decades of training. That’s why Artist development (creative bootcamps, vocal lessons, performance coaching, styling team etc) were imperative + still is for a long culturally relevant career
Music Business Academy for Africa is partnering with
@orchtweets
for this years Talent Project. Artists from across 6 African countries will be able to submit music to be a part of this project.
@mbaforafrica
@GodwinTom
I don’t think we fully grasp how far behind Africa is in everything. We’re scrambling for 1 award category. Let’s build and strengthen our own local-global systems
Thank you
@musicbizworld
for this write up on
@mbaforafrica
. Alumni’s from last years program are a testament to the impact that MBA has in ensuring an efficient workforce for our industry.
I want to take this opportunity to say thank you
@elizabeth_sho28
One day, I will pay you back properly for supporting me the way you have in the last few years. You may never have an idea of what it meant to me and how it helped.
Thank you, Liz! My rich boss! ❤️🙏🏾
The issue is not isolated to African music okay. It applies to most things originating outside of the Western world. = We cannot solve it until we stop pandering to the West = To reduce our pandering to the West we must build sustainable economies and infrastructures.
Studying the history of africa, colonisation and supposed decolonisation is really putting a lot of the things going on in Nigeria and Africa at large into perspective for me.
to make a contribution.
I wish everyone at
@RVMGworld
the very best of success and will miss you all! ❤️
I will be sharing news of my next adventure very soon, stay tuned. Love and light🥰
“Creativity is infinitely sustainable” - Panji Anoff during
@MBAcademyAfrica
live session whilst discussing the lack of investment and development of the creative arts in West Africa.
Well done to everyone that was promoting afrobeats in the U.K. from the start even when it wasn’t commercially viable. The real heroes esp the promoters. A lot of people pivoted but I hope they’re proud to see the foundations they laid become fruitful
Most artists are not concerned with development. They want to make as much as they can to better their own lives and you can’t blame them for that. We need people that are conversant on the issues the industry is facing to advocate for socio-economic development.