Nigerian DJs unite for special summer edition of Jimmy’s Jump Off

African’s leading Disc Jockey, DJ Jimmy Jatt is back with the summer edition of his annual DJ concert tagged Jimmy’s  Jump Off Live.

According to the iconic DJ,’ This year’s special summer edition promises to be bigger and better with loads of surprises and great performances from top Nigerian artistes and best flight DJ’s from radio to club and concert DJ’s as well’.

JATT tells NET the event will hold at GET arena Lekki on Sunday, July 1, 2012 by 6 pm.

Performers will include Nigeria’s finest DJs including – DJ Humility, DJ Neptune and DJ Waxxy. Others are DJ Xclusive, DJ Spinall, DJ Caise, DJ Sose, DJ Tony Blaze, DJ Snoop Da Damager, DJ Big N and DJ Xgee.

Tickets can be purchased at Delta kitchen, The Hubs, Barceló’s, The Place, Get Arena, Silverbird Galleria, Ouch Couture, Koko Lounge and Mama Cass at N2,000 and N10,000, for regular and VIP respectively.

Eva, Mo’Eazy join KB and Kel for One Mic Naija

Eva and Mo'Eazy

Newly signed Trybes(wo)man Eva and Darey’s protégé Mo Eazy are to perform at this month’s edition of One Mic Naija, a bi-monthly musical event that showcases upcoming talents and artistes.

Unlike the April edition, which was held at GET Arena in Lekki, Brown’s Cafe on Oduduwa crescent in GRA, Ikeja will play host to the show on Sunday, June 24, 2012, at 4pm. According to the organisers of the event, ‘One Mic Naija returns to the mainland as most of the shows for the rest of the year will hold at Brown’s Cafe, the home of the event.’

As usual, the show will be hosted by Kunle Bello, popularly known as KB, and Soulmate ambassador and rapper Kel.

Other artistes due to perform are Makiller- a 300 level student of University of Lagos, Dark poet, Saeon, MAYtronomy and the winners of Top Radio’s Next Top Talent competition. Regular fixtures, such as the Open Mic session by Coldflames production and LG Electronics will not be left out. Tickets will be sold at the venue of the show for N1000.

April’s edition featured the Jabgajantis master Sound Sultan, Project Fame’s 2010 winner Chidinma Ekile, Teeto, Dee Money, GreyC and Phizzle.

Fans vote Adam Lambert and Britney Spears as sexiest musicians alive

By Olamide Jasanya 

Adam Lambert (L), Britney Spears(R)

Fans of the popular American entertainment website, Billboard.com, think Adam Lambert and Britney Spears are the sexiest musicians alive.

On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 Billboard announced on its website that 30-year-old Adam earned 26% of the total votes cast to become the sexiest male musician and an overwhelming 45% vote made Britney Spears, the sexiest living female musician.

Following Lambert closely on the male list are Adam Levine, Justin Bieber, Enrique Iglesias, Bruno Mars, Usher, Chris Brown and Drake.

And right behind Britney are Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Nicki Minaj.

Karen Igho on-air personality at Naija FM 102.7

Karen returns home after doing Nigeria proud on Big Brother Africa 2011

Karen Igho has taken up an offer to become an on-air personality at Naija FM 102.7, a Lagos-based pidgin English-style radio station owned by Megalectrics.
And it’s a smart one for both parties – Naija FM is working hard to grab a big share in a market currently dominated by the Cool FM-owned Wazobia FM, so bringing a down-to-earth and extremely popular entertainer like Karen could work the magic. And Karen, a Big Brother alumnus, who’s eager to entrench her feet in the industry, will now have an opportunity to prove to critics she can build a stable career and move past the Big Brother glory.
Megalectrics, the company that owns Naija FM also owns Beat FM and Classic FM. Beat is currently Lagosians’ preferred FM station, and the Chris Ubosi-led team are keen to rework the magic with Naija FM.
No words yet from both parties, but we’ve been assured by very reliable sources, who are aware of the deal details, that ‘everything has been sealed’.
Karen will have her own show at the station where Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi is programmes director.
‘Talks have been on for sometime’ one insider tells us, citing instances when Karen asked friends for advise, after visiting the Megalectrics office in Lagos. ‘But both parties have now agreed and she can’t wait to start…’

Waoh Modupe ‘Mo’Cheddah‘

It’s her first big move since leaving her former label and everyone has been anticipating what Modupe ‘Mo’Cheddah‘ Oyeyemi’s post-knighthouse re-introduction will look and sound like.

Now signed to Cheddah Music, the young pop diva has been in the lab recording for months and finally has something to offer her fans – let’s go in…

Her new single ‘Louder’ clearly won’t do much for her; her vocals rely too much on the auto-tune effect which badly affects her melody whenever she pitches. The theme of louder falls under the techno genre and will make its way to the clubs. Its shallow lyrics will however make sure it never leaves there.

We are not entirely sure what concept Mo’ is trying to create with the video neither do we know who the target market is any more. Shot in South Africa and directed by Brandon, Mo’ keeps it an all-white affair as she tries to pull a Katy Perry on us.

For an African pop singer who is trying to shoot up the diva pyramid, this, sadly, isn’t working.

D'banj set to launch his own record label; calls it DKM Records

DKM stands for D'Koko Master Records and Kayswitch is the only artiste signed to the record label for now. Heard a few more artistes will be unveiled in the coming months.

D'Koko Master Records will be officially launched in Lagos at a concert that will feature D'banj, Kayswitch and other DKM artists.

And contrary to popular reports that Davido is signed to D'banj's label, I can confirm to you that it is false. Davido is signed to his own record label, HKN Records. He's only doing some musical collaborations with D'banj

Cutie of the day: DJ Xclusive

 

The superstar DJ who relocated to Nigeria from the UK last year, will be manning the turntables in the Big Brother House tomorrow night Saturday June 16th and Sunday June 17th. Tune in to watch him do what he does best.

He is a Cool FM 96.9 DJ and Wizkid’s official DJ. He also recently bagged an NEA nomination for World DJ 2012.

PHOTOS: Wizkid receives MOBO plaque

EME boys Skales and Banky watch Wizkid recieve his MOBO Award

He won the MOBO Award for the ‘Best African Act’ back in October 2011 beating the likes of Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti and African pop heavyweight D’banj but Wizkid wasn’t in the UK to personally receive his award.

He finally did so a few days back while performing on stage at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo, UK in the presence of his EME crew Banky W and Skales and of course the thousands of fans who came to watch him perform…