Veteran rapper Michael Ugochukwu Steven, aka Ruggedman, has said Nigerian music nowadays rarely passes any meaningful message.He said Afrobeats singers focused more on beats than lyrical content.Rugged D’Baba, as he is fondly called, in a recent interview with Hip TV, charged the new crop of Nigerian artistes to include consciousness in music.He said: “Everybody can’t do the same thing. Everybody can’t have the same mindset. So, that’s where inspiration comes in. Pe...

Popular Nigerian gospel singer, Mercy Nnenda Chinwo, better known as Mercy Chinwo, and colleague, Gift Ugochi Christopher, professionally known as Minister GUC, have continued to cause a stir on social media as they unfollow each other on Instagram.A check on their pages shows that the gospel musicians, who had once worked together, had cut ties. A look at their followers showed they were no longer following each other.Before the drama, Mercy and Minister GUC were g...

Ahmed Ololade, also known as Asake professionally, and Daniel Benson, also known as BNXN, are two well-known Nigerian Afrobeats musicians who have been selected by YouTube to be part of its 2023 YouTubeBlack Voices creators and artist cohorts.The initiative, according to a statement released on Tuesday by YouTube EMEA's Managing Director of Emerging Markets, Alex Okosi, was a follow-up to a global multi-year commitment made in 2020.YouTube will provide $20,000 and $...