Sensational Sarah Aderibigbe, better known by her stage name Ayra Starr, a Nigerian singer, has stated that she does not appreciate being named the Best Female Artist of the Year by the Headies Awards' administrators.The Daily Post cites actress Osas Ighodaro, who served as the co-host of the 16th Headies Awards, as saying that the ceremony had ended with about 13 categories, including Best Female Artiste, still to be given out.The organizers later announced the win...

The Grammy-winning Nigerian musician Burna Boy has been referred to as the "biggest artist in the world" by veteran American rapper and media personality Joe Budden.He claimed to be aware of Burna Boy's prominence in the music industry but did not like how he claimed ownership of the hit song "Talibans" by Jamaican musician Byron Messia after appearing in the remix.Even when Kenye West did something similar a few years ago, according to Joe Budden, he was "vehementl...

No Ghanaian artist is currently as popular as Nigerian singer Asake, according to Shatta Wale, a dancehall singer from Ghana named Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr.On Wednesday, he made this claim during a Twitter chat moderated by Serwaa, a media figure from Ghana.Shatta Wale said, “No Ghanaian artist has even made it like Asake. Not even me.“Nobody in this Ghanaian [music] industry has made what Asake has made. Let’s be realistic.”The host inferred: “But you said you a...