Portable, a young musician, paid a courtesy call to Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife.In videos and photographs on Portable's Instagram account, the Ooni of Ife was seen sitting close to the Ooni of Ife, conversing in Yoruba about music. The Zazu singer and his entourage also paid their respects to the queen and cabinet members.Portable's polite visit was particularly memorable since the Ooni of Ife bestowed financial blessings on him. Even thou...

Songs by Nigerian musicians Burna Boy and Ayra Starr have been included in former President of the United States of America Barack Obama’s 2023 summer playlist.The 44th American leader unveiled the list via his Twitter handle on Thursday night.“‘Sittin’ On Top Of The World’ by Grammy award-winning Nigerian singer Burna Boy, featuring US-based British rapper 21 Savage, and Ayra Starr’s ‘Sability’ were the only afrobeats songs on the playlist.Sharing the playlist, Oba...

The new video comes ahead of festival performances at Reading and Leeds next weekend and a UK headline tour next month.In a statement, she said of the new video: “’Sad Girl Summer’ was so much fun to film. I got to smash up a whole table of stuff... I had a baseball bat and whacked the shit out of everything. It was amazing. It was a home run. Seriously, though, it was one of the best things I have done so far."Jamie, the director, had the most amazing concepts. I w...