Events: Hennessy Presents “TRAFFIC LIGHT SPECIAL” For Beat Bar Crawl Finale

The Hennessy Beat Bar crawl has reached its final lap for 2013! Wizkid, Davido, Ice Prince, Banky W, others to perform!

After touring different Lagos clubs with great Nigerian music and the multiple goodness Hennessy brings, the bar crawl will hold its last club tour tagged “Traffic Light Special” on Friday, December 6^th at the Maddox Club in Victoria Island, Lagos.

The Traffic Light Special event will involve guests wearing a hint of one of the colours of the Traffic Light, which are Red, Yellow and Green and will have symbolic meanings.

Guests in Red are taken and not willing to mingle. Those in Yellow are open to banters while guests in green are good to go and ready to mingle!

In conjunction with Beat FM, the event will feature top artistes like Ice Prince, Banky W, Davido, Chidinma, Sound Sultan, May D, Phyno, Sean Tizzle among other acts.

Events: Confirmed! Rapper Wale Folarin Is Coming To Nigeria For Ice Prince’s Concert

The Maybach Music Group recording artiste had announced weeks ago, that he’s making a trip here. But he didn’t divulge details.

We have now confirmed that Wale will be coming for Ice Prince‘s ‘Fire of Zamani‘ album concert which holds on November 23, 2013. The concert will also feature another international artiste – UK rapper Chip (formerly known as Chipmunk).

Both artistes collaborated with Ice Prince on the #FOZ album. Other big names who’ll be performing at the concert include label mate M.I Abaga, Don Jazzy, Jahfizz, Olamide, Kabbar and Burna Boy; as well as  Sunny Neji, Yung L, Ruby, Morell, Jeremiah Gyang, DJ Caise and DJ Edu.

Gossip & Gists: 48-Hours Into the Nigeria Rap Industry

Kendrick Lamar has totally improved our once botched Rap Industry or should be improving now…

This is The Truth……

Though we have forgiven Ice Prince for always rhyming ‘London’ with ‘Condomn’ (did it thrice), we have forgiven those that did punchlines with H-Factor, there is a Hip-hop revolt where Nigerian Rappers now realize lyrics matter even when featured by Terry G or Timaya…

Last week Ovie of NJO did a Kendrick on the industry when he released ‘Top 10 Most Gifted Rap list’, though I see nothing wrong with the people on it, just their placings that should be my concern a little, but if you get what ‘Gifted’ means, you will have little issue with the list.

The fear of Modenine’s pedigree rather than credit once again played a part in his securing of the #1 spot. A rapper whose album couldn’t out-sell a Burna Boy single? (That discussion is for another day).

Before now, half the Nigerian Rappers think doing a song with Wizkid, tatoo your body and have friends in the industry makes you a star, well that’s just a complex if ‘three-quater’ of the shows in Nigeria you’re not invited.

Now, back to the matter at hand...

The list sparked Godwon (a rapper all of twitter don’t know excluding some small Cliques) angry and pissed, he started analyzing ‘Sinzu and M.I’s’ placement on it. Well trust 'Saucekid’, he entered a studio, while Godwon has already released a track (we all streamed and half didn't download) for Sinzu. Early today, Sinzu’s producer already tweeted, promising us a ‘Career Ending Track’ but considering Godwon’s status, many people asked ‘what career is he actually ending?’

The suprise of all that happened was when a similarly unknown act ‘Rukus’ dropped a diss track. Sounded funny to me considering he actually dissed The Top Cats, I mean Modo, M.I, Naeto-C, Ice Prince?? Who does that? But considering Iceberg Slim’s successfully dissed and Sis’d M.I… Why not? And, Ice Prince tweeted him "...Sucker Punch in the Process!.. Guarantee-ing Him If he Made 10tweets With his Name He’ll Get An NEA nomination.. LOL!!!"

As all these chaos unfolds, Hip-hop lovers in the country dare to ask... ‘Will this improve Hip-hop?’, 'Why didn't they mention Yung6ix, isn’t he relevant?’, 'Will M.I. ever enter the studio again?' 

But the truth is #48HoursIntoNaijaRapIndustry has never been more entertaining!

Gossip & Gists: Ice Prince Versus Vector, Who Would You 'HIT'?

Hit as in, do bad bad things with, not beat up! Lol. So, if only you, him and of course God will know, which rap artist would you quietly 'do' and clean mouth; Ice Prince or Vector?

Gossip & Gists: Eku Edewor, Ice Prince Cover Complete Fashion, Discuss Movie Roles

TV personality, Studio 53 Xtra’s Eku Edewor and top rapper Ice Prince have covered Complete Fashion Magazine‘s March 2013 Issue.

On the cover Eku is styled in a white sleeveless V-neck line top, sequined pants and nude Christian Louboutin platforms.

The Chocolate City rapper is dressed in a kiss-printed shirt, gold necklace, dark sunglasses and black pants.

Both celebrities have been having their hands busy in the world of Nollywood: Eku last year featured in Michelle Bello’s ‘Flower Girl’ while Ice Prince worked with Yvonne Nelson on her movie ‘House of Gold‘.

Gossip & Gists: Ice Prince Denies Snubbing Glo Endorsement Deal

Ice Prince’s label Chocolate City has released an official statement concerning E! 365’s exclusive report that the star rapper turned down an endorsement deal from Nigerian telecoms company Globacom.

Award-winning rapper, Ice prince, has dismissed media reports suggesting that he has turned down a lucrative endorsement deal with Globacom.

Online reports suggested over the weekend that the rapper, real name, Panshak Zamani, had snubbed a multi-million naira deal with the telecommunications giant.

‘Chocolate City’s management have moved quickly to deny the reports saying there is no truth in the matter.’

‘We were just as surprised as anybody when we read the news of  Ice Prince ‘purportedly’ turning down ‘the offer’ , especially since it isnt true,’ said Tobi Sanni-Daniel, Ice Prince’s business manager.

‘Globacom is a multi-national company with an excellent track record of delivering quality. Any individual would be proud and honoured to be associated with them.

‘However to say that we have turned down an endorsement deal is false and completely baseless.’

Ice Prince has recently been busy in the studio as he gears towards a highly anticipated album later in the year.  He has released a remix to the hugely successful ‘Aboki’ as well as released a video for ‘Truth’ which has already gone viral.