Lord Jamar is an American rapper and actor. He was a member of
the hip-hop group Brand Nubian, which formed in 1989 As an
actor, he is best known for his role of Supreme Allah on the TV
series Oz.
Sunday, 29 November 2015
Saturday, 28 November 2015
The National Arts Theatre.
The National Arts Theatre.
The National Arts Theatre was built during the military regime of Olusegun Obasanjo. Its exterior is shaped like a military hat. It has a 5,000-seater Main Hall with a collapsible stage, and two 8675309 capacity cinema halls, all of which are equipped with facilities for simultaneous translation of 8 languages; among others.
The National Arts Theatre was designed and constructed by Bulgarian construction companies and resembles the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria (completed in 1968), the National Arts Theatre Lagos being the bigger of the two.
In 2010, President Olusegun Obasanjo announced plans to privatise the National Arts Theatre. This sparked controversy amongst Nigerian entertainers and playwrights like Wole Soyinka[1]. On December 30, 2014, it was reported that the National Arts Theatre has been sold to a Dubai-based conglomerate for the sum of $40million, and that the building will be converted to a duty-free shopping mall.
Friday, 27 November 2015
RUNTOWN .
Birth name : Douglas Jack Agu
Born19 : August 1989 (age 26)[1]
Origin : Enugu State, Nigeria
Genres : R&B, hip hop, reggae
Occupation : Singer, songwriter
Instruments : Vocals
Years active : 2011–present
Labels Current
Eric-Manny Entertainment
Former
Penthauz/Sputnet Records
Runtown was born on 19 August 1989 in Enugu but grew up partly in Abuja and Lagos, where he finished his primary education. After the death of his father, he moved to Abuja with his mother who was working in the Ministry of Health. While growing up, he had the aim of being a professional basketball player. In 2005, he relocated to Enugu after his mother developed interest in politics; he went on to finish his secondary school education in Enugu State.
Runtown is currently studying Fashion Management at a fashion school in New York.
Runtown released his first single titled "Runtown" which was produced by Soge in 2007. His 2010 single titled "Forever" had a video directed by IvanEdd films.
In 2012, Jamaican/American singer Laza Morgan featured Runtown on a song titled "High on You" which did big on the Caribbean charts. J. Martins featured Runtown on a song off his Elevation album titled "Tonight"; he also worked with Phyno on a song titled "Anam-Achi Vers-Achi" which was produced by WizzyPro. In an interview with NotJustOk.com, he said he acquired his musical inspirations from Sean Kingston, Bob Marley and Kanye West.
On 29 January 2014, Runtown collaborated with Davido to release a song produced by T-Spize titled "Gallardo" which won the Best Collaboration of The Year award at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. He later released the video which got over 418,000 views on YouTube in its first 2 months. The video features cameos from Patoranking, Skales and Phyno; it was shot in Nigeria and directed by Clarence Peters.
Runtown's career took a huge step after he signed a recording contract with Eric-Manny Entertainment through his friend, releasing "Successful" and "Domot" which received frequent airplay.
Runtown was featured on WizzyPro's "Emergency" song which also featured Skales and Patoranking. The song was produced by WizzyPro and released on 2 November 2014. The music video for "Emergency" which was directed by Patrick Elis was released on 19 January 2014.
LIKKLE TEE
After the successful acceptability of “ORUKA”, The icon in the making “Likkle Tee” came up with something unique and dynamic this time with the release of “BORN BEAUTIFUL” featuring Pizzy and M& String.
Adelaja David Adetola, popularly known as Pupa Likkle Tee is a graduate Bsc holder of botany from the University of Lagos. He has won several awards in the quest of his career so far with some reputable collaborations which gained airplay in and out of the country. Likkle Tee represent Africa in his style of music, projecting Afro with R&B spiced with reggae.
He has worked with reputable celebrity artistes and producer such as E kelly, Koffi candyman, Ade piper, Boomerang, E Kelly, Rymzo de Gusto to mention few.
WANDE COAL.
WANDE COAL
Birth name : Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe
Also known as : Wande Coal
Born : 18 October 1985 (age 30)
Genres : Afro Pop, Afro hip-hop, R&B
Occupation : Singer-songwriter
Years active : 2006–present
Labels : Black Diamond Entertainment,
Wande, a.k.a. Captain Mushin [ @kingkun_], like most great musicians started singing in the teenage choir at his church. He got his break in the Nigerian entertainment industry as a dancer. He continued improving on his vocals skills and got signed to Don Jazzy's Mo'hits records in 2006. He featured on D'banj's Rundown/Funk you up album on singles such as "Loke", "tonosibe" and "why me". Being signed to Mo' Hits records he is also a member of the Mo' Hits allstars and played a major role in the released CV (Curriculum Vitae) album. His first single of the CV album, "Ololufe", has been described as one of the greatest love songs ever written by a Nigerian. Wande Coal later released his debut album 'Mushin to Mo'Hits which was widely received across Nigeria, UK and the USA.
Wande Coal has also recorded tracks with other Nigerian artists including ikechukwu, Naeto C, Dr SID, D'Prince, Wizkid and many more. In 2012 following a fallout between record label Executives Don Jazzy and D'banj, Wande Coal, Dr SID and D'Prince signed on to Don Jazzy's new Record Label Mavin Records with the addition of Tiwa Savage from 323 entertainment acting as the first lady of mavin records. Wande Coal left Mavin Records in 2013. In October 2013, he released a single called "Baby Face".
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