God Punish Devil!! Davido & Wizkid Finally End Their Fight As The Both Hug Each Other (Watch The Video)

This is what we the fans want from this two African biggest artiste, Davido and Wizkid.

Recently, Davido and Wizkid crew fought at backstage after the One Africa Music Festival at Dubai which has been the topic on social media.

Not quite long, a video of Wizkid and Davido hit the Internet which shows the two artistes hugging each other friendly.

Watch the video below:-

This is actually what we want from this guys and we hope nothing will happen this time around.

Hopefully, they might drop a song anytime soon.

Why Do Some Guys Spend Lavishly On Women But Fail To Take Care Of Their Parents?

I was merry-go-rounding on the Internet this afternoon, then I came across this thread, and I’m pretty sure it will sprout up alot of conversation on Rayzland blog.

So guys, you are all invited to participate in this conversation.  In all ramifications, this negative trend is quite disheartening, alarming. After God, your family ought to be a priority.

Let me quickly share a true life story:-

Jackson took his fiancee to the village for the purpose of introducing the woman he intends to marry to his parent.

She politely rejected the drinking water his parent served her bcoz it was dirty (instead went to the car to get a bottled water).

Later during the day, due to the unhygienic condition of the toilet, she politely refused to use the toilet, instead held urine in her bladder.

His parents said the lady was rude & not a marriage material.

Diz is a lady who is neat, ambitious, humble, intelligent, & responsible.

She was disappointed in her fiance bcoz he is very rich but failed to transform the lives of his poor parents.

She cut off the affair on the basis of his irresponsibility & wickedness.

Many men fall under this category.

You buy iPhone 8 for girlfriend but can’t give your parents N50,000.

My Boss Rapes Me All Night & Threatened To Kill Me If I Tell Anyone, What Should I Do? – A Housemaid Seeks Advise: CLICK HERE for More

People can be so wicked in this world we are now in fact some has Bsc in wickedness.

Imagine a boss who rapes his housemaid every night, how does he want the girl to feel. She’ll surely be in great sadness.

A young housemaid shares what she experience all night with her boss.

Read what she wrote below:-

My name is Funmi Ajadi, i graduated from Lagos State University in 2016 and ever since then, no job so i was offered a housemaid job and i accept it when there’s no other option.

Like 2 months after i stared the housemaid job, my boss always sneaks out of him and his wife’s room to rape me and he is a police officer and he have sex with me almost all night.

He threatened to kill me with a gun if i tell anyone.

Please what can i do about this?

Suicide Bomber Leaves Many People Dead After Attacking A Mosque In Mubi

Scores of people are feared dead following a bomb blast at a mosque in Dazala area of Mubi town in Adamawa on Tuesday. According to eyewitnesses, suspected suicide bomber around 5 am during the Muslim early morning prayers carried out the attack.

 I counted 27 dead and 49 injured people as they are being evacuated to the hospital, said one Mubi resident, who simply identified himself as Danladi.

The Chairman of Mubi North, Alhaji Musa Bello who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said he would give details of the incidence later.

There are many casualties including dead but I cannot give you the exact figure now as we are trying to ascertain the damage .

Also confirming the incident, the Executive Secretary of Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency, Mr Haruna Furo said his team are on their way to Mubi to assess the situation.

 I can’t tell you the casualty figure for now, Furo said.

When contacted, the Adamawa Police Command Public Relation Office, SP Othman Abubakar said he has yet to receive briefing on the incidence.

The incident was the first in three years since the liberation of Mubi town from Boko Haram in 2014.

-NAN

Beautiful pre-wedding photos of Bernard Adalor And Kelechi Rita Brenda in style

Pre-wedding photos of Nigerian couple Bernard Adalor and kelechi Rita Brenda has gone viral after it was shared on social media.

With the atmosphere which can be depicted just by staring at the photos, one can tell that the couple love one another truly.

They would tie the knot on 25th November at Saint Joseph Catholic church (Mil) chapel Mambilla barracks Asokoro Abuja.

This Is WICKEDNESS!! Man Beaten To Death By A Gang For Preventing Them From Seeing His Sister (Photo)

A young Nigerian man, Abdulmalik Kabir Yaro has lost his life after he was attacked by a gang in Katsina state for preventing them from seeing his sister. Narrating how the shocking incident happened, a friend on Facebook, Maiwada Dammallam called for justice for Yaro.

Dammallam wrote:  This is Abdulmalik Kabir Yaro, a wonderful son of my friend from childhood. Abdulmalik lost his younger brother to leukemia about 4 weeks ago.

This morning he’s dead, killed (read, executed) by a local gang. Abdulmalik’s offense which earned him death sentence in the court of this gang was his effort to stop the wayward gang from seeing his young sister who’s barely the age of courtship.

The gang somehow cornered Abdulmalik and beat him up to pulp yesterday. He was rushed to the hospital in coma and gave up the ghost today around 11 am. This is not in Katsina, Kano, Lagos or Port Harcourt, this happened in the heart of Malumfashi, my sweet serene hometown. I’m devastated!

That the victim was my son while my hometown was the theatre of this ungodly violence, made it even more disturbing. That it’s another crime induced by passion and possibly drugs when Nigeria is debating yesterday’s callous murder of a young man by his wife in a case of domestic violence made it even more tragic and cause for concern.

Where are we heading? Why is murder becoming a cheap option for conflict resolution? What’s missing in the system that people don’t seem afraid to commit grievous offenses that hitherto, we watched only in western movies?

We are slowly inching towards a lawless society for lack of willingness to implement our punitive laws scripted to curtail and control criminality. Most laws in Nigeria are mere decoration; made ineffective by our cumbersome judicial system.

I’m sure the murderous of Abdulmalik would have had a second thought before his murder had they watched a convicted murderer hanged to death for his offense.

Sadly, all they have to stimulate their respect for the law were countless stories of murderers getting away with murders due to a mixture of clumsiness and cunningness of our judicial system.

It’s sad that a cry for justice in Nigeria is a cry that only the victim could hear. Our courts are more like a sanctuary for criminals than for their victims.

With money, one could get away with almost any crime imaginable under the sun. Good cases were lost to judicial technicalities that have no relevance to the facts of the case. Only in Nigeria would a criminal like Evans who made billions in ransom from his kidnapped victims (some of whom were killed by him anyway) would battle the court to enforce his “human right”. It should make sense that people are resorting to improvised laws to deal with criminality.

Thanks to the inefficacy of our justice system, individual communities have designed laws that are already being implemented in full to dispense speedy justice.

Thieves of all grades and categories are roasted by the roadside to circumvent the cumbersomeness of our justice system in most states in the Southern part of the country.

It’s only a matter of time before other parts of the country borrow and tailor the system to suit their needs. The only antidote for such likely crisis is a holistic review of the justice system to make more compliant and user friendly.

My heartfelt condolence to the parents of Abdulmalik for tragic lost of a promising son when in yet to overcome the pain of an earlier. Allah ya jikanshi da rahama.

Ekiti Governor Fayose Allows Death Penalty For Cultists, Terrorists… [Do You Support This?!]

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has signed into law, the bill prohibiting secret cults, terrorism and prescribing death sentence on anyone caught in the act.

While appending his signature to the bill at the Government House in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, Fayose said the law was a confirmation of the unwavering commitment of the state government to combating terrorism in the state.

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A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, said the governor frowned on the resurgence of the scourge in the state, especially among students in tertiary institution

“From now, any person who is a member of a secret cult, whether or not the person is in possession or in control of any offensive weapon but commits the offence, is liable to conviction to death

“Any person who gives financial or material support or assistance to a secret cult or in any manner sponsor the activities of a secret cult, commits an offence under this law and is liable for conviction to imprisonment for life” he said.

The governor further warned that anybody, who intentionally encouraged the organising of a secret cult meeting or activities in places such as houses, nightclubs, hotels and other places would be committed to life imprisonment.

Chef arrested for drugging ex-minister, robbing him of N10million

 Ex-minister of finance, Kalu Idika, was drugged and robbed by his chef

The Chef invited a gang of thieves to rob him after drugging him

- They went away with N750,000 cash and valuables worth N10million

Former minister of finance, Dr Kalu Idika, was drugged by her chef, one Peter Odion, who invited a group of thieves to rob him of money and valuables.

The thieves got away with N750,000 cash and valuables worth N10million naira from the ex-minister house located at 180A, Moshood Olugbani Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The Punch reports that Odion allegedly put a sedative in a cup of coffee he served his boss on Wednesday, November 15 and immediately after Idika slept off, Odion was said to have led his gang members into the boss’ apartment, where they made away with a sum of N750,000, a Blackberry, a Samsung phone and other valuables estimated at about N10m.

Odion was paraded on Monday at the police command office in Ikeja along with four others identified as Samuel Ogana, Joy Omagu, Uboh Obi and Sunday Emmanuel.

The state acting commissioner of police, Edgal Imohimi, said operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau, tracked down the suspects.

The suspects paraded by the police. Photo source: The Punch

The acting CP said the gang members had wanted to use a similar method to rob one Mrs. Augustina Akhibi, when they met their Waterloo.

He said: “The syndicate is made up of six members who specialise in getting jobs as cooks or home helps and while in service, gain the trust of their principals and inject their food with sedatives to make them sleep off. They thereafter cart away their principals’ belongings.

“The first victim, Dr Kalu Idika, was robbed of items worth N10,943,000 on September 20, 2017, while the second potential victim, Mrs. Akhibi, was used by the police as a bait to bust the syndicate.”

He added that drug substances like Diazepam Injection, ground nitrogen (morgodon) table, and a syringe filled with some substances, were recovered from the gang.”

Odion confessed to the crime, claiming he was desperate to get a sum of N60,000 his boss allegedly owed him.

He said: “I started working with the man some months ago. The man owed me N60,000 and he refused to pay. I told my friend, Samuel (Ogana), and he gave me the drug to put in his tea. They came in when he was asleep and robbed him. I played along with them. Other workers in the house did not know I was involved. I got N100,000 from the proceeds.”

Omagu, who was 22, said Emmanuel acted as an agent and contracted her as a housemaid to Akhibi.

She said: “He gave me some sedatives to make the woman sleep, but I had not used them when the police arrested me.

But 38-year-old Emmanuel denied that he gave the sedatives to Omagu, noting that he had got a housemaid for the woman in the past.

He said: “I only told her (Omagu) that the woman was wicked and that she could do whatever she liked to her. I don’t know anything about the sedatives."

The different gangs paraded by the police reportedly operate in the Abuja-Kaduna, Abuja-Minna-Bida, Birnin Gwari-Funtua and Abuja-Lokoja highways.

They were arrested as a result of the Operation Absolute Sanity, which was recently strengthened with additional police personnel and needed logistics by the Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim K. Idris.

BREAKING NEWS!! Korede Bello Leaves Mavin Records

Na wa Oooo! Looks like is that time of the Year where Artistes Quietly dumps their Record Label, And am dropping this one as its hot..

Ok, so for sometimes now, there have been rumors that Korede Bello & Iyanya has left Mavin Records and now here’s what we found 

For the past few months Korede Bello has not been linked to Mavin Records in anyway not even his Social media pages.

According to Reports, trouble started after he released his latest hit ‘My People‘ in September, and since then things have gone south.. 

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And right now to Confirm this he has changed his Instagram Bio to Caspertainmentas his New Management..

Meanwhile his co-stars Reekado Banks and Di’Ja all have Mavin Records on their pages, One thing about Mavin is that they still promote their former artistes, Even Iyanya.

The Way artistes are Packing out of Mavins, it might just be Don Jazzy and D’princeleft signed on the label soon.

Korede Bello might have gotten inspiration from Kiss Daniel‘s big move out of Gworldwide.

Live updates: Military takes over Zimbabwe's capital, detains Mugabe, wife and top officials

The Zimbabwean military has taken over the country's capital, Harare, and no less than three explosions were reported in the city by morning of Wednesday, November 15.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his wife have reportedly been detained by the military in a 'bloodless transition' of power - and the country's deposed vice-president has returned from exile.

Army boss, Major Gen SB Moyo, President Mugabe and family are safe but army is ‘targeting criminals around him'.

 The army commander claimed to have stepped in to calm political tensions over 93-year-old President Mugabe’s possible successor.

 The ruling party has however accused the commander of “treasonable conduct", according to a report by New York Post.

The U.S. Embassy has since issued a warning encouraging citizens to seek shelter indoors ad avoid the political unrest on the street.

NAWA Ooo! See How This African Woman Carried Her ‘Ghana Must Go’ Bag At The Airport After Landing In US (Photo)

An unidentified African woman arrived in the United States in style as she was pictured at the Airport with her ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag well balanced on her head.

Some online users who claim the woman is a Nigerian, believe it’s the woman’s first time of going to America because of how she carried her luggage at the airport in order to misplace any item.

Lol, you have got to love African mothers, they are always proud of their culture and heritage wherever they go.

See users’ reactions below;

Zimbabwe Live Updates: Robert Mugabe Detained As Military Take Over Harare But Deny Coup

 

Zimbabwe’s military says it has seized power to target “criminals” around President Robert Mugabe, who it said is “safe and sound” in custody with his wife.

The army said it was securing government offices and patrolling the capital’s streets, after a night of unrest which included a military takeover of the state broadcaster.

The action triggered speculation of a coup, but the military’s supporters praised it as a “bloodless correction”.

Checkout The Most Followed Nigerian Celebrities On Instagram (Some On The List Will Surprise You)

Social media is another yardstick in measuring the success of a celebrity in this modern dispensation which explains the frenzy over ‘followers’ on social media platforms as at today.

After critical research, Stargist.com presents this list of the 20 most followed Nigerian celebrities on Instagram.

1. Davido – 5.2 Million Followers

Davido, DMW frontline act, is currently Nigeria’s most followed celebrity on Instagram, with five million followers.

2. Wizkid – 4.2 Million Followers

Wizkid’s real name is Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun. He is also a Nigerian recording artist, songwriter, performer, the owner of Star Boy label, which houses music artists, such as:- Mr Eazi, and R2Bees

3. Funke Akindele – 3.9 Million Followers

Olufunke Ayotunde Akindele is a Nigerian actress and someone who has love for music.

4. Tiwa Savage – 3.8 Million Followers

Tiwatope Savage-Balogun better known by her stage name Tiwa Savage, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, performer under Mavins label, and an actress.

5. Don Jazzy – 3.5 Million Followers

Michael Collins Ajereh known as Don Jazzy, is a Nigerian record producer, singer-songwriter and musician. He has been the chief executive officer of Mo’ Hits Records and is the current chief executive officer of Mavin Records.

6. Peter Okoye – 3.2 Million Followers

Peter Okoye is one of the Nigerian musical duo of identical twin brothers with the stage name P-Square.

7. Patoranking – 3.2 Million Followers

Patrick Nnaemeka Okorie, better known by his stage name Patoranking, is a Nigerian reggae-dancehall singer and songwriter born and raised in Ijegun- Egba, Lagos State Nigeria

8. Genevieve Nnaji – 3.1 Million Followers

Genevieve Nnaji is a Nigerian actress and singer. In 2011, she was honoured as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic by the Nigerian government for her contribution to Nollywood. And, she’s currently working on her big Nollywood movie “Lion’s heart”

9. Chidinma – 2.8 Million Followers

Chidinma Ekile, popularly known by her stage name Chidinma, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. In 2010, she rose to stardom after winning the third season of Project Fame West Africa.

10. Yemi Alade – 2.8 Million Followers

Yemi Eberechi Alade, simply known as Yemi Alade, is a Nigerian Afropop singer and songwriter. She gained prominence after winning the Peak Talent Show in 2009, and is best known for her hit single “Johnny”

11. Korede Bello – 2.7 Million Followers

Korede Bello is a Nigerian singer and songwriter currently signed to Mavin Records. He is best known for his hit single “Godwin”, a semi-gospel and pop song which topped many music charts in Nigeria.

12. Basketmouth – 2.7 Million Followers

Bright Okpocha, better known by his stage name Basketmouth is a Nigerian comedian and actor. He has organized popular stand-up comedy concerts like Basketmouth Uncensored across the globe

13. AY Makun – 2.7 Million Followers

Ayo Makun is a multi-award-winning Nigerian actor, comedian, radio and T.V presenter, actor, writer, director and MC. Born on August 19, He hails from Ifon, Ose local government in Ondo State but prefers to be known as a ‘Warri boy’.

14. Mercy Aigbe – 2.6 Million Followers

Mercy Aigbe is a Nigerian actress, director and businesswoman. She is best known for her Yoruba language movies

15. Tekno (Tekno Miles) – 2.6 Million Followers

Augustine Miles Kelechi popularly known by his stage name Tekno Miles or Tekno, is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, producer, performer and dancer. He is a descent of Ebonyi state. He was born in Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria

16. Olamide – 2.6 Million Followers

Olamide Adedeji, known by his stage name Olamide but popularly called Olamide Baddo, is a Nigerian hip hop recording artist from Bariga, Lagos State. He records mostly in Yoruba, his native tongue.

17. Phyno – 2.6 Million Followers

Chibuzor Nelson Azubuike, better known by his stage name Phyno, is a Nigerian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. He started his musical career as a producer in 2003. He is renowned for rapping in the Igbo language.

18. Rita Dominic – 2.5 Million followers

Rita Uchenna Nkem Dominic Waturuocha is a Nigerian actress. In 2012 she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

19. Tuface Idibia – 2.5 Million Followers

Innocent Ujah Idibia, better known by his stage name 2face Idibia, or 2Baba, is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, record producer and entrepreneur. He officially discontinued the use of the name Tuface and selected 2baba or Tu-baba as his stage name.

20. Falz – 2.5 Million Followers

Folarin Falana better known by his stage name Falz is a Nigerian rapper, actor, and songwriter.

Get it first from Rayzland, Fia by Davido

Davido – Fia. DMW’s Davido is now out with the highly anticipated record Fia. This is a million dollar jam. Perceive shots??

Listen below and share your thoughts.

download fia by davido, his new release: Click Here

Is This The Best Collaboration They Can Offer?

The newest released song by Tekno Ft, Wizkid, Mama isn’t a bad song at all, especially when you consider it has all the qualities of a good song. From the intro to the outro, from the beat to the delivery of each verses and the composition of the lyrical contents.

Truly, it is a hit to listen to. But the bone of contention here is that; is this the Best both collaboration both Tekno and Wizkid can do ? You can Download “Mama by Tekno Ft. Wizkid” Here 

Tekno and Wizkid linked together in what is supposed to be one of Nigeria’s strongest collaborations, and the result isn’t their strongest foot forward.

This new song titled ‘Mama’ isn’t the collaboration that we know they are capable of. It just makes me want to call them both and ask them why they misrepresented themselves on what could have been one of the songs to end the year on a high.

How did this happen? Who signed off on such a record? Why did they pick that song as their working material? Don’t they fear God at all? These are questions to be answered.

When Wizkid and Tekno had a fight earlier in the year as an extension of the great and never-ending Starboy-OBO rivalry, they dominated the Nigerian conversations.

Wizkid’s pet name for ‘Tekno’ (duck-face) is one of Nigeria’s pop culture gems, and it became a national issue because of the strength of their artistry and celebrity.

To see them move quickly through the reconciliation process and straight to collaboration is a positive. But this record isn’t their best work.

Tekno is currently one of the most revered acts in African pop music. Since 2015, the singer has properly come into his own, shattering mainstream consciousness with a string of hits. His good run has seen him zoom to the zenith of African pop music, with each new song almost guaranteed to be a hit record.

He has become Africa’s go-to guy for bangers, showing a one-dimensional ability to destroy dance floors from Lagos to Kampala. He’s also a good producer, who have crafted huge records for his peers.

Wizkid, on the other hand, is a certified music monster who can turn anything into artistic gold. A career full of sonic gems has created one of Africa’s most celebrated pop musician with various awards to his name and record breaking entertainer.

Wizkid is so great that his artistry and impact has been repeatedly compared to Fela Kuti, the creator of Afrobeat. What has stood Wizkid out is his big pop records and collaborations which attracted major label Sony Music. His latest album “Sounds From The Other Side” was a product of RCA Records. That’s how big he is.

Bringing these two (Wizkid & Tekno) bastions of pop music together on a record would create certain expectations. On paper, a unification of Wizkid and Tekno’s powers would create a super product with the power to become an instant classic, rule the industry, and dominate the continent.

But this record isn’t that pop cut that ought to have come out. Wizzy and Tekno flipped the script on us. They took the music to a sober dimension. Over mellow, throbbing Highlife arrangements, they begin to introspect.

These make conscious music, reflecting on their rags-to-riches story, and tying it back to the belief of their mothers. How disappointing.

Tekno sets up the sombre mood with the opening line: “I no get money when I come Lagos, Na my dream and my hustle and I thank Jesus.”

Wizkid latches on to this, following up with his own come-up story: “Nobody send when I sabi Banky W, but right now na starboy starboy. Now girls move tingaligaling, God bless me I bless mama pocket.”

It’s the sober gratitude Olympics here, from two artists who have the ability to make Africa go “mad” on the dance floor. This record will have its lovers.

It ticks all the right boxes for the crowd that fell in love with ‘Ojuelegba’. The same crowd that demands for music to be used as a tool for inspiration. They will fall over themselves with excitement.

Of recent Wizkid and Mavin’s queen together sang “Malo” and we all know that that’s a hit banger. Like-wise Tekno and others he has worked with but not “Mama”.

‘Mama’ isn’t a bad song like I mentioned earlier. There’s enough quality in the music to consider it a good song. Some section of fans and commenters will call me a hater for not feeling this. But close your eyes for a moment and think of all the hits that have come from these stars.

Imagine throwing these hits together and creating one solid record that would make enjoyment kill you this Christmas season.

Think of your speakers blowing that mega jam from Wizkid and Tekno. Imagine the potential madness that could have been. Then slowly open your eyes and listen to this reality that they have made.

Breaking: Former President Obasanjo gets UN job

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been appointed into the United Nations (UN) High-Level Advisory Board on mediation along with 17 other current and former global leaders. 

Rayzland: gathered that the Board is composed of 18 current and former global leaders, senior officials and renowned experts who bring together an unparalleled range of experience, skills, knowledge and contacts.

The Secretary-General explained that the establishment of the Board is part of the “surge in diplomacy for peace” he has consistently advocated, and gives due priority to the prevention and mediation work of the United Nations.

The Board is expected to allow the UN to work more effectively with regional organizations, non-governmental groups and others involved in mediation around the world.

In the announcement of the appointments, the world body described Obasanjo as one of the most distinguished elder statesmen of Africa.

It added: “He served as President of the Republic of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, and before that as the Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces from 1976 to 1979.

"Over his long career, Mr. Obasanjo has been involved in numerous international mediation efforts, including in Angola, Burundi, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa. In 2008 he was appointed the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on the Great Lakes region.”

Also appointed into the board are President Michelle Bachelet (Chile) who is serving her second non-consecutive term as president; Radhika Coomaraswamy (Sri Lanka); a 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate, Leymah Gbowee (Liberia); Jean-Marie Guéhenno (France), former President of Finland, Tarja Halonen (Finland); David Harland (New Zealand), Noeleen Heyzer (Singapore), and Nasser Judeh (Jordan).

Others are Ramtane Lamamra (Algeria), Graça Machel (Mozambique), Asha-Rose Migiro (Tanzania), Raden Mohammad and Marty Muliana Natalegawa (Indonesia).

Also appointed into the board are Roza Otunbayeva (Kyrgyzstan), Michèle Pierre-Louis (Haiti), José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Timor-Leste), Gert Rosenthal (Guatemala) and Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby (United Kingdom).

Nigerian Tribune reports that the Secretary-General, Antonio Gutierrez, had in September announced the establishment of the board to provide him with advice on mediation initiatives and back specific mediation efforts around the 

Great Work!! See The Top 5 African American Artists Who Has Given African Artists International Spotlights

Do you know that major half of American artist are Africans or are partly linked to African background? 

So far so good, here are few African American artists who has given African artist a spot to join the league of internationals.

5. Jidenna

Real names Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (born May 4, 1985), better known by his stage name Jidenna is proudly a Nigerian by birth. After his “Classic Man” breakthrough, Jidenna has lived up to expections in the States.

Although, he has not done anything official with African acts but alot of goddies is on the box. From news source, Nigerian acts like Wizkid, Banky W and Tiwa Savage have been rumoured to feature him on their various record yet to be released.

Well, lets see what the future holds. Finger-crossed!

4. Wale

Real names Olubowale Victor Akintimehin (born September 21, 1984), better known by his stage name Wale is also a proud Nigerian. His both parents are “Yorubas”.

Wale became a house hold name having been signed to Maybach Music owned by Rick Ross in 2011. Ever since, he has impressive records that made the US top charts.

Wale has shown his love for Nigerian vibes numerous times. From the list, he has worked with Olamide, Wizkid, Reminisce, Lil Kesh, Davido and more.

3. Major Lazor

MAJOR LAZOR

Major Lazer is an electronic dance music trio composed of record producer Diplo, DJs Jillionaire and Walshy Fire. Having been underground, they sprung up to limelight with their hit track “Lean On”, which featured DJ Snake and MØ.

The song was first offered to Rihanna and then Nicki Minaj who both rejected.

In July 2016, a new track titled “Cold Water”, featuring vocals from MØ and Justin Bieber, was released by Major Lazer. It debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

It is unofficial, but the group have been linked to an African background. Recently, they drop a mixtape titled “Africa is the future” Vol. 2 which featured alot of Afrocentric sounds and melodies.

2. French Montana

Thoroughly, they have aimed to put Africa as centre of music world wide. They have imported they likes of Fuse ODG, DJ Maphorisa, Nasty C, Ice Prince, Patoranking, Wizkid, Skales, Yung L and lots more 
into the league of the internationals.

1. Akon

Real names Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), better known as Akon is an American-born Senegalese singer. He conquered the music world with his first single “Locked Up” off his debut album “Trouble”.

He is the first solo artist to hold both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice. Records after records, albums after albums, Akon has been consistent with the fire.

He has worked with the various hip hop giants in America. His “Hold My Hands” which featured the Late Legend Michael Jackson will always be a breathe of fresh hair to soul listeners.

Down to Africa, Akon has been a door opener to African acts. Not only been featured on but has also linked African acts to other American acts (Psquare and Rick Ross, 2baba and T Pain).

From Senegal to Tanzania to South Africa to Nigeria and to Ghana, Akon has been a leader and same time a supporter of Africa tunes to the world.

He has featured on sounds from Psquare, May D, Dbanj, Wizkid, Davido, Runtown, Donaeo, Senegalese artists Bobaaand Youssou N’Dour, South Africa’s Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Zimbabwe’s Jah Prayzah and the DRC’s Fally Ipupa etc.