“I don’t care,” he tells me, “as long as I get paid for my beats.” Henry (actual name withheld) is a Lagos-based music producer who gets his sustenance from making instrumentals for mostly upcoming hip-hop artists. His fingers are combing through his thick beard and there’s a determined yet nonchalant Read more…
Pretext: The The 63rd annual Grammy awards ceremony was originally slated to hold January 31st, but has since been rescheduled for March due to the Pandemic. Nigerian afrobeat artist is nominated in the “Best World Album” category. If you are familiar with the Nigerian music scene, you must have witnessed Read more…
Disney UK has announced that the much anticipated Black Widow movie’s runtime to be 133 minutes (2hours and 13 minutes) alongside a speculated release date of 7th of May, 2021, and fans are in a frenzy! The initial excitement that accompanied the announcement of a full length Black Widow movie Read more…
In 2018, a greatly impressed Emmanuel Macron shared a video in which he praised 11 year old Kareem Warris Olamilekan after he had drawn a very realistic image of the French president in just under two hours, during a visit to Fela Kuti’s New African Shrine. The media buzz it Read more…
Damola Moshood Ojulari is a 22-year-old hyper-realism artist. He is a final student from the University of Ilorin of the department of Economics and a hip hop scholar. Over the course of our conversation, he was able to express his satisfaction and challenges as an artist. He also shared how Read more…
Olaiya Ayotunde Abass is a 26-year-old graduate from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He graduated from the Department of Statistics in Mathematics. He is the CEO of FarmyApp. He discussed the inspiration behind FarmyApp and its services. He also spoke on challenges faced and expectations for his business. Mr. Ayotunde and Read more…
It all started out as a joke. Great big China discovering a new virus, prominent religious leaders foretelling doom or prosperity and grace, and protection for her members. The only continent country recovering from its deadliest yet fire with almost a million animals perishing in less than a month, fire Read more…
I was able to catch the C.E.O of Bleam Hair, Janet Akingboye, on a 15-minute WhatsApp call during the early hours of Thursday, last week before she began her busy day. I could hear the rasping of good night sleep in her voice, and the excitement to talk about her Read more…
It was a wet Friday evening. The storm had passed but I could still hear the drizzling outside and I could smell the petrichor in the air….. Needless to say, it was a good evening. A 30 minutes WhatsApp phone call with Opeoluwa Anjola Olalanke, the CEO of Radiant Fashion Read more…
Aderinke Dolapo Adediran is the CEO and chief baker of Ricky Cakes and Treats. After scheduling and rescheduling, I was talking with Aderinke. We sat down for a 40 minutes conversation on Saturday, the 23rd of May, 2020. She had finished baking a masterpiece for one of her many clients. Read more…
