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Singer Tekno Partners With Mr. Eazi For African Music Evolution
Nigerian singer and record producer, Augustine Okechukwu, popularly known as Tekno, has entered into partnership with ’emPawa Africa’, the great music establishment of Mr Eazi, to pave the way for African music evolution.
Mr Eazi announced this via his X-account, on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, as an achievement by his company.
According to Mr Eazi, the partnership will see Tekno’s Cartel Music releasing some exciting new music via ’emPawa Africa’.
He said: “This phase will see them partnering with African artistes at different stages of their careers, as who want to maintain financial and creative freedom.
“Also, they can move from talent for hire to equity participation.”
“It’s a first-of-its-kind deal for Afrobeats. This game-changing collaboration will see Tekno’s cartel music releasing exciting new music via emPawa Africa.”
“Additionally, Tekno plans to invest as a shareholder in ’emPawa Africa’ during the company’s next capital call round.”
He said emPawa Africa had been at the forefront of discovering and nurturing emerging talent across the African continent, building a launch pad for artistes to shine on the global stage.
“We have worked with Joeboy, Major League DJz, Fave, King Promise, Minz and DJ Neptune, among others.”
On the partnership, Tekno said: “This alliance with emPawa will provide an avenue to be a game-changer for the African music industry and a beacon of opportunity for artistes.”
In 2018, it reported in the media that Mr Eazi launched ’emPawa Africa’, a talent improvement initiative, to nurture and support up-and-coming African artistess.
Tekno joins Grammy-winning music producer Michaël Brun among those who have invested in “emPawa Africa”.
Teckno’s new single will be released on Friday, May 24, 2024.
Our MPCA grandfinale will come up on the 20th of June 2024 at wocdif, along ringeoad, osogbo, osun state, Nigeria.
Nigerian Afrobeats singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, aka Wizkid, has announced that his sixth studio album would be dedicated to his late mum, Jane Morayo Balogun.
The ‘Ojuelegba’ hitmaker made the announcement in a video message shared via his social media platform on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
He also disclosed that the album, which is titled ‘Morayo’ and in honour of his late mum, would be released ‘very soon’.
Wizkid’s words: “My album ‘Morayo’, dedicated to my mum, the love of my life, drops very soon. Don’t dull. Don’t sleep.”
It could be recaled that Wizkid’s mother, Jane Dolapo Balogun, died on August 18, 2023, in London.
The singer said the pain of losing his mum ‘hurts deeply’.
In his words: “The pain is profound.”
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Actress Patience Ozukor: I Rejected The Name-Tag ‘Liz Benson of Enugu’ On Me, To Have My Own Name-Tag ‘Patience Ozukor’
Nollywood veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor, has disclosed and talked about how people tried to impose titles and name-tags on her at the beginning of her career and how she handled it.
The veteran actress said when she began her acting career, people tried to compare her with legendary actress, Liz Benson, by tagging her as ‘Liz Benson of Enugu’ but she rejected the tag because she believes they are both unique.
She disclosed that she also rejected suggestions to answer her husband’s first name as her surname and instead chose to bear his family name.
She actually disclosed this in an interview session via a media platform.
Her words: “I don’t know how it started, all I know was that when I started my acting career and people started recognizing this woman from Enugu.”
“So, there was a time I came to Lagos for a shoot and people started saying, ‘That’s her, this woman from Enugu.’ They said, “You’re the ‘Liz Benson of Enugu.”
“I said, ‘No, with all due respect, I don’t want to be like Liz Benson, I want to be myself. I am ‘Patience Ozokwor of Enugu’.”
“And some people came and said, ‘You don’t even need to answer Patience Ozokwor again. Answer your husband’s first name Edmund; Patience Edmund.’
“I said, ‘No, because in Igbo land, you’re not just married by one man, you’re married by a family. I don’t know about other tribes.”
“So, my husband’s people, their name is Ozokwor. When you mention Ozokwor in any part of this world, people who know the Ozokwors would say ‘I know where she comes from’,” she concluded.
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