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D’banj In Collaboration with MTN On Talent Development
Nigerian pop star and celebrity, Oladapo Oyebanji, better known as D’banj, is working with the leading telecommunication service provider, MTN, on a project of expanding the concept of talent discovery/development.
The Nigerian musician and entrepreneur has entered into partnership with MTN via a musical talent development initiative known as ‘Telco for Best of the Street’.
D’banj said the project, which was launched in October 2023, will discover, explore and showcase musical talents from grassroot-communities in Nigeria.
The singer emphasizes that the project, which is rapidly growing, is designed to provide a global platform for aspiring-artistes to exhibit their talents and skills.
D’banj said the second edition of the project received over 1000 entries and had the winner walked home with N50 million as prize.
He also said grassroot-communities are playing pivotal role in shaping music talents and creating opportunities, and that is why the project’s main focus is on them..
D’banj, while ruminating on the future of ‘Best of the Street’, stated that he can see broader trends of opportunities and collaborations from the project.
He said he envisages the initiative transcending boarders of Nigeria to become a continental beam for emerging talents.
In D’banj’s words: “The street is where everything is. Even I came from the street. Today, the biggest export we have is crude oil. Crude oil is found in the street. That is, in the ground. It is refined into different products. It is the same with talent; it is natural.”
“You can pick [talent] up and refine it. That is why ‘Best of the Street’ is so important. Today, the biggest export more than crude oil is the creative industry.”
“It is important to go out there instead of waiting. Go out there and amass this talent so that we can nurture them and make sure they don’t make the same mistakes we made. We need to ensure they can maximize their opportunity. There is no better time than now.
“I can tell you that ‘Best of the Street’ will be so big in two or three years from now. It will grow from just Nigeria to the rest of Africa.”
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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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