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NATIVE Records (Nigerian Record Label)
NATIVE Records is a UK-based Nigerian record label owned by The NATIVE Networks and formed by '' The Native magazine'' co-founders Chubbziano and Teezee. In 2022, following the release of the NATIVE Sound System debut long-play ''NATIVEWORLD'' on 18 August 2022, the record label was unveiled to the public. The label is home to Teezee, NATIVE Sound System, Odumodublvck, and Smada. History NATIVE Records is founded by the Nigerian music magazine The Native in 2022, as a division of The NATIVE Networks. The label is headed by its co-presidents Seni Saraki, Teni Zaccheaus, and Sholz Fagbemi. On 20 September 2022, the label went into a joint venture partnership with the multinational label Def Jam, with the sole aim to sign and develop talents in Africa and its diaspora. On 23 November 2022, NATIVE announced the signing of its first recording act Odumodublvck, and went on to release his first single with the label, titled "Picanto" featuring ECko Miles, and Zlatan. On 29 Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teezee
Teni Zaccheaus JR. (born 27 June) better known by his stage name Teezee (stylized as TeeZee) is an English-Nigerian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive. He is one-third of the musical group DRB LasGidi with BOJ and Fresh L. He currently serves as the co-president of NATIVE Records, and co-founder of The NATIVE Networks (subsidiaries include: The Native, and NATIVE Records). He is best known as a pioneer of alté, and credited for the crossover success of Odumodublvck singles "Picanto" and "Declan Rice". Early life and education Teniola Zaccheaus JR. was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and raised between London, England, and Lagos, Nigeria. In year 9 (JSS 3), Teni began making music while still schooling at Malvern College, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, with BOJ and Fresh L. In conversation with The Crack Magazine author Rob Dozier on 9 March 2022, he credited his father, Teni Zaccheaus Sr., as he was responsible for his music education while growing up. in the con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruel Santino
Osayaba Andrew Ize-Iyamu, better known by his stage name Cruel Santino, is a Nigerian alternative singer-songwriter, rapper, creative director, filmmaker, and music video director. He is a member of Monster Boys collective, with music producers Genio Bambino, and GMK. He is signed to Interscope Records, in partnership with Monster Boy, Love Renaissance and Warner Chappell Music. Santino's debut into the music scene was met with critical acclaim when he released his studio album ''Mandy & The Jungle'', introducing the alté fashion, and music, into the mainstream, notably with his track "Rapid Fire",. Early life Osayaba Andrew Ize-Iyamu was born on 3 June 1992, in Lagos, and raised in Ikeja to Nigerian parents. Before he graduated from high school, he was a teenage drama coordinator in high school. After graduation, he participated in city-wide attention as a freestyle-rap prodigy. In an interview with British GQ, he said "I heard Drake’s first album, Thank Me Later. Hear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigerian Record Labels
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later married Baron Frederick Lugard, a British colonial administrator. ''Nigeria'' is composed of various ethnic groups and cultures and the term Nigerian refers to a citizenship-based civic nationality. Nigerians derive from over 250 ethnic groups and languages.Toyin Falola. ''Culture and Customs of Nigeria''. Westport, Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Press, 2001. p. 4. Though there are multiple ethnic groups in Nigeria, economic factors result in significant mobility of Nigerians of multiple ethnic and religious backgrounds to reside in territories in Nigeria that are outside their ethnic or religious background, resulting in the mixing of the various ethnic and religious groups, especially in Nigeria's cities.To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Shmurda
Abiola Ahmed Akinbiyi (born 27 January 1996), professionally known as Bella Shmurda, is a Nigerian singer. He rose to prominence with the release of the song "Vision 2020", and a follow-up remix which featured Nigeria rapper Olamide. Early life and career Shmurda rose to prominence after his debut single ''"Vision 2020''", and a follow-up (remix) to the single in which he featured Olamide. He released several hit songs in 2020, some of which featured top musicians, one of which is ''"Cash App''" featuring Zlatan. He was nominated for the Headies Award for the next rated in 2020. In 2020, Bella Shmurda won the awards ''"Next Rated Male"'' and ''"Street Music of the Year"'' at the City People Entertainment Awards, he was also nominated for ''"Revelation of the Year"'' award in the same year. In 2021, Bella Shmurda was nominated for the ''"Next Rated"'' award at the Headies Awards. In June 2021, his single, ''"Cash App"'' featuring Zlatan and Lincoln was nominated for ''"Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Declan Rice (song)
"Declan Rice" is a song by Nigerian rapper Odumodublvck, released on 24 March 2023 through NATIVE Records, and Def Jam Recordings. The single was produced by Trill Xoe, and John Wav for Native and Def Jam. The song debuted at number 1 on Nigeria's Top Hip-Hop/Rap Songs and debuted at number 8 on the Official Nigeria Top 100 on 27 March 2023, recording the highest debut for a hip-hop record in the Top 100. It debuted at number 27 on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs for the week of April 8, 2023. Development In an interview with OkayAfrica ,Odumodublvck said “On my own, I did not plan to name it "Declan Rice." It just came out of my mouth, it was after it came out of my mouth, I started realizing the meaning of what it stood for. It was just like "Picanto". I did not write the hook of "Picanto", "Picanto" just came, I opened my mouth and that was what I said. It reminds me of something Stormzy said, that as an artist, he's come to a confirmation that he's just a vessel and eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Bleakz
Candy, also called sweets (British English) or lollies ( Australian English, New Zealand English), is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, called ''sugar confectionery'', encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candy. Vegetables, fruit, or nuts which have been glazed and coated with sugar are said to be ''candied''. Physically, candy is characterized by the use of a significant amount of sugar or sugar substitutes. Unlike a cake or loaf of bread that would be shared among many people, candies are usually made in smaller pieces. However, the definition of candy also depends upon how people treat the food. Unlike sweet pastries served for a dessert course at the end of a meal, candies are normally eaten casually, often with the fingers, as a snack between meals. Each culture has its own ideas of what constitutes candy rather than dessert. The same food may be a candy in one culture and a dessert in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odunsi The Engine
Bowofoluwa Olufisayo Odunsi (born June 7, 1996) known professionally as Odunsi the Engine stylized Odunsi (The Engine) is a Nigerian alternative singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer. Odunsi came into the music scene in 2018 with his full-length debut album "Rare" which earned him nominations at The Headies and SoundCity MVP Awards establishing him as a critical figure in the innovative Nigerian Alté music scene, he is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of Alte music. In 2019 he was profiled by ''The New York Times'' as the new guard of Nigerian music. Early life Odunsi (The Engine) was born on June 7, 1996, in the former capital of Nigeria, Lagos State. He grew up with his family in Lagos, growing up he listened to R&B music from artistes like Donell Jones, Sade, Prince and King Sunny Ade which he credits his older brother for introducing him to the genre. Odunsi grew up alongside his siblings, he had a good relationship with them but at some point felt alone whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wani (singer)
Ayo Ayoku better known by his stage name Wani, is an American-Nigerian Alté musician. In 2018, he came into the music scene with a widely acclaimed EP ''Lagos City Vice'', with lead song "China Designer", a remake of Tekno's "Be", which became controversial in September 2019, after Sarz called him out, for his royalty, following the success of the song, reaching 1 million streams in July 2019. Early life Ayo Ayoku was born in Washington, DC and spent his early years in London, before relocating to Lagos. He began his music career as an audio engineer in Chicago, where he worked as an engineer for various artists. In an interview with Clash magazine author Shahzaib, he said "I came back to Lagos with 500 dollars in my pocket and five songs that would later turn into 'Lagos City Vice'". Career In 2017, he launched his music career on SoundCloud, with a cover version of Drake's " Blem", which went viral on Twitter. Shortly after he relocated to Nigeria, he went on to release ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayra Starr
Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe (born 14 June 2002), known professionally as Ayra Starr, is a Nigerian singer. She was born in Cotonou, Benin. Ayra Starr began a fashion career at the age of 16 with Quove Model Management before deciding to pursue her musical career properly. After covering several songs by popular artists on Instagram, she posted her first original song on her page in December 2019. This brought her to the attention of record executive Don Jazzy, and led to her signing to Mavin Records. In early 2021, Ayra Starr achieved mainstream recognition with her eponymous debut extended play and its hit track " Away" which spent two consecutive weeks at number four on Nigeria's ''TurnTable'' Top 50 and went to number 17 on US ''Billboard'' Top Triller Global, paving the way for the release of her first full-length mixtape, '' 19 & Dangerous'' in August 2021. Categorized mainly as Afropop and R'nB, the album has been met with favorable critical reception. It spawned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lojay
Lekan Osifeso Jnr. (born 28 April 1996) popularly known as Lojay, is a Nigerian musician, singer, songwriter and performing artist. He peaked at number 8 on the '' billboard U.S. afrobeats songs chart'' with his song ''Monalisa'', in which he features Chris Brown and Sarz. His song is also the most played afrobeats song on Shazam according to Cool FM Nigeria and NotJustOk. He was nominated for ''The Headies award for next rated artiste'' for the year 2022. Early life and background He graduated from the University of Portsmouth, UK in 2018. His family lived in Ikorodu and then in Victoria Island. As his mother was a pastor, Osifeso went to church regularly, as a family routine during his formative years. While growing up, Chris Brown was one of his favorite singers. Career Lojay's stage name is an abbreviation of the first letters of his full name "Lekan Osifeso Junior" (LO-J). He picked interest in music and singing as an adolescent. And pursued his passion through hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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