Waiting by the bus station for my mystery woman,
paranoid and tired figure walked up to my bent head,
shouted at my weak face “my love” and my heart recognized that voice and awoke again with hope for better frenches and real hugs,
hurried to the cab waiting at the park, with our hands locked in on each other.
we got home with no much Lagos demons to frustrate us tonight,
an award show was supposed to be attended with my soulmate but i trusted in fear than hope,
I know pain, heartbreak and shame
we played soccer at down town bury till they left me handy with choices of being back again
i brought tears food i made to my heart to eat while i dice my meat on her tray
a beauty queen life brought my way
a rare gem to those who knew her value
her only words were “spoil me papi”
and her slave moaned to her request fast
she ate my food while we steamed our meats scored two goals, showered and left the room,
drove out to the venue at Ikeja on the alte cruise like a jiggy nigga from my city,
the night was still young but her eyes kept saying kiss me through your words again
but trust nothing to go unnoticed, we chatted about us and that was the wrongest move to ever be played on the chess board
but little lies and deceit put us on track again,
our eyes appealed to consent and my kids feel off the rage as she kept preaching to my stick again, ridden and beaten meatie was dead staring at hell's gate with the devil cumming on creamy skates,
on a lover's night with blood and promises.
Ebi David, popularly known by his stage name, Ebi D is an afrobeat artiste and song writer from lagos, Nigeria. he's also a student of University of Lagos.
Ebi D recently announced on his social media pages the release of his forthcoming extended playlist (EP) titled 'PIGGYBANK'. Although he hasn't announced the release date, but he says it's coming through this january 2020 and pre-order link should be available in a few days time. it would be available on all digital streaming platforms.
PIGGYBANK comprises of 6 songs with different genres and vibes but all tagged under one main genre 'afrobeat': Good Time, Shakara with fellow artiste Kaylu, Take It, Big Office, One Desire featuring Tsuni and Gang featuring Man Like Joe.
He narrates the story of his EP to be based on his daily living and experiences he goes through everyday. The songs were inspired on how his 2019 was and he decided to put it all in a collection for people to listen to.
Cyprian Alakija is an Afro-Fusion Singer & Songwriter from Lagos, Nigeria. He’s also a student of University of Ibadan. His goal is to make music with good lyrical content that is accessible to everyone.
He took to his Instagram on December 20, 2019 to announce the release date of his forthcoming Extended Play (EP) titled ‘Love, Perfection & Heartbreak’ (LPH). It’s a follow up to his recently released record ‘Isabella’, which was a listener’s favorite. LPH is scheduled to be released on January, 10 2020 but can be pre-ordered from December, 20 2019 on iTunes , and pre-added & pre-saved on Apple Music and Spotify respectively, among other digital platforms.
LPH is composed of 6 songs with diverse genres and vibes; Love Talk, Perfect, Alright, Baby Mi, Gbe and Nkechi. From the beginning to the end of the EP, the story transcends from love, perfection to heartache. The songs were inspired by some great life-changing experiences from individuals. And while each song varies in tone, they are generally originals and they circle back to the theme of the song.
In summary, LPH talks about undying love & affection that ended in heartbreak.
Click on the link below to stream LPH on all digital platforms
Heartbreaks are setbacks to the strong and a motivation to the weak to be to strong and firm in heart in the cause of this phase. Imagine a world of 100 million people and 85% of them are broken by invincible elements which torments them into becoming monsters and slaves to their various master all in the name of falling in love.
Rejection is an act of refusal or abandonment of one's self or personal desires and this has caused alot of people to drive away from the four walls of sanity and end up with choices of suicide, mental damage and self harm. Have you ever been rejected before? Have you ever loved someone to the point you don't see that person leaving your life soon? Wake up bro nothing lasts forever even the peaceful nights talk more of a mortal with choices of a human. All those answers will be hurtful when you play the yes card and get checked up with by depression and it's followers.
I've been broken and rejected so many times that i could feel the deep cuts in my heart but i never took my life but it might take your joy and whatever you ever loved or cherished into a far land of no return but if you're reading this right now and you've been hurt, broken, rejected or misplaced understand that not everyone will love you the way you care and adore yourself and no matter how sweet the love was, it never lasts forever. Whether the rejection we experience is large or small, one thing remains constant; it always hurts and it usually hurts more than we expect.
Tips On How To Handle Rejection.
-Its okay to hurt but never hurt yourself.
-Rejection damages your self esteem,so be careful how you handle your pain.
-Revive your self worth again.
-Reduce your emotional pain and build your self esteem going forward.
-Dont dwell on the past and move on with your life.
2019 has been a good year for music in Nigeria with new talents controlling the game and winning big in the Music Industry. 90% of these superstars were young upcoming acts like Rema,Fireboy,Oxlade,Braniee,Joeboy to mention a few and more upcoming acts released solid creative body of works this year and the youths actually blew from the likes of Ayo Busari,Lectrik,Ictooicy,Luna,Daddy 99 and many more creatives.
Uduaga Daniel Bobby also known by his stage name – Beezyx, is a Nigerian music producer. He was born on the 8th of October 1996, in Lagos State but is an indigene of Delta State. The 23 year old graduate of Economics from Bells University started music production in 2011 and sites Yanni, Shalarmar, Michael Jackson and Timbaland as his influences. He released his debut studio album “1997”on August 26th 2018, where he produced mixed and mastered all 9 tracks on the project.
After months of preparation, Beezyx has released his sophomore studio album called “RXD” pronounced Red. The album features rising acts including KobiWolf, Tsuni, MideMichael, Brum3h, Casey Rhodes, Pandamonae and Llectrik to name a few.
According to the music producer, 23 songs were recorded for the album but only 14 made the official track list. All tracks on the album were produced, mixed and mastered by Beezyx and it has dropped and available on all digital streaming platforms.
On the 9th of November, news update came from the President of Mollywood "Mr Ode Moses about the award and he
expressed his gratitude over the award nomination “Most Inspiring Theatre Brand Of The Year” from the Upcoming event “The Abia Icons Award”
This event will be happening on the 15th of November 2019 at the Glajosh Hotels Umuahia Abia state and this event is presented by the CEO of Vroyal Group Hon Victor Ikoro.
Red Carpets starts by 6:00pm and the main event kickoffs at 7:00pm.
This year has been a breakout year for young creatives in Nigeria like Rema,Joeboy,Fireboy etc and ictooicy who's a song writer& recording artiste won't be left out of the conversation.
“Misunderstood” was her first track and you can't deny the self described poet had her prowls in song writing with a minimal balance of creative flows and soothing rhythms. Her music kept growing all year on playlists and music charts and even performed to an energetic crowd at SummerFiesta 2019 with her lyrics sang word for word. Her last single “Melancholy Baby”, a broken sad love song kept is blessing the gods of music for her existence in the Music Industry.
Colossus Media : Describe your self&style to us?
ictooicymusic: Describing my self and my style is something I find extremely hard to do.
Colossus Media: Did you always know that you wanted to do music?
Ictooicymusic: Yes I have for as long as I remember. I remember when I was like maybe 5/6 I was out here telling people I wanted to be a rockstar and they would look at me funny and then look at my parents funny.
Colossus Media :What was the inspiration that birthed “Melancholy baby”?
Ictooicymusic: I was really sad I guess,not exactly sure what I was sad about really but I was sad and then it came to me I’m a Melancholy baby (a sad baby).
Colossus Media: your music is really doing good on charts and playlists, how do you see your music impacting and traveling amongst your listeners?
Ictooiymusic: Tbh I want people to listen to my music and be able to feel every emotion they can possibly feel from sadness to joy etc and that’s why I try to broaden my horizons on the type of music I do.
Colossus Media :what is on your playlist that instantly puts you in a good mood?
Ictooicymusic: Money in the grave because for real, I mean where the f**k should I really even start?” that song is a whole mood.
Kaylu music is a multi-talented rapper that produces in his leisure and is currently studying Law at the University of Lagos Nigeria. He has spent the past few years creating hits and his latest single “FLEX” featuring Braniee has got the streets on the loose and it has been on repeat ever since it dropped. He had been plotting schemes on his forth-coming Mixtape which is expected to be birthed before the year runs out.
Colossus Media: This year has been a great one for you and your team,tell us how it has been on your side?
Kaylu Music: 2019 has been a journey of self development for me. Not only in my music but also in my life. Maturity is a constant thing as we grow up and we learn everyday. Music wise, I’ve learnt production and I’ve discovered so many sounds I can create. Started the year with a hard rap cover of ladipoe’s double homicide then I jumped on Afroswing with Ebi D on Undercover then I just dropped a Summer vibe with Brainee in Flex. It’s been a great year for me and I can only thank God.
Colossus Media: So far, What's the best song you've released and why so?
KayluMusic: I’d say Flex because of the acceptance level. Every song has its crowd but somehow Flex cuts across every crowd. I guess cause everyone wants to Flex.
Colossus Media: The Rap industry has taken a new turn and ready for the market again, are you pressured in any way?
KayluMusic: Pressured? At all. I’m even very excited because these bars wouldn’t hear themselves. Now more people are listening to hip hop in Nigeria it’s time to give them something to never forget. I’m ready for the industry, the actual question is, Is the industry ready for me?
Colossus Media: On your new song “Flex” ft Braniee, tell us how that song was birthed?
KayluMusic: Well it was actually very impromptu. I was at my Producer’s side and I just called Brainee over so we can work on something. We tried jumping on different beats but it didn’t slap enough so we just chilled till the end of the day and kronik played a beat then Brainee dropped the chorus one time. Dropped my verses afterwards and it was an epic jam. All vibes.
Colossus Media: Hows has the feedback been from your camp?
KayluMusic: We all making waves in our various ends. Timmss is currently on a radio tour rn for his hit single Mad Over You. Ebi D is doing serious numbers with Take it. Flex is also everywhere and these songs all dropped in the space of a month. So It’s only fair to say that feedback has been amazing by the grace of God.
ColossusMedia: -Any projects dropping Soon?
KayluMusic: This year I’m putting out my mixtape. So be expectant. The tracklist alone would cause serious havoc. Can’t wait for it to drop.
ColossusMedia: Whats your take on Collaborations over Competition?
KayluMusic: I love music and I’m very open to working with people that make good music. I believe artistes should stop trying to compete for fans and give the fans even better music by collaborating. My mixtape got a few collaborations with notable artists so I’m all about collaborations. It’s the best way to grow our industry.
ColossusMedia: if you had one word for your fans, what would that be?
KayluMusic: To every Kaylu fan out there. I promise to be dedicated to my music. I am not perfect and I’m still on a journey but as long as you stick with me on this ride I’d do my very best to make you proud so help me God. Love y’all. We move.
Born in 2000 to Haitian parents, Zach Bernagene has led a winding life interacting with the cultural extrema of New York City. Growing up in an apartment building with “one drug-dealer on every floor,” Guppy wrestled with institutional forces pushing him to rap or ball. Bernagene, at first, chose books. Upon his admittance to an elite Upper West Side private high school, and subsequently, to Washington University of St. Louis, Guppy became known on his block not as a rapper, but as “the kid who got into college.” One foot in East Flatbush and the other in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Bernagene’s music would attempt to reconcile the chasm between these two vastly different lives. Gosha Guppy would bridge this divide.
Bernagene came of age alongside the democratic streaming service Soundcloud, a platform that would revolutionize the way hip-hop was produced and consumed. It obliterated the barrier to entry and allowed aspiring rappers to instantly have listeners. Subgenres arose, and a strain of more alternative, melodic and, at times, aggressive hip hop was born. “Soundcloud rappers are running the game right now, dictating trends, it’s exciting to be in this moment,” Guppy says. He embraces the culture he is now helping shape;
Bernagene’s name, Gosha Guppy, hints at the temporal duality of his music. The first half borrows from Gosha Rubchinskiy, the forward-thinking Russian fashion label, largely credited for bringing oversized clothing back into the mainstream. While the rapper’s surname is an homage to the dear departed, harkening back to Bernagene’s first pet fish he had at age 7, a gold guppy fittingly dubbed…Guppy. Gosha is the future, Guppy the past. The playfully alliterated pen name embodies the artist’s manifesto: music grounded in a formative NYC childhood and created with an eye on hip hop’s horizon.
In 2019, Gosha boasts a broader list of influences, and along with stalwarts Lil Uzi Vert, A$AP Rocky, XXXTentacion, and UnoTheActivist, he now reveres the work of Frank Ocean and Tame Impala. Amidst his artistic maturation, Guppy has begun to see that “the voice can and sometimes should be the most powerful instrument” on a track. Once ashamed of his high-pitched voice, he now questions auto-tune’s role in rap and with newfound confidence embraces more lyrical, melodic opportunities. The uppity, coarse vocals on recent single “A Beautiful Day To Get Robbed” point to this shift.
Bernagene says A Beautiful Day To Get Robbed was a concept that occurred to me when he awoke one morning.
"I awoke and the sun was shining the birds were chirping and it was a something that happens. However I though to myself it was a beautiful day to get robbed because who would rob someone on such a beautiful day"
The message he is trying to pass across is how someone would rob another person
and the things that people say in New York City when they are getting robbed
He was influenced by things I saw in the greater New York City area, he says.
“Danger is real,but fear is choice”. Horror movies have been trilling, terrifying and entertaining us for decades. 2019 is already looking good for this genre and we'd love to review the best 5 horror movies from the first quarter of 2019.
1)THE PRODIGY (RELEASE DATE:FEBUARY 8)
Where begins a young typical adolescent weird behavior becomes much more sinister when a young boy begins to show signs not of hormones or puberty but rather a demon.
2)PET SEMATARY (RELEASE DATE:APRIL 5)
Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz and John Lithgow star in this remake of Stephen Kong's horror classic movie about a family who relocated to a New England house only to discover some scary secrets about thier backyard.
3)US (RELEASE DATE : MARCH 15)
Jordan Peeles follow up to the smash hit “Git Out” loves another terrifying trailer starring an impressive cast that includes Award winning Lupita Nyong'o, Elizabeth Moss, Winston Duke and Tim heideeker, it follows a family who are stalked and terrorized by a mysterious group of Dopplegangers.
4)THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA (RELEASE DATE :APRIL 18)
The Conjuring cinematic universe expands once again, this time following Father Perez from the hit spin-off “Anabelle” as he combats the ghosty La Llorona from the Mexican folktales.
5)HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U( RELEASE DATE :FEBUARY 14)
A sequel to the 2017 box office hit sees the original protagonist once again stuck in a Grand-hog style time loop only instead of becoming a better person, she has to figure out who is kitting her and her friends over and over again.
My review on the debut EP of my friend, brother and creative partner Mide Michael.
The EP titled “Toygun” was an amazing listening experience and it might just be the most beautiful projects to come out of Nigeria in recent times.
Growing up together at the Prestigious St Finbarrs College Akoka
I have watched Mide grow from a Wizkid Fanatic and Superfan to an Amazing musician with insane vocals.
Mide is an RnB Artiste by default, but he is very good with blending different sounds together without losing touch of his artistry and originality. All tracks in this EP was produced by Beezy.
Track 1 : Pieces.
In this song Mide goes back to his RnB roots, even tho this is not the contemporary RnB 90’s kids we are used to, this is the new form of RnB heavily influenced by Hip Hop. Following the footsteps of his foreign counterparts such as Bryson Tiller and Partynextdoor. He sings about his feelings after a failed call to his mistress, his wild lifestyle and his great desire to be loved which has left him in “pieces”. Listen to Pieces by Mide Michael & BeezyX.
Track 2: Murderer
In this track, Mide takes us to his Afro side. The instrumentals is a soft rendition of the new Afro Bashment subgenre. Produced by the Genius Beezy. Mide shows us a little bit of his wild side renders it in the most Nigerian way possible. It’s a very beautiful listen. Listen to Murderer by Mide Michael & BeezyX
Track 4: “Toygun”
This is my favorite song on the four track EP. you can hear Mide in the background talking to Beezy about the awesomeness of their joint project then a smooth blend of 808's and Kicks followed which ended the EP in a perfect way. Listen to Toygun by Mide Michael & BeezyX
The project is 9/10 and I would recommend for anyone who loves good music and it's out on all platforms worldwide.
Article written by : Joseph Whyte Ukor.
Edited and reviewed by :Daniel Nnaemeka
Art is everything the world can have and more and in our world today, Art has spread like a wild fire and it's rapidly growing among our creatives. We moved our radar off Nigeria and we discovered a young Jamaican female artist who is indeed blessed with the chakra's of art. Monique Kidd is an art illustrator who's currently attending an art institution in Jamaica. We spoke at length about her inspirations and challenges.
Tell us about yourself?
Monique Kidd: I'm an individual that basically lives her life for art and art only. I don't have much hobbies unless observing the people around me for inspiration counts. I attend an art institution that is on the verge of driving me crazy but I live for the experience and somewhere along the line I still find time to work as a part time illustrator.
At what point did you discover your gift of Art?
Monique Kidd: I really remember discovering my gift. It just happened, one day I just decided that drawing would be my thing and it was.
How do you juggle doing Art and school work?
Monique Kidd: I work with the motto
"Don't stress over things u can't change". It's helped me through the most difficult times. At the end of the day I have my panic attacks like everyone else but somehow I make it work.
Whats your source of inspiration?
Monique Kidd: My Jamaican bg plays a heavy role in everything I create. The issues, the sexual and the gimmicks .
As a person, what does Art mean to you?
Monique Kidd: Art means, having an escape that not many persons can really relate to, it provides an outlet in which persons can just be their genuine self without judgement.
What impact do you want your art to make in the society?
Monique Kidd: Selfishly my art is for me, I just chose to share it and it just happens to make people laugh, smile or just feel something.
Whats your most embarrassing moment since you started Art?
Monique Kidd: The most embarrassing moment has to be the first time I had to speak in front of a crowd about my pieces. It wasn't a case of not being able to articulate words about my creations, I just suffered from a fear of public speaking.
Whats your view on youth empowerment?
Monique Kidd: I think the youth have the ability to shape the future into whatever we want, unfortunately majority of us are full of sh*t and refuse to see the bigger picture, instead we embrace a "fight fi me alone " mentality.
How can our readers connect with you on your socials?
Monique Kidd: it's kidding_art on Twitter and Instagram.
The Green camp Special Edition is coming up on the 20th of April 2019,the 4:20 celebration is recognized by stoners worldwide and this event is the surest place to be on that day.
Great Music performances from Jahblend, Buju, Famous Bobson, Not Nlic, Straffiti, Laime and Buzz gang. Music policy by the Superstar DJ, SmallztheDj. Tickets will be sold at the gate for ₦1,000. Venue is Wendy's Place, Eric Moore Surulere Lagos.
Come meet great people, great chow and maximum vibes.
