Jay Z and Beyoncé are now renting a 20,000 square foot house in the Los Angeles area.
According to TMZ, the couple is reportedly shelling out approximately $150,000 per month for the stunning 20,000-square-foot mansion. They signed a one-year lease, according to the celebrity gossip site.
The property owned by a British billionaire includes a 20,000 square foot house, a complex featuring an indoor Olympic-sized swimming pool and an outdoor pool with a waterfall.
Wizkid has revealed how the Canadian rapper Drake was the one who proposed the remix to his song, Ojuelegba.
Days after Canadian musician Drake gave an interview where he said he was honored to have featured on the remix of Wizkid’s hit track Ojuelegba, Wizkid also revealed how Drake was the one who proposed that the remix.
The Starboy records CEO, who spoke to Ghanaian radio station Empire FM, detailed how Drake contacted him via Instagram and asked that they meet up in London where they recorded the remix version of the song.
“I was there and saw that Drake followed me on Instagram so I DMed him and I was like ‘Yo, I’m a big fan of your music’ and he was like I like your music as well. So we started talking and we talked about hooking up in London, so I went to London the next day and when I got there, I saw that he had already done his verse to the song, it was just funny mehn!” Wizzy said.
For the first time ever, a magician performed in Rwanda on Friday evening. Dubbed the International Magic Night, the show was a combination of magic and comedy.
Held at Serena Hotel gardens, the show was well attended by a reasonable number of Asians, notably Indians.
There were some Rwandans, too.
The man of the night was Raja Moorthy, an Indian magic professor who is also the Director of the Academy of Magical Sciences, Trivandrum, and the National Award Winner for Close up Magic, 1998.
He was doing magic in Africa for the second time, having done it only in South Africa once. Moorthy does his thing with a touch of comedy. “I have an exceptional crowd tonight,” he said.
“Wherever I perform, I’m used to having audiences screaming and lining up.” he said after urging the crowd to give him an applause.
Some of the outstanding magic he did was getting a Rwf 2000 note from one reveler, and turning it into a Rwf 5000 note.
As if impressed by his own craft, he said: “You now know what I do at home.”Fresh from a comedy tour in Uganda, Arthur Nkusi – who was the night’s MC – would later reiterate: “I wonder if BNR (National Bank of Rwanda) knows about this!”
The other magic that hypnotized the crowd was making an egg out of a red handkerchief. He first pulled the hanky out of the egg shell, rolled in his hand, poured magic salt on the hanky which became an egg again. He then broke the egg in a glass and it looked real! “This is an egg by a magician,” he told the enthralled audience.
“But that doesn’t mean that it’s the magician who laid the egg,” he added, sending everyone into laughter.
Raja Moorthy has done over 200 episodes of magic. Speaking after his performance, he defined magic as signs wrapped in arts and expressed his wish to train Rwandans. “I’m glad to be the first magician to publicly perform in this country.
The warm reception extended to me has filled me with a desire to teach Rwandans about the art of magic. I’d be willing if I’m invited back here for a workshop to share my skills with young peoples of this country,” said the professor who has been a magician for 21 years. Moorthy was with his protégé who also left the crowd gaping in awe of his acts.
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Forbes magazine has just revealed a list of rappers who made the most money during the year 2015.
The winner is New York’s Hip-hop mogul, Puff Daddy. With earnings of over 60 million dollars, the rapper completely ousted his competitors. A real businessman – his further commercial activities were the factors that helped him hit the ceiling.
At second place, it’s the husband of Beyoncé, Jay-Z, with 56 millions dollars. Finally it’s Drake who appears on the last step of the podium, with 39,5 million dollars. The Canadian rapper has taken away a platinum award in the United States for selling over a million copies of his album “ If You’re reading this is too late “. Good job Drake !
4. Dr Dre (§33 million)
5. Pharell Williams (§32 million)
6. Eminem (§31 million)
7. Kanye West (§22 million)
8. Wiz Khalifa (§21 million)
9. Nicki Minaj (§21 million)
10. Birdman (§18 million)
11. Pitbull (§17 million)
12. Lil Wayne (§15 million)
13. Kendrick Lamar (§12 million)
14. J.Cole (§11 million)
15. Snoop Dog (§10 million)
16. Rick Ross (§9 million )
17. Tech N9ne (§8 million)
18. Ludacris ( §8 million)
19. T.I (§6 million)
20. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (§5,5 million)
Undoubtedly, the world of the rap is swimming in green bills !
After years of counting growth in the different sectors in Rwanda, the growing music industry has been stuck on only three genres(Afro-beat, HipHop and RnB) for years as recognized by all music award givers in this country.
This is not because there are no other musicians to create music in the remaining different genres like Zouk, Reggae, Dancehall, Rock among others. Sad to say, but the Rwandan music fan base looks like they enjoy and miss the involvement of these “left out genres”.
So evident during the concerts where dancehall superstars from other parts of the world like Bennie man, Sean Paul, Shaggy, Elephant manhave driven the Rwandan crowds to excitement.
Not forgetting how group Kassav left a Zouk story to tell by their fans in Rwanda. Alpha Blondy and the African reggae Legend Phillip Lucky Dube(RIP) also shared their Reggae music with Rwandans but still all the genres in which these guest artists sing, are not recognized as much as they are highly enjoyed by the fan base.
Speaking to one of the HipHop artists from the group Tuffgang, Green.p this is what he said, “HipHop, RnB and Afro-beat music are highly recognized because they were made known to Rwandans at a time when the media its self was being privatized.” Now many years later and they are still the only recognized genres.
Master.P a music producer from Alpha and Omega studio says “We produce these “left out genres” every day for musicians but still they never get recognized like the three awarded genres. This discourages some musicians”
An interview with a Rwandan dancehall/Reggae upcoming artist Vaga Vybz, this is what he had to say, “Dancehall and Reggae music are highly enjoyed by Rwandan but this type of music still lacks a platform in this country for the musicians to fully showcase their talents for their fans.”
My advice is we should not rely on only three recognized genres in a whole country of talented people. This limits music business and discourages music investors. If this sector is to grow too, it is now time to embrace and involve these other left out genres in our music packages for Rwandans. It is also time for Rwandan music to cross boarders and impact on different types of people. With different types of genres you can impact on different types of people.
Nyarwaya Emmanuel
To mark the international peace day a spectacular one, Youth Celebration event was organised in Kigali, this Monday.
Musical acts included performances of young Rwandan talents; among them include Knowless Butera, Urban Boyz, Krest Crew and Jabba Junior.
The event that was well organized took place at Remera Stadium with a big number of youth including students from different school in Kigali City.
Minister Jean Philbert Nsengiyumva who was the guest of honor graced the audience and encouraged them to love one another and spread peace worldwide.
The beautiful celebrations concluded with the much awaited performance of six African artistes from all around the continent, who had come together to sing the inspiring peace anthem written by ZwaiBala.
Maurice Kirya from Uganda was one of the six singers of the anthem together with Ice Prince from Nigeria, Alikiba from Tanzania, Dama do Bling from Mozambique, ZwaiBala from South Africa, and Wangechi from Kenya.
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{One of most influential female Djs worldwide Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, also known as DJ Cuppy will visit Rwanda as a part of her African tour of eight countries dubbed “Cuppy Takes Africa.”}
DJ Cuppy is a Nigerian music producer and the daughter of Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola.
In the [Interview->http://www.sde.co.ke/pulse/article/2000172771/cupful-of-music-meet-one-of-most-influential-female-djs-worldwide-dj-cuppy] published by The Standard Digital News Website, DJ Cuppy says “I am currently on an African tour of eight countries. The tour is dubbed Cuppy Takes Africa. I have toured Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana and now Kenya, since the beginning of this month. I am leaving for Tanzania this week, and will then visit Rwanda, Uganda and finally South Africa.“
DJ Cuppy began her career as a DJ at 16 in London, buying second-hand equipment and playing in clubs.
DJ Cuppy represents a new generation of women who want to venture into an industry regardless of the fact that it could be a male-dominated field. “I have become more of a fighter now, more than I used to be.”
In 2014, she was the resident DJ at the MTV Africa Music Awards in Durban.
She then played at the Tatler and Christie’s Art Ball in London and the Financial Times Luxury Summit in Mexico City.
In July 2014, she released House of Cuppy, her first compilation mix in both London and Lagos.
She then had a launch for House of Cuppy in New York City on September 2, 2014 where she recently moved.
In January 2015, she was featured on the cover of the Guardian Life magazine alongside Yemi Alade, Fade Ogunro, Stephanie Coker, Yagazie Emezi and Ronke Bamisedun.
The magazine celebrated these six women and called them the “new generation women”.
In March 2015, she was the official DJ for the 2015 Oil Barons Charity in Dubai, and the first African act to have ever performed at the event.
She is currently an intern at Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. As a producer, DJ Cuppy describes her sound as “Neo-Afrobeats” which is a fusion of Electro house and Afrobeats.
{Tayo from Nigeria who has been one of the most BBA Hot Shots has engaged himself into music to educate Africans about Unity, Love, and Reconciliation among other that Africans need to learn about and implement in their daily life.}
The BBA Hotshot has shown versatility in the entertainment industry going from modeling to acting and now to music to serve his continent to the fullest.
Talking to IGIHE, Tayo said he believes music is an easy way to spread his message and thus he decided to engage into it in order to contribute to his continent.
“I want the message to spread across Africa, and I am doing this as part of me giving back to Africa the land I call home,” he said
Asked how he discovered his talent of music he said, “Well I’ve always loved music and knew one day I would do this, but modelling being the surest for me in the beginning was that I gave my all to and it has brought me this far so music is the next thing for me to conquer”.
At the beginning he has released a song that says NO to Xenophobia, educating people how they should work together help one another unity and love each other as well.
Tayo who has been in Rwanda recently is working hard so that if all goes well he comes back to the country of a thousand hills as he had promised.
After releasing ‘Say No to Xenophobia’ he intends to work on many other songs that basically come around issues in Africa.
{Two Rwandan Former child soldiers who have been in the FDLR rebel group will release a music Album entitled “Mu Rwanda ni Amahoro” loosely translated as “Rwanda is Peacefull”}
Byiringiro Didier aka D.smen and Nkurunziza Patrick aka N.Pazzo will release a 12 songs Album very soon.
Some of their song verses were written down when they were in the DRC forests.
The FDLR, a Rwandan rebel group founded by fugitive perpetrators of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide Against Tutsi, forcibly recruited children from a refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where Rwandan refugees are still at large
{Two months after the cancellation of part of his African tour due to health problems, Stromae, the Belgian singer with Rwandan roots announced on social networks back on stage in the month of September starting with the US.}
IGIHE has learnt that Stromae has visibly recovered from the illness that struck him during his African tour.
Suffered side effects from treatment against malaria, Belgian singer had to cancel several concerts in Rwanda and DR Congo in particular.
After several weeks of rest, already recovering Stromae at work: He has confirmed on his facebook page Tuesday that he will be back “in September,” the poster unveiling of the new US tour, starting on September 12 in Miami before going through Atlanta, Washington, Chicago, Boston, Minneapolis, Toronto, Montreal and New York, where he had the opportunity to reveal his best songs on the legendary stage of Madison Square Garden.