{"id":52101,"date":"2024-12-03T17:10:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/nigerian-stars-ruger-victony-set-to-perform-in-kigali\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T17:13:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:13:00","slug":"nigerian-stars-ruger-victony-set-to-perform-in-kigali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nigerian-stars-ruger-victony-set-to-perform-in-kigali\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian stars Ruger, Victony set to perform in Kigali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The highly anticipated concert will take place at BK Arena and promises to keep fans entertained well into the night.<\/p>\n<p>The event marks Ruger\u2019s return to Kigali after two years. The &#8216;Asiwaju&#8217; hitmaker\u2019s last performance in the Rwandan capital was on February 19, 2022, at a concert held at Canal Olympia in Rebero.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77994 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ruger-2-779fa.jpg\" alt=\"Ruger last performed in Kigali two years ago, leaving music lovers in high spirits.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The memorable show also featured performances by Rwandan artists, including Gabiro Guitar, Okkama, Kenny K-Shot, Ish Kevin, Ariel Wayz, Gustave Fuel, and Afrique.<\/p>\n<p>Victony, who is making his debut in Kigali, was initially slated as a guest artist for Davis D\u2019s Shine Boy Fest concert held last weekend. However, last-minute changes saw Nasty C being invited instead.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77995 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/victony-ed353.jpg\" alt=\"Victony was initially scheduled to attend Davis D&#039;s concert, but unfortunately, he was unable to make it.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The 23-year-old, born on January 5, 2001, in Orsu, Imo State, effortlessly blends rap and singing. He is known for hits like Soweto, Kolomental, and Stubborn (a collabo with Asake), among many others.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Ruger is currently one of Nigeria and Africa&#8217;s most prominent rising stars. The 25-year-old&#8217;s career took off after signing with D\u2019Prince\u2019s Jonzing World Record label.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1251\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7M2Gps9xR8g\" title=\"Ruger - Girlfriend (Official Video)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1251\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DPBRGWUgQsA\" title=\"Victony &amp; Tempoe - Soweto (Official Video)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian musicians Michael Adebayo Olayinka, popularly known as Ruger, and Anthony Ebuka Victor, widely known as Victony, are set to light up Kigali with a major performance on December 28, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000077993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000077993,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/logo_ruger-521aa.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/logo_ruger-521aa.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/logo_ruger-521aa.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/logo_ruger-521aa.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/logo_ruger-521aa.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/logo_ruger-521aa.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000077993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52101"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52101"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}