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WizKid and Tems brought their summer smash "Essence" to late night on Tuesday. The Nigerian afropop artists stopped by The Tonight Show to perform their Grammy-nominated track.

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Rising Nigerian star Tems has shared her latest single, "Crazy Tings." Set to appear on her upcoming EP, the Guilty Beatz-produced track is a shot of breezy Afro-fusion, finding the singer crooning about a failed potential love in her signature rasp.

The story of how Prince James Oresanya set up his successful fashion brand, James Clothing (JCCLUB), has become a hot topic since it was founded in 2017.

You might have seen a viral tweet doing the rounds this week suggesting that Justin Bieber has a future making afrobeats music. Today that idea moved one step closer to reality with Bieber joining Wizkid and Tems on the remix of their hit “Essence.” Check out the new version of the track below.

Wizkid has announced a one-off show at London’s O2 Arena – see all the details below.The Nigerian artist, who released his latest album ‘Made In Lagos’ last October, will take to the stage at the 20,000-capacity venue on Sunday, November 28.Tickets go on general sale here at 10am BST on August 6, with a pre-sale due to take place at the same time the previous day (sign up here).Announcing the gig on Twitter today (July 26), Wizkid wrote: “This one’s special.” You can see that post below.LONDON!

Mo Abudu attempted to crack Hollywood for years, but her steely belief that the world needed to hear African stories was met with resounding silence. Emails went unanswered, leads from a trip to Los Angeles quickly went cold. Abudu, a megastar in Nigeria with her own chat show and TV network, grew frustrated.

Later this year, Nigerian pop star Wizkid will finally be able to tour behind his monster 2020 album Made In Lagos — one of our favorite albums of the year — in the United States and Canada. The dates begin September 10 in Boston and continue until October 12 in Atlanta.

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Naman Ramachandran “Luther” star Idris Elba will host the Africa Day Concert, an event which is a partnership between him, MTV Base and YouTube.The virtual concert, which will be held on Africa Day (May 25), is set to be a pan-African event, with artists performing on multiple stages from Lagos to Johannesburg in an event that will be streamed to a global audience on YouTube and broadcast across MTV channels.Performers include South Africa’s Elaine, one of the continent’s most-streamed artists,

Lagos-based Boj begins his "Emotions" video by paraphrasing Jay Z and stating that, he too, has 99 problems. However, Boj's issues are all romance-related and he's largely to blame for the sticky situation he's found himself in.

WizKid has shared a new video for ‘Essence’, his collaboration with Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems – watch it below.The track appears on ‘Made In Lagos’, WizKid’s lauded full-length album from 2020.The new video sees the pair lounging around the streets of Accra, Ghana. It’s the fourth video to be released from ‘Made In Lagos’.Watch the new ‘Essence’ video below.WizKid’s ‘Made In Lagos’ came out last October.

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Nigerian star WizKid shared the video for his latest single, the Burna Boy-assisted "Ginger," on Friday. The track serves as the third single from WizKid's Made In Lagos, following "Smile" and "No Stress." The bouncy track plays out like an ode to women, with WizKid and Burna Boy trading their smooth delivery across its verses and hook.

WizKid and Burna Boy have released a music video for their collaborative track ‘Ginger’.Directed by Meji Alabi, who previously shot videos for Burna Boy’s ‘Pull Up’ and ‘On the Low,’ the visual showcases the two artists dancing in a sparsely furnished warehouse, interspersed with clips of models and cars.Watch the full ‘Ginger’ video below.The song features on WizKid’s 2020 album ‘Made In Lagos’.

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Amnesty International said late Tuesday there was “credible but disturbing evidence” that security forces in the megacity of Lagos had fatally shot protesters who were demonstrating against police brutality despite a new curfew going into effect.

SARS was first formed in 1992 to target violent crime in the Nigerian capital, Lagos. It operated anonymously, with its 15-member team patrolling the streets in plain clothes and traveling in unmarked buses.

Nigeria's Wizkid is a global star for his fusion of Afrobeats and hip-hop into something utterly contemporary in any pop chart. On October 15, he'll share his new album Made In Lagos.

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For over a decade, his beats have rung out across the radios and clubs of Lagos, and now the world. At 30, Sarz has been a key collaborator for Nigerian artists like Wizkid and WurlD, who have helped bring the sound of Afrobeats to the U.S.

Today, Universal Music Group announced that it is launching Def Jam Africa, a new label division that operates within the continent to represent the best hip-hop, Afrobeats and trap talent in Africa. To start, the label will be based in Johannesburg and Lagos; the entirety of its starting roster comes from either South Africa and Nigeria.

Back in December, Nigerian artist Santi had the first headlining show of his career when he took the stage at Lagos's Hard Rock Cafe and performed in front of a packed crowd, mostly comprised of fans and peers within the country's alté scene. He mostly performed fan favorites from his recent Mandy In The Jungle album, but towards the end of the night, the venue's energy peaked when Santi invited peers from the scene to rage with him.

The African entertainment company that discovered and developed Nigerian star Burna Boy is joining forces with Universal Music Group. The Aristokrat Group, based in Lagos, will form a strategic partnership with UMG, which will consist of a label deal, and a publishing deal through Un