Congrats to Burna Boy’s Grandfather, Mr. Benson Idonije. He was recently honored for his “track record as a veteran broadcaster and music critic,” and for his “commitment to the development of classic and indigenous music.” Mr. Idonije – who was Fela Kuti‘s first manager – is currently writing a book on him titled, DIS FELA SEF: The Untold Legends of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.’ Details on the click.
At the second United Nations Sustainable Energy for All Forum, held this past week in New York City, Akon, announced his new ‘Solar Academy.’ The Academy will launch this summer in Bamako, Mali and is part of his Akon Lighting Africa initiative, which aims to bring electricity to some of the 600 million Africans who lack it. More on the click.
Whoever came up with the latest Beyonce dancing hashtag that is taking over social media – #BeyonceAlwaysOnBeat – needs some sort of award. The videos that have come out of it are so entertaining! Catch a few of the funniest after the click.
Dope throwback from The Fader – For 2008’s Africa Issue, The FADER’s Style Editor-At-Large Mobolaji Dawodu and photographer Andrew Dosunmu drove through Lesotho, Mozambique, and South Africa for two weeks, scouting models on the fly, accidentally crashing Maputo Fashion Week, and listening only to Yellowman – the photo results of all that, after the click.
During a recent interview, a few folks feel like Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie made it seem like US rapper, Ace Hood reached out to him for their highly anticipated collabo, New Guy, instead of getting paid $25,000 dollars to make it happen. Ace and his fans took to twitter to air it out. Details on the click.
Check out this photo of U.S. Marine Cpl. Caleb Earwood and his wife to be Maggie. Just before the wedding started, the families of the two brought them together so they could pray for a strong marriage and for God to make their union an example for others. Sigh. Love. Details after the click.
Aww, this story made me smile. Yesterday, Tolu ‘Toolz’ Oniru (who’s hosted/presented a number of shows in Naij including The Midday Show for the Beat 99.5 and The Juice for Ndani TV), and her boyfriend, Tunde Demuren, got engaged while vacaying in the Dominican Republic. The story after the click.
