NIKKI LAOYE HEADLINES ONE MIC NAIJA!!

The June edition of One Mic Naija, which held on 26th of June, 2011, was a total hit.
Show hosts were populart top nigerian hiphop artists, Kel Ohia and Kunle KB Bello, who were joined this time around by Koffi, a seasoned comedian as the guest comic act.

KB of TrybeMen & Kel



Nikki Laoye, Koffi and Kel

This month's edition had Nikki Laoye, the petite yet vibrant and energetic performer  as the headlining artiste. Nikki's popularly known for her amazing stage presence, has been nominated for various Nigerian and International Awards with her popular hits like 'Taka Sufe' and 'Never Felt This Way Before'.
"Taka Sufe" won the Best New Director Award for Video Director,Frizzle, at 2010 Nigeria Music Video Awards.

After an a crowd-engaging performance by Slim T, an upcoming hiphop artist, Nikki took the stage and gave an enthralling perfomance, backed by the live band at the event.
While rendering the live versions of her hit single, "Never Felt This Way Before", she introduced a fellow label mate from Wahala Media, upcoming hiphop artist, Base One, who dropped hot rap lines on the rhythm of her rock hit, which was an amazing blend never seen before.

HipHop Artist, Base One

Soon enough, she performed an unplugged version of another song, "Joy Comes" as she encouraged the audience of brighter days ahead.

Nikki then popped a surprise on everyone as she announced her engagement, which happened just hours before her last performance for the day. The singer was beaming from all ears as the audience whopped and congratulated her.
Lastly, she called her younger brother,Xblaze, producer of "Taka Sufe", up to the mic stand with her as she rolled out a hot performance of Taka Sufe to the delight of her fans.

Other tremendous performance followed from Yemi Alade, whose single, 'Fimisile' featuring eLDee is a fan favourite, as well as Efa, Suzie, Five Mics and Le'mmon.

Yemi Alade



Slim T



Efa



Suzie

5 Mics

 

Cross Section of the Audience



Tosyn Bucknor & Hip on Tv Spokeperson

One Mic Naija for June was a total music lover's delight as the evening lit up with all the great voices and sounds at the event. Other artistes such as Overdose, Ashionye, Tosyn Bucknor (one of the event's co-ordinators) were also at the event. A mini competition also took place and was won by Olushola, who also happens to be a One Mic Naija crew member as he sang ‘You are not alone’ by Micheal Jackson. Good for ya, Shola.
One Mic Naija is a WePlugGoodMusic initiative, and powered by s.h.a.r.e, M.et.al and Ground Zero management.
The April edition featured Pope, 19th Street, Clay and more, and was attended by a large crowd including Samklef, Skales, Wizkid, Korebrown, Jennifer JLuv, Mr Fab and more.


More Pictures for One Mic Naija June Edition: http://tcdconcept.com/photography/2011/06/onemicnaija-june-edition-full/

VIDEO: CHOCOLATE CITY PRESENTS M.I IN "ACTION FILM"...

"Where is MI?"....the sentence of the decade in the album intro of M.I's album MI2.
The very catchy intro with its funny movie-type conversations portray MI as a hero on the loose and with leading lady, Waje as the bait, he's bound to show up to rescue her.
I was personally tickled by this intro, the Waje impersonation is a hit and brings up loads of laffs. The intro, of cos,opened up the first track on the album called...ACTION FILM...wat else did you expect? LOL!
Now it's all been recently expressed in animated movies.

The song "Action Film" feat Brymo, is created with the similar cartoon feel of popular animated TV cartoon- "South Park".
Real Cool, i must say, with the well-captured features of all the Choc-Boys...my fav cartoon character look is Ice Prince. Dead-On resemblance. Haha!!
Being such a huge fan of this videos, waHOLAAA presents it to you in full color, ENJOY!!


MI2 Prelude - Album Intro



M.I feat Brymo - "ACTION FILM"

NEWS: CHRIS BROWN TOPS BET AWARDS 2011

And BET Awards 2011 comes and goes with its usual shine and glam.

Hosting the awards this year was top American comedian Kevin Hart and with electrifying star performances by Chris Brown, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys and others at the Shrine Auditorium.
Leading the pack of nominees this year was Chris Brown, who was up for Best Male R&B Artist, Best Collaboration, Viewer Choice, Video of the Year, and Best Actor for his role in the thriller "Takers."
And also up for five awards was Lil Wayne, followed by Kanye West, Rihanna, and Drake with four nods each.

Standing tall this year was Chris Brown,the big winner of the evening, with four awards in total, three of which were related to his hit single "Look at Me Now," including this one for Video of the Year.

 

Other winners were our very own naija brothers, Tuface Idibia and D-Banj, who both tied for the Best International Act Category, as well as MaryMary for Best Gospel; Nicki Minaj for Best Female HipHop Artist; brother and sister, Jaden & Willow Smith for Youngstars Award and more.

 

This year's BET Awards also honored Patti LaBelle with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Steve Harvey with the Humanitarian Award.

Below is the List of night's winners:

Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice - Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes
"Look At Me Now"

Best Female R&B Artist - Rihanna

Best Male R&B Artist - Chris Brown

Best Female Hip Hop Artist - Nicki Minaj

Best Male Hip Hop Artist - Kanye West

Best Collaboration - Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes
"Look At Me Now"

Best New Artist - Wiz Khalifia

Best Group - Diddy-Dirty Money

Video of the Year - Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes
"Look At Me Now"
Video Director of the Year - Chris Robinson

Youngstars Award (Tie): Willow Smith& Jaden Smith

Best Actress - Taraji P. Henson

Best Actor - Idris Elba

Best Movie - For Colored Girls

Best Gospel - Mary Mary

Centric Award - Marsha Ambrosius  "Far Away"

Sportswoman of the Year - Serena Williams

Sportsman of the Year - Michael Vick

International Act: Africa (Tie): 2Face Idibia & D’Banj

International Act: UK - Tinie Tempah


A big Congratulations to you all from waHOLAAA!!

NEWS: OMAWUMI SAYS - "MAMA, NA GIRL!!"

Pop diva, Omawumi Megbele, has confirmed the news on her delivery of a baby girl in United States. The It all started after her status update that morning: “A child is God’s reward – Psalm 127:3b. Welcome sweetie,” and an ‘It’s a girl’ picture.
From a statement released by her public relations representatives, Oma says “I’m so excited I have delivered, It’s always fulfilling for me when I achieve a milestone in my life.”
Her baby daughter arrived on Saturday at Rockdale Medical Center in Atlanta.
Ever since the sight of her slight buldge from her latest video "If you ask me" and her unusual hidden poses behind flowing gowns in the cover shoot for Genevieve Magazines, newspapers and people generally had been suspecting that a mini Oma was in the making but no word was heard from the wonder woman's quarters until now.

More from the lips of the newest celeb mum in town, Oma comments on the mystery of childbirth, “You know the whole story that once you deliver all the pain goes away, That’s a lie! But when I heard her cry and held her in my arms, I felt so thankful and in awe of God’s awesomeness!”
To all the Oma support group out there, she chirps “Baby and mama are fine, great actually. And we feel soo good!”

Read the review on Omawumi's "If You Ask Me" video on waHOLAAA!
http://waholaaa.blogspot.com/2011/05/if-you-ask-me-omawumi-i-go-tell-u-say.html


And Listen to her new single - "I Go Go"

MUSIC: PROVABS got nothing but the Truth for ya!

The burgeoning Nigerian music industry has a new entrant causing ripples in the underground scene and has been described as the future of urban gospel in Nigeria. Having collaborated with several notable acts, it is now time for PROVABS to launch out on his own and he does that with a brand new single - "Bless Me dey Go".
Vivacious, refreshing and inspiring lyrics all these ingredients make up the style of rapper PROVABS delivered with depth and charisma that captivates anyone who encounters him through his music.
Provabs’ lyrics are down to earth, witty and true as he shares his faith through a medium that is widely accepted.  Starting out in the choir and now as a full-fledged artiste, he is poised to take his place in the effervescent Nigerian music industry.

The Nigerian airwaves have been fuelled with his songs "Ko si" and "Swagger" in the past year. Other singles to look out for from his forthcoming album are P.R.O.V.A.B.S and the aptly titled conscious
song; HOPE. His new single Bless Me (Dey Go) is being tagged as the ‘feel good song’ to wrap the year off with! His management believes it is the song to start the day off with.
Provabs has worked with artistes like; Ige, Infinity, Jedi, Dekunle Fuji, Samklef, and a lot of respected Nigerian gospel artistes.

PROVABS is currently being managed by ONE Management.
Listen to his new single "Bless Me (Dey Go)", right here on waHOLAAA!

VIDEO: Dr Kay sings for "Debola"

Dr Kay - "Debola" (produced by Cobhams Asuquo)
{Video Directed by Frizzle}

There's gonna be some healing up in here....A Medical doctor with a voice that brings back the nostalgic sounds of of the young Micheal Jackson, back in the days of "The Girl is Mine" and so on....
His name: DR KAY...formerly known as Dr OluwaSeyi  Babajide Kayode,  a young medical practioner who's also a fantastic singer, songwriter and musician (he expertly plays both the Acoustic & Bass guitar).

Growing up in Lagos, Seyi attended Primary and Secondary schools at Agege, where he found a deep love for Science and finished Secondary school in 1996 with distinctions..
An admission into the Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife in 1997 was the height at which his crazy passion for music blossomed. Here,he studied Medicine and Surgery as a Shell Petroleum and Mobil Producing scholar as well as being the Music Director for 5years in his fellowship(Christ Love Fellowship) where he was opportuned to develop his leadership and musical skills,experimenting with a wide range of musical styles from Fuji to Jazz and Negro Spirituals.
He bagged an M.B.Ch.B. degree in 2005 and practises clinical Medicine actively.
Whilst being a member of his church choir,Chosen Treasure of the House On The Rock,Lagos, Dr Kay has finally taken the huge step to showcasing his other talents outside the hospital walls.
Greatly influenced by musical greats suchs as Stevie Wonder,Michael Jackson,Brian McKnight,Lauryn Hill,Bslade(formerly Tonèx),Bobby McFerrin,Sikiru Ayinde Barrister,Adewale Ayuba; Seyi is a strong advocate of positive social change and he believes God has equipped him with Musical abilities to this end.

Married to Adebola with a baby girl,Oluwadarasimi, Dr Kay just couldn't ignore the itch to base his first single on the amazing woman he shares his life with.
With the superb genius of world class producer, Cobhams, "Debola" was created with  a beautiful video shot by "Best New Director -Nigerian Music Video Awards 2011", Frizzle.
And ever since, "Debola" has been topping the video charts nationwide.
A beautiful love ballad that will make you reach out to your other half in an instant.
Thumbs up, Dr Kay....Let the healing.. oops! sorry, music roll...LOL!

NEWS: Sasha & Banky W in new Endorsement Deal With Samsung Mobile

Joining the league of celebrities being endorsed by major brands and telecommunications companies in Nigeria are Sasha and Banky W, who have been signed on as Samsung's Brand ambassadors.
Although the worth of this deal has not been made known but judging from the grins and smiles from the pictures at the press conference, it certainly is a huge smile to the bank for these two.
*waHOLAAA! winks*

Press Release Statement from reads:
Storm 360 salutes Samsung on signing Sasha and Banky W as their brand ambassadors.  We want to congratulate Sasha who is an iconic artist and represents for all young females what is possible when talent meets hard work. Banky W has always been a talent and has become a major force in the Nigerian and African scene. "I am particularly happy that Storm has been able to position this deal with two of Nigeria's most talented artistes.On a personal note I must pay special tribute to Tola Odunsi who led this initiative with Samsung and has managed to integrate all the elements of this unique relationships" says Obi Asika
Again we want to thank Samsung for supporting Nigerian talents in the real sense and for giving Storm the privilege to work with them as we build this platform.