Barely two weeks after the nation woke up to the news of the death of prominent artiste, Twin Seven-Seven, The Lady of songs and one of Nigeria’s most prominent musicians, Christy Essien Igbokwe is dead. She died in an undisclosed hospital in Lagos

Yeni Kuti , the first child and daughter of late Afro beat king, Fela Anikulapo Kuti turned 50 years last Tuesday. She relives memories of her active years as a dancer, life after the death of her father and her desire to re-marry if she has the opportunity to do so, amongst other issues raised by Showtime Celebrity.

Ah! I didn’t know that to have been born a Kuti is a bad thing in Nigeria. I got to know when I wanted to rent a house-nobody wanted me because I’m not Obasanjo’s child- my father used to steal money and kill people.

From living in the street, James Oluwajuwonlo Edahi, popularly known as Jaywon, broke into the music industry with the hit song ‘File Be’. He recounts the story of how Kennis Music gave his music career a boost, his journey into music and other issues.

Vanguard’s Entertainment Editor Mr. Ogbonna Amadi has won the highly esteemed Society, Entertainment and Style media awards for the Entertainment Editor of the year while the paper’s entertainment page took the entertainment page of the year.

Okoro Uwale a.k.a Essence started her singing career at a very tender age, but went professional at age 18. The Itsekiri, Delta State-born singer, graduated from Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, where she studied Theatre Arts. After secondary school education, Essence joined her Church choir. Before she released her debut album, she had backed up artistes such as Kingsley Ike, Paul Play Dairo, Kenny St Brown and others.

One of Nigeria’s foremost rap acts and awards winning Mode 9, is floating in the sky, as his sojourn in the United Kingdom has paid off big time.

As the group celebrates thirty years of business we asked the Akassa, Bayelsa born business administration graduate of University of Southern California if he has realised his dream to be number one in the world.

Dancehall act, Gabriel Oche Amanyi a.k.a Terry G threw industry loyalists and fans into a brief panic last Saturday when he crashed his Camry into a road demarcation and ended up in the hospital lost in coma.

What you are about to read is one of the best kept secrets and perhaps also one of the most discussed stories in today’s music industry.

Do you know I played for the Queen in 2003 when she came to this country? It was in Abuja and apart from that, I did a lot of shows in Abuja from my hometown – Zigima sanctuary

Ben was the most troublesome amongst my children. His dad had a song for him: Ben, Ben, you are troublesome, you are worrisome, you are tiresome, you are everything

Erstwhile president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN)), Mr. Ejike Asiegbu, last Thursday evening at the celebrity hangout, O’Jez, in Surulere, put up a show that was not only belittling as far as his personality and career was concerned. Movie watchers at the venue said it was a deliberate show of shame to stardom.

Third child of a family of five children and born to a diplomat father, growing up for Glory Chukwu, current Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria (MBGN) 2009 was one filled with fun and a lot of travelling. And this also meant she was never steady in one country for more than four years.Glory Chukwu who flew the nation’s flag at the last December held, Miss world beauty pageant in South Africa, frowned at the declining quality of the contestants saying, “At the Miss World beauty pageant, breast, buttock and facial enhancements seem to have placed natural beauty permanently in the back seat”.
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I must confess that we are no longer making much money as we used to make in the recent past, simply because the producers are no longer making much money as they used to make. Definitely, it’s affecting whatever they are paying to the artistes.