Popular RnB artiste, Darey Art Alade has returned to reckoning as he drops two new singles. The songs, ‘Pray For Me’ featuring Soweto Gospel Choir and ‘Àsìkò Laiyé’ featuring Olamide, premiered during the week on major radio stations across the country.

Beyonce and Pearl Jam will headline the Global Citizen Festival in New York, which for the first time will broadcast internationally as organizers seek to expand its anti-poverty message. Other performers at the September 26 show in Central Park will include Coldplay, whose frontman Chris Martin has signed on to a long-term role in arranging the festival, and English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who previously announced his participation.

“I hear songs in my spirit in strange places, sometimes at the bank, airport, park, church, even in my dream and then I wake up and write down the lyrics and record the melody. He noted

South African award winning rapper, Kiernan Jordan Forbes popularly known as AKA is the latest father in the African music scene amongst other rap artistes with the arrival of his baby girl, Kairo.

The urban giants will go head to head at MAMA 2015, which is sponsored by KwaZulu-Natal in association with Absolut Vodka and in partnership with The City of Durban. The winner, chosen by music fans voting online at http://mama.mtv.com, will be revealed at the live awards ceremony on Saturday 18 July at the Durban International Convention Centre, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.