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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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Disney is launching an animated African comic book series that it describes as a “first of its kind collaboration”.

Two complete strangers trying to scrape by in the sprawling metropolis of Lagos are at the heart of Eyimofe (This is My Desire), a promising, quietly moving first feature from the directing duo of Arie and Chuko Esiri.

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

LAGOS — Nigerian drummer and composer Tony Allen, who worked closely with musician Fela Kuti as a pioneer of the Afrobeat genre, died in Paris aged 79, his manager said.

The legendary percussionist is considered a co-founder of the Afrobeat genre

Two only glancingly connected stories of street-level life in Lagos form the ostensible backbone of “This Is My Desire,” the engaging, earnest, loose-limbed debut feature from Nigerian twin-brother directors Arie and Chuko Esiri. But the shape of those lives is vaguely similar.

Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos and a team of high-level executives have spent the week crisscrossing the African continent, wooing local creators and touting plans to thrust the continent center-stage as the streaming giant’s first African original series, “Queen Sono,” drops worldwide on Friday.

By Peter White

On Sunday night, an overzealous fan rushed the stage at a Future concert in Lagos, Nigeria, in hopes of greeting the rapper. While performing at the EKO Convention Centre, Future was knee-deep in his headlining performance before a fan scurried his way onto the stage.