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AFRIMMA 2017: Nigeria Leads Nominees’ List for Africa Muzik Magazine Awards [Full List of Nominees]

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From general award categories such as ‘Crossing Boundaries with Music’, ‘Artiste of the Year’, ‘Best Newcomer’, ‘Best Video Director’ and ‘Song of the Year’, Nigeria could be said to have led the nomination chart in this year’s edition of Dallas-domiciled Africa Muzik Magazine Awards, now called AFRIMMA Awards & Music Festival.

The nominees list released by organisers on Friday reveals the strength of Nigerian artistes such as Wizkid, Flavour, Davido, Tekno, Runtown, Mr Eazi, Timaya, Clarence Peters, Patoronking, Jidenna, Ayo Jay and Maleek Berry on the continent.

This is just as C4 Pedro (Angola),Young Paris  – (Congo), King Kanja – (Kenya), Medikal (Ghana), Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania), Fally Ipupa (Congo), Cassper Nyovest  (South Africa), Eddy Kenzo (Uganda), Buffalo Souljah (Zimbabwe), Justin Campos (South Africa) will be putting up a good fight.

AFRIMMA Founder/CEO Big A Entertainment, Anderson Obiagwu expressed excitement about this year’s award which is in its 4th edition.

According to him, not only will the award show be hosted at a more prestigious venue – House of Blues, Dallas , Texas, United States, two new categories have been added to the 2017 edition –  Best Lusophone and Best Francophone.

Describing the show as the biggest African music awards in the Diaspora, he said this year’s event promises to be the best ever, having also added the Newcomer category with new stars like Dremo, Kadejevera DJ, Hiro, and Mr Leo making the list.

Full list of nominees for AFRIMMA 2017

Best Male West Africa

  1. Wizkid – Nigeria
  2. Falz – Nigeria
  3. Serge Beynaud  – Ivory Coast
  4. Mr Eazi – Nigeria
  5. Toofan – Togo
  6. Moh Dediouf – Senegal
  7. Davido – Nigeria
  8. Stonebwoy – Ghana
  9. Tekno – Nigeria
  10. Kedejevara DJ (Ivory Coast)

Best Female West Africa 

Tiwa Savage – Nigeria

Yemi Alade – Nigeria

Efya – Ghana

Adiouza – Senegal

Becca – Ghana

Josey – Ivory Coast

Mz Vee – Ghana

Simi – Nigeria

Almok – Togo

Best Male East Africa

Eddy Kenzo – Uganda

Diamond Platnumz – Tanzania

Jacky Gosee – Ethiopia

Ali Kiba – Tanzania

Navio – Uganda

Bebe Cool – Uganda

Sauti Sol – Kenya

Dynamq – South Sudan

Nyashinski – Kenya

Darasa – Tanzania

Best Female East Africa

Victoria Kimani – Kenya

Vanessa Mdee – Tanzania

Ester Aweke –  Ethiopia

Avril – (Kenya)

Lady Jaydee (Tanzania)

Knowles Butera – Rwanda

Irene Ntale  – Uganda

Akothee – Kenya

Dayna Nyange  – Tanzania

Best Male Central Africa

Fally Ipupa – Congo

Hiro – Congo

Ferre Golla – DRC

C4 Pedro – Angola

Stanley Enow – Cameroon

Anselmo Ralph – Angola

Maitre Gims – (Congo)

Werrason – DRC

Mr Leo – Cameroon

Best Female Central Africa

Laurette La Perle – Congo

Betty Akna – Equitorial Guinea

Syssi Mananga – Cameroon

Ary – Angola

Rennis – Cameroon

Arielle T – Gabon

Mani Bella – Cameroon

Nsoki – angola

Daphne – Cameroon

Best Male Southern Africa

Donald – South Africa

Black Coffee – South Africa

The Dogg – Namibia

Jah Prayza – Zimbabwe

Nasty C – South Africa

Emtee – South Africa

Roberto – Zambia

Casper Nyomvest- South Africa

Aka – South Africa

Best Female Southern Africa

Babes Wodumo – South Africa

Miss Lira – South Africa

Ice Queen Cleo – Zambia

Lizha James – Mozambique

Pah Chihera – Zimbabwe

Sally Boss Madam – Namibia

ahara – South Africa

Chikune – Namibia

Bucie- South Africa

 

Best Male North Africa 

Amr Diab – Egypt

Tamer Hosny – Egypt

Chawki – Morocco

Ahmed Soultan – Morocco

Douzi – Morocco

Ayman Alatar- Morocco

Khaled -Algeria

Saber Rebai – Tunisia

Best Female North Africa 

Samira Said – Morrocco

Ibtissam Tiskat – Morocco

Angham – Egypt

Sandy – Egypt

Amal Maher – Egypt

Latifa – Tunisia

Amani Swissi – Tunisia

Sarah Ayoub – Morocco

Best African Group

Sauti Sol – Kenya

Radio & Weasel – Uganda

Toofan – Togo

Bracket – Nigeria

Mi Casa – South Africa

R2bee’s – Ghana

Best Life Music – Burundi 

Yamoto Band – Tanzania

Forca Suprema- Angola

Crossing Boundaries With Music Award

C4 Pedro (Angola)

Wizkid  (Nigeria)

Young Paris  – (Congo)

French Montana-  Morocco

MHD – Guinea Conakry

Ayo Jay – Nigeria

King Kanja – (Kenya)

Wale (Nigeria )

Jidenna (Nigeria)

Maleek Berry (Nigeria)

Best Gospel 

Frank Edwards – Nigeria

Uche Agu – Nigeria

Willy Paul – Kenya

SP Koffi Sarpong – Ghana

Icha Kavons – Congo

Ntokozo Mbambo – South Africa

Nathaniel Bassey – Nigeria

Sonnie Badu – Ghana

Best Newcomer

Dremo – Nigeria

Medikal – Ghana

Ray Vanny – Tanzania

Preto Show- Angola

Maleek Berry – Nigeria

Mr Leo – Cameroon

Nathi – South Africa

Julz – Ghana

Niniola – Nigeria

Zani Challe – Malawi

Artist of The Year 

Flavour (Nigeria)

Diamond Platnumz ( Tanzania)

Fally Ipupa- Congo

Wizkid (Nigeria)

Cassper Nyovest  (South Africa)

Davido – (Nigeria)

Eddy Kenzo – Uganda

Tekno –  Nigeria

Mr Eazi – Nigeria

C4 Pedro – Angola

Dancehall Act of the Year

Timaya – Nigeria

Stonebwoy – Ghana

Jah Prayza – Zimbabwe

Burna Boy – Nigeria

Samini – Ghana

Patoranking – Nigeria

Shatta Wale – Ghana

Buffalo Souljah- Zimbabwe

Best Video Director

Daps – Nigeria

Justin Campos – South Africa

Sesan – Nigeria

Clarence Peters – Nigeria

Patrick Elis- Nigeria

Shammack -Cameroon

Enos Olik – Kenya

Savy Filmz – Uganda

Avalon Okpe- Nigeria

Godfather- South Africa

Best Dj Africa

Dj Spinall – Nigeria

Dj Joe MFalme – Kenya

Dj Black Coffee – South Africa

Dj Exclusive – Nigeria

Dj Kalonje  – Kenya

Dj D-Ommy – Tanzania

Dj Paulo Paulo Alves – Angola

Dj Crème Delacreme- Kenya

DJ Nyce- Ghana

Best African Dj USA

Dj Tunez – Nigeria

Dj Wagura  – Ethiopia

Dj FreshyK- Nigeria

Dj Deemoney – Nigeria

Dj Silent Killa – Carribeans

Dj Akua – Ghana

Dj Fully Focus -Kenya

Dj Rell – Sierra Leone

Dj Poison Ivy  – Kenya

Dj Mike Kiss- Carribeans

AFRIMMA Video of The Year

Toofan – Terre (Togo)

Davido – If (Nigeria)

Wizkid  – Come Closer (Nigeria)

Runtown – Mad Over You (Nigeria)

Casper Nyovest – Tito Mboweni (South AFrica)

Emtee ft Nasty C – Winning (South Africa)

Diamond Platnumz ft Ray Vanny – Salome (Tanzania)

Victoria Kimani ft Donald – Fade Away(Kenya/South Africa)

Fally Ipupa – Eloko Iyo (Congo)

C4 Pedro ft Sautisol- Love again (Angola/Kenya)

Wande Coal ft Dj Tunez – Iskaaba (Nigeria)

Music Producer of The Year

Dj Breezy – Nigeria

Masterkraft – Nigeria

Dr Fizol – Uganda

Julz – Ghana

Visita – Kenya

Tweezy – South Africa

Tud Thomas – Tanzania

Krissbeatz – Nigeria

Del B – Nigeria

Sidikiba Diabate – Mali

Best African Dancer

Kaffy Dancequeen – Nigeria

Korra Obidi – Nigeria

Nabile Danser – South Africa

Sherri Silver  – Rwanda

La Petite Zota – Ivory Coast

Manuel Canza Laurenzo –  Angola

Moses Iyobo – Tanzania

Brenda Derry – Cameroon

Ghetto Triplet Kids(Uganda)

Eddie Wizzy Dances (Uganda)

Best Rap Act

Phyno – Nigeria

Olamide – Nigeria

Aka – South Africa

Sarkodie – Ghana

Casper Nyovest – South Africa

King Kaka Sungura  – Kenya

Octopizzo – Kenya

Prodigio – Angola

Falz – Nigeria

Best Collaboration

Wizkid ft Chris Brown- African Bad girl (Nigeria/USA)

Diamond Platnumz ft Neo – Marry you (Tanzania/USA)

Babe Wodumo ft Mampinsta – Wololo (South Africa)

Ycee ft Maleek Berry – Juice (Nigeria)

Runtown ft Sarkodie – Painkiller(Nigeria/Ghana)

Davido ft Nasty C – Coolest Kid in Africa(Nigeria/South Africa)

Edy Kenzo ft Alaine – Addicted (Uganda/Jamaica)

C4 Pedro ft Sautisol- Love again (Angola/Kenya)

Darasa ft Ben Pol- muziki (Tanzania)

Fally Ipupa ft Booba- Kinane (Congo)

Song of The Year 

Runtown – Mad over you (Nigeria)

Davido – if  (Nigeria )

Diamond Platnumz ft Rayvanny – Salome (Tanzania)

Babe Wodumo ft Mampintsha – Wololo (South Africa )

Wizkid –  Come Closer(Nigeria)

Caspper Nyovest – Tito Mboweni(South Africa)

Fally Ipupa – Eloko Iyo(Congo)

Toofan – Terre (Togo)

Darasa ft Ben Pol – Muziki (Tanzania)

MHD- Bravo (Guinea Conakry)

Best Lusophone

C4Pedro- Angola

Nsoki – Angola

Ary- Angola

Yola Semedo- Angola

Yasmine (Guinea)

Calema  (Sao Tome)

Anselmo Ralph- Angola

Nelson Freitas- Cape Verde

Mr Bow- Mozambique

Djodje- Cape Verde

Best Francophone 

Sidikiba Diabate – Mali

Moh Dediouf – Guinea Conakry

Dj Arafat –  Ivory Coast

Toofan – Togo

Hiro- Congo

Fally Ipupa – Congo

Maitre Gims – (Congo)

Adiouza – Senegal

Daphne   – Cameroon

Serge Beynaud – Ivory Coast

BEST SOUND ENGINEER

MixMonster- Nigeria

Suka sounds- Nigeria

Ogopa Brothers- Kenya

Tud Thomas- Tanzania

Sheyman- Nigeria

Kaywa- Ghana

Tweezy – South Africa

Bebe Philip – Ivory Coast

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Ebuka Obi-Uchendu Auditioned For Big Brother Nigeria On A Dare

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Talk show host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu recently appeared on the “Menisms Podcast” and shared a surprising story about his beginnings. Ebuka revealed that he was actually a contestant on the very first season of Big Brother Nigeria way back in 2006! He emphasised that he never went on the show to become famous; it was just something he decided to do.

“I was 23 when I first started Big Brother. We were in the first season of Big Brother Nigeria. It was even called Big Brother ‘Nigeria’ then, not ‘Naija’. Naija wasn’t a thing then and I feel like we were just guinea pigs because nobody knew what the show was going to be like if they were going to watch, what to expect and all that,” he began.

Ebuka’s Big Brother NIgeria poster [Big Brother Wiki]

Ebuka dished on the podcast about how he ended up on Big Brother Nigeria. He saw an ad for the show and, in a spur-of-the-moment decision, decided to audition as a dare from his sister.

He admits that part of the motivation was seeing all the attractive ladies at the audition. But, to be honest, the grand prize money probably didn’t hurt either.

“I didn’t go in to blow, which is what you get now. Now it’s like a path to entertainment for people. Back then the prize was even $100,000 and they still advertised in newspapers because there wasn’t social media then.”

He continued, 

“So I saw the ad in the newspaper and it wasn’t something I would have ever done. I was a lawyer then and my sister dared me to do it, so I auditioned, they called me and I saw mad babes and I was like ‘I have to do this’. But the main motivation was the money. I wanted to win the money, go to Yankee and get my master’s. That was the plan I had at the time and there was no entertainment in my path.”

Ebuka went on the podcast to share that even though he auditioned for the money and the pretty faces at the Big Brother Nigeria auditions, he ended up finding his calling in entertainment after the competition ended. In other words, going on the show for a dare turned into a whole new career path for him.

“Of Course, I didn’t win and then everything went left. I had gotten the fame and I wasn’t enjoying being a lawyer and I was kind of broke. And that’s how this started, people kept telling me that I had a great voice and I looked good, so I started going for auditions and then I got my first job with NTA. I started doing this strictly for the money,” he said.

Ebuka gets evicted from Big Brother Nigeria [Big Brother Wiki]

Little did Ebuka know that his dare to audition for Big Brother show would change his life. Even though he originally went on the show for the money and the fun, his time on Big Brother Nigeria launched him into the entertainment industry.

Ebuka has become one of Nigeria’s most popular media personalities and TV hosts. And ironically, the host of the very same reality show that gave him his big break!

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See Why Beverly Naya Almost Quit Acting

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Nollywood actress Beverly Naya recently talked to media personality Chude Jideonwo about a tough time in her career. She said that all the negativity and bullying online got to her mental health so much that she considered quitting acting altogether. Naya said she felt like the online bullies were unfairly targeting her.

She said,

“There was this particular blog that literally kept coming for me and always had the most negative things to say about everything that I was in and it felt like a personal attack.”

The actress admitted that the constant online attacks really got to her and even made her think about leaving acting altogether. “I felt like I was being attacked again, like, ‘Why am I always being singled out?’ So it really got to me and it damaged my self-esteem and made me doubt myself and I didn’t want to continue in this industry.”

She recounted a particularly hurtful post that has stayed with her ever since. Narrating how the words broke her down, she said,

“There was a particular post that I can never forget, they said ‘Nollywood can we stop trying to make Beverly Naya happen.’ When I saw it, I was crushed and I cried my eyes out because of that. I was angry because I felt like I worked hard. At the time I wasn’t perfect, I’m still not perfect but I was willing and I was pushing myself and I really felt like I did my best and I was trashed and singled out and irrelevant. I was borderline depressed during that period.”

 

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Beverly Naya is a well-respected Nollywood actress who has starred in many popular films. Some of her most notable movies include “Forgetting June,” a movie that explores moving on from past love, and “The Wedding Party,” a hilarious look at the chaos that can ensue around wedding planning.

She’s also been in romantic comedies like “When Love Happens” and dramas like “Across the Rising Sun.”

Naya’s talents extend beyond acting, and she even won an Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award (AMVCA) for Best Documentary for her film “Skin.” This award sheds light on her ability to entertain and also tell important stories.

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Tyla Teases Potential Collaboration With Blackpink’s Lisa

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Music fans! South African singing sensation Tyla is brewing up a potential collaboration with K-pop megastar Lisa from BLACKPINK! The buzz started when Tyla shared a social media clip of them hanging out in the studio, with Lisa listening to Tyla’s debut album, “TYLA.” The caption hinted at a future team-up, saying, “Sweetest gorllll… Definitely a Lisa x Tyla collab down the line.”

In a recent interview with Reuters promoting her new album, Tyla confirmed the exciting news. She revealed they’ve been in talks about creating a song together. “We’ve been speaking about making a song together, so yes, for sure,” Tyla enthusiastically told Reuters. This potential collaboration has music lovers buzzing. With Tyla’s soulful vocals and Lisa’s energetic rapping, the combination promises an explosive track that could dominate the charts. Both artists are known for pushing boundaries and experimenting with new sounds, making this a collaboration with serious potential.

While there’s no official confirmation on the song’s release date or details, Tyla’s confirmation is enough to set the music world on fire. Fans are eagerly waiting for any further developments and can’t wait to see what these two musical powerhouses create together.

Lisa struck out on her own in February, launching her label “LLOYD” after her solo contract with YG Entertainment ended. Lisa and her bandmates have renewed their group contract with YG.

This wouldn’t be Tyla’s first high-profile collaboration. Her debut album already features tracks with American rapper Travis Scott and Nigerian singer Tems. Teaming up with the globally renowned Lisa from BLACKPINK would be a massive step for Tyla, further solidifying her position as a rising star on the international music scene.

With both artists at the top of their game, a Tyla and Lisa collaboration has the potential to be a global chart-topper.

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