Barely a week after his album hit the stores; Darey Art Alade’s second album has become yet another prey to piracy. ‘If not for the timely intervention of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), I am not sure what story we’d be telling today. A lot of our intellectual work, time, money and energy have been put into the release of that album, and to think someone was trying to pirate it breaks my heart’ Darey says
The NCC on Thursday April 2, 2009 caught Akina Music International Limited formerly Benrit Outlook Ltd in the process of illegal mass production of suspected pirated
products. The optical discs plant which will soon be charged and prosecuted for piracy of copyright protected works had also been raided by the Commission about four years ago and is currently being prosecuted at a Federal High Court in Lagos for piracy of musical works and cinematograph films.
Un.DAREY.ted. which has been on a test run since 2008, and has over time gained momentum as one of Nigeria’s most anticipated albums was finally released on March 31, 2009 under Soul Muzik after a string of videos for ‘With this woman’, ‘Carry dey go’, ‘Not the girl’ and ‘More’.
‘I hope and pray that this criminal act will not be allowed to continue to happen, I mean, people can’t continue to feed off our sweat and toil, its not fair’ Darey who was at Dubai as at the time the news broke disclosed.
Expected to hit the media are more eye catching, irresistible videos from the album- Un.DAREY.ted
Its April already, the month DJ Jimmy Jatt’s battle field is expected to commence, and there is no how he is not staying true to his word.
‘‘The preliminary for Battlefield is kicking off this month, at the end of which we hope to discover new rappers, dancers and DJs’. He says
Remember how he hit our TV screens with Jimmy’s Jump Off, and how he released ‘The Definition’- a mix tape which featured a number of up and coming acts ‘I just want to do what I love to do the most which is give a lot of gifted and talented people a platform to express themselves, and that is exactly what battle field is all about’ he explains
Expected to debut in a matter of days, Battlefield will take a whole new dimension from the usual reality shows on TV. Jimmy Jatt says- ‘It is not really a reality show; it is more like a contest. It is called Battlefield. It is my own way of trying to discover new sets of DJs. We should be grooming DJs, rappers and dancers regularly. I have been around for a while and I have moved around a lot. I have realized that most talent hunt shows here are all about singers, but we should understand that just the same way we have a whole lot of young people who want to sing; we also have a whole lot of young people who want to rap and dance and become DJs’
The auditions kicks off in Lagos on April 15, 2009 at The place, GRA, Ikeja.and it starts with the DJ battle, while in May, it will be ‘rap battle’, and then in June, it will be the ‘Dance battle’. ‘We do different competitions every month and a winner emerges to qualify for the grand finale at the end of the year. Anybody that wins in each month gets between N200, 000 and N400, 000. For the grand finale, we have for the winner one million naira, a brand new car and a state-of-the-art DJ equipment’ he says
This year's edition of City People Awards was held last weekend at Tafawa Balewa Square,Onikan and we took time out to get you photos from the event. Some of our celebrities were there to show what they have got! Now, It is not for me to judge.Here are some of the photos. More to appear soon on www.gistmaster.com
Lloyd, a popular American musician, arrived the city of Lagos,Nigeria, this morning (Friday 3 April 2009). The Atlanta Georgia based entertainer was received by Bobby Taylor of Bobby Taylor Consulting and journalists at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,Ikeja.He came with some of his collegues. The artiste is billed to perform this night at Isomnia, a club managed by Akeem Shodehinde in Ikoyi and said to be owned by United Kingdom based soccer star, Joseph Yobo. www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com gathered that the artiste would also be performing at the same club tomorrow. In a chat at the airport, he said Nigerians are in for a great time.
Muiyiwa Oshindero of CLOTHSENSE needs little or no introduction. We have told you about the celebrity fashion designer before now. He is still on top of the game as top starsm corporate leaders and top government functionaries dont joke with his works.We are suprised at all because he is cool and creative. Those who visited his stand at Lydos venue of Funke Bucknor-Obruthe's wedding workshop would attest to what we are saying.
Deaconess Yinka Adeniyi-Raji celebrated her birthday with pupils in her class yesterday (1 April 2009) in Kuwait.Here is wishing her abundance of God's blessing. Some of the pupils who shared birthday date with her, were also glad to share in the cutting of the cake, which has her picture on it. She had so much fun and some of the kids who paid glowing tributes to their teacher made tears 'stroll' down from her eyes. She used to be in Nigeria's advertising sector but now she is dedicated to the work of God and mentoring people.
Yoruba actress, Sade Omoniyi popularly known as Lepa Shandy decided to shame some of her detractors who thought some traditional marks would have been lying flat on her back. She was at the City People Awards last Sunday and and showed us that she is all good with her style.
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