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American singer Sean 'Diddy' Combs was arrested in New York on Monday night by federal agents at a Manhattan hotel, following a grand jury indictment. His lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, criticized the US Attorney's Office for pursuing what he called an unfair prosecution. Agnifilo emphasized that Combs had voluntarily come to New York in anticipation of the charges. “To his credit Mr. Combs has been cooperative with this investigation and he

Afrobeat star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, recently headlined Ethiopia's New Year celebration as the country entered the year 2017. A viral video on social media shows thousands of Ethiopians gathering in Addis Ababa, the country’s capital, to mark the occasion. Davido's associate and talent manager, Ubi Franklin, shared updates about the event on Instagram. Many were surprised to learn that Ethiopia is seven years behind the rest of

Tyla Laura Seethal, more popularly known as Tyla, publicly separated herself from the Afrobeats genre of African music, claiming that she is in fact, an Amapiano singer. She said this during her acceptance speech at the 2024 VMAs, after winning the Afrobeats category with her song ‘Water’. "I know there's a tendency to group all African artists as Afrobeats. Even though Afrobeats has run things and opened doors for us,

An aide to the Delta State governor, Ossai Success Ovie, has criticized singer Rema for donating N105 million to his home church in Benin. In a social media post, Ossai expressed disappointment, saying that Rema should have given his life to God instead of just giving money. While acknowledging the donation as a good deed, Ossai argued that God would have been more pleased if Rema had committed his life

Afrobeats sensation, Divine Ikubor, widely known as Rema, has donated N105 million to a Christ Embassy church on Ekenwan road in Benin city, Edo State. During a Sunday service, Rema thanked the church for its support after his father's passing. In a now-viral video, he detailed that N40 million would go to church infrastructure, 25 million to the teens church, 20 million to widows, and another 20 million to the church’s

Afrobeats star Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has returned to his hometown of Benin, Edo State, to prepare for his highly anticipated homecoming concert. Rema’s record label, Mavin Records, shared a video of his arrival on X. Rema first gained widespread attention in 2018 with a viral freestyle on Instagram to D’Prince’s track “Gucci Gang.” He officially launched his music career in 2019 with his debut single, “Dumebi,” and