The franchise celebrity 'Mo'Cheddah' coming off the heels of her MTV Base brand new deal
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Born a Gemini, GEEDEE grew up listening to the likes of Wutang clan, Masta Ace, KRS One, Mos def, Rakim, Onynx, Fugees, Mozart, and more. He also is noted to be one of the early followers of Naija music back when DJs thought it wasn’t cool to play Naija and way before people started loving PSquare, Modenine, Terry G, Timaya etc. (more)

K16  (real name Obinna Nwaobasi) is a part of Nigerian Music History. Hailing from Mbaise in Imo State, he was one of the members of Nigeria’s first ever Hip-hop group, ‘Emphasis’ One of Nigeria’s founding Afro hip-hop artist exported to the UK comes with Stunning new EP entitled TRIBUTE TO THE SOUTH Set for online release on the 10^th of June 2010. (more)

In their own words: Outkast meets James Brown, Benin City are one of the UK’s outstanding new bands, finding beauty, humour and hope even in life’s darkest corners; they engage with the leading themes of the day, including politics, race, religion and sexuality. This brilliant five-piece outfit – featuring the astonishing chemistry of two of the country’s finest spoken word artists, one saxophonist, one drummer, and one electric cellist – fuses funk, folk, drum and bass, hip-hop, Afrobeat, poetry and jazz. We have attracted the attention of the BBC, for whom we performed a live session at the Radio Theatre; one of the tracks from the live session, “The Flight”, can be heard on the EP. We have also performed live on Q Magazine’s radio station. (more)

Smokey, aka SMK, aka Smokeylicious, one of the key members of JJC & 419 Squad and one-time collaborator with US superstar Moby, is back with his new single “Sumthin”.  After his recent appearances on two other Nigerian club hits – “Gegi Lale” by JJC and “2fabulous Anthem” by 2fabulous - Smokey his now ready to blow up the dancefloors and TV screens by himself, with a little help from Mo Eazy. (more)

Clarence ! Clarence ! Oh my….this dude has grown his art form so much. Ok, let’s see…this post is not really about Clarence Peters. This video was shot by Clarence for Mike Anyasodo’s ‘Fine, fine lady’ song featuring Capital Records’ iLL Bliss. Mike Anyasodo is the season 2 winner of Project fame, West Africa. (more)

BET recently announced the nominees for the 2010 awards and MI & P square were announced as nominees for best international act. They were nominated in the same category that contains other heavy weights like Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP),  K’Naan, Kojo Antwi, Corinne Bailey Rae, Sade, Chipmunk, Dizzee Rascal, and Estelle .

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As the date for this year’s Hip Hop World Awards draws nearer, many people are wondering who will host the fifth edition of Nigeria’s most glamorous music awards. Ever since its debut in 2006, the Hip Hop World Awards has always had a penchant for picking hosts that add colour, fun and sparkle to the event. (more)

The Gospel according 2 R.A.P is a Nigerian based gospel hip hop music group that defines its style of music as hard hitting lyrics laced with the power of spoken word over head bumping beats. R.A.P music as defined by GA2R is an acronym for “rhythmically applied poetry” or “radically amplified praise” as the aim of the music is to spread the word of God across all borders regardless of age, sex, ethnic group, gender and race. (more)

We brought you the behind the scene pictures from Mo'Cheddah's video shoot and now we present you the Spanking Hot Video (Shot by the talented Clarence Peters). Let us know your thoughts, leave a comment. (more)