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Fhaghyboi Talks About Fhaghyboi & Friends Vol. 1.....coming soon

Early this week, saucemusiq meets with the Nigerian fast raising act Fhagyboi who recently dropped a single 2 months ago title "SuperWoman" beautiful love song that has been busting the Clubs and also been on Airplay since then. This act with a great sensational sound is the best at what he does, He won the 36HYPE AWARD (ARTISTE OF THE YEAR 2017) and also he is steadily coming up in the 36HYPE RAP CYPHER which he came 3rd place 2016 and also came 2nd place 2017 he his really make a name for him self in the Industry. Fhagyboi started Music Professionally in 2012, he was under the Management of  LMG (Like I Care Music Group) and dropped hits BackToBack with in that year and previous years before now, Songs like Sisi Nene, Ibebe Idi, Wonmagba and Xmas love and other songs recorded with the team and featuring. Fhagyboi went solo 2016 and since then he has not disappointed his fans and followers on his BackToBack hit tracks.

MediaPusha had to meet with him again and here his what he said about upcoming plans:

"Its been a rough road before getting this far and i really wanna say a very big thank you to God Almighty for being there for me and every i wanna say thank you to everyone who has been supporting my Music God bless you all, Much plans coming up, more hit song, new sounds, more featuring and also y'all should watch out for my first ever Live Concert coming up Fhagy & Friends Vol.1 much fun, different artiste and massive crowd. Watch Out!!!"

New Song "Pere" Shows That OBO Cannot Escape From His Sony Deal

At the start of 2017, an unhappy Davido fired his manager Kamal Ajiboye and declared that he was done with the international campaign.

Who said Davido is done with his campaign for international recognition? Who said OBO is going to let his deal with Sony go to waste? Who said what?

OBO is back with a new record – ‘Pere’ – featuring Young Thug and Rae Sremmund. We always knew this collaboration is in the bag, but no one had an idea when it would hit the streets. According to Davido, he has three songs with Young Thug which were recorded in 2016 during the height of his Sony campaign. Rae Sremmund duo (Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi) were also pictured with him in the studio, as well as Tinashe.

Tinashe had hers released last year, with ‘How long’ promoted as one of the singles off the polarizing “Son Of Mercy” project. But the project did little to further Davido’s career, both locally and internationally, and he had to chill. After multiple negotiations with Sony, he clawed back creative control in January 2017, and has since scored local hits with singles ‘If’ and ‘Fall’.

This is where it gets interesting. Without Sony executives influencing his sound, Davido has thrived. His career is back on  track, the hits have elevated his status back to one of Africa’s brightest pop stars, and he feels this is the time to bring back the international campaign. The confidence is at its peak, and a little mixing won’t hurt, right?

New song ‘Pere’ is a fusion of Trap music with African elements. Davido has always been in love with Atlanta and the music that rules its streets. In 2015, he collaborated with Meek Mill on ‘Fans mi’, another Trap record which polarized fans. The same happened with his work on ‘Coolest kid in Africa’, and Nasty C’s ‘Juice back’.

Produced by DJ Mustard, the record has Davido operating comfortably along synths, muscular drums, and claps. He takes on the chorus, plugs in the Yoruba language, with a refrain from Swae Lee, and verses from Slim Jxmmi and Young Thug.

At the start of 2017, an unhappy Davido fired his manager Kamal Ajiboye and declared that he was done with the international campaign. “Back to the basics!” he screamed on Snapchat as he commenced work on ‘If’. But having enjoyed the benefit of the ‘basics’, he is right back to what he was running away from.

"They tried to fix me up with a producer and I decided to come home, but I’m still signed to them, it’s going good. They have realized how much potential is here because even when I am all over the world it is my African songs that even the oyibo people f*** with,” Davido told Guardian.\

‘Pere’ sits in perfectly with what Sony Music’s A&R executives have been trying to do with Davido. Gone is all that talk about ‘going back to the basics’. What we have now is a record designed outside Nigeria for the urban market. It’s a compromise that was inevitable the moment Davido showed up at the Sony offices in New York, smiling into the camera and signing the papers placed on the table. He is under contract, he has taken an advance, and he must deliver.

Davido still owes Sony an album to be recorded, approved, released and distributed across the globe. And ‘Pere’ might just be a single to continue the quest to achieve that. It is inevitable. That album must come out.

But we also shouldn’t ignore the bottom-line of this record and what it represents. The push for African artist to integrate our sounds with other markets is still on. Wizkid has “Sounds From The Other Side” representing that movement on a larger scale. Davido is working on fulfilling the terms of his contracts by international collaboration such as what we have here.

Runtown Is One Of The Most Searched Topics On Google In 2017

Runtown’s Mad Over You just scored another big credit, with the recent revelation that it is one of the most searched topics on Google so far, this year.

During a recent visit to Nigeria, the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai revealed the top searches on the engine this year and Mad Over You appeared on the list. Going by this revelation, it can be concluded that Runtown’s Mad Over You is the most searched song on Google in Nigeria, in 2017 so far.

Wizkid Attacks Fan In Lagos Club.

After freshly releasing the SFTOS album and spreading the gospel of African music to the world, Wizkid is back in Nigeria. He showed up at a Lagos club recently, where he was having fun until the ambience changed when someone tried to take a photo of him.

Simi Hits Back At Old Man “Leave Us To Wear Our Fashionable Rags”

As fashionable as “crazy jeans” might appear, not everyone takes a liking to it. This is the case for one of Simi’s acquaintances. The man who got involved in a conversation with popular singer Simi on the plane made an attempt to dissuade her from seeing fashion in “torn trouser.”

Wande Coal announces 'Iskaba' world tour

Wande Coal is about to follow the likes of Davido and Wizkid on the path of organizing international tours.

Titling his "Iskaba world tour 2017'', the singer wrote on Instagram " About to show the world what I mean when I say " Nobody be like Wande coal ."

 Wande is however yet to give the details of the tour. The Black diamond singer has had a rather quiet 2017 musically. 2016 saw him release 'Ballerz' and 'Iskaba', and then releasing visuals for them in 2017.The singer has however been going for lowkey gigs, recently having one in Egypt. He also featured in Dbanj's 'It's not a lie' that also has Harrysong on the hook.His last album- his sophomore LP "Wanted was released in 2015 under Black Diamond Entertainment label, which he floated after leaving Mohits records.

Wande Coal and Phyno have recently also collaborated on a yet to be released song.

Mr Eazi Apple Music's Up Next artist talks 
music journey, Wizkid, future projects.

Mr Eazi is currently Apple Music Beats 1 Up Next artist, an initiative aimed at showcasing emerging artists to the world.

The singer chatting with Julie Adenuga on Beats 1 radio talks about his early days from moving to Kumasi at an early age, experimenting with genres of music, mixing Azonto and ragga music, to coining Banku music after releasing ‘Bankulize.’

Eazi talked about working with Wizkid, and why they clicked.

“I wanted us to work as a family” Eazi says on what he wanted from the Starboy affiliation.

Mr Eazi talked about how ‘In the morning’ off his “Life is Eazi :Accra to Lagos” tape was originally meant for Wizkid, but after walking into the studio at the time Wiz was recording with Legendury Beats, he asked to try the idea in his mind over the beat and that was how Wizkid gave it up to Eazi, obviously feeling his flow over the ‘In the morning’ beat. Eazi said he likes the way Wizkid feels free when he is recording.

The ‘Short skirt’ singer is also coming out with an acoustic version of 10 fan favorite songs off the mixtape, explaining how different cultures could connect to a stripped down version of his music when he performed at a New York Apple store.

“They could connect to my music in its purest form, so I was like let’s do this,” speaking of recording an acoustic project.”

Eazi says not wanting to be an artist at first is a blessing because he just came into the game naturally as he is.

Mr Eazi also revealed his liking for EDM group Major Lazer's Diplo who reached out to him on social media raving about how he loves Eazi’s songs. The pair eventually  met and went on to record about 12 songs together .

The Leg over crooner is bringing a Mr Eazi festival to London. Explaining why he chose London, Eazi said London is where he made the decision to take on music fully.

“London has been central to Mr Eazi. Me deciding to take the music as my 247 happened in London, so I feel this is where it should start.“

Eazi talked about making the venue of the said event very African themed, rich in African culture and art.