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Laycon Time Travels Back To The Future With “Shall We Begin” In The June Digital Issue Of Simple Magazine
Stepping away from the shadows of Big Brother Naija “Verified” crooner, Laycon time travels back to the future in the new digital edition of SIMPLE with “Shall We Begin”. Born Olamilekan Moshood Agbeleshe, the 27-year-old native of Ogun state in Nigeria and winner of MNET’s Big Brother Naija season 5, the down-to-earth,punchline wielding, dread-lock wearing and intelligent “Fierce one” talked about “Shall We Begin” and more. In the interview, which also premiered on SIMPLE TV YouTube channel, Laycon talked about his creative process, life after Big Brother Naija and also did analbum review in details. For more, checkout the full interview here http://bit.ly/LayconBegins Watch Interview On Youtube Below; [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates O...
WATCH! Mr P’s “Prodigal Album” Virtual Concert featuring Wande Coal, Singah, DJ Switch
Popular Nigerian singer, dancer, and entrepreneur, Peter Okoye who is also known as Mr P presents a virtual party as he performs a few songs on his debut ‘The Prodigal’ album for the first time. The former member of the defunct musical group, Psquare performs three of his songs off his debut project on the first part of this Virtual concert. This is Part 1 featuring live performances of “I No Like Trouble“, “Blessed” and “Follow My Lead” with a guest appearance by Wande Coal. “Prodigal Album” is available on all Music platforms STREAM/DOWNLOAD ALBUM HERE Watch Mr P – The Prodigal Virtual Concert ( Part 1) Below! [embedded content] Here’s the second part of Mr. P‘s live performance at the Virtual Concert of his latest album “Prodigal“. This second Part 2 featuring live performance...
TuneAfrique Distribution partners with Mike Okri as it flags off its artistes empowerment program
TuneAfrique has positioned itself as the distribution platform of choice for artistes and labels within and outside of Nigeria. This user-friendly platform is driven by very innovative technology that makes easy for recording artists and labels to monetize their music on streaming platforms. Appointed as ISRC managers since 2017, TuneAfrique’s unique technology has enabled the delivery of world class catalogs for music businesses across the globe. Beyond its global distribution reach, TuneAfrique recognizes the critical challenges faced by independent artists in the music industry, worsened by the scarce resources to make investments in music profitable. TuneAfrique will now include in its services, additional promotional support and access to advance royalty payments. It is with this offe...
These 2021 Grammys Red Carpet Looks Are Music to My Ears
While Who What Wear covers a lot of awards shows, the Grammys play a particularly significant role in the industry that is impossible to ignore (let’s not forget Beyoncé’s 2017 performance or last year’s red-carpet looks). With nominees including Harry Styles, Meghan thee Stallion, and, of course, Taylor Swift, we can rest assured that this year’s show—one of the first since COVID-19—will be remembered for years to come. But before we get ahead of ourselves, we’ve identified the best red carpet looks from the 2021 Grammy Awards. Now it’s up to the people to decide who is worthy of the grand prize. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and m...
Wizkid & Burna Boy Become Grammy Award Winners For ‘Brown Skin Girl Video’ and ‘Twice As Tall Album’ Respectively
International Afro-Pop Stars, Wizkid & Burna Boy have both won awards at the 2021 Grammys. Burna Boy won the Best Global Music Album category while Wizkid won the Best Music Video for his song with Beyoncé; Brown Skin Girl, from Lion King: The Gift album. Ayodeji Balogun wins the award alongside Beyonce. The song also featured artists, Saint Jhn and Blue Ivy. The award will also go to Jenn Nkiru who directed the video. The Best Music Video award is given to the artist, video director and video producer. Burna Boy, real name Damini Ogulu, a nominee for a second consecutive year, won with his “Twice As Tall Album.” A powerful #GRAMMYs acceptance speech from @burnaboy, who just won a GRAMMY for Best Global Music Album. Full winners list: https://t.co/JGlsnHnruB pic.twitter.com/PGfZxlIVfq ...
We’ve Ranked the Best Outfits From RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, From A’Whora’s Bin Bag to Bimini’s Amoeba
Since the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK burst onto our screens back in January 2021, it’s become one of the main highlights of our weeks. Whether it’s the heartfelt stories exchanged in the dressing room, the catty remarks following RuPaul’s critiques, or the dazzling celebrity judges, each week on Drag Race UK has proven itself to be something truly special. However, what’s undoubtedly most impressive is of course the outfits. Each episode sees the queens completing a number of challenges that all involve serving some serious “lewks”, and after RuPaul’s unfortunate outburst back in episode five (you know, that H&M comment), the pressure has been on for the contestants to prove their worth on the runway. So far, the majority of t...
Daisy Edgar-Jones Proves Puff Sleeves Are Here to Stay in Plunging Red Dress at Critics’ Choice Awards
Normal People‘s Daisy Edgar-Jones was nominated for best actress in a movie/miniseries at the virtual streaming of the 26th Critics’ Choice Awards. Although Anya Taylor-Joy took home the accolade for The Queen’s Gambit, Daisy’s plunging red Oscar de la Renta minidress was a trophy all on its own. Daisy’s gorgeous look was courtesy of stylist Nicky Yates. The Normal People actor wore a scarlet red dress with a plunging square neckline and billowing elbow-length puff sleeves, and paired it with shoes by Jimmy Choo. For beauty, Daisy went for a low ponytail by Danna Rutherford and simple black eyeliner applied in a thick line on her top eyelid by Gina Kane along with an otherwise neutral Chanel makeup look. “Thank you @criticschoice for this nomination!!! T...
TikTok Star, Model, Fashion Boy Wisdom Kaye Is No Longer On the Rise—He’s Here
What’s one thing you wish would change when it comes to conversations around diversity in the fashion industry? I think diversity should start from within. In my opinion, though, both are important. I think it’s more important than those who are pulling the strings are who we want to represent us as opposed to who we SEE being represented. If internally you have a creative team that’s, of course, great and passionate about their craft that’s diverse, then your results will show that genuinely and naturally. You’ll see the diversity in the results be it a campaign like my recent campaigns with AE, runway, an editorial, a movie, or whatever the medium might be. If the people in control are a non-diverse group, then efforts to be inclusive are executed poorly due...
A’Whora on That Drag Race Outfit: “This Moment Is All I Could Have Ever Asked For”
The seventh episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK aired on 25 Feb., and it featured a sewing challenge that’s got everyone talking. The challenge involved the queens making super-shero dresses out of unconventional materials, inspired by the recent lockdown. Nottingham-based queen A’Whora won the challenge with a bright blue dress made out of bin liners, inspired by the NHS — and with that alone, she had my vote. Having studied a diploma in fashion and womenswear, it came as no surprise that A’Whora would be the winner of this challenge, creating a formfitting body with ruffled shoulders and a glistening belt. She took to Twitter to share her gratitude. She tweeted “thank you everyone for this moment, after I’ve studied for over 8 years the art of fashion, th...
It’s a Sin’s Omari Douglas Is the Most Stylish Man on TV Right Now
While Douglas says that he doesn’t have the “bravery to be as wild as Roscoe” and he doesn’t “show a lot of skin”, I wonder if he thinks that Roscoe’s wardrobe has rubbed off on his own style? “This week, I’ve been wearing a lot of Carlota Barrera and the jumper I’m wearing today is actually quite Roscoe [points to his wide-knit blue tie-dye jumper] so I think it’s bleeding into my own style. I think this [press tour] is definitely helping me to push it a little.” Clearly though, there’s always been an element of Roscoe in Douglas’s wardrobe, as he reveals he turned up to the fitting wearing something his character would wear. “I wore big hiking boots from Camper with an all black outfit and Ian [Fulcher, the costume designer] said “oh my god, Roscoe would so wear that”. You Deserve t...
Joy Crookes on That Brit Awards Look: “I Dressed as the Girl I Always Wish I Saw on TV”
this time last year I went to the Brits and dressed as the girl I always wish I saw on TV pic.twitter.com/2fjUtDGZNP — Joy Crookes (@joycrookes) February 18, 2021 It’s officially been a year since the BRIT Awards last took place, and we’re still talking about some of the amazing fashion from the event. One look in particular stands out, however. On 18 Feb. 2020, singer-songwriter Joy Crookes paid the ultimate tribute to her roots, walking the red carpet in an Indian lehenga and chunni (top and skirt with a matching scarf), something you don’t usually see at Western award shows. Nominated for the Rising Star Award, she spoke to BBC about her red carpet statement and said that she hoped that “young girls can see someone who looks like their mum, their auntie, their gr...
Cuppy announces first ever online conference, #CuppyGoldDust
The Cuppy Foundation, aimed at tackling various issues surrounding child protection and education for girls and minorities, has since inception, carried out various groundbreaking activities. This time, she has announced her first ever digital conference, The Gold Dust conference in partnership with Save The Children. On Thursday, February 11th, the conference will be live on YouTube at 12PM WAT and will feature panel discussions and keynote addresses, details on the activities of the Cuppy Foundation in the past year and a special performance by the founder, Cuppy. The conference is a follow up from the Gold Gala which was held in 2019, where over N5bn was raised, used to reach over 9000 individuals and families. The year one expense plan on these funds also enabled 295 individuals traine...
