Music Industry

February 26, (THEWILL) - Universal Music Group has acquired a majority stake in Mavin Records, the Nigerian music label owned and promoted by Michael Ajereh, aka Don Jazzy. The head honcho of the multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate, while...

February 23, (THEWILL) - Nigerian Rapper, Ikechukwu Onunaku, has revealed that Dapo Oyebanji aka D’banj, the co-founder of the now-defunct Mohits Records, used to give him N50,000 from shows he got booked for N1 million, while he was signed...

January 31, (THEWILL) - Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has revealed that he has never remained the same since the death of his mother. The Afrobeats star made this revelation while addressing the concerns expressed by his...

January 27, (THEWILL) - Singer Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr, recently disrespected music icon, Sunday Adegeye, aka King Sunny Ade, with the way and manner she exchanged pleasantries with him. The incident took place at the Afrozons-Heineken...

December 22, (THEWILL) - Nigerian singer, Lawal Micheal Nasiru Bolaji, widely recognised as Nasboi, has eloquently shared the narrative of his musical odyssey. Reflecting on the genesis of his musical journey, Nasboi traces it back to 2014 when he...

December 09, (THEWILL) - Nigerian singer, rapper, songwriter, and actor Remilekun Abdulkalid Safaru, widely known as Reminisce, recently recalled his ‘first major’ rejection in the music industry. His initial setback came when a radio station turned down his and his...

December 08, (THEWILL) - Nigerian singer, Okafor Uchenna Victor, popularly known as Mr Real, has recently called out his colleagues, Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade, better known as Mr Eazi and Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, better known by his stage name D'banj,...

December 07, (THEWILL) - World-famous American singer and songwriter, Taylor Alison Swift, has been declared the first musician to achieve the feat of becoming a billionaire solely based on her songs and performances. Her fortune includes more than $500 million...

November 30, (THEWILL) - Irish singer and songwriter, Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan, who was the lead singer and songwriter of the Celtic punk band the Pogues tragically passed away at aged 65. The legendary music icon, behind the Christmas classic...

November 30, (THEWILL) - Nigerian Rapper, Oladipupo Oladimeji, popularly known as Oladips, who recently 'resurrected' from the dead, has slammed his colleague, Qudus Fakoya Oluwadamilare, aka Qdot, for declaring him alive after reports of his death surfaced. Oladips, in a...