How are you doing? No one ever answers my 'how are you doing' questions..but I'll keep on asking!
My weekend was good actually....hung out with friends, went out and all that.
Its summer and as seems to be a pattern with me, I have some major decisions to make!
I pray it all works out.
Anyway, here is a Rundown.
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Here is the cover of the new MADE mag featuring Raz Adoti, Modupe Ozolua, Munachi Abii etc.. Check on it
The new Genevieve Mag featuring Ndidi Edozien on the cover.
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BEST MALE VIDEO
Ikechukwu.....Wind am well
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BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Sasha.....Adara
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BEST NEW COMER
IGHO......9ja Boyz
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BEST DUO OR GROUP
P Square .....Do Me
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BEST RAGGA DANCEHALL VIDEO
Baba Dee.....Blaze
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BEST R& B VIDEO
Tu Face....True Love
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Ikechukwu.....Wind am well
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Faze....Loving you everyday
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D'Banj....Move your body
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M Trill...Bounce
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Naeto C.....U Know my P
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KC Presh......Sengemenge
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Ikechukwu.....Wind am well
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P Square .....Do Me
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Congrats to comedian, Basketmouth!
He held a joint celebration for his baby dedication (for his cute baby, Jason) and his house warming ceremony about a week ago. Family and friends including fellow comedians, actors and actresses were present at the event in Lekki where he dedicated his 2 new houses. Its so nice to see it paying off for someone who pursued their passion.
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Congrats to the winners and nominees of the City People Fashion & Style Awards held at the Muson Centre in Lagos Recently.
City People Fashion & Style Awards
Fashion Designer of the Year
Deola Sagoe
Maufechi
Folake Folarin
Valerie Davids (Kehinde Ejiogu)
Most Creative Designer of the Year
Jewel By Lisa
Amede
Ere Dappa
Xclamation
Cassandra
Tailor Made (Bunmi Ayuba)
Hottest New Designer of the Year
Clothsense
Jabez Prayer
MyQ (Yeside Mohammed)
Accessory Designer of the Year
Mona Matthew
Azaria
D'Lune
Style Editor of the Year
Ruth Osime (ThisDay Style)
Bola Atta (True Love)
Aloba Abiola (Encomium Lifestyle)
Remi Diagbare (Vanguard Allure)
Fashion Writer of the Year
Tope Ojo (Daily Independent)
Funke Babs-Kufeji (ThisDay Style)
Yemisi Abbah (Vanguard Allure)
Most Creative Milliner of the Year
John 3v3
NTSingele
Hat Lounge (Tiwa Benson)
Most Supportive Company of the Year
SoundCity
First Inland Bank
Classic Beverages
Quest TV
Most Outstanding Fashion Boutique of the Year
Mobos
Ruby & Pink
Havilah
Soggies Couture
Most Stylish Woman of the Year
Mo Abudu
Ruth Osime
Omowunmi Akinnifesi
Vivian Chiologi
Betty Irabor
Most Outstanding Fashion Boutique of the Year (Accessories & Leather)
Fusion
Mobos
Formula
Message
Most Outstanding Boutique of the Year (Accessories & Jewelery)
Tokalene
Seasons
Accessories To Die 4
Makeup Artist of the Year
House of Henri
Modela
Bayo Haastrup
Beauty Spa of the Year
La Feminique
MB Hamam
Westpine Med-Spa
Hair Product of the Year
Gentle Touch
Soulmate
Noble
Sleek Hair
Xpression
International Designer of the Year
Kosibah
Ituan Bassey
Emmy Collins
Ade Bakare
Beauty Salon of the Year
Downtown
Violet
Strands
Make Me
Accessories Designer of the Year (Jewelery)
Perfect Ideas
Yemisi
Nadji Stones
Most Fashionable First Lady in Nigeria
Yeye Olufunke Daniel
Kemi Akala
Toyin Saraki
Hottest New Makeup Artist of the Year
Ewar
Oju Oge
Beyond Faces
Lifetime Award
Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija (Rose of Sharon)
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It seems like this is the summer of Nigerian Female Rappers - Check out the new vid from DJ Jimmy Jatt featuring Kemistry, Blaise, Sasha, Bouqui. The song is called 'Too Much'
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That's it for now!
Much Luv, B
I'm doing fine Bella ( you wanted replies right?). Had a busy weekend with a major society wedding on Saturday in the UK.
ReplyDeleteI'm just going to leave the 'too much' video alone. Leave it alone, back out and sloooooooooooowly close my browser. Not going to utter a word peren!
Yay! Thanks for replying Seyi! Hope u had fun at the wedding.
ReplyDeleteLOL @ ur comment...
I actually like the video!
dang...bella! i wanted to be first but then i got a call...and now seyi's here. Anyways sha it's all gud..i'm fine bella thnx for askin xcept pray 4 me cuz I have exam soon. Liked the "too much" video..sasha's too much:)
ReplyDeleteaww Kemi...next time.
ReplyDeleteAll the best on your exam, I'll pray for u tonite!!!
I'm doing good Bella, how are you too?
ReplyDeleteInteresting post - I was looking through the list of nominees and winners at City People Fashion & Style Awards and I noticed that there are categories for "Hair Product of the Year" and "Most Fashionable First Lady in Nigeria"
Are they really necessary??
hey greene, i'm cool!
ReplyDeletethe most fashionable first lady threw me a bit but its nigeria and its a soft sell mag so i guess those categories fit in well with their audience.
...just in love with this your passion Bella omo naija, hope to have a celebrity interview with you soon (to be featured in a popular lagos-based weekly)
ReplyDeletehey sola, thanks for the encouragement!
ReplyDeletewhat's the difference btw fashionable and stylish... i'm confused.
ReplyDeleteI love that new rap video , i'm very pro-9ja female rappers... get em girls :).
oops, i am fine thank u Bella...still unemployed a.k.a vacation ...but fine all the same :).
ReplyDeletei am fine bella!
ReplyDeletebut pls who are this random pple winning the awards...
abeg that kemistry girl should be edited out of d video lol.
ReplyDeleteHey Bella!!!
ReplyDeleteNa wa for d award category n even d winners! I havnt heard of some of dis ppl b4...In fact lets leave it alone!
Its my first time leaving a comment! Yay me :) I think this is the worst summer ever, weatherwise.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say the video was hot...And BLAISE is back? Thought her name was Blaisé all along
I'm doing fine, Bella. Couldn't view the video, slow internet speed. Please do you place ads on your blog? I'd like to advertise a customer service website. My email address is suzanneushie@gmail.com. Thanks and have a fab day.
ReplyDeleteHi Bells!! I am doing okay o!!
ReplyDeleteMajor decisions can be the scariest things in the world but make them you must. You will look back in a few months and smile at the mountain you conquered but those few months might be tough ones of adjustment.
Anyways. Alls good.
Darn Bella!!
ReplyDeleteThat video is HOT!!!
video is hot, tho am not a sasha stan (apologies for the dissing on the previous post on her, lol........yea i was 1 of 'them'). Go get 'em girls... loving the way i keep hearing gd stuff about our ent. scene in general ......... Congrats to Basket mouth my guy, In yoruba i say Emi aaaa loo o ( He'l live lonngg to enjoy his bundles of joy) Amen!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteok.. how many people will you personally respond to? lol.
ReplyDeletei'm doing jus fine, thank you. :)
these awards... i rest my case. i'll go check out the designers i hadn't heard about till i saw this.
Very well, thank you. And you? That's all I've come to say.
ReplyDeleteMe out. U takia. Me bac soon...
Very well, thank you. And you? That's all I've come to say.
ReplyDeleteMe out. U takia. Me bac soon...
Take the job Bella! But don let the Publisher touch you! I will kill him..
ReplyDeleteI am fine o..hope u r good..
ReplyDeleteomo i am so feeling this video..go naija female rappers!!!
Hiya Bella I am fine ooo my bump is growing and loving every minute of this blessing from God and i pray every woman gets to experience the magnificant that is pregnancy!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you are well aslo and had a lovely weekend.
Where are the pictures at hun??
need to satisfy my visual curiosity!
I saw the video last night on BEN TV and i was like Raa ah so dem ah gwaan... ( in my jamo accent )lol
Feeling the Naija female rapper colabo
:)
Bella babe! how goes it?
ReplyDeleteit seems chetablog let the cat outta the bag? anyhow, let us know how is goes?
Per the awards a ton of names/brands/designers and boutiques I have never heard of but i guess its good to hear of new and budding all of the above as oppossed to the usual suspects...we know who they are!
so MyQ got new designer of the year...good for her.
and what is Sharon of Stone?...
anyone?
why did they leave Kel out na?
ReplyDeletehey you!! haven't been on your blog for a while but did a bit of catch up..nice posts...but any fashion pics for the city awards..or me to get my teeth into....
ReplyDeletesorry meant to say for me to get my teeth into...
ReplyDeletepls why does sasha always wear a hoodie in that hot 9ja!!please it is so not coo!!
ReplyDeletesasha, can wear whatever dat suite her, dats not issue
ReplyDeletei have watched the video. pls, don't get me wrong, DJ jimmy jatt is a good dj; no doubt. i wld say that the quality of the video is ....... quite dark, i cldn't see a thing. ok. i wear glasses, cld that be it r it's just that the video could be worked upon.
ReplyDeletethe female singers and rappers have it going on - no doubt. and i wld also say that sthg is missing which i cant really put a finger or hand to. like their delivery is it like a street credibility type of thing, ehm...chick thugging, home girl flavour, ama aim for ur jugular kind of image...am nt sure what it is. can someone pls, help me out. help a sista. thanks.
their hairstyle is good..but..pls don't get me wrong am nt trying to downplay my naija sisters and their beautiful craft, it is just that sthg is clearly lacking & missing. can i hear an AMEN to that r am i being unfair? i dnt know it all: pls, help a sista out
i have watched the video. pls, don't get me wrong, DJ jimmy jatt is a good dj; no doubt. i wld say that the quality of the video is ....... quite dark, i cldn't see a thing. ok. i wear glasses, cld that be it r it's just that the video could be worked upon.
ReplyDeletethe female singers and rappers have it going on - no doubt. and i wld also say that sthg is missing which i cant really put a finger or hand to. like their delivery is it like a street credibility type of thing, ehm...chick thugging, home girl flavour, ama aim for ur jugular kind of image...am nt sure what it is. can someone pls, help me out. help a sista. thanks.
their hairstyle is good..but..pls don't get me wrong am nt trying to downplay my naija sisters and their beautiful craft, it is just that sthg is clearly lacking & missing. can i hear an AMEN to that r am i being unfair? i dnt know it all: pls, help a sista out
I'm fine bella.
ReplyDeleteI'm so proud of our naija sisters. I think they did the girl in the red weave and dress wrong though. They could have given her a better wardrobe.
bella check out my blog.
Na wah oh! All these awards self dey tire person...every month na another thing.... all sorts...all the awards get k leg, for example, which one be hairsalon of the year? dem don waka all the salons for the whole Nigeria? Why we like to dey fool ourselves for dis country? Nonsense!
ReplyDeleteAs for that video, una try, but why all of una be like say una don craise for the video?
@ Waffarian. This is how citi people awards its awards hehehhe...
ReplyDeletetrrrrinnnnngggg, trrriiinggg (phone dey ring).
owner of phone who knows someone at citipeople: hello?
Citipeople reporter: hello, how you dey? Abeg, we're having our awards on sunday (mark you it's wednesday) and we have a category called blah blah. Who you know wey you think fit win dat category?
OPWKSC: Ah! Dat one hard me o! Na who you don choose for other categories?
CP: (runs through a list), lagbaja, women's designer of the year and...
OPWKSC: Ah! No o! Lagbaja no dey do cloth for woman o! Na only man hin dey do!
CP: You mean am?
OPWKSC: I dey yarn you true talk o!
CP: Okay then. Na who you tink fit win am?
OPWKSC: Tamedu fit do am na!
CP: Ok then. Tamedu go be the winner. The one wey i ask you nko?
OPWKSC: Na gorimapa go win dat one, no shaking!
CP: No! we go put am for list, but na boniface we wan make win.
OPWKSC: Na lie! Tufia! Gorimapa better pass am. You no know say she go school for london?
CP: True? Okay, gorimapa go win. Any other category we fit add?
They then 'brainstorm' and come up with every category known to mankind. You lucky say dem no find 'best dressed secretary to the personal assistant of the special adviser on road usage to the first lady of the year award'.
Shikena
hahahahaha, lol @ anon7:15..... i cant stop laughing ..... ur drama seemed so real...hmmmnn maybe it is!
ReplyDeleteeny, it is real. Maybe slightly exaggerated but real. My sis has received one of such phone calls.
ReplyDeleteLOLLLLLLLL @ Anon!~
ReplyDeleteAs for the rappers...i think that ther eis a misconception on what a lady rapper should be like.
And i guess thats why i love Kel. She is a lady and her lyrics are very on point.
I also like Bouqui very much.
Nice post Bella.
And i am not fine ooo...as per you are far far far. Not fair.
Bobby Tee
@ anon 10:31 its ok my sister! I've watched d video too not bad, about the darkness maybe that's d way its supposed to look, also I didn't think there was anything wrong.
ReplyDeleteAt Bobby t, its cool to like someone and all that but the only misconception is that we all assume there's a standard that rappers should have period!how about actual content? I like Kel too but let's cut the hype what is she really saying on that track? Nothing profound but its nice so being a lady has become seperating from d norm? The chick wore a dress and so did kemistry!!keep it real.
And @ nobody in particular:
music is self expession and pple are different just because the rappers in the states have set a precedent does not mean anybody that is not like them falls short or is remarkably better, everybody is an individual so they are bound to express themselves differently!
its time as nigerians we realise the hardwork these pple put into their music, its a means to an end just like we all have jobs, not a new boy/girl in school trying to impress the 'in' crowd you either like it or you don't nobody gave anybody a score sheet! Appreciate or not and just move on!
Adaora
@anon 7: 15: hehehehehe abeg no kill me ohhhhhhhhhhh...i don laugh die for here!
ReplyDelete'best dressed secretary to the personal assistant of the special adviser on road usage to the first lady of the year award'
BLAISE---YOU RULE
ReplyDeleteNOW THATS WHAT I CALL RAPPING...AND DAMN GIRL YOU LOOK HAWTTTTTESTTTTT
YOU SHUT IT DOWN!!!!(other female rappers ***cough,,, sash,,, cough*** LEARN FROM HER!!)
KEMISTRY--NOT BAD AT ALL-HEARING THE VOICE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ME LOVEY LOVEY IT!!!
-just GET RID OF THE DAMN DIRTY BLONDEISH REDDISH BORDERLINE COLOR 33 CANNOT DECIDE WHAT IT WANTS TO BE YAKI LIKE BANG STYLE WEAVE ON YOUR HEAD...ITS SOOOO NOT FOR YOU DAHLING.-
**PS IM NOT SAYING THE WEAVE IS DIRTY OH--BUT THE SHADE GIVES IT A RUSTY DIRTY LOOK**
BOUQUI--HMMM DIDNT LOOK TOO COMFORTABLE WITH HERSELF OR HER SURROUNDINGS--DUNNO WHY...SOMETHING STIFF ABOUT HER--BUT RAP SKILLS NICE.
SASHA---NO COMMENTS BEFORE THEY SAY IVE STARTED AGAIN...gra gra gra gra gra gra gra gra
ALL IN ALL
FANTASTICO
ED
this track is pure fiyah!!!
ReplyDeleteso blown away by their deliveries.
Now for the ranking:
1) Blaise ( completely murdered it)
2) Kemistry ( Luv the attitude)
3) Bouqui(nice lyrical content,not enough passion)
4) Sasha (need to step up her game)
I just forced myself to see this vid.Naija rap is not my thing and i have been away for 4 yrs so i really do not know much about the music scene. The 1st chick( i was not too sure about the "deep" lines) and Sasha did good, IMO, the Kemistry girl, i was not feeling her much, maybe the lyrics, the last chick, i barely heard what she was on about.All in all, entertaining.What i do not understand is why they sound like americans? Do you have to have an accent to rap?
ReplyDeleteAll in all, they tried esp. with the collabo, females coming together. Girl power.
I do not get the Sasha bashing, but i guess if ppl do not bash you small, you are insignificant. Big up to dem girls.
@ED. I see what u mean regarding Sasha. Maybe it's erm..nervous energy. one suggestion is that when she is with the boys she can do some chick thugging and with the chicks become laid back. u know what am saying!
ReplyDelete@Adaora. Thanks for the love. U're beautiful.
@Bella. Thanks for being patient
Lmao! All these sasha haters na wa oh! Like someone wrote above and I agree, if you are not bashed then you have to be significant, did it occur to you that maybe that was the part she was asked to play? Seeing as the other girls do need their own 15 mins?
ReplyDeleteAbout the accents abeg everybody sing irreplaceable with a nigerian accent.... Err! I thought so, its simply music no accents are involved after all when y'all were reciting nursery rhymes I'm sure you did it in the nigerian accent? Puh leese!!!
Get wit d program, if you can't give constructive criticism then keep ur opinions to urself, and for all the folks that feel so bad bout sash! If you really want progress holla at her or its got to be something else bothering you and it sure aint the rapping! Pshew
Oh anon 10:31 you're welcome and you're beautiful too lol!
ReplyDeleteBetween ED and ENY, may the Lord renew your spirit and help you to get past negative thoughts towards other pple.
Thou shall not kill" doubt that means very much to you! Hmmm
Bella! Well done and sorry oh! It must be tough lol!
Sasha is good in her own way..the ball is in Sasha's court
ReplyDeleteThis is really nice hearing all the latest from our beloved country 9ja. Thanks so much Bella for the hard work you put into this blog, I know how hard it is to maintain and update one regularly.
ReplyDeleteFor the Video:
Though I am more of a conservative, and rap is not really my thing, I loved the video; it’s very well done and can compete. The first girl to appear, I believe she goes by the name, Blaise, had a good “front” and did an excellent job, it’s a good thing they let her go first. Nice video, good job girls - Blaise, Kemistry, Sasha and Bouqui.
/Qute
right... so if people prefer other verses in song to sasha's, they automatically become sasha haters.
ReplyDeleteso it couldn't possibly be on merit because sasha is now even better than Jay Z abi. (pls give me a break)
I am a proper rap fan and I've loved this song even b4 it was remixed for the video, and in my opinion her verse was the weakest.
(pls I am a guy so no need to hate her... I actually think she's quite sexy)
Though sasha and blaise exuded the most confidence, all the ladies made me proud.
ReplyDeletelove the video and song
big up to jimmy.
big up to all these talented and brave women coming together. We need more of that.