The RIoT Accelerator Program 2023 for Startups in All Industries
RIoT has announced that its accelerator program is now open to startups from across the globe. The RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP) delivers and strengthens business development resources to startups accepted into it by connecting them with a network of several dozen companies along the IoT technology stack. Beneficiaries will get to learn from industry […]
Social Media Accounts To Follow: These Rappers Are Taking The Nigerian Music Industry By Storm
Just a year ago, it could be argued that rap music was dead in Nigeria. However, this notion has been brought to an end with the rise of some music acts who gained prominence in 2019. Perhaps we can tag them “revivalist” for the way they’ve sharpened rap music with their sleek flows and bars. […]
Social Media Roundup
Wole Soyinka’s Plane Seat Incident One of the highlights of the week was a tweet by Nigeria politician Tonye Cole in which he recounted an experience he witnessed between a young man and Wole Soyinka on a plane. In the tweet, he called out the young man for asking Wole Soyinka to leave his seat […]
Throwback Thursday: The 5 Biggest Names In Nigerian Rap Music From The 90’s
Let’s take a look at the five biggest names in the Nigerian rap music scene, from the 90’s. THOROUGHBREDS The Thoroughbreds may have started out of the Coal City of Enugu. It is still unclear if they also went by the title “Coal City’s Finest”, or if CCF was a different music group that had […]
M.I Bares it All in ‘Yxng Dxnzl’
Rapper and Chocolate City boss, M.I’s fifth studio album titled ‘Yxng Dxnzl’ is already gaining popularity since its release on Friday night. The rapper had earlier shared the track list for the album, which is his second this year, but nothing prepared us for the reality and raw truth that was unleashed in the album. […]
Music and Your Personality
Music is the artful arrangement of sounds across time. Music is part of virtually every culture on Earth but it varies widely among cultures in style and structure. Everyone listens to music, but we don’t all enjoy listening to the same songs.