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Rapper ASAP Rocky was arrested Wednesday at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on his way back from Barbados, where he was vacationing with singer Rihanna, his girlfriend who is pregnant with the couple’s first child. Los Angeles police arrested the rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, in connection to a November 2021 assault with a deadly weapon. He was taken …

Olivia Rodrigo, Silk Sonic and jazz musician Jon Batiste have shared the top honours at the 64th Grammy Awards. Batiste’s uplifting soul record We Are won album of the year, while Rodrigo won best new artist and best pop album. Silk Sonic’s soul throwback anthem Leave The Door Open took home both the record and song of the year prizes. …

Gospel singer, Prince Gozie Okeke, popularly known for his song ‘Akanchawa’, has been gifted a brand new Lexus SUV by Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, to mark the New Year.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drake wants no part in competing for a Grammy.

Legendary music executive Clarence Avant’s wife has been shot dead by robbers in a home invasion in an elite, ungated Los Angeles neighborhood.

Separate male and female categories have been scrapped by the organisers of the Brits, and they will be replaced by gender-neutral awards in an attempt to make the 2022 music prizes more inclusive.

The fiancee of the Washington Post journalist who was murdered by a Saudi hit squad urged singer Justin Bieber to pull out of the F1 concert in Saudi Arabia next month in an op-ed published in the newspaper on Saturday.

This year’s edition of Felabration ended on a high note with the presentation of a Fearless posthumous award to the Afrobeat King, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti by Fearless energy drink, the leading brand in its market segment produced by Rite Foods.

It was all Glitz and Glamour at the opening of Felabration 2021 powered by Fearless Energy Drinks at the Afrika Shrine yesterday. The Euphoria was palpable and indeed invigorating with an array of Artists performing as opening acts at the acclaimed yearly musical concert.