Month: March 2026

Nigerian singer Aituaje Vivian Ebele Iruobe, better known by her stage name, Waje, has opened up about her past struggle with insecurity over her physique and how she eventually overcame it.

Speaking in a recent episode of the Her Next Chapter podcast hosted by Tope Olowoniyan, the 44-year-old disclosed that she used to wear multiple bras at the same time in her 20s because she was insecure about her endowment.

“Even before I had my child, I have always been heavy at the top. I used to hid it. In my 20s, I used to wear like three bras. I used to be very uncomfortable about how heavy I was at the top,” she said.

The music star explained that with time, she grew more confident and stopped being insecure about her body.

She added that becoming a mother also changed how she viewed her body.

Waje credited some of her friends including rapper M.I and professional dancer Kaffy for boosting her self-confidence, and making her to grow thick skin to negative comments.

Why I used to wear three bras at the same time – Singer Waje

Veteran singer Konga has said he deserves 60 per cent of the earnings of Afrobeats star Burna Boy’s song ‘Update,’ claiming that the Grammy winner sampled him on the record without his permission.

Speaking in a recent episode of the Hits Don’t Lie podcast, Konga revealed that Burna Boy refused to reach out to him even after he called him out peacefully a few months ago.

He lamented that Burna Boy agreed to pay American singer Toni Braxton 60 per cent of the earnings from his 2022 smash hit ‘Last Last’ for sampling her song ‘He Wasn’t Man Enough’ but couldn’t do the same for him.

“If Toni Braxton is having 60% royalty of Last Last, why can’t he do the same thing to come and meet me first, talk to me?,” Konga queried.

He disclosed that he has been preventing his lawyers from taking legal action against Burna Boy because he loves his music and is proud of his contribution to the global advancement of African music.

Konga noted that Burna Boy had also previously sampled his lyrics in the remix of ‘Sungba’ with Asake.

He said since Burna Boy refused his public request for the Grammy winner to remix his evergreen hit ‘Kabakaba’ with him, he has also decided to sample Burna Boy without permission.

Konga demands 60% of song earnings from Burna Boy for sampling him

Popular singer and rapper, Jesse Jagz Abaga has expressed concerns over the worsening economic hardship and escalating insecurity in the country.

The ‘Bad Girl’ crooner said he can’t fathom the rationale behind the high level of corruption and maladministration among Nigeria’s political class.

He said the failure of Nigerian politicians to provide amenities, such as medical facilities to their communities, is why a lot of the same politicians end up “dying like dogs” in foreign hospitals.

On his X handle, he wrote, “Imagine getting the chance to change your people’s future, and all you do is steal the money and ship it abroad.

“I swear I don’t understand the logic of these Nigerian politicians. That’s why most of them end up dying like dogs in hospitals abroad!”

In another post, Jesse Jagz claimed that Nigerian politicians are now serving the interests of foreign governments who installed them as “puppets” instead of the Nigerian citizens.

He further alleged that the cost of living in Nigeria became worse since the administration of former United States President Barrack Obama helped the All Progressives Congress, APC, snatched power.

The rapper added, “Today’s politicians are no different from the collaborators who helped colonize us, or the ones who sold their own brothers and sisters into slavery.

“I was here, alive, watching when Obama and his crew backed Buhari — and life has only gotten worse since.”

‘Why most Nigerian politicians end up dying like dogs in foreign hospitals’ – Jesse Jagz

Veteran rapper Ruggedman has faulted the categorisation of African music under one fit-all “genre”, Afrobeats.

Speaking in a recent interview with Day Genius, Ruggedy Baba said he had always opposed the term but was accused of being jealous of Afrobeats singers.

He argued that Afrobeats is not a genre but a “name” talentless Nigerians hide behind.

“I don’t like Afrobeats as an umbrella genre from every music coming out of Africa. That was a mistake. I didn’t liked it from the beginning but when I complained people accused me of being jealous or trying to gatekeep.

“Right now, if I go to the UK to perform, I would be tagged an Afrobeats artistes. It is wrong.

“It is the people in the UK who started this thing of tagging every African music Afrobeats. Nigerians love classicism. They just wanted to give it a name.

“For me, Afrobeats with an ‘S’ is a name talentless Nigerians hide behind. All you need to make an Afrobeats hit is just to get a good beat and a street slang and repeat it as many times as you like. Then spend a lot of money to promote it. That is the Afrobeats with an ‘S’,” he said.

The rapper also claimed that only a few Afrobeats artists can sing without autotone.

He added that that is why most Afrobeats artists shy away from freestyling and live performances with bands.

Talentless Nigerians hide behind Afrobeats – Ruggedman