Olamide displaces Davido as the most nominated artiste for tooxclusive Awards 2015

By IYABO AINA

As Nigeria’s leading online music platform, tooxclusive gears up for its yearly online based awards, Nigerian popular music star, Olamide has succeeded in displacing top music star, Davido as the most nominated singer by leading with ten nominations on the online music platform’s 4th yearly awards.Speaking to press men on the idea behind the project, the CEO of the platform said, “ The award is basically to celebrate entertainers’ contributions to the entertainment industry and excellence in their works”. Also, the platform have officially unveiled nominees to be featured in over 18 voting categories for the 2015 edition of the yearly awards.

This award is also a way of heightening the tension for who will win what at this year’s online-based awards that has some of Africa’s best and internationally celebrated artistes including Olamide, Wizkid, Yemi Alade, Phyno, Davido and Patoranking among others, slugging it out for variety of awards in their nominated categories.

This 4th season, Olamide displaces Davido who dominated two years in a row by leading with ten nominations. This very eventful year will also see new entrants Ycee, Toby Grey and Choc Boi recruits Koker and Dice Ailes competing for the best new artist among them.

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21 things you don’t know about Don Jazzy

MAVINS Records big boss, Don Jazzy, born Michael Collins Ajereh is an enigma, whom very little is known about. He once boasted that he hates talking onstage and rarely ever grants press interviews. Apart from his activities on social media very little is known about the multi-award winning music maker.

But recently Don Jazzy let down his guard and granted some interviews, from which we were able to unmask the real man behind the Dorobucci brand. Here are some facts you probably don’t know about the Nigeria’s foremost music maker.

1. He prefers bringing up new artistes

    than hooking up the the big boys

2. He hasn’t slept in his house in over

    one year. He lives in the studio at Lekki

3. He smokes cigarettes, not marijuana or

     any other drugs

4. He likes only slim girls, he calls them ‘Lepa toh bad’
5. He believes there are four major artistes in Nigeria,

     2Face, D’Banj, Psquare and the rest

6. He likes to think Italian and it is where he

    got Dorobucci, at Tiwa Savage’s wedding in Dubai

7. He thinks he is an ugly man
8. He has investment in oil, owning a large

     number of fuel tankers

9. He got the name ‘MAVIN’ from Google
10. His father is his number one fan
11. He is a very shy person and that’s why

      he wears sunglasses

12. He cannot rap
13. 2Face is his favourite artiste
14. He is not inspired by anyone
15. He only respects Timbaland and Jay Z
16. No one has ever written a line of song for him in

his life; he writes all his songs by himself

17. His beats are inspired by highlife
18. His music comes first, his family second
19. He is not a fashion label freak
20. Once he releases a song he doesn’t

       listen to it again.

21. He has never charged for a collabo

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