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Rema earns his first Grammy nomination, with “HEIS” nominated in the Best Global Music Album category.

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Rema earns his first Grammy nomination, with "HEIS" nominated in the Best Global Music Album category.

Tems and Shaboozey Lead the African Nominees at the 2025 Grammy Awards

Nigerian artists utterly dominate the recently created Best African Music Performance Category.

For the second year in a row, there will be a Grammy for Best African Music Performance.

Nigeria dominates this year’s Best African Music Performance category of hopefuls, including return contendersBurna Boy and Asake, the former earning a nod for his hit song “Higher,” while the latter’s collaboration with Wizkid, “MMS,” is also in the running. Davido also earns his second nod in the category for his contribution to Chris Brown’s “Sensational,” with Lojaypicking up his first Grammy nomination for the same song. Singer Yemi Alade earns her first solo nod for “Tomorrow,” while Tems“Love Me Jeje” rounds out the nominees for Best African Music Performance.

Tems is the only African artist to be nominated more than once across the global music categories; her debut album, Born in the Wild is up for Best Global Music Album, and she’s joined in that category by Rema, nominated for his sophomore album, HEIS. Outside the global spots, Tems is also up for Best R&B song for “Burning,” a meditative highlight off her album.

In the Best Global Music Performance category, Beninese icon Angélique Kidjo is nominated for “Sunlight to My Soul,” her uplifting collaboration with the Soweto Gospel Choir. Ghanaian reggae legend Rocky Dawuni earns his second nomination in this category, and his fourth Grammy nod overall, for his single, “Rise.”

Also notable, breakout country artistShaboozeysnagged five nominations. The American Nigerian singer is up for Best New Artist, and his viral hit song, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” is nominated for Song of the Year and Best Country Solo Performance, and the David Guetta remix is up for Best Remixed Recording. He’s also nominated for Best Melodic Rap Performance for his contribution to Beyoncé’s “Spaghetti.”

Since Burna Boy’s first nomination for Best Global Music Album at the 2020 Grammys, and his win the following year, there has been an increased representation of African music at the biggest award in music, reflecting the widespread listenership and global influence of music from the continent and its diaspora.

Specifically for the Best African Music Performance, it’s a little dissatisfactory that only one country is represented in the nominees, but there will be optimism in the fact that there will be at least one African who wins a Grammy on Feb. 2, 2025.

See the full list of nominees here.

BEST AFRICAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE

Asake & Wizkid – “MMS”

Burna Boy – “Higher”

Chris Brown – “Sensational” Featuring Davido & Lojay

Tems – “Love Me JeJe”

Yemi Alade – “Tomorrow”

BEST GLOBAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE

Angélique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir – “Sunlight to My Soul”

Arooj Aftab – “Raat Ki Rani”

Jacob Collier – “A Rock Somewhere” Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal

Masa Takumi – “Kashira” Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung

Rocky Dawuni – “Rise”

Sheila E. – “Bemba Colorá” Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar

BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM

Antonio Rey – Historias de un Flamenco

Ciro Hurtado – Paisajes

Matt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Alkebulan II

Rema – Heis

Tems – Born in the Wild

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Drama As Jesse Jagz Storms Daddy Freeze’s IG Live, Blasts Him And Other Nigerians For Discussing 2Baba’s Marriage (Video)

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Rapper, Jesse Jagz, last night joined the Instagram live session of media personality, Daddy Freeze,to cuss him and other Nigerians for discussing 2Face Idibia’s alleged marital crisis.

Earlier on Monday, December 1, Tori News reported that a former manager of 2Face, Kaka Igbokwe, had an interview with Daddy Freeze on IG where he made some shocking allegations about 2Face’s marriage to Natasha.

Kala alleged that Natasha is severely abusive towards 2Face and that things are so bad 2Face feels like he is a ‘’House Husband”. He also alleged that the couple abuse drugs and would need Rehab and Therapy to heal.

He went further to claim that Natasha is now in control of 2Face’s finances and has been making bad decisions with the monies in her possession.

His revelation left many in shock, and calls were made for 2face to be “rescued”. The singer came out on Wednesday, December 3, to appeal to Nigerians to ‘’cease fire” as the hate on his wife Natasha is dangerous and puts her in harms way.

In the live session with DaddyFreeze, Jesse jags said 2Face is a legend and should be left alone. He went further to say he will be living Jos where he is based to Abuja to go and free 2Face.

His appearance and countenance during the live session however raised concerns amongst some Nigerians as he was smoking while speaking.

“I am physically heading from Jos to Abuja tomorrow morning. I am physically going to remove 2Baba make him go drink beer. Make him smoke Igbo” he said

Watch the video below:

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2Baba Cries Out For Help in Now Deleted Instagram Post

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This morning, 2Baba posted “Help Me” on his Instagram stories, but less than 20 minutes later, the message vanished.

For the past few days, his relationship with his current wife, Senator Natasha Osawaru, has been under serious scrutiny, as a series of public incidents have surfaced and fuelled widespread speculation about the state of their marriage.

His cry for help should not be taken lightly. But who will answer him?

Will it be his family, his close friends, or the entertainment industry that has benefited from his legendary career?

At this point, one thing is clear. The music icon seems to be calling for real support and those around him cannot afford to look away.

 

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Rapper Abdulkareems Instagram And Facebook Accounts Suspended After Release Of Song Inviting US President Trump To Nigeria..

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The social media accounts, Facebook and Instagram of popular Nigerian musician and activist Eedris Abdulkareem have been suspended by the management of the microblogging site Meta.

It was gathered that his accounts were flagged and taken down, with no access, less than a week after the music star released a new single titled “Open Letter to Donald Trump.”

In the song, Abdulkareem addresses the President of the United States, Donald Trump, appealing for his quick intervention to help resolve crises, particularly the security challenges confronting Nigeria.
Released under his label, Lakreem Entertainment, on TikTok on November 29, 2025, the song is described as both a message to the US President and a sharp critique of Nigeria’s political elite.

Abdulkareem describes Nigerian leaders as “criminals of all shades and hues” who enrich themselves while citizens suffer amid severe insecurity, including kidnappings, killings, and terrorism.
While singing “dem dey fear Donald Trump,” the rapper positions the song as an effort to bring global attention to Nigeria’s deepening crises.

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