Monday, September 29, 2008

MTV/ZAIN Advance Warning!

The Collabo between MTV and new Nigeria's GSM operator ZAIN is somehow yielding some results in their quest to discover Nigeria's best upcoming artiste in a show tagged "MTV/ZAIN Advance Warning". The segment is hosted by Siezle in alliance with Naija's top acts/DJ.
The show gives the viewing public to vote their favorite upcoming artistes for next round till the final battle for the title and boasts of acts such as Waje, Amaka, W4, M.I, ZDON, Kel, Pype, among others. The fixtures for the first round look like this:

Waje vs Pype

Kel vs Terry G

Durella vs O.D

W4 vs G.I Joe

Terry Da Rapman vs Soty

Big Weeze vs Gt da Guitaman

Dee vs F.Shaw

Nikki Laoye vs Kaha

Amaka vs Kani

Frank Denero vs Blaise

Barbara vs Cyrus the virus

Z-don vs SLK

M.I vs Kenzos

Brief Info about some of the acts contesting on the show.
Waje - an incedible lady from Edo state, attended the University of NNsuka and majored in social work, she has done some collabos with P-square in Do Me. Her album “Breathles” is coming on the way. She would like to work with producers Tinberland, Kanye west and Cobhams.

Amaka: She started singing at a tender age in nursery and primary school in plays and school choirs, singing occassionaly with her elder sisters at family gatherings like birthdays, weddings etc. Greatly influenced by the musicians whose styles range from classical to jazz to rhythm and soul and reggae, she started writing songs in secondary school and in university where she performed at social events and functions. It was there she met a group of guys who were rappers of the conscious circle and they formed a collective called “the thoroughbreds”. Their motto is to maintain a high level of quality in music with lyrical skill and conscious messages.

W4: Wale Adepoju a.k.a w4 is a native of Osun State, born in Oshogbo on April 20, attended command Day seconadary school, ojo, lagos where he attended his O’ level. He is also the genesis of his career with the Group called sentiments. He became Professional Artist in 2005 when he released his 1st single “Temperature” from his first debut album “Temperature” with Hits like Temperature, Solo, Too Kpokpos, lover love, Am in love and amen. The album was released under hypodrum records and hypertek entertainment as management.

Bet you this is gonna be off the chains....

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