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BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR
OJUELEGBA – WIZKID
EYO – ASA
WISH ME WELL – TIMI DAKOLO
BEZ – THERE’S A FIRE
COBHAMS – DO THE RIGHT THING
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
DON JAZZY – GODWIN (KOREDE BELLO)
MASTAKRAFT – WISER (FLAVOUR)
YOUNG JOHN – BOBO (OLAMIDE)
SHIZZI – FANS MI (DAVIDO)
LEGENDURY BEATZ – OJUELEGBA
COBHAMS – THERE’S A FIRE (BEZ)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
JAMB QUESTION (SIMI) – MEX
CRAZY (SEYI SHAY) – MEJI ALABI
THE SOUND (DAVIDO FEAT. UHURU & DJ BUCKZ) – SESAN
KATAPOT (REEKADO BANKS) – UNLIMITED LA
BABY JOLLOF (SOLID STAR FEAT. TIWA SAVAGE) – CLARENCE PETERS
BEST R&B/POP ALBUM
BED OF STONE – ASA
A.Y.O. – WIZKID
KING OF QUEENS – YEMI ALADE
RICH & FAMOUS – PRAIZ
DOUBLE TROUBLE – PSQUARE
BEST R&B SINGLE
1. HEARTBEAT – PRAIZ
2. BABY DADDY – IYANYA
3. SAY YOU LOVE ME – LERIQ FT. WIZKID
4. DO THE RIGHT THING – COBHAMS FT. BEZ
5. WISH ME WELL – TIMI DAKOLO
BEST POP SINGLE
OJUELEGBA – WIZKID
COLLABO – P-SQUARE FEAT. DON JAZZY
MY WOMAN, MY EVERYTHING – PATORANKING FEAT. WANDE COAL
WOJU – KISS DANIEL
GODWIN – KOREDE BELLO
BOBO – OLAMIDE
BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL SINGLE
GERMAN JUICE – CYNTHIA MORGAN
SANKO – TIMAYA
MY BODY – SOLID STAR FEAT. TIMAYA
DANIELLA WHYNE – PATORANKING
CHEQUES AND BALANCE – BURNA BOY
BAD GIRL SPECIAL (REMIX) – MR. 2KAY FEAT. CYNTHIA MORGAN & SEYI SHAY
BEST RAP ALBUM
BABA HAFUSA – REMINISCE
STREET OT – OLAMIDE
CHAIRMAN – M.I.
ABOVE GROUND LEVEL – MODENINE
BEST COLLABO
LOCAL RAPPER – REMINISCE FEAT. OLAMIDE & PHYNO
HOLD ON – JOE EL FEAT. 2FACE IDIBIA
BAD GIRL SPECIAL (REMIX) – MR. 2KAY FEAT. CYNTHIA MORGAN & SEYI SHAY
SHOKI (REMIX) – LIL’KESH FEAT. OLAMIDE & DAVID O
DO THE RIGHT THING – COBHAMS FT. BEZ
SISI – PRAIZ FT. WIZKID
BEST RAP SINGLE
KING KONG – VECTOR
BAD BELLE – M.I
BANK ALERT – ILL BLISS
LOCAL RAPPER – REMINISCE FEAT. OLAMIDE, PHYNO & STOMREX
G.O.D – T.R
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE)
PRAIZ – IF I FALL
SHAYDEE – HIGH
TIMI DAKOLO – WISH ME WELL
COBHAMS – DO THE RIGHT THING
BEZ – THERE’S A FIRE
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)
WAJE – COCO BABY
ARAMIDE – IWO NIKAN
ASA – BED OF STONE
SIMI – TIFF
YEMI ALADE – DURO TIMI
NEXT RATED
THIS CATEGORY IS A VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE MOST PROMISING UPCOMING ACT IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW.
REEKADO BANKZ
KISS DANIEL
CYNTHIA MORGAN
KOREDE BELLO
LIL’ KESH
HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION
A VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE BEST NEW ARTISTE IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW.
PRAIZ – RICH N FAMOUS
YEMI ALADE – KING OF QUEENS
SKALES – MAN OF THE YEAR
LYRICIST ON THE ROLL
A NON-VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE RAP ARTISTE WITH THE BEST LYRICAL DEPTH AND PERFORMANCE ON A SINGLE OR ALBUM.
ILL BLISS – BANK ALERT (REMIX) FEAT. ICE PRINCE, EVA ALORDIAH & PHYNO
VECTOR – KING KONG
REMINISCE – BABA HAFUSA
G.O.D – T.R
BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE
A VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE ARTISTE WHOSE SONGS ARE INSPIRED BY THE STREETS. SUCH SONG SHOULD CAPTURE LINGUAL, WHICH MAY ALSO BE ORIGINATED BY THE ARTISTE AND POPULAR ON THE STREET.
REMINISCE – SKILLASHI
OLAMIDE – BOBO
SMALL DOCTOR – MOSQUITO KILLER
MASTAKRAFT FEAT. OLAMIDE, CDQ AND DAVID O – INDOMIE
FALZ THE BAD GUY FEAT. YEMI ALADE & POE – HELLO BAE
BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG
A VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE ARTISTE WHOSE SONGS REFLECT ANY FORM OR STYLE OF MUSIC WHICH FALLS OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM OF RECENT OR PAST POPULAR MUSICAL TRENDS.
DI’JA – AWWWWWW
BEZ – THERE’S A FIRE
ASA – SATAN BE GONE
ADEKUNLE GOLD – SADE
UGOVINNA – RAIN ON ME
SIMI – TIFF
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
RICH N FAMOUS – PRAIZ
KING OF QUEENS – YEMI ALADE
STREET OT – OLAMIDE
CHAIRMAN – M.I.
A.Y.O. – WIZKID
DOUBLE TROUBLE – P SQUARE
ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
MOST CRITICALLY AND COMMERCIALLY ADJUDGED ARTISTE IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW. OVERALL MOST SUCCESSFUL ARTISTE FOR THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW.
OLAMIDE
DAVID O
WIZKID
YEMI ALADE
P-SQUARE
SONG OF THE YEAR
A VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE MOST POPULAR SONG IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW.
OJUELEGBA – WIZKID
GODWIN – KOREDE BELLO
KISS DANIEL – WOJU
OLAMIDE – BOBO
AFRICAN ARTISTE
A NON-NIGERIAN AWARD CATEGORY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL AFRICAN ARTISTE OR GROUP WITH THE MOST OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, IMPACT AND INFILTRATION INTO THE NIGERIAN MUSIC SCENE IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW.
DIAMOND PLATNUMZ
CASSPER NYOVEST
SARKODIE
UHURUAKA
May D, the Nigerian Afropop singer, has revealed details of his past experiences with Psquare and Davido.
In a recent episode of The Honest Bunch podcast, the singer disclosed why he declined to sign a contract with Square Records, a music label owned by the R&B duo Psquare.
May D claimed he lived in Psquare’s boys’ quarter while working on music projects with the twin brothers.
He said he felt that his living conditions at the duo’s apartment did not show signs of growth, leading him to reject their contract offer.
The singer also said he believed he could have been given a room or a flat instead of boys’ quarter.
“What I am saying is if I get any artiste wey don blow now I get many things wey I go set for the artiste. It may not have to be a house,” he said.
“For example, now they could give me a room in the empty section of their house. I did not care where I was staying in the boy’s quarters. It was where I was going that I had in my mind. All that happened, will I stay in boys’ quarters and sign a contract?
“It was not too much for me to have a flat. I started thinking about my life. People come to the house and ask me questions.”
May D also recalled an encounter with Davido, who had asked to stay with him while he was running away from his dad and couldn’t stay in any hotels.
He said when Davido saw his living conditions, he was shocked and declined to stay with him.
“You know the time David was running from his dad. He asked me, ‘How far, guy? Be like say na your house I stay because my dad has sanctioned all the hotels in Nigeria’. I told him let’s go to Psquare’s house,” he said.
“You can stay in my room. When David reached my room, he said, ‘May D, this is where you stay for real?’ He said, ‘I can’t stay here’. If I had a room, it would have been cooler.”
Darkoo, the Nigerian-British rapper, has accused Peter ‘Mr P’ Okoye of sabotaging her newly released song ‘Focus on Me’.
In a series of tweets on X, Darkoo said she had obtained the necessary clearance from Psquare for the sample used in her song.
The rapper said Psquare was entitled to 50% of the song’s earnings. She, however, alleged that Peter demanded to be featured on the track — a request she initially declined but considered for a possible remix.
Darkoo claimed Mr P thereafter facilitated the copyright infringement tagged on the music video on YouTube after she refused to feature him in the song.
“I wasn’t going to say anything, but Peter of P-square took down my music video for six days in an attempt to completely sabotage the song. (Fortunately, the video is back up now.)
Let me be clear: I had all the necessary clearance for the sample. This is not my first rodeo using a sample, as you know, and I did everything by the book,” the tweet reads.
“To put things into perspective, they are receiving 50%… rightfully so. Yet, Mr. Peter wanted to be featured on the song, even creating his own new verse for it. He told me not to speak to or clear with his brothers Jude and Paul (who, by the way, have been incredibly helpful in resolving issues). He claimed they would bring ‘unnecessary problems’ for me.
“But as soon as the song dropped, Mr. Peter completely switched on me. He started causing problems because he wanted to be featured on the track. Even though I wanted him to be on the remix, I guess that wasn’t enough. Instead, he chose to act out of anger, manipulate the situation, and try to sabotage the song… simply because I didn’t bow to his demands….
“Taking my video down wasn’t about copyright or contracts…. It was because he didn’t get what he wanted (to be featured), & I quote saying to my team that I “disrespected him” that’s why he’s taking down the video.”
The rapper expressed her disappointment and heartbreak over “Mr. P’s actions”, stating that she had grown up admiring him and his music.
“His actions have impacted me deeply, hurting my fans, ruining my hard work, and all the time and money spent. It’s heartbreaking because I grew up admiring him, and to see someone I once looked up to try to hurt me and block my success actively is incredibly painful,” she said.
“For the record: I had the clearance, the contracts, and the paperwork from “Psquare”. I went above and beyond to ensure their rights were respected and handled correctly with the right people. Ensuring that all contributors were coverd. This isn’t how our OGs are supposed to be moving. It’s sad and disappointing.”
Darkoo also revealed that the music video is now back online after being taken down for six days. She urged her fans to support her by watching and sharing the video.
Nollywood actress and producer, Bolaji Ogunmola, has spoken out in defense of her co-star, Daniel Etim-Effiong, following backlash over a scene in the promotional video for their new movie, Summer Rain.
The video, which has been making rounds online, features the duo in an intimate moment as part of their characters’ romantic storyline.
While some fans praised the chemistry, others criticised Daniel for the passionate kiss, questioning how it aligns with his status as a married man.
In a post shared on her X account on Friday, Ogunmola addressed the criticism, stressing that the scene was entirely professional and part of their job as actors.
She explained, “Promotional shoot/content is part of an actor’s contractual obligations. Were there cameras there? Yes. Tons of people there? Yes. Was he there as a husband? No. He’s an actor playing a character called Adimchi, who’s ridiculously in love with Murewa. Was he professional? Yes!”
The incident also reignited discussions about Daniel’s wife, Toyosi Etim-Effiong, and her perspective on her husband’s work.
Speaking on a podcast in December, Toyosi opened up about navigating moments of jealousy in their marriage.
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