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How Mohbad’s death affected me – Qing Madi
Qing Madi, the Nigerian singer, has revealed how the death of Mohbad affected her.
Born Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, Mohbad died under mysterious circumstances on September 12 and was buried the following day.
On September 21, the former Marlian Record artiste’s body was exhumed by police for an autopsy.
Eight months later, the autopsy failed to determine the cause of death as the singer’s body had decomposed when tests were conducted.
In a recent episode of the ‘Is This Seat Taken’ podcast, Madi disclosed that Mohbad’s death affected “so much in my thinking” despite not meeting him while he was alive.
The fast-rising singer said after his death she unconsciously started writing in a “dark way”.
The singer added that ‘Journey‘ was not released for commercial purposes but as a tribute song that conveyed her feelings about Mohbad’s demise.
“I actually wrote journey because of the late diamond, Mohbad. So I wrote it because of him and at the time, I had not gotten the time to meet him or be in the same room with him, I had only heard his music,” she said.
“So at the time of his death news, it affected so much in my thinking. I am like I have never written a song like this because usually moments around me affect the way I write.
“I go to the studio with the person I made ‘Ole’ and ‘Vision’ with and I am like what are we doing? So he noticed that I started writing in a dark way. So he said I got you, started playing the guitar then I started writing.
“After writing ‘Journey’, I said I was going to put it out as content, I didn’t want to put it out as a song. That is why I made a whole viral video because I’m like that is all is going to be.
“I do not want people to stream this, I just wanted them to know how I feel about everything that is going on.”
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Davido gifts Lexus SUV to personal driver
Davido, the Grammy-nominated Afrobeats star, has purchased a new Lexus SUV for Tunde Yussuf, his personal driver.
On Thursday, Yussuf, who is also a tour assistant to the singer, shared a photo of the Lexus RX with his 18000 followers on Instagram.
The driver, who is also referred to as Doro DMW, expressed his appreciation for the gift. He also showered prayers on Davido.
“Congratulations to me🙏🙏🙏🙏 God bless you 001 my boss @davido You no go ever fall my oga. OBO DAN DO AM AGAIN,” he wrote.
Entertainment
Diddy placed on suicide watch in prison
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, the embattled rapper, has reportedly been placed on suicide watch at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The 54-year-old music mogul who was arrested at a hotel in Manhattan on Monday is currently facing federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
On Tuesday, Robyn Tarnofsky, the US magistrate judge, ordered that the hitmaker be sent to jail to await trial in his case. The Bad Boy Records founder was also denied bail.
Tarnofsky’s order followed after Diddy pleaded not guilty to the 14-page federal indictment against him.
On Thursday, People quoted sources at the prison as saying that the rapper has been placed on suicide watch for “preventative measures”.
It added that “Combs is in shock and his mental state is unclear”.
Prison occupants are placed on suicide watch as “supervisory precautions taken for suicidal inmates that require frequent observation,” according to the US Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections.
The news outlet did not reveal how long Diddy will remain under suicide watch, or if he is suicidal.
The rapper is expected to remain at the Metropolitan Detention Center ahead of trial — although the date has yet to be revealed.
The New York Times reports that the detention facility, which holds more than 1,200 people, has a reputation for violence, filthy conditions, food contamination, and suicides.
On Tuesday, federal prosecutors charged Diddy with sex trafficking by force, transportation to engage in prostitution, and racketeering conspiracy.
They alleged the rapper, with help from Combs Enterprise associates, ran an “enterprise that he engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor or, kidnapping, arson and other crimes”.
Combs was said to have “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct” from 2008 to now.
Diddy is the highest-profile musician to face sexual misconduct charges since Robert Sylvester Kelly, the R&B singer popularly known as R. Kelly.
Kelly was sentenced in 2022 to more than 30 years in prison for sexually abusing fans, some of them children, racketeering, and sex trafficking.
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Oxlade reveals the reason he once ran away from home
Nigerian singer Oxlade has opened up about his decision to drop out of university and run away from home due to threats from cultists in school.
During an interview with Punch Newspapers on September 18, 2024, the singer discussed his motivation to drop out of school to save his life.
“I dropped out of the university in my final year because it was a crazy time. There were some gangs after me because I’m a fine boy. Being a fine boy makes you a target. It is either you join them or they off you. So I had to leave that environment,” he added.
Oxlade, who attended Lagos State University (LASU), noted that while the institution has since improved its focus on academics, the atmosphere during his time there was tumultuous. “At that time, it was a hot period. Now everyone is chasing money,” he stated, acknowledging the university’s efforts to curb such dangerous behaviours today.
“After I left school, I ran away from home because I couldn’t tell my family why I dropped out,” he revealed.
The first time he opened up about his experience with the cultists was during an interview on the Tea with Tay Podcast in October 2023.
He explained, “During my university days, I was always in the church reading Bible and books. Then I dropped out in my final year. I’ve never said this before. I dropped out when some boys were trying to make me join a gang.”
Oxlade shared a touching moment when his grandmother unknowingly saved his life by asking him to come home.
“I don’t know how my grandma knew, she just told me to come to Ibadan, that I shouldn’t go and pack anything from the hostel, so I was there for a week. So the next few days my roommates said that they came to beat the shit out of them because of me,” he explained.
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