I bet you are like…huh…Who is Lil’ Issue? Never heard of him either but apparently he’s a Miami based up and coming rapper. D’Banj joins bawse Rick Ross on Lil Issue‘s track VIP.

Listen to it below and give us your HONEST thoughts on D’Banj’s feature.

Super Daddy and recently engaged Tuface Idibia, last week sat down with NETNG to talk about his recent proposal to actress Annie Macaulay, his baby mamas, his baby on the way with Pero Adeniyi and more.

Check out more of the interview after the jump

Of your three ‘baby mamas’, why Annie?

That’s where my heart led me to.

Why Valentine’s Day?

That’s when it happened.  It just so happened to be the time I felt the need to make that move.

Considering that you have known her for such a long time and what has happened with you with the women and the children, when did you decide to make the move?

It was part of my New Year resolution to follow my heart this year.

How did the thought come into your mind?

Like any other thought about something important. You start feeling the need to do something or go somewhere different from deep within. Then you just make your move one time. No shaking.

When do you plan to tie the knot?

We will let you know soon enough.Why did it take you so long to finally make this decision?

I needed to get there, you know, reach the point wey e be say, gbagam!  My mind, heart and everything dey ready. The timing for marriage should not be determined by any outside influence my guy. If you are not ready for it don’t commit to it because some people think you should.

Were you nervous before you popped the question?

Yes I was but I was sure of what I was doing.

What if she had turned down the offer?

Wow! I would have asked again.

Can you really be a one-woman man?

Na the journey I don start so now, abi?

What will change now that you are about to get married?

Everything that needs to change.

What is your relationship with the other mothers of your children?

Same at it has been all the while. Cordial mostly. I’ve still got respect for them because we have kids together.

Do you know their reaction to this decision?

I know it may be difficult if any one happens to still be attached emotionally but I can only hope they understand that that’s where my heart is.

Other women have been associated with you in the past five years. Pero, as a matter of fact, is expecting a third child for you soon. One would have expected that the woman with three children would be your option. Not that you owe it anyone, but can you explain the reason for your choice?

Wow! And someone else would say it should have been the mother of my eldest child. Another person will even argue that it should be the lady that has been with me for the longest time. These are matters of the heart. They can’t always be analysed like that. Sometimes you no fit analyse am at all sef.

Being that you had three women to choose from, at least seemingly, what it is about Annie that decided it for you?

My mind, my body, my soul, my heart chose her.

Now that you have decided to settle down with your ‘True love’, your ‘African Queen’, how will this affect your song writing?

It will add more inspiration.

Your next album drops very soon. Any chances of an ‘African queen II’ to celebrate your fiancée?

Yes o!

Who will perform at your wedding?

Certainly not me. A couple of my colleagues definitely.

Bracket drops the visuals to their hit single Girl from the album Cupid Stories. It features Wizkid and the guys looked like they had fun shooting this video. Check it out after the jump.

Directed by Godfather Productions

Tiwa Savage joins Flavour on the remix to the lovely track Oyi. To see Tiwa & Flavour in some lip-locking action peep the video down below.

Directed by Godfather Productions

Following the first single Lost which we posted on here last year, M.I releases the second single to his Illegal Music 2 mixtape scheduled for release in March. Listen to rappers M.I & Phenom drop a few quotable lyrics over Lil Wayne’s 6 Foot 7 instrumental below. I’m not feeling this one too much, but share your thoughts in the comment section – HOT or NOT ?

Check out the promo video to the mixtape after the jump.

Wow! I have done a fashion face off post in ages!

Check out theses 2 chocolate sisters both rocking similar canary yellow floor length gowns to awards ceremonies.

On the left we have sexy singer from Nigeria Miss Tiwa Savage who wore this Toju Foyeh creation last November to the Channel O Awards in Johannesburg, South Africa and on the right is American actress Miss Gabrielle Union who rocked a similar gown by Diane Von Furstenberg to the 2010 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Hollywood, California.

WHO WORE IT BETTER?

WHO WORE IT BETTER?

Hello boys…and some girls (you know yourselves) this one is for you! Just a lil somethin’ somethin’ to get your morning started off just right. Check out Nigerian-American model Adaora Akubilo in a range of sexy bikinis in this year’s Sports Illlustrated Swimsuit Edition.

She is following in the footsteps of Oluchi Onweagba, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum and loads more, to grace the magazine’s annual swimsuit issue.

This is Adaora’s debut in the magazine and we hope she’ll be gracing the cover in the near future. See more pictures after the jump.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK SEXY OR NOT?

shout out to BellaNaija for the pictures

by  Akintunde Oyebode

I got the idea to do this post at 6:30am yesterday on St. Valentine’s Day, aboard the 7:02am Dana Air flight from Lagos to Abuja. The last time I was on this flight, it was with two of my classmates from ISL. It was filled with lots of banter and a genuine feeling of love as we set out on our daily struggles. One of those men is no longer with us, and this is for him.

Adeola and I were not best mates. He was the troublesome kid with a sharp tongue I was tempted to smack in the face during our time at ISL. I remember him as the witty kid who could paralyze your brain (and fists) with his stinging ‘yabs’ all day long. He was also an enthusiastic footballer, albeit with limited talent, as I never failed to remind him.

Growing up we all found our paths, and he ended up at Coventry, later at University of East London. I found him in Lagos a few years ago, he had moved home to work in Oil & Gas, and we continued to meet in random places thereafter, mainly in the large Lagos social network. In all those meetings, he was unchanged, the smile was permanent, an ebullient spirit, at home in any and every circle he found himself.

My job demanded I understood the downstream oil industry, and he was one of the guys I called for advice. He took an hour of his airtime to explain the dynamics of the petrol and diesel importation to me, and when he found me unable to comprehend such ‘simple’ matters over the phone; we met up somewhere in Victoria Island for a lesson. By the way, he paid for my drinks too. That was quintessential Randy B.

The last time I saw him on that flight, I teased him about the current fuel subsidy probe, and he reminded me that in the midst of what was a major national scandal, honest businesses existed. He signed off saying he hoped the probe will separate the wheat from the chaff.

I woke up on the 7th of February to pictures, status updates and messages on my blackberry messenger. They all said one thing. Our friend and brother, Adeola Randolph was dead. It was a strong contradiction to a man whose display picture showed him jet skiing on the Lagos lagoon with a status update that said “Living in the Sky.”

For an inexplicable reason I remembered visiting his house on Ikorodu Road, and how his dad’s library introduced me to the world of Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy. I was transported to the carefree period of the 90’s, when we were boys, with no worries apart from how good (or bad) the report card looked or what present(s) to get that pretty girl in SS1 Jade on Valentine’s Day. Then I came back to the present, and wondered if life was worth it at all. The time spent slaving at work, running to catch a plane, having a drink at Rehab or going off to a beach house. It shocked me that such a bubbly character could be snatched abruptly, and in one moment that jovial body became lifeless.

So as I board this plane, I am reminded of my own mortality by oft-repeated words of John Donne “never ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.” In the grief that envelopes us all, I am comforted by these verses from Robert Binyon in the poem penned for War Heroes, “For the Fallen.”

They shall grow not old, as we that are left to grow old / Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn / At the going down of the sun and in the morning / We will remember them.

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust / Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain / As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness / To the end, to the end, they remain

And to my departed compadré:

May the road rise to meet you / May the wind be always at your back / May the sun shine warm upon your face /And rains fall soft upon your fields / And until we meet again / May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

The world is a poorer place without you. Rest in Peace, Mr. Randolph (19/05/1979 – 07/02/2012)

Listen to SDC’s tribute to Adeola “Kobain” Randolp – One Day

A couple of hours ago on valentine’s day night Tuface Idibia proposed to longtime girlfriend Annie Macaulay…and she said YES! The magical and surprise proposal took place at Club 10 Victoria Island, Lagos.

Wow…so even though Pero Adeniyi (Baby Mama Number 1) is right now expecting hid 3rd child and due next month, he has proclaimed to everyone now who his heart really belongs to.

Congrats to the lovely couple.

Gospel singer Kenny St Brown Sunday night sent out a series of bizarre tweets about Whitney Houston’s death, the tasteless comments she made in light of Whitney’s passing caused many to question her sanity.

The main parallel she drew was that both of them married men with the last name Brown. Essentially she said that Whitney Houston inspired her to marry Eddie Brown…because Whitney married Bobby Brown so they could have the same last name. So in her head they were in laws?! Sounds cookoo. If that’s the reason you married your husband girl no wonder your marriage failed.

See her tweets after the jump

She must’ve woken up to all the abuse sent to her cos Monday morning she promptly tweeted an apology.