Popular South African rappers, AKA and Cassper Nyovest have been caught on social media in what seemed like a battle of who has the better career.
It all started when Cassper shared a tweet that was meant to attack AKA in a subtle way.
While Cassper didn’t mention AKA in his Tweet, he, however, got a reply from AKA.
In Cassper’s tweet, he pointed out that success or money doesn’t qualify wisdom.
The Kel P-produced single became a smash hit in Nigeria and has since amassed over 103 million views on YouTube.
On March 8, 2020, Nigerian superstar, Burna Boy accepted a gold plaque for his 2018 single, ‘On The Low.’ The gold plaque is for selling 100,000 (or more) copies of the single. A gold plaque could also be handed to an artist whose single has been streamed 15 million times in the country. Thus, 15 million streams of a single in France is equivalent to 100,000 pure sales.
The singer was accompanied by his mom and manager, Bose Ogulu also known as Mama Burna. In an Instagram post to celebrate the win, Burna Boy wrote, ““On the low” went Gold in France 🇫🇷 without any radio push or promo. Love every single one of you that streamed it over 15m times, it’s still #FOOTONNECK2020.”
On The Low’ was released on November 16, 2018 as the second single off Burna Boy’s 7th studio album, African Giant. The Kel P-produced single became a smash hit in Nigeria and has since amassed over 103 million views on YouTube.
Following threats of violence, the highly publicised anti-xenophobia concert “Africa Unite” which Burna Boy was billed to headline in South Africa has been cancelled.
South African media outlet, IOL reports that the concert organizers, Phambili Media and Play Network confirmed that after engagement with Burna Boy’s management, a decision to withdraw his name from the line-up and as a result cancel the concert was taken.
Consequently, both legs of the concert that were scheduled for Hillcrest Quarry, Cape Town, on November 23 and Sun Arena, Pretoria, November 24 were cancelled.
Last week, a petition letter was written by musicians and organisers under the umbrella of Tshwane Entertainment Collective, raising objections against the concert.
The chief concern was against Burna Boy’s inclusion, and the group labelled the event a “financial exercise to benefit the very artists who have our country in a negative light based on false claims”.
The concert also featured Jidenna, Kwesta, Sho Madjozi, DJ Maphorisa, Busiswa and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Amazon has enlisted the voice of American actor legend, Samuel L. Jackson for its cloud-based digital assistant, Alexa.
Users of Alexa-enabled devices will now be able to interact with an AI version of the Hollywood star developed using the company’s neural text-to-speech technology.
Jackson’s voice will be the first celebrity voice option for Alexa. Amazon promises to add more celebrity guest voices in 2020.
Jackson is ranked as the highest all-time box office star with over $6.9 billion total US box office gross, an average of $87.5 million per film.
He is best known for his roles in blockbusters such as Django Unchained (2012), A Time To Kill (1996), Pulp Fiction (1994), The Hateful Eight (2015) and Unbreakable (2000).
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