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).

Backstreet Boy, Nick Carter has been granted a temporary restraining order against his younger brother, Aaron after alleging he threatened to kill Nick’s pregnant wife.

The singer said the legal move came “in light of Aaron’s increasingly alarming behaviour”.

Aaron must now stay at least 100 feet away from Nick, his family and their Las Vegas home.

In response, Aaron Carter said he was “astounded” by the accusations.

Nick Carter, whose band had hits with such songs as “Everybody” and “I Want It That Way”, announced in May that he and wife, Lauren were expecting their second child.