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2022 Grammy Awards Gets April 3 Date

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The 2022 Grammy Awards has announced a new date and location.

Organisers, The Recording Academy, confirmed the annual awards show will be held on April 3 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The announcement comes after The Recording Academy postponed the awards ceremony on January 5th, 2022.

The ceremony was initially scheduled for January 31 in Los Angeles at the Crypto.

com Arena (formerly the Staples Center), but was postponed due to the surge of the Omicron variant.

This is the second year in a row that the Grammy Awards have been postponed.

Last year, the Grammys were also scheduled for January 31, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Daily Show” host Trevor Noah is still scheduled to host the 2022 Grammy Awards.

In late November, The Recording Academy released the nominations list for the awards ceremony with Nigerian musician, Wizkid bagging two nominations for Essence and Made In Lagos album.

Femi and Made Kuti were also nominated under Best Global Music Album category.

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It’s Chaotic, Fireboy on Relationship, Dating

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Nigerian Afrobeats singer Adedamola Adefolahan, popularly known as Fireboy DML, has opened up about his dating life, revealing that it is chaotic.

Speaking in a recent episode of the Reprezent podcast, the movie star said the messy nature of Lagos dating scene inspired his hit song, ‘Ashawo.

“In my song ‘Ashawo’ I was trying to paint a picture of what the dating scene is like in Lagos where I live.

It’s a mess,” he explained.

On his relationship experience, Fireboy said, “It is chaotic. But I thrive with girls. When I’m under pressure, I usually find balance in girls.”

Fireboy has previously revealed that he was looking forward to suffering a heartbreak in a bid to get inspiration to make more genuine music.

The singer has not publicly confirmed a girlfriend or any romantic relationship

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Dagrin Influenced Me, Other Rappers – Olamide

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Ace rapper Olamide has revealed the role that late Indigenous rapper, Dagrin, played in his career.

Speaking on the impacts of Dagrin in a recent video broadcast, the YBNL boss admitted that the late rapper influenced him and a lot of other rappers.

Olamide revealed that he listens to Dagrin’s critically acclaimed album, ‘C.

E.
O’ for inspiration whenever he is experiencing “writer’s block”.

He said, “Dagrin’s ‘C.E.O’ album is a timeless project. That’s the only rap album almost everybody in the south west can sing word for word. Dagrin influenced a lot of rappers, whenever we need motivation, we would go and listen to his album.”

Dagrin died in an auto crash in April 2010.

His music became more popular after his death.

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I’m not Desperate for International Recognition – Olamide

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Nigerian indigenous rapper Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as Olamide, has opened up about his strategy in the music industry, revealing that identifying his audience was key. The ‘Local Rapper’ crooner explained that he is comfortable being an indigenous artist, stressing that he is not desperate for international validation.

Olamide who spoke in a recent interview stated that he would not change his sound or switch his style to appeal to a Western audience.

“You have to identify your audience. Once you identify your audience, the rest of the world will catch up eventually. So, I have to stay true to myself and no matter where it is, what it is, I mean, in this world, I have to stay true to myself.

“I’m comfortable in my skin. I’m a Naija guy, Yoruba boy, I have H-Factor and all that, and I’m proud about it. You just have to stay true to yourself,” he said.

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