The organizers of the Nigerian Music Awards will today in Owerri, the Imo State capital continue their search for the charming queens that will wow the guests at the nation?s biggest entertainment event, which holds in the state on Saturday, May 24, 2008.
Fela Kutis Afrobeat legacy made such an enormous impression on the international Nigerian music-lovers scene that much subsequent music in this most versatile of all African nations has been overshadowed or just plain overlooked - outside the home market and the expat Nigerian Diaspora. Afrobeat was amazing but believing that Nigeria has rested on its musical laurels since the heyday of Fela, Sunny Ade and other 70s and 80s superstars is like claiming that British pop ended with Punk! 
Popular American songster, Nas, is set to arrive Nigeria for the inaugural Soundcity Music Video Awards. The crooner will be supported by South Africa’s wave-making act, Freshlyground and Ghana’s Tic Tac; and together, they would help fulfill Soundcity’s reputation of adding value to life with the power of music by staging an exceptional, potentially incomparable music awards.
Banky W performs Live at Cream of the Crop- Saturday April 12 2008 at Genesis, 30 Macon Street Between Nostrand and Arlington, Brooklyn New York. Also performing are Dem Naija Boyz and Iceberg Slim.