SHOWBUZZ: Sauti Sol for another award
Sauti Sol. An army of angry Netizens immediately descended on the group in a vicious lynching orgy, not because the band was wrong, but because the singers have never criticised their own government. PHOTO | COURTESY
What you need to know:
- Sauti Sol, who have kept the fire burning with regular hits, will battle it out with South Africa’s Nasty C, Ghanaian Stonebwoy, among other nominees in the Best African Music Artist category.
- Selena Gomez has reacted to the news of her famous ex-boyfriend and fellow musician Justin Bieber’s engagement with utmost shock.
Kenyan boy band Sauti Sol will battle it out with other music heavyweights at the International Achievement Recognition Awards (IARA) 2018.
The fifth edition of the IARA awards ceremony, based in London, will go down on September 22.
Sauti Sol, who have kept the fire burning with regular hits, will battle it out with South Africa’s Nasty C, Ghanaian Stonebwoy, among other nominees in the Best African Music Artist category.
Bongo Flava star Diamond Platinumz, Nigerian Davido and South Africa's Cassper Nyovest will battle it out for the title of Best International Male Artiste with Mr P (formerly one half of P-Square), South Africa’s Black Coffee, Mohamed Abass and Lafouine.
The IARAs were established to celebrate outstanding talents within the arts and entertainment industry. Other categories include Best International Actor/Actress, Best International Female Artistes among others.
Songbird Amani who just released her first single in four years. PHOTO | COURTESY
The reason for Amani’s return
Songbird Amani who just released her first single in four years, after previously saying she had quit music for good, has revealed why that wasn’t possible.
The 37-year-old got saved two years ago. After doing music for over 15 years she decided to exit the stage.
This explains why she had been missing in the music scene. She released her first single since the transformation, "Jina Lake Yesu", a few days ago.
“My greatest fear about quitting music was that that’s what I have done all my life. I have only ever worked nine months. My experience is in music, I don’t have a resume, I have a profile and it states a rate card,” Amani was quoted.
Even though she is back in music, Amani also has a hair products business that keeps her grounded.
Singer Selena Gomez. PHOTO | FILE | AFP
Selena shocked by Biebs’ engagement
Gorgeous singer Selena Gomez has reacted to the news of her famous ex-boyfriend and fellow musician Justin Bieber’s engagement with utmost shock.
Beiber, 24, surprised many of his fans a few days ago with the announcement that he was engaged to his current girlfriend, model and TV personality, Hailey Baldwin.
The news is said to have shocked Selena, who dated Beiber on and off since 2010. They got back together slightly over a year ago, but things still didn’t work out, leading to a break up in March this year. Then Beiber started dating Baldwin.
A source close to Gomez told the entertainment magazine E! News, “Selena was surprised that the engagement was so sudden as she knows the type of person he is. Selena knows that Justin makes rash decisions but wishes them both the best.”
Selena decided to remain single for a while.
Gospel artiste Kevin Bahati will air his private wedding to wife Diana Marua on his "Being Bahati" reality show debuting on NTV end of July. PHOTO COURTESY
Bahati’s reality show on NTV
Gospel artiste Kevin Bahati will air his private wedding to wife Diana Marua on his "Being Bahati" reality show debuting on NTV end of this month, after landing a multi-million deal with the station.
According to the gospel artiste, the show will give a behind-the-scenes look into his celebrity lifestyle, his love life and so much that people don’t know about him.
It will feature his lovely wife Diana Marua, their daughter Heaven as well as the "baby mama" to his older daughter, Yvette Obura.
Speaking to Showbuzz, Bahati said, “There is so much that people don’t know about me, my personal life, the private wedding I had, the dowry payment ceremony, and my hustles amongst other things."
Bahati, 23, wedded 29-year-old Diana Marua on October 2017 in a private ceremony. The couple later took to Instagram to break the news.
Khaligraph hits back at ladies who rejected him
Rapper Khaligraph Jones has gone H.A.M on all the ladies whom he tried to seduced before becoming famous, but turned down his advances only to come back when he has now made it.
The hard hitting rapper recently took to his social media to crucify them, narrating about a girl he had liked back in high school. When he missed school for two weeks, due to lack of fees, he came back and found the girl taken by another man.
“This is a special message to all the girls that I tried to talk to back in the day but they didn’t want to talk to me. All the girls that I texted but they never texted me back. They thought I was a nobody, well I hope they can see me now,” he said.
