ISSN 2384-5635 00 9 772384 563006 We specialize in Artiste / Corporate / Event Management, Strategic Publicity & General Media consultancy. We believe in your course thus, we conceptualize, develop and execute positive press coverage, public relations & publicity strategies for our clients. We leave marks of excellence in all our dealings, thus we assure you top-notch services. ELITE RESOURCES CONSULTANCY Quality services for quality brands. *Free phone consultation when you contact Elite Resources Consultancy. Offer valid till September 2014. BBM PHONE EMAIL 75ED11A2 +234 815 236 8266 [email protected] +234 810 214 7332 GRAPHIXED +234 813 424 6086 IssueInthis 5. Editorial Lounge 6. Editorial Focus: Music Industry 1st half Year Review 9. UnderGs - Rasheed 11. Arsenal F.C. 12. Our new crush - Saeon 14. “Runs babes”- by Toni Osagie 15. Melissa’s Giveaway 16. Celebrity Hub - Cynthia Morgan 18. Fashion statement AT NSFDW 22. Dammy Krane: Product of a hybrid experiment. 25. Di’ja: MAVIN Activated! 27. Unity 28. Music Fizzers - SNA-Z 31. Survivor’s Anonymous 35. LNPL With Skales 37. LMK’S Diary 38. Screen Kings - Sesan Ogunro 39. Fashion Zone 40. TooXclusive.com Top 10 downloads 42. The World in 3D 43. Celebrity Divorce 45. DJ Frizzie 47. Pryse From the Editor Que Sera, Sera... Its amazing to think that 3 months just like a second has passed and we are here on a new issue; our 8th actually. In recent times, a whole lot of impossibilities has been made possible particularly in the Nigerian Music sphere. A couple years ago, we wouldn’t have imagined these recent events would be possible but here we are at a junction where a bridge between the ‘international music world’ and our local music world has been created. Much of these developments were made possible by the determination and hard work of the industry practitioners and also the advent usage of the digital hemisphere to connect globally. Editor-In-Chief Anslem Jon In a recent survey, Nigeria has witnessed an exponential increase of internet users with over 55% from mobile users; reason largely Sub Editor accrued to the availability of smart phones. The end chain when Leonard Onwubuoya linked to music is a large consumer base. Editorial Consultant Joyce “LMK” Imiegha At a workshop I recently attended for Creative Writers, the hall was divided into two sections; one section who were strongly opposed to Fashion Editor / Stylist the digital trend citing it as a threat to the reading culture in Nigeria, Priscillia Philips while the other section voted for new media as the future trend of disseminating informations which are readily accessible and easily Art Director / Graphic Designer absorbed. Edesiri Ukiri (@Graphixed) Truth be told, no one section was absolutely right judging from the Senior Correspondent fact they both have their pros and cons which varies and are relative. Stephney Bass Correspondents Here at Tush Magazine, we predicted this contrast and we decided Ahutu rufai to create an avenue for availability of the magazine for both Ugo ogbonna communities - The digital market and the traditional readers by Jeffrey onomoasor providing e-magazines (online) and hard copy magazines. We quite respect each community’s view I may add. Featured Writers Chiamaka Ezekwem This issue of Tush Magazine as usual focuses on young excelling Godswill Anene individuals in the entertainment world and informative articles on Phidelia Imiegha technology and relationships. We also featured events held in Nigeria Oghomwen Toni-Osagie - NSFDW 2014 which is fast becoming a youth platform for young fashion designers. Production/Research Tush Media Kingdom Trust me, we went the extra mile just to serve you this particular issue Tush magazine is a publication of Tush Kingdom and I specifically want to say a big thank you to Ms. Nkiru (CEO, Media, a media outfit into magazine publishing Spinlet), Mark Redguard (CEO, 960 Music Group), my entire crew and events organizing/coverage. Tush Kingdom members, Elite Resources (our consulting firm), supporting brands Media possesses rights to all published articles, interviews and pictures. No part of this publication and most especially YOU for picking up this issue and reading it. must be used without due permission from our editor. Yours sincerely, For comments, suggestions, criticisms or editorial submissions, write us via: Anslem Jon. [email protected] Nigeria’s Music Industry is no doubt the biggest music industry in Africa and the fastest growing music industry in the world. Fans of Nigerian music all over the world have so far this year had more than they had expected as new songs keep coming out day in day out. So far in the first half of this year, we have heard new sounds and witnessed the break-in of new artistes and many more unprecedented achievements by Nigerian musicians. We have also witnessed a growth in terms of indigenous cinematographers; the quality of videos coming out of Nigeria has shown that our cinematographers have upped their game. Nigerian music producers have also unrelentedly improved and we now get a variety of sounds and good music everyday. The industry itself is an improvement as it keeps getting bigger and bigger. We have also witnessed artistes acquiring new homes and showing off their latest machines“ ” in their garages; many artistes have also followed the trend of releasing hot singles preceding an unidentified date of their supposed album releases, and Artistes like Davido, P-square and Burna Boy fall in this category. We have also witnessed many upcoming artistes gaining grounds in the industry and Patoranking is no doubt one of the few up and coming artistes who upped their games to match with our A-list artistes. His song ‘Alubarika’ was indeed a great hit as it officially launched his career followed by his two new singles, ‘Girlie O’ and the remix which featured A-list artiste, Tiwa Savage. 6 • TUSH • @TushMagazineNig Another upcoming artiste who has had massive success this year is Runtown. The talented artiste who launched his career last year with his hit single ‘Party Like 1980’ continued this year with another hit ‘Gallardo’, featuring talented singer Davido. Gallardo has enjoyed massive airplay and has been likened to Davido’s hit, ‘Aye’. We cannot review the success of the first half of 2014 without talking about the king of street rap Olamide. Badoo as he is fondly called has hardly gone sour since he stepped into the music scene. The rapper who definitely knows what his fans want has not stopped delivering remarkable hits. His hit single ‘Sittin’ on the throne’ has so far this year enjoyed media attention, ‘Turn Up’ - the single he released last year was a hit till the first quarter of this year. Also, Oritsefemi’s‘Double Wahala’ a tribute song to the late legend Fela, was a massive hit. Dr Sid’s ‘Surulere’ featuring Don Jazzy was another fans favourite as the song became an instant hit upon it’s release. Moving on to Artistes on Five Star Music, they have also enjoyed the first half of this year. KCEE, the Limpopo master who has been on top of his game after being separated from his former group, KcPresh, recorded great successes with hit singles- ‘Limpopo’ and ‘Pull Over’ running all through last year. So far this year, KCEE has released a couple videos off his album, followed by his latest single, ‘Fine Face’. His colleague/label mate Harrysong now known as Mr Songz, has been adjudged as one of the most talented fast rising artistes. The Delta state born artiste’s single ‘Story’ was a huge one for his fans and radio stations. He was recently featured on VJ Adams’ (Soundcity) new single ‘Whazup’ which has also turned out to be big much recently. We also cannot fail to mention the Made Men Music Group- MMMG. The label that has the emerging diva Emma Nyra and its lead artiste Iyanya giving his fans all over the world great new sounds. Iyanya’s hit single ‘Away’ has shown that he is indeed working to stay on top. Another newly signed rtiste on MMMG Tekno, toppled out with a blazing hot single ‘Dance’. The single which practically launched the talented young artiste into the limelight regardless of his previous singles is fast becoming a favourite for DJS, radios and fans. Phyno is yet another artiste who has enjoyed the first half of this year; The indigenous Igbo rapper has had successes upon successes. His hit singles‘Parcel’ and ‘Alobam’ which is off the No Guts No Glory album have gained massive airplays and street credibility, especially in the Eastern part of the country. Other Nigerian artistes whose songs recorded successes are Flavour, Chidinma, Sean Tizzle, Wande Coal, Wizboy, Wizkid, Jesse Jagz, Ice Prince, Reminisce, Orezi, Seyi Shay, Eva and Charass. We also witnessed the celebrity wedding of Tiwa Savage and Tee Billz in far away Dubai, following the trend of Tuface and Annie. Also Paul Okoye of P-Square had his wedding with long time hearthrob and baby mama, Anita Isama in Port-Harcourt; still in the Okoye’s family, their eldest brother and manager, Jude Okoye got married although with so many hullabaloos surrounding the ceremony. We also had two of our artistes nominated for the prestigious BET awards for “Best international Act” Africa category with Davido carting home the award while the first lady of Mavin records, Tiwa Savage made the list. Also at the MTV Base Africa Music Awards popularly known as MAMA awards 2014, Nigerian artistes proved yet again their growth as they carted five (5) awards home. Not forgetting D’banj, who is no doubt Nigeria’s greatest export has been rather quiet as he has failed to record a massive hit after the release of his numerous singles.