🙏Join the Prayer Challenge by Christiana Igbokwe

Join in the #PrayerChallenge by Christy Essien Igbokwe (Lady of Songs) Jr 

🙏Join the Prayer Challenge by Christiana Igbokwe

⚠️How to participate & win

1) Make a video 🎬

🔦Vibing or🕺🏾💃Dancing to the song, PRAYER 

2) Follow her on Instagram (@christianaigbokwe) Twitter (@christyigbokwe) or TikTok (@christianaigbokwe)

Tag her to your video and use the hastags #prayerchallenge #ChristianaIgbokwe #Starlight

3) Posts with the most engagement wins

100k up for grabs

📻 “Prayer (Na Na)” by Christiana Igbokwe available on all streaming platforms

Prayer (Na Na)-Christiana Igbokwe

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Understanding the Dynamix of the modern ‘Underground Rap’ Culture

 

 

Have you ever had a moment where you’re trying to describe an artist, and you call them an “underground rapper,” only for the conversation to turn into a debate about what “underground” actually means in 2021?

Some people may call Westside Gunn “underground” because of Griselda’s gritty, lyrical style, but he’s not exactly under the radar. He’s a former Shady Records signee who’s sat front row at Paris Fashion Week and boasts close relationships with superstars like Jay-Z, Drake, Kanye West, and Tyler, the Creator. 

Jay Electonica’s music is considered to be in the lineage of underground cult heroes like Killah Priest and Dead Prez—but he just did a whole album with Jay-Z. MCs like R.A.P. Ferreira, Earl Sweatshirt, and Billy Woods create abstract, left-of-center work that would have found a natural home at a label like Rawkus Records in the ’90s, but the internet’s direct-to-consumer model now allows them to access millions of potential listeners in a way underground artists at indie labels have long had a hard time doing. 

At one point, the underground rap community was an easily recognizable scene of acts and labels that couldn’t get the same distribution for their CDs that major label acts could. But the internet revolutionized music distribution at the click of a button. The digital evolution allowed artists to operate with a direct-to-consumer model, eliminating many of the corporate barriers that kept certain acts obscure. And now artists who make music that’s unabashedly crafted for mass appeal are utilizing the same stratagem as avant-garde artists who don’t even put hooks on their songs. And they’re all a TikTok trend away from a platinum single. Are they all “underground” in the same way? It’s difficult to explain exactly what the phrase means today. 

Renowned A&R and executive Dante Ross thinks “underground rap means everything that’s not mainstream and has a somewhat determined ceiling.” Legendary indie rapper Slug says “the concept of underground rap is an identity thing [for] the advocate, the fan, all of us, to give us a sense of belonging.” Drew “Dru Ha” Friedman, co-founder of underground mainstay Duck Down Records, once saw the ‘90s underground scene as music where “you could just tell it wasn’t going to be mainstream.” Industry veteran Jonathan Tanners says underground rap was once “a cultural signifier of a code of conduct,” and believes now that the method of “how [music] reaches people has changed more so than some of the ideologies.” 

Rising Charlotte rapper Mavi feels that the idea of underground rap is a more “descriptive than prescriptive” notion, and a “judgment made on the mix or the reach or style” of music. Griselda signee Rome Streetz calls the underground “the purest form of hip-hop, because it doesn’t really have any of those industry politics with it.” But Spotify’s Carl Chery is unsure if there’s even such a thing as underground rap in 2021. “Because when I think about the original definition and all the raps that made up underground rap in the ‘90s and the 2000s, the structure doesn’t exist now,” he explains. 

t wasn’t always like that. In the ’90s, the underground rap scene was a network of artists, indie labels, DIY venues, zines, and college radio stations that operated below what Ross deemed the “ceiling” of mass distribution. 

Ceniplug Hosts VGC Badminton Open As Winners Get N1m

 

 With a view to growing badminton in Nigeria, sports marketing firm, Ceniplug, has held the 2021 VGC Badminton Open, with winners receiving N1 million prize money and souvenirs.

To add colour to the event, the tournament was fused with a caution party.

The event, which was held at Victoria Garden City, Lagos during the yuletide, recorded about five hundred participants.

Obinna Igwe won the men’s singles title, while Jacob Ife was runner-up, just as Ruth Toju Danbaki won the women singles with Chinenye Oguejiofor as runner up.

In the mixed doubles category, Obinna Igwe and Thelma Ajomiwe got the gold medals, while Osuyi Ik and Ruth Danbaki were runners-up.

Speaking on the essence of the event, Tosan Emmanuel Lori, founder of Ceniplug and coordinator of the VGC Badminton Club, said, “keeping fit through physical activities and sports have many benefits for the body. Sport is also a lucrative business at the professional level.

2021 VGC BADMINTON OPEN & CAUTION PARTY HOSTED BY CENIPLUG

watch ⚠️Caution party picnic Lagos & Vgc Badminton open🏆

🍲 Picnic 🏸 Badminton 🥇🥈🥉 🎭 Comedy 🎤Live Music 🏐 Volleyball 🎱 Snooker 🎲 Board games 🎶 Music policy X DJ TEGA Date 📌 Sun Dec 12th 2020 Time : 3pm Venue : VGC Badminton club Vgc central Park Lekki Lagos

Christiana Igbokwe, Granddaughter of Christy Essien Igbokwe drops Starlight EP

Brand new EP from the granddaughter of the legendary CHRISTY ESSIEN IGBOKWE titled #STARLIGHT The new EP from Christiana Igbokwe is out on all streaming platforms.

Christiana Igbokwe releases a new EP for the Yuletide Season, titled STARLIGHT. Starlight Ep is the second body of music work by Young Nigerian American Songstress Christiana Igbokwe. STARLIGHT is inspired by Christiana's childhood and the things she loves and believes in, from Santa to fairies to Prayers to kindness and Jesus. With 5 songs on the Ep and one interlude, Christiana let's her light shine through her music. Starlight is a beautiful little girl many people would love to meet. She is someone so perfect, and out of this world.

https://li.sten.to/StarlightEP

 

Read what people are saying about Starlight.

 STARLIGHT EP REVIEWS

Nice one. Very encouraging most of the production is also good. Great for a little girl

-Tonye Ibiam (C.E.O Grafton Records) @graftonstreetz

She’s a star, congrats Christiana. The beats are fire too

- Shank (reggae/dancehall artist) @shanksaydat

Well done Christiana, “Starlight” beautiful Song “Love Like This” shows her passion for singing, love the lyrics, “Prayer (Na Na)” is properly arranged and production is tight, “We need Jesus” is lovely and “Christmas time” is a lovely Christmas Song it can be a Tik Tok sensation with the kids.

– Spaceman (OAP Cool FM 95.9 Port-Harcourt) @thisisspaceman

Big ups to my darling Lil Niece for demonstrating work ethic and structure to tie up this body of work together, it was a pretty dope listen and track 6 closed out and had me ready to hit Lagos-Ibadan expressway to go to my village while doing 120km/hr and pressing brakes unprovoked cuz the roads are terrible. But Yo on a more serious note, with some appropriate mentorship, her raw undiluted passion for music, which is oozing through these joints, some more tutelage from all the greats, we are on one with Christiana. I dare say I am starting to believe in reincarnation. Starlight is dope music!

– Teeto Ceemos (HipHop Artist) @teetoceemos

Amazing young talent! Great body of work. Nice production. Christy is destined for greatness, a blessing to our generation! Congrats on the release of this EP. Many glorious years ahead of you🙏

– Femi Ojetunde (Grammy Award Winning Producer) @femi_femdouble_ojetunde

The Song Starlight has a lot of character to it. It shows a dexterity to Christy. A few dips in the tone texture but I get to really enjoy it at the hook and chorus. The production is properly done

– Sheddy on the Beat (OAP Beat 97.9 FM Abuja) @sheddyonthebeat

OMG I’m just listening to this and smiling, I am actually following the lyrics. I love it

– Ify Anadu (Fitness Coach) @iamfittobeme

I love the song “Prayer (Na Na)” and her rap in “Love Like This” Pray and Push her please, she already has a good platform

– Weird MC (Veteran Afrobeat Artist) @weirdmcofficial

This Ep is beautiful, the concept and the theme.  I see a future Legend like her Late Legendary Grand Mother Essien Igbokwe

– Bosalin (Hiphop Artist) @bosalin

Christy’s songs are ideal for her age. My faves are “We need Jesus” and “Starlight”. The starlight beats tho! I really see her evolving into a very strong character as an artist which is beautiful. Glad she’s got the ‘idea’ of who Jesus is. Christy is a star for real, Congratulations baby on your EP, you’re going to do so much more before long

– Ihuoma Nwodo (Gospel Artist) @omashines

She loves music, she born to do music, she will do it for a long time even if you don't push her, all this I can see in her voice n passion, now when u sing n drop album or EP, means u ready for d world to feel u

– Sheddy on the Beat (OAP Beat 97.9 FM Abuja)

It’s a starting point, she should keep growing

– Chuddy K (Afrobeat/R&B Artist) @chuddyk

I love her confidence; I would love to see her leading a full ensemble or choir. Joining the choir is the fastest way to improve her impressive vocal prowess

– Chinedu Amah (Music Critic) @ayduamah

Beautiful, I was just smiling all through She’s so cute🥰

– Fragrance Kayoh (Afrobeat/R&B Singer) @officialfragrance

She loves music, she’s born to do music, she will do it for a long time even if you don't push her. All this I can see in her voice n passion, now when u sing n drop album or EP, means u ready for d world to feel u. Christiana is ready

– Muyiwa Olabayo (Music Critic) @lord_of_manor

Congrats and all the best with it. Christiana will do very well

– Laolu Akins (Veteran Music Producer)

VERZUZ LIVE THREE 6 MAFIA & BONE THUGS N HARMONY VERZUZ BATTLE!!!

LET'S TURN UP!! 🔥🔥🔥 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony vs Three 6 Mafia LIVE from Hollywood Palladium in LA!

Show schedule:

💥 DJ Battle

💥 Main VERZUZ event

Drinks by Ceniplug

CAUTION PARTY PICNIC LAGOS -12TH DEC 2021

 

⚠️Caution party Lagos 

🏸 Badminton open🏆

🍲 Picnic

🎭 Comedy 

🎤Live Music

🏐 Volleyball

🎱 Snooker

🎲 Board games