It is great to see a popular musician collaborate with a government agency to effect change and positively influence their community.A few days ago, Beyonce announced her collaboration US First Lady Michelle Obama and the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation to help combat childhood obesity and promote healthy eating and exercise; In Nigeria, 2Face Idibia is working with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to battle against the menace of fake and sub-standard food and drug products in Nigeria. For this purpose, he has released a song and video titled “Man Unkind“.

D'banj He is one of the young Nigerian contemporary artistes that have become very successful at doing music. But Afro- pop singer, D’banj, has said that although he dreamt of being a force to reckon with, he never thought he would hit the success height so quickly. The hit-maker said this much during an interview session with an American entertainment television, BET, which was aired recently. The Koko Master disclosed the fact that his mind is always channelled towards the positive lane boosted his career success.

The 12th edition of the Ghana Music Awards (GMA) happened over the weekend with the usual pomp and pageantry that has characterized the award ceremony over the years. But besides the fashion statements, music performances, glitz and glam, the ceremony also saw some huge shockers and records set on the night. The top nominated artists couldn't have more than two awards each although Cecelia Marfo, Kwabena Kwabena and Trigmatic each had at least 7 nominations.

On Friday 1 April 2011 at Tribeca in Lagos, MTV Base Africa hosted “MTV Live“, a live music showcase which will be making its way round Africa in 2011. Congolese superstar Fally Ipupa gave his first full live set performance in Nigeria, Fally performed a stunning live set with his full band and back-up dancers, including his signature, hip-shaking song “Sexy Dance“.

Last week, BET International aired an interview with Nigerian music superstar, D’banj. The special 30-minute interview segment was tagged “Welcome to America“.

Riding off the success of 2010, with multiple nominations and awards deservedly for his “W Experience” album, Banky W, aka “Mr. Capable” releases his first video of the year “Follow you Go”, also off the “W Experience” album.

His coming into the music industry changed the tempo and rhythm of today’s contemporary Naija Hip-Hop music. The fusion of Congo music genre (Sukous), Highlife and made in Naija Hip-Hop flavour, brought a new dimension to Nigeria’s bid to draw attention to our own blend of music. Shy and reserved, he prefers to live in the shadow of some of the highly successful musicians he’d helped build as a producer.

Nigerian/American crooner Rotimi has previously collaborated with music stars including Dawn Richard of Diddy-Dirty Money and for his brand new track titled “Bottles“, Rotimi has brought in Gucci Mane to take the track to the next level.

American Hip hop act John David Johnson, known in showbiz circles as Fabolous, is set to headline a major musical concert in Ghana. The event, set to be held at the Dome of the Accra International Conference Centre in April, is billed to be entertaining and exciting, the kind not witnessed for a very long time in the industry.