US rap star 50 Cent visited orphaned school children in Kenya's biggest slum Thursday, a day after touring camps in impoverished and war-torn Somalia.

Top Congolese musicians have over the years not shied away from plunging headlong into politics, especially during national elections in that country.

Over the Christmas holidays, Keri Hilson performed to a sold out crowd out on the Ivory Coast and even left a donation to a local orphanage.  Get the deets inside....

CNN recently released a list of top ten music stars in Africa and Nigeria's Asa came top on the list. The music stars, according to CNN source, were chosen based on Fame, Fan-base, number of concerts the Artistes have performed across the World amongst other criteria.

Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel was born February 19, 1963 to a Brazilian plumber, Francis Samuel and a Nigerian wig maker, Adebisi Samuel in Paddington, England.The British Soul and R&B singer became famous after the release of his hit single, Kiss from a rose which was also used as sound track for the 1995 movie,

 Three popular African singers have released a CD in collaboration with Vatican Radio to spread the message of the African Synod and mark the pope's upcoming trip to Benin, the Vatican said Monday.The most famous is Congolese rumba musician Papa Wemba -- who says he underwent a spiritual conversion while serving time in 2003 for smuggling Congolese nationals into France by pretending they were part of his road crew.

The night saw exciting themed mash-up performances from the likes of , Tiwa Savage, Cabo Snoop, DJ Cleo, Ice Prince, Flavour, Theo, Chuli Chana and others. The ceremony was hosted by Channel O star, Dineo and Nigerian singer, Banky W was hosted the event, performed on the night and also won an award.

Big Concerts announced the concert yesterday, following speculation on Twitter and Facebook.Usher will be the headline act of the Hansa Festival of Legends at the ICC Durban Arena on March 7.

SPORTS Minister Fikile Mbalula  must really like US R&B star  Brandy Norwood.Just two months after bringing her to  the country to perform at the SA Sports  Awards, he’s bringing her back this  weekend for his birthday party – along  with another American R&B superstar  Keri Hilson.

Much of hip hop is based on sampling great tracks from yesteryears, and U.S. rapper J. Cole continues this great tradition on Can't Get Enough, one of the three confirmed tracks from his debut album. J. Cole's flow works brilliantly wit the sampled track, but then that is to be expected from someone who's near the top of Vibe's list of Greatest Rappers Alive (Under 30).