Nelly Furtado tweeted yesterday afternoon that she had performed privately for Gaddafi’s family, and would donate the $1 million that she earned from the event to “an undisclosed charity.” We wondered why she did not give the money to the embattled opposition-run cities inside Libya. Anyway, her sudden development of a consciousness, made us wonder […]
Some rappers should just stay away from politics. Take T-Pain’s endorsement of “a conversative [Republican] victory [in] 2010.” (If you forgot, watch Jay Smooth break down T-Pain’s nonsense here.) Then there’s of course the Senegalese-American R&B singer, Akon, who imagines himself some kind of African political leader. (That’s Akon and Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, above, […]
Apparently the video for Pepsi’s “Oh Africa” commercial is the first 2010 World Cup commercial to go viral. (I’ve blogged about it here before.) So much for Coke thinking its official World Cup sponsor status and numerous videos it is shooting with its designated star, K’Naan, would guarantee it domination among football fans. Footnote: I […]
K’Naan and Akon have now produced versions of their World Cup songs for Coco Cola and Pepsi respectively. The transformation is complete. First Akon’s “Africa.” It is not clear where this is? The edge of a game park? And there’s all the “African” elements are present: dry grass pitch, star players in Madiba shirts (!), […]
The R&B singer, Akon has released his own 2010 World Cup song with the original title “Africa.” (Akon is the second R&B or rap singer–the other is K’Naan–to release a World Cup related song.) Keri Hilson, in zebra top (it’s African remember) joins Akon. The sight in the video of some world class footballers kicking balls that turn […]
The first collection of remixes from San Francisco-based DJ Chief Boima. Consists of Afro dance remixes of, among others pop hits by Birdman, Akon, The Jacka and Fabo & T-Pain. Download here.
