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EXPLOSIVE CLAIM!!! Woman Claims That Mathew Knowles Offered To BUY Her Baby

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EXPLOSIVE CLAIM!!! Woman Claims That Mathew Knowles Offered To BUY Her Baby . . . And Give It To JAY Z AND BEYONCE!!! (She Got Him ON TAPE Too)

The rumor mill has been HEATING UP with all kinds of reports about Beyonce and Jay Z's upcoming baby.

But we just received an EARTH SHATTERING REPORT, from Star Magazine. The magazine interviewed Mathew Knowles' jumpoff, a 40 year old marketing exec named Alexsandra Wight. Mathew got Alexsandra PREGNANT while he was married to ex-wife TINA KNOWLES.

Well Alexsandra has a STORY to tell CHILD!!! According to her, when she FIRST told Mathew that she was pregnant, Mathew asked her to GIVE THE BABY to Jay Z and Beyonce . . . so they could RAISE THE CHILD AS THEIR OWN!!!

Here's what she said:

"My first thought when he asked me if I would give up our child to Beyonce and Jay Z was, 'Are you out of your mind?' . . . Nothing in this world, no amount of money, would make me give up my child. You can't BUY my child from me."

And just in case you think the chick is LYING . . . Star magazine says that she RECORDED THE CONVERSATION where Mathew is saying that ISH!!

O.K. let's try and ANALYZE this situation. Why would Mathew offer to buy a baby for Jay Z and Beyonce???? This story just keeps getting weirder and weirder. We don't know WHAT to think . .

“Why I Left The Plantashun Boiz Group” – 2face Idibia

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Tuface Idibia has finally revealed the news behind the break up of famous group singers, Plantashun Boys.

He had this to say in a recent interview

He said; In life,people come together and at times depart each other’s company.Even marriages break up.Yeah,in life,there are different decisions,different things happen.Basically for me and the rest of the group,we just went solo.

There wasn’t any quarrel or clash of egos as such.Just the fact that Nigeria was not too conducive for a group to survive for long like the long surviving Irish pop group U2.Let me just put it like that.We came together and at a point had to go our separate ways due to the normal conflicts between people.In life,people must disagree.Husband and wife must disagree.Like the African proverb says,even mouth and tongue do quarrel.For us as a group,due to our individual differences,we could have some clashes.

Maybe today,I oversleep and one would come and wake me and tell me:Hei,why are you still sleeping?Don’t you know we have somewhere to go?Maybe,we were supposed to go somewhere and Faze would come late and there would be small quarrel.Or maybe we quarrel over which song to do and which one to drop.

It’s the normal squabble you will expect from when two or three people come together.As at that time,I don’t think we had a leader.All of us were independent.

All of us had an opinion and all of us respected each other’s opinion.Yeah,it was a case of three captains in a ship but everybody still respected each other’s view.When it came to songwriting,sometimes I would write a song and I would bring it for the group or maybe we would sit down together and we would write the song together.Or two of us can write together.

If one person writes a song and it sounds good to the rest of us,everybody would accept it.But most of the time,we wrote together.

Normally,it starts with hearing the beat and all of us would start to flow according to the beat.Or we just choose a topic and we start writing on it and later we go to the studio to do something on it.

Our first album as a group was Body and Soul.It did tremendously well in the market.

It was wonderful.It was a huge success.I still remember a line like:”Baby,don’t you know,that I just can’t get you out of my mind”.Overall,I did three albums with Plantation Boys.

I was the first person that went solo.I just woke up one day and told them straight off that I wanted to go out there and do my own thing.As to be expected they didn’t take it lightly but in the end everybody saw reason and we had to part.We were all talented bunch and we felt we could survive individually.All of a sudden,I was on my own,a couple of labels were talking to me and I was also negotiating with a couple of labels.

Eventually,Kenny’s Music emerged as the one prepared for what I had in mind.So I worked with Kenny’s Music.

My first album with Kenny’s Music was Face to Face.It was a huge album.That’s was the album that produced African Queen.It was one of the most successful albums in the history of Nigerian music.I can say that.The success impacted positively on me and on Kenny’s Music as a business.We had a contract and they just fulfilled their contract

Dayo Adeneye and Keke Ogungbe debunk split rumours

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There were reports in some blogs claiming that the best friends and business partners were fighting over money and have parted ways. Dayo Adeneye says it's not true...he addressed the rumour on his Facebook page two days ago...

Exclusive: It’s so difficult to find a wife, says D’Banj

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The D’Banj in this very delightful interview with Saturday Vanguard opens up first time on his relationship with Genevieve Nnaji and the controversial interview with President Jonathan. He also talked about his ideal woman and why he cant find a wife and more…

Enjoy

The Kanye West Deal…

First of all there are two different kinds of contracts here. This deal is more like a Mo Hit’s Records contract and under Mo Hits, there are two deals.

The first, is a two- year production deal with Don Jazzy. He’ll be working directly with Kanye West. The second one is more like a partnership. It’s flexible because it’s a partnership. It’s not a regular deal because we’re funding some part of the deal. And it also puts us in the position of power. The deal isn’t just for the Mo’hits crew. Other artists will also have access to it and the money will come in. We now have the connection and the bridge has finally been built and as we’re doing that we’re still holding our base back home. So it’s flexible and good too.

The New Single

Oh yes, it will drop before December by God’s grace with a beautiful video. It’s a Kanye West collabo.

‘No long thing’?

Mo Hits records stands for more hits as you well know. I decided to use ‘no long thing’ meaning no long story, because I love freestyle and I love to play with words. The Koko thing was coined in London. Before we finished the recording of my first album, there was an independence show in October 2004 which I was invited to perform as a solo artist. Then I was signed on to Backbone records headed JJC of the 419 Squad.

Before the show, we’d parted ways JJC, but he was nice enough to say we could still perform with his group. Kween Onokala who was also a former member of the crew was the first to climb the stage. After her performance, I was told by DJ Abass the organiser of the show, I was only good enough for a song.

As I went on stage, I shouted ‘I’m D’banj and it was only one guy who responded by saying “ we no know you”(we don’t know you). Then I responded with “if you no know me, wait you go know me”. Then I started singing. And the song I did was an Afro beat song.

So as Kween made to leave the stage, I pleaded with her not to. I sang, “make you know ask me wetin you go do for me, but ask me wetin I do for you, wey go make my body stand well well…”

Everyone just went mad with excitement. The outfit I wore that night was sent from Nigeria by my brother. And because it was a size smaller, my broda the trouser come jump

As I was rounding up, DJ Abass beckoned that I continue. Immediately I went into the song, Mo Bo Lowo Won.

Gbagaun, come see spraying, meeen! Gbenga Adeyinka, can tell the story. By the time I finished that, I did a third song. Then Gbenga Adeyinka came up and said “who say them no know am?” And everybody shouted “we don know am!”

And that’s how I also came up with “I’m Skibanj. ” Skibanj evolved because of our interactions with some Jamaican friends who were always with us in the studio.

My performance earned me the right to now play with JJC. I played the mouth organ in the song, See Me See Wahala. A certain Nigeria journalist who was in crowd wrote on my performance.

As at that time, my mother who didn’t agree that I go into music, saw the story, called and demanded that I return home.

Coming Home

I was an Engineering student in LASU. And mum obviously like every parent, didn’t see anything good in the business.

But I told her it’s what I wanted. So advised that even if I wanted to do music, I should be through with school first.

So she said I could come back home and that they’ll support me. By this time, Don Jazzy and I were already planning on how to come back and that’s how we found Mo’Hits.

Do You like the Koko?

When we first returned home, we played some of our songs to friends and I remembered Ruggedman saying the Koko song was going to be a hit.

Because of the way people reacted to the Koko song, we decided to shoot the video. And after the release we went back to London to hustle. By February, we got paid N150,000 to do a show in Lagos. I was only able to pay for only one ticket to come home, but I told Don Jazzy not to worry because we were already gaining grounds.

The next show in 2005 was good and I told Don Jazzy to come home. He flew in and we did the album launch at White House on 25th March, 2005. And things have been going well since then.

Challenges

I want to say thanks to my mum because she’s been support. We had no godfather or money but mum supported myself and Don Jazzy. The challenges of settling in was more of us moving from one hotel to the other in trying to get ourselves ready because we couldn’t do it from the house. We did most of the jobs in the night and it was hard moving from one place to the other.

Don Jazzy and I were flat mates in London, so it was easy to share the boys-quarters of Mummy’s house. But soon we got a place at Otedola Estate around Marwa garden. We were happy and mummy was too. She was even in support because she knew that our jobs were always in the night. She supported us and I remember she bought us a Previa bus. Before success came we paid our dues by doing more than a hundred free shows

I’m D’Banj

I think I’m more matured and have more experience. Obviously life is good and sweet. To whom much is given, much is expected. So Don Jazzy and I think of ways to come out with creative things. God has been faithful and I owe no thanks to anybody but to God Almighty.

I’m not a great singer, I’m not even a singer, not a rapper, I’m just a entertainer. And whenever people hear my songs they’re always happy. And we try to bring out something different all the time and the Mo’hit crew live in harmony and blend with everyone, both the high and low.

Koko Mansion

The Koko mansion winner was not supposed to be come my companion. Even oversea when you do a reality shows, you could say you’re looking for the best this or that. Koko Mansion was a search for the ideal woman and not for D’banj’s ideal woman.

With my exposure, I’ve found out abroad, the picture of an ideal woman is different from what we have here. There, both couple would cook and do other chores together. But here, it’s not same. And that’s why I was not responsible for the winner or loser. If I had to choose the winner, I’d another woman. But it was all about whom an ideal woman is to us Africans.

At the end of the day after she won, I saw the reason why they voted for her because she was ideal to them in their own way. She was ideal, cool, respectful and had other qualities. But as a man, I was not attracted to want to date or marry her. Even some people in the house saw that I was attracted to some other Kokolet not minding if she’s a criminal. I wasn’t meant to be with her but it was for her to be established in her own way. We sponsored her to South Korea after then, she went on a project she signed for. So she wanted to work as a presenter and I tried getting her into HiTV and she did the job for a while but I don’t know whether she’s still there.

The return of Koko Mansion

So many things have happened to us over the years. We’ve had the America trip, the collabo with Snoop Dog and more. Reality shows takes a lot and we have to do it well.

The first time we did it, Hi TV sponsored it. After that we got sponsors especially from DSTV. But there’s a problem because Hi TV covers mainly London and a lot of my London people enjoyed the season one.

But for season 2, DSTV is going to give me 800 million Africans and I’m trying to look for how we can expand.

The next reality show might be a camera man just following me around. It doesn’t have to be the search for an ideal woman. It might be Koko Mansion shot in te studio and there will be the making of my album.

They say I’m a role model to many youths and they’re confused about how I work. The show could focus on the making of my songs, so the youth would seethat it isn’t so easy coming out with a good album.

So my reality show is not going to be limited to the search for an ideal woman.

The Genevieve Story

I really can’t remember, it cost between N4m to N5m. I ‘m not too sure. But I think it’s a beautiful idea if not for the way everyone is trying to go about it. I think Genevieve is a stunner I could date or love her. But we didn’t date. She’s my friend and a star you know. We’re close and we both understand that things couldn’t work out.

That song was recorded two years before the video was released and it remains my biggest song ever.I wanted to make a statement with it.

We had options of whom to use in the video, but at the end of the day, we saw that it’s an African song and by that time I had already played it in about fifty weddings.

A touch of Jazzy

I think we should ask Jazzy that question because I objected to the idea and wanted to do something for Koko mansion. It was Jazzy who insisted we do it. I told him I couldn’t do stuff like that because I’m not P-Square, I’m not used to love songs. But Jazzy said I had to do it.

I did it again in Scape Goat. Yes, I will do more love songs because now, I’m international and it doesn’t really matter if it’s Hip -hop or R & B.

My songs will be based on the ideas I get.When Falling love was done, I was going through a phase, now I’m a grown man. And that’s why I recorded Oliver Twist.

We’ve short listed our top 50.

You asked why it’s taking us long to start our realty show? We’ve started it, it’s just that we’re looking for the best way to drop it. Don Jazzy did the Enigma and we’d more than 1800 entries.

With Oliver Twist, we have over two thousand entries from more than eighty countries.

We’re actually taking the top five videos which we will either add or re-create to suit the real Oliver Twist video.

Cult llumminati

Unlike Don Jazzy, I’m not internet friendly. So I don’t know what Illuminati is. I believe in Jesus Christ the Almighty God, who has given to me, all the money and successes. I’ve no idea of what people are talking about. I’ve heard a lot of rumour about us being members of Illuminati, drug trafficking and other allegations. I think the rumours are because of our success stories and because Nigeria exports nothing but music and movies.

So, it’s wake up time for our youths know that what we do isn’t for us alone but for the whole nation. And if you tarnish what we export, you’d have us running away to overseas to live our lives. Seal ran away fron the country because of the same problem and he’s one of the biggest artists in the world today. If he was, his money would have done a lot for the youth.

President Jonathan connection

First of all, he didn’t ask to be interview, instead I did the asking and that was four months before the election came up. I asked for the interview because I needed to have a good reason for what I’d wanted to do.

A year before then, I already changed my song from Scape Goat to I Will Vote For Him. A lot of people had asked why I changed title of my song.

I told myself that if I had an opportunity to meet him, I’d ask him just one question which is, his agenda for the youths.

I’m not a journalist and couldn’t have asked the rellevant questions. I was only interested in his plans for the youths. I still have recording of the interview.

If some people were not biased, they’d see that he addressed at least nine issues ranging from job, employment to education and everything that I thought was okay for my level.

I’ve no regret for doing the interview. Because of the reactions of some people, I had to go back and watch the whole thing and I saw the highlights again.

I wasn’t even around when it was aired.

More Koko please

Am I good in bed? How I’m suppose to know? I think you should ask the women, but please don’t ask a virgin

That song is misleading them. When you say how big is the koko?, then they want to see if it’s that big. But when some come, they see what they either want to see or don’t expect to see.

So are you saying that the song has put you into a lot of trouble?

Yes, a lot of time. But to find a lady that really likes one genuinely makes me paranoid. Of late, I dated a lady called Dana and she doesn’t even know that I’m a musician. I told her I’m a businessman. She’s based in America and I like it. Is it wrong? Even if I date a foreigner, I still have to come back home.

Are you saying you haven’t met any Nigerian lady?

It’s really hard to find because how will I know she likes me genuinely? My mother said I should go to Bishop Oyedepo’s Church, Living Faith to find a wife.

Who rules @ The Headies Tonight?

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All is now set for the mother of all awards holding at The New Ekpo hall Eko Hotel and Suite.

The award which has been the talk of the town for several weeks has become the most anticipated event in the calendar for the events of 2011. And the organizers are leaving no stones unturned to make sure it is a memorable experience for Artistes, fans and music lovers who will grace the occasion.

Already, a 150- man content and technical crew has arrived Lagos since Tuesday seeing to it that there is no problem in terms of sound and content.

Tiwa and Whiz Kid

And the nominees, presenters and performers have already arrived at the Eko Hotel on Friday October 21, 2011 to continue rehearsals for the D-Day.

The award plaques popularly called ‘Headie’ which was designed by ACE Awards England arrived Nigeria on Wednesday October 19, 2011. A total of twenty one plaques made up of 21 carat gold will be given out to deserving music industry professionals whose works have been screened by a team of select critics and practitioners commissioned by the organizers.

‘This is the ultimate reward, our artists work very hard and that’s why our plaque is made of pure gold and that is why we are giving next rated act a brand new car’ Animashaun CEO of HHWA told press men this week

Artistes in the next rated category Tiwa Savage, WizKid, Ice Prince and Olamide. The winner will emerge by voting. Last year, Skuki beat Mo’Cheddah, D’Prince, Jesse Jagz and General Pype, and rode home in a brand new 2009 Kia Optima.

This year, organizers have raised the notch higher offering the next rated acts a brand new 2011 Hyundai SUV.

The hosts for this year’s Awards- Eldee  and Rita Dominic are more than ready to thrill fans and introduce guests after series of Rehearsals ‘there is no doubt that we’d blend like a perfect pair’ eLDee says.

This Saturday, Fifty Eight (58) artistes will battle to win a desirable “Heady”

The awards celebrate contemporary genres and personalities loved by the youths and young adults all over the country including Rap, R&B, pop and other genres.

The first three editions of Hip hop world awards held in Lagos, Nigeria while 2009 saw the awards move to Abuja, Nigeria. In 2010, the awards held at the EXPO hall, Eko Hotel, the same venue that will host the 2011 edition come October 22, 2011.

  • FEMI OKE CHIEF EDITOR jaychoc[@]timmynaija.com