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Following the news that Dice Ailes bought a luxury house in Lagos and a new Mercedez Benz, the Chocolate City rapper’s means of earning was brought under question. However, he has come out to say he makes money from a legal means and not from fraud, as many have assumed. In a chat with  Sunday Scoop  the artiste reacted to the allegation that he got money from illegal means as it is too early in his career for him to buy such luxurious things. Dice Ailes said; “As illegal as it may seem, it’s simply hard work and God that gave me the house and a new car. My prayers have always been for God to bless me in ways that would confuse and shock people. It’s evident that God is real and prayers work. I do just music and God has blessed me.” “Since I came to the limelight, I never looked back. I have learnt that anything is achievable if you put your mind to it and there is no excuse for failure.” Speaking on how his parents reacted to news of his latest achievement, Dice Ailes stated th

A rap artiste, Babalola Falemi, otherwise called Sauce Kid, has said that he wrote over 300 songs while in the US prison. The artiste, who was signed by Davido to his DMW Record label, said his two years in jail was not a waste as he used it to develop his lyrics. “Jail hasn’t been all that bad. Truth is, jail has actually been quite productive,” he said. Opening up to notjustok.com about his experience in jail, the rapper stated that the experience had been quite a humbling one with him working in jail and being paid $16 per month. He said he had focused on his craft as he wrote over 300 songs and had recorded about 17 of them. Sinzu, as he is now called, noted that he could release about five songs if he wanted and that he was planning on working with FalztheBahdguy. The rapper also stated that during his time away, he had been writing and his comeback single, First day out of the Summer will be released very soon. “In my first year, I was locked up for 22 hours in a day, I w

Billionaire Roman Abramovich of Russia became Israel’s wealthiest citizen on Monday, JNS.org reports A Jew entitled to Israeli citizenship by law, Abramovich is now a permanent Israeli resident. The owner of Chelsea, he had been living in London for years, but was informed that his UK visa would not be renewed. The UK has attempted to push out Russian oligarchs in recent months following the poisonings of Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in March. Abramovich also reportedly holds close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin. More than 30 powerful Russian Jewish businesspeople have opted to obtain Israeli citizenship in recent years. Not only is Israel the Jewish homeland, it provides a safe backup residence, as well as rights afforded to Israeli-passport holders, including tax benefits, some protection against extradition and the convenience of visa-free travel across the European Union. However, Abramovich’s representative said  his strong identificati

​ Davido ‘s story has become the standard for Nigerian privileged kids who aim to forge a path of their own. Popular A&R expert, Bankulli took to Twitter to share the story of how Davido’s music career started with a freestyle session in US, years ago. The A&R expert made a concise two-tweets thread about how Davido took the opportunity of his (Bankulli’s) delayed flight, to make an impression. He also included the part played by B-Red and Shina Rambo in his inspiring post. According to him, himself and some others were to travel to Los Angeles for the shoot of D’Banj’s ‘Mr Endowed’ video which was one of the first steps to the international penetration of African music, because US rapper, Snoop Dogg was featured on the song. The flight of the team was delayed for 5 hours and they were at Davido’s father’s LA home where the then aspiring singer shot his shot by freestyling to them in a bid to impress them with his talent. Years after the incident, Davido picked up his musi