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Amebo wetin concern u? Gt a life

SLIDE waxie: the same marijuana that hasn't given u an minuscule or intelligence!

How dunce can u be by creating a useless thread!

I don't smoke, but legalising it will help control d usage as well as provide billions of naira in revenues from dat product.

udilson: U see if u want to fight insurgent train u watsoever dum pple in us/china/russia nd nt wt so called invaders israel.jonajang...
Zanfara state gov want nig troops 2 trains nd arm vigilantee against arm robbers u crying foul
soo u dump pple wat i'l u call these all am asking is justice

expired sk no reach u aby, na paw-paw leave and plantain leave u join de smoke. No worry, na yaba left gt u... Keep it up...

chukwudi44: Sorry igbo people cannever be 'great' and 'relevant' like OBJ.We don't sleep with our daughters-in-law

chai!!! U bad o...

Amaechi, instead of u to continue ur gud work and maintain ur dignity u've allowed ursef to b dragged into dis aimless historical jingoism perpatrated by politicians who's only motive is success @ d 2015 polls. U beta concentrate on people oriented projects in order to take our minds away from ur white elephant sorry monorail project which even ur supporters agree is a waste of public funds.
B wise o!! Hu d GODS want to kill dey 1st make mad, dnt 4gt dis as u go about talking all sorts of things dt do not concern ur purpose in office. (using patience's meddling amongst oda petty reasons as excuse 4 ur very poor political decisions)

Politcal relevance is dependent hw many votes u can (muster, provide, influence). Obasanjo in my own opinion isn't as influential as he was wen he had power of incumbency, if he culdnt ensure his daughters succes @ d senate, and lost his own state to d opposition den he is just anoda ex-president wielding as much power as his predecessors.

Its indeed terrible dat Governor amaechi has to condescend dis low to prove dat he has embarked on a fools errand. I wish him luck, inhis fight for political relevance post 2015

Ola Johnson: GOC 3 Marine Commando Division Organization, Col. Olusegun Obasanjo.

adekunle was d first commanding officer of 3rd marine commando. Obasanjo assumed dat position after adekunle fell out of favour wt gowon.

Y nt borrow a leave from ur colleague mr fashola and strive to affect d lives of ur electorate positively rather than engage d presidency in a pissing contest were u'll definitely come out d looser. Those hu live in a glass house...

utumunta: So she wants freedom? She got it. Why is she refusing to leave? She want to have her cake and eat it.
How many people will allow their relatives suffering from mental health challenges to roam the streets? How many rich persons have their relations in a mental home in Nigeria? Instead of putting her in a home where the inmates are treated worse than eku-uke dogs and where people like Sahara reporters will go with their cameras to take her pictures and taunt the governor, is it not better he set her up at home with a full battery of doctors?
The same people criticising Chime for unlawful imprisonment today, would be the first to say that he has used the wife for one ritual or the other and abandoned her in an asylum.
The man has done the best in the situation and handled it well. Since his best is not enough, he should let her go to avoid the unnecessary bad press and distraction she is generating.

ya mama and papa schl fees no waste ni!! If no b say all my sisiters don marry I 4 gve u 1.

LesbianBoy: Who is wande coal and what does he do for a living

calling u a jjc is definitely an insult to jjc's all over. Nnamikot is a beta and more dignified way to describe ur stale sense of humor.

GSKing: somehow I knew someone would write exactly what I just quoted? Nigeria will remain a backward country since it has refused to move forward...

nice development EU... we will help your country grow!

#haters beware!!!

ur post suggests dt ur gay, or a sympathiser.
Wteva d case, u ought to b ashamed of yasef.
If u gt mind openly support homosexuality weather dem no go use dynamite stone nonsense comot 4 dt sick mind of urs.
Nna-mikot

divinelove: Falana seems to b seeking for sth to keep him in the pages of newspaper. y dt special interest in this, bc it involves a gov abi. Nw this woman is mentally challenged, y dnt u allow d families involved to take care of their own. Leave human rights out of this one, human right is nt applicable to mad ppl abeg

I'll refrain from calling u stupid, because that is an insult to stupid people

yunfazz: As written by Ms. Uduak Oduok who is an Entertainment Attorney


I began writing, yesterday, about the recent potential legal drama between Don Jazzy and Wande Coal to discuss the alleged claim of Intellectual Property theft and legal issues present, which I will still do, albeit on a different post. However, while writing, I just got tired, like really tired of the state of the industry and the foolishness being served of late.

Eyin Nigerian artists eti su mi, really (you Nigerian artists make me weary, really). Sheesh. Y’all can be off the hook, many times. You’ve got a grown man and so called boss for that matter such as Don Jazzy displaying foolish behavior of the highest order on twitter; and crying about a problem he created in the first place.

What are we supposed to do Don Jazzy? You are the business man, you also should have some scars to show from the epic Mo’Hits fallout/ dissolution that you “get it.” Didn’t you at least learn something from that? What’s good? I really tiyah, for real.

ON A DAY THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALL ABOUT TIWA SAVAGE’S RELEASE OF HER SONG ‘EMINADO’(Goodluck charm) featuring Don Jazzy, Don Jazzy totally pooped on that parade and brought the bad luck charm by undermining Tiwa Savage’s shine with his silly cries on twitter about an alleged theft by his former artist.

Are Wande Coal and Don Jazzy mates? What rubbish?! Why is Don Jazzy, the egbon (older one and adult) and most importantly the boss getting on twitter and stooping down to this kind of level as a business owner and leader in the industry? It is embarrassing and unacceptable. It also is ridiculous because from the facts, HE CREATED THE PROBLEM.

How can you not have your split sheets in place as a producer? I don’t care if the artist is your mother, father, sister, brother, girlfriend, wife, gay partner or what have you. You get that in place!

How, at this point in your career, do you get into a studio with your artist and not delineate the lines on who owns what? If you made music under Mavin Records, the music belongs to Mavin, if you signed the proper legal documents evidencing this basic arrangement. You’ve got the sound recording belonging to Mavin. The lyrics and composition also probably belong to Mavin, at least a large portion, given the kinds of agreement I see artists sign with labels in Nigeria with certain aspects in music publishing that differs from us here in the States, so why are we even here?

You clearly did not do this because Wande Coal can produce the original demo song of which he co-authored with you; with no delineation of those rights spelt out. Are we suppose to cry or be sad for you? Why?

As Wande Coal correctly indicated in his tweet, Jazzy has Coal’s phone number and contacts and could have easily contacted him to resolve the dispute, privately. He did not do so. Instead, he chose to follow an impulsive, selfish and egotistical act on twitter that instantly shifted the attention from the release of Tiwa Savage’s beautiful ‘Eminado’ video, all in less than twenty four hours, to a showing to the world that Nigeria’s music industry and its leaders have no focus, no direction and is a big joke.

When was the last time you saw any of the label heads in the USA, including Jimmy Lovine, Diddy and even Kanye West get on twitter to fight artists who allegedly steal their work?

Okay. Hold up. Wait a minute. Don Jazzy, if you are invoking the law and claiming infringement of your “intellectual property” what exactly are we doing on twitter? That’s all legal speak which means lawyers get involved to either help work things out and get you compensated on some licensing deal, for the sampling or explicit copying of your work, or we get into the courtroom. What are we doing on twitter?

I am truthfully exhausted with the frequency/rate of foolishness coming out of the industry from leaders and industry professionals at large. It is alarming and you should be worried about the state of this music ecosystem, if you care both about your country and music, in general. This is unacceptable.

Don Jazzy owns Mavin Records. Tiwa co-owns 323 with T-Billz. Shouldn’t Don Jazzy at this point in his career know that he undermines the marketing and selling of Tiwa Savage’s song with this foolishness? What’s the brand partnership agreement they signed? Anyone have a copy because there should be a clause preventing this kind of behavior. Yes, I am really tired with the foolishness.

Our industry is just looking a big mess and very stupid to me right about now. We look foolish both locally and internationally. We act stupid with our business ventures, we are very reactionary on social media, we let egos get in the way, from the likes of Jason Njoku to his ex-CEO Michael Ugwu. Y’all didn’t think that I thought Ugwu came with clean hands did you? He was one of the first shouting on AML, right here, when I questioned the rapid jump and growth of IROKO into the music market under IROKING, about how I was dead wrong and all the m/billion page views IROKO received blah, blah.

Well, what happened? Ugwu was the CEO of IROKING, and he did not deliver. That was his terrain. Granted Jason Njoku’s egotistical self got in the way and he released the foolish press release that created what has to be the worse PR and disgraceful employer/employee and pr fail ever for a new brand; but nevertheless, what the heck? IROKING is being scrapped under Ugwu’s watch as CEO. What happened to all the “b/million” views et al. Ugwu had a responsibility to also deliver.

Have y’all heard of Chinedu Echeruo? The Nigerian-American who created HotStop in New York and this year allegedly sold the company to Apple for $1Billion? For all the years Echeruo helped build and operate his company,you never heard the fella display the kind of ego that he should arguably display. As he said, he checked it at the door, and today, we all point to him as a shinning example of what a successful Nigerian owned business and entrepreneur should look like.

Can we all take a page from Echeruo i.e. have a healthy dose of humility, get your entertainment business in order and have even more humility? Who said it would be easy? Practice!

Our industry was exciting, fun, young and filled with so much hope but in less than two years, it looks a shamble. From 9ice, Mo’Hits, Knight House, Storm 360 to eLDee (I am unsure why everyone keeps leaving Trybes Records, including Sarz, of late), EME, to Chocolate City and so many other labels in between, you gotta ask, what the heck is going on? Our creativity is at an all time low and we spew nonsense both on our airways and in our music videos thinking we can sustain this industry with the mess. Industry, what’s really good? Is this it? Like are we for real? Many of you who read AML are industry leaders. What’s really good, leaders? Seriously?

Artists walking out on label and management deals like they are visiting red light districts for one night stands, labels with no basic music business skills promising artists heaven and earth and getting screwed, plus left with heavy debts to deal with, diarrhea on twitter from industry heads and professionals who should know better as a means to resolve their legal issues and the list goes on. Common folks, give me a freaking break!

We want to be like the West, yet we lack the common sense to set the legal precedent and have our Nigerian courts determine legal issues that can move our society forward; to ensure the sustainability and success of our industry. Jesus, what’s with this foolishness? Really? Why do we as a community of business owners and industry professionals keep choosing to display juvenile behavior on social media platforms that really undermine the industry; and also affect our sister industries like fashion and film?

We are now at an age where the young ones look up to us and WE MUST respect ourselves with our dealings in front of them and with them. The baton has passed on to us and we are doing a terrible job as it stands with how we carry on with the business of music and resolving our issues. If we have issues with our young ones, then sort them out privately because if we can’t respect those behind us, guess what, they won’t respect us either and what lies ahead will not be pretty for us.

I, for the life of me, have no idea why we are even here. Can anyone tell me? Oh! Don Jazzy says Wande Coal stole his song from him. Don Jazzy at every step of this particular brouhaha clearly failed to protect the alleged rights stolen, which is unacceptable from a seasoned businessman, artist and music producer WHO WAS THE LABEL BOSS FOR A YOUNG MAN THAT HAS WORKED WITH AND LOOKED UP TO HIM FOR HIS ENTIRE CAREER! But, oh! We are suppose to cry with him on twitter. Because why?

Oh! And don’t get me started on COSON, MCSN and all the other entities adding to the current foolishness in the industry.

*Sigh* I’m tired from all the foolishness. Sheesh.

-Uduak


http://africamusiclaw.com/don-jazzy-v-wande-coal-can-the-foolishness-coming-out-of-nigerias-entertainment-industry-its-leaders-stop-already-entlaw/

nna o.p dem swear 4 u?

pompori king: You haven't seen nothing yet.very soon they would protest nak#d and say india is our country too

lwkmd

Y cnt our self serving politicians find ways to gradually liberate our economy from depending almost totally on sale of crude oil to other more sustainable areas? My fellow nigerians, we should look beyond d facade of political witch-hunting and mud-slinging being bradied about by so called public servants and stand up for what is right. If we dnt oppose d abuse of office,excesses,nepotism etc, den Nigeria am afraid will remain d same for generations to come. We must look beyond tribal sentiment and party loyalty, or continiously remain unwilling participants in dis movie titled 'd more u look d less u c' shot and directed by our so called public office holders and government. My people, like de say 'a word is enuf....

FreeGlobe: yorubas have always had a different definition of intellect and conscience so am I surprised at your retort?

M neither yoruba,hausa or ibo. Bt u dnt nid to belong to any of the above to air ur thoughts no matter hw partial or impartial dey r. Drunk or nt, mr seun kuti was indeed in d right expressing his thoughts. My thoughts are thus'is mrs oduah d only public office holder that has spent an outrageous sum on bullet proof cars? If we check would we find that others have spent more. if mrs oduah is found guilty do we tie her to a stake or do we fish others out that have a penchant for squandering public funds and find a way to stop dis habit or do we close our eyes to the truth and blame d cat dt made d mistae of being caught with his hands in the sauce pot?' Thank u.

U'll hardly find any nigerian who is sympathetic to d supposed injustice surfered by suspected boko haram members in the hand of the army.
I believe de deserve an even worse fate.

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Usama binYamiri: What happens after Nigeria becomes an Islamic State?
If it will stop all the thieving and turn Nigeria into Dubai or Indonesia- I say go right ahead BOKO HARAM.

Western ways are making Nigerians discard our moral compass!

Calling u foolish is an insult to foolish people... NNAMIKOT.

Big B1: Even if our heads are empty and lacking blood circulation, let us still try and use the our empty skulls well to the best of our ability.
First, What is there for IBB to gain to be involved in such a despicable act?
Second, If Jonathan does well as our president the better it is for IBB, who Jonathan has embraced publicly and even called "daddy"
And finally, IBB is too smart to get himself in any thing that will crumble this nation. As one of the most relevant and reliable statesmen, IBB wants nothing but the best for this great nation.
I'm sure that who ever this topic is referring to is absolutely not IBB.

May God bring peace to Nigeria and destroy all the enemies of progress

olodo, ibb reliable statesman abi? Abeg wash akamu comot 4 ur eyes o!!!
Nnamikot!!

ayolack: keifer sutherland a.k.a jack bauer we currently needs you in Nigeria our country in order to assist us in this scenario of Boko Haram in Northern part of our country, Nigeria. Please USA released that he may assist us , we are all brothers in the lord.

Ode, u no go school ni?

I strongly believe that boko haram is politically motivated and not stemmed from poverty&bad governance. I could be wrong, but its plain for all to see that these bh attacks became frequent after the emergence of gej as head of state. I dont disagree entirely with mr obama, but i humbly ask mr president to get better intel on the organisation-philosohy e.t.c

naughty lil gurl...
Nice joke @ poster...

imagine say dis poster fit de creative ..

miss folake, dis aint a joke. Bt it mkzz sense though..