Joey Akan

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Journalist & Creator Host of @AfrobeatsIntel & @joeyakanxp Democratizing African Music. MGMT: nneka@urucollective.co

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1Feb 25, '23Thugs have destroyed ballot boxes and threw away the ballot papers at Oba Elegushi. I collected a couple of slaps for fighting back before I got pulled from the melee, into a house30.3×2.1M17k9.5k105
2Jun 3, '23View post on X29.4×2M8.8k3.1k977
3Jan 2, '23Burna Boy to White People: "My Africans are suffering. Dance to my music, brand me a reformer and reward me financially. Burna Boy to the suffering Africans: "God punish una."27.2×1.9M20k5.1k268
4Jul 29, '23Burna Boy isn't making music for us again. That thing he's been trying to tell us for a long time, that he isn't a Nigerian artist. He's finally acting it out in his career. Yes, h26.4×1.8M5.9k1.2k329
5Nov 18, '19Rotimi performing an acoustic version of ‘Love Riddim'. Who knew Rotimi could hit these notes clearly, even better than the original. Live from Lagos, Nigeria!23.7×080k28k4.9k
6Sep 12, '23"Show promoters don't want to pick me for shows because I left a label..." - Mohbad, August, 202323.3×1.6M10k1.7k551
7Feb 18, '25Might get cancelled for saying this, but this song sounds like it’s been copied from somewhere? The beat, the melody... it all sounds so familiar. I just can’t pinpoint exactly whe20.4×1.4M10k964855
8Aug 23, '23RE: Burna Boy and Nigerian music lack of substance. Whenever Burna Boy has to sell a new album to a foreign, Westernised market, he finds a divisive narrative to bestow him excepti19.4×1.3M11k5.2k1.3k
9Jul 8, '23I'm old enough to remember when Nigerian artists will walk into banks for creative loans, and the corporations will laugh them out of the office. What did we do? We went to the und19.1×1.3M6.5k2.5k488
10Aug 25, '23Now I finally understand why Burna Boy has this running disdain for Nigerians. According to his expression on "Thanks," ft J. Cole, he feels unappreciated at home. Burna believes N19×1.3M6.9k2.3k443
11Jan 9, '25Davido X Nasty C — Coolest Kid in Africa18.2×1.2M12k2.1k1k
12Dec 4, '23“When I signed Fave, she wasn’t making up to $2k a month. I put $80k on that and it blew up. I wanted to renew, but she said “no.” — Mr Eazi18×1.2M6.4k742919
13Feb 16, '23AKA: *Dies.* Burna Boy: Rest in Peace. You should have had a gun, just like me.17.5×1.2M10k1.7k82
14Feb 25, '23See our votes. APC, you will crumble!17.4×1.2M13k5.4k97
15Jul 12, '25Jude Okoye wasn't only a manager, he was a financier, who sold his properties to fund Psquare from the ground up. He also did their A&R, ran the books, bought most of Psquare's pro13.2×902k5.6k1.4k1.1k
16Sep 16, '23If you want to know the connection between Naira Marley, his life of drugs in the UK, creating a violent No Mannaz gang, and his music, watch this Noisey special with him. He break12.5×856k4.5k2.1k3.4k
17Dec 4, '23“ROC Nation wanted to sign “Skin Tight,” and Wizkid told me to do the deal only if they offer “life changing money.” — Mr Eazi12.2×832k6k858764
18Sep 30, '24Llona: "I am still homeless...after I record each song, I take a walk and cry."12×818k6.4k1k1.2k
19Dec 8, '23They just gave a shout-out to Seyi Tinubu at The Xperience, and the entire crowd unanimously booed.11.8×810k5.5k1.1k144
20Jun 13, '24I used to vehemently stand against cancel culture and the tendency for large groups of people to de-finance, de-status, and deplatform "offending" people. But I was not accounting 11.3×770k5.9k2.8k493
21Sep 15, '25They stole my money in Algeria, I started an investigation, caught the culprits, and took them to the police. Over there, where they only speak French and Arabic, the police is rea10.9×747k12k2k960
22Dec 19, '22I spent over 12 million naira on podcasting this year, and made N1 million back.10.6×728k5.1k532124
23Mar 31, '23What Davido isn't telling you with the rebrand of DMW is that he's moving from a "charity" model to a label business model. The first iteration of DMW wasn't a proper label. It was10.3×702k5.9k1.4k134
24Aug 31, '25Foreigners saw you making music for your home, fell in love with your novel authenticity, essence, and how it moved your people. Once they started giving you money, you decided to 9.9×679k7.5k1.7k870
25Feb 18, '23Nigerian Police: You shoot gun for club Burna Boy: I no get gun o. AKA: *Dies.* Burna Boy: I been show AKA my gun. I even tell am make him get him own. 😂😂😂9.7×662k8.7k1.8k56
26Jan 2, '23If I dey with my babe and Burna Boy kick my head for concert. I go just turn nod any random person mouth, to assert dominance and save my relationship.9.5×649k6.9k1.4k58
27Jun 19, '242018. Teaching a class in Abuja. Big Kala in the audience.9.4×643k5.9k623275
28Sep 17, '23Poco Lee no wan offend him friends, so him shift responsibility give Bella Shmurda. A dancer, dancing around the issues.9.4×642k8.3k2.1k73
29Jun 8, '23Asake has been releasing music since 2011. Rema's first single as Rema was in 2019. Rema can call Asake "new cat," and he'll be within his right.8.7×596k5.1k1k69
30Feb 25, '23RRS have arrived and the military have showed up. The place is heavily policed and militarised. Voting has resumed.8.0×545k10k3.6k15
31Jan 2, '23Burna Boy: "God punish una." Outsiders: "Insult me harder, Daddy."7.6×523k6.8k1.5k34
32Sep 9, '25When I left Pulse Nigeria after nearly 6 years, I resigned without any plan or where I was going to earn. I just knew my time there was done. The day I left the company, I had just7.2×495k7k927937
33Oct 20, '20DJ Switch just said the name of the commander at ten Lekki Toll Gate is IFO OMATA.6.3×012k16k22
34Jan 24, '25Earlier this year, per his request, I accompanied Timaya to Bayelsa for his Timaya day concert. Went in the company of Patoranking, Ruger, Kcee and Rudeboy. Patoranking was very il5.5×374k4.8k800216
35Aug 27, '25"The first money I got was from a commercial bank in London. That's how I started Landmark. I needed the £50k loan in 1997." — Paul Onwuanibe, CEO Landmark Group.5.1×346k3.1k5581.3k
36Sep 28, '25Yesterday. I found it funny o. 😂😂😂4.6×314k12k38494
37Sep 18, '23Davido's "Timeless" continues to retain its spot as the Best Album of 2023.4.4×304k5k1k14
38Aug 10, '21I was eating on my balcony when I saw this tweet. I quickly moved my food into the house. Make money no waste.4.4×019k5k98
39Nov 10, '23There's no man more deserving of his Grammy nomination than Davido. He's held us down for over a decade, transitioning his art through generations to maintain a prolific, sublime, 4.2×289k4.4k1.5k29
40Oct 21, '22People will never do this for a Beyonce concert.4.1×016k5.6k171
41Dec 5, '24Just listened to Davido's "FUNDS" and I can tell you that Afrobeats feels better when it captures the spirit of Nigeria, and exports that. Servicing home, before a bunch of foreign3.5×242k5k92350
42Jul 21, '25Nepo babies have been good to me, and thrown so many opportunities my way. When I lost my job at Pulse, it was a Nepo who called the Ibrus and said, "give this dude a column at Gua3.4×233k5.5k509186
43Oct 17, '20This morning at the toll gate, the Dogs are out in full force, throwing in some canine support to #EndSARS3.2×07k6.9k32
44Jul 11, '25Dammy Krane don first Omah Lay record "Clarity Of Mind." ☀️ Him just dey wait make Omah Lay help am announce the release date.3.1×210k5.8k67647
45Oct 5, '25Stop that, Wizkid! I've not heard him like this forever. Took the record, and owned it. Odumodublvck was a guest on his own song! 🔥🔥🔥2.9×195k7.5k1.1k100
46Jul 16, '22Omah Lay makes music for extremely bad boys that appear innocent and pristine on the outside, but battle plenty of demons on the inside, and will shift your insides without hesitan2.6×011k2.6k316
47Jul 30, '22For the first time in Nigeria, we have an artist that has become so big that fans are launching music careers based on his fame and impact. Wizkid's impact on our culture is well d2.6×011k3k51
48Sep 29, '22My younger sister just started making her money, and as symbolism, she gave me all her first salary as "gratitude" for being her father. As the elders have taught me, I received th2.6×014k1.7k83
49Nov 7, '25Omah Lay's secret is that he makes music that sound like he doesn't listen to anyone else at all. Foundational melodies. 🔥🔥🔥2.5×170k5.1k472328
50Oct 20, '21I conducted an interview last year with a survivor of the massacre. After the army left LTG, the police came in and kept shooting people point blank in their heads. That was the si2.2×06.1k4.5k65
51Mar 24, '22Afrobeats Hall of Fame will never be complete without honourary mentions to Yahoo boys who funded and kept alive an industry with no institutional or corporate funding. It's a real2.2×07.1k3.4k240
52May 10, '22Whitemoney used to be my barber when I lived in Ojuelegba. And he was so jovial a guy. When he won, I wanted to DM him congratulations out of joy, but didn't because he's swarmed b2.2×012k1.4k45
53Apr 1, '19Nah. We aren't fans. We are human beings with empathy, mourning the loss of a good man who uplifted his community via music, business and a large heart. BTW, You are an idiot.2.1×06.5k4k18
54Jun 24, '19For those saying "I would have used the opportunity to talk to Wole Soyinka..." Well, I have shared a seat with Wole Soyinka at the OR Tambo in South Africa waiting for a flight. E2.1×06.4k3.3k47
55Jan 29, '228 years old, I watched my parents die. At 9, I ran away from home. At 11, I ran away from another home. At 20, I did the same, ran away from another home. At 21, I lived in an unco1.9×07.7k2.1k162
56Nov 7, '22I started listening more to the women in my life when I saw how Wizkid used all the information women gave him to become more successful.1.8×09k1.5k53
57Apr 22, '19Small chops for nightwalkers.1.8×05.1k3.4k19
58Oct 28, '22Breaking: Kanye West has been banned from Amala Sky.1.8×07.9k1.6k60
59Apr 17, '22I asked my security men, "how Easter go be na?" And they said, "we no dey worry. Na you get us, you be our Oga." Me: "So who con get me? I no deserve better thing too?" Them: "We d1.7×07.9k1.7k42
60Sep 6, '25Wizkid's entrance at the CANEX Mega Concert in Algeria. 🔥🔥🔥1.7×116k6.3k943309
61Apr 30, '22I've conducted over a thousand interviews with Nigerian musicians. And when you talk to a lot of artists about their origin story, only two names continue to show up across multipl1.7×07.3k1.9k78
62Feb 9, '21FG: Who are protest leaders? Protest leaders: There is no leader. Foreign media: Who are protest leaders? Protest leaders: Na me. Interview me.1.6×05.6k2.2k38
63May 22, '2210 years of Mavin: First batch: Dr Sid, Tiwa Savage, Wande Coal, D'Prince, DJ Big N. 2nd batch: Korede Bello, Di'Ja, Reekado Banks 3rd batch: Ladipoe, DNA, Johnny Drille. 4th batch1.6×07.4k1.5k108
64Sep 2, '21Tems collaboration announcement on Drake's new album, Certified Lover Boy. Billboard in Lagos.1.6×06.9k1.6k35
65Nov 13, '22Falz also started getting less popular love, once he carried activism on his head. Una love the optics for social media, but una no dey ever stream the music. More mouth, less comm1.6×06.7k1.8k29
66Feb 7, '22Basketmouth chased Wande Coal for two years, before he could get him on his new album. He finally caught him when someone snitched on Wande, that he was at Aristokrat's office. Whe1.6×06.8k1.6k165
67May 21, '22Chris Brown posted this opinion on his IG stories.1.5×08.1k1.1k33
68Apr 20, '22They don verify me. Una don die for my hand. 😂😂😂1.5×08.6k6678
69Dec 1, '22We no longer release Nigerian music from Nigerian offices. Our funding no longer comes from Lagos offices. The biggest players in our music are no longer Nigerians. Now our artists1.5×05.8k1.8k161
70Jul 27, '22Police recently announced investigations into two artists. Headies ignore the bigger one, ban the smaller one.1.5×06.4k1.6k42
71Dec 1, '22Artist: Nigerian Living in: USA/UK Management: USA Recording Camp: USA/Ghana Song format: Caribbean/Pop Distributor: USA DSPs: USA and Sweden Album Released in: UK Concerts: UK and1.5×05.9k1.6k103
72Oct 31, '21He gifted an entire African community fake electricity. You're not that special.1.5×05.8k2k50
73Sep 27, '20Big Brother Naija is done. You intellectuals finally have the space to save Nigeria without distractions.1.5×05.1k2.3k18
74Apr 3, '22When Black Sherif begin blow for Nigeria with Burna Boy, you know what he did? He ran to Lagos, did a lot of media, hustled radio and all the channels, attended multiple writers an1.5×06.7k1.5k49
75Mar 1, '21the influencer the influenced1.4×06.1k1.6k19
76Sep 14, '22Amapiano originates from the Igbo phrase, 'Ama Piano.' Ama means 'know,' in the Igbo language. Amapiano translates into English as "Knowledge of Piano." There you go. I am the firs1.4×04.5k97550
77Jul 31, '22The swashbuckling of Ruger. The bluster of Burna Boy. The braggadocio of Davido. The melancholy of Omah Lay. The reticence of Wizkid. The joie de vivre of Ayra Starr. The magnetism1.4×06.3k1.1k208
78Oct 26, '22Two big reveals in Mohbad's termination letter to Naira Marley/Marlian Records: 1. He didn't get an advance for signing the deal, although it was promised. 2. He has no access to h1.4×05.2k1.8k119
79Feb 11, '22I respect Basketmouth for one reason: pivoting. The standup comedy business in Nigeria is struggling due to the digitalisation of content and how hard it has become to bring people1.3×05.9k1.5k57
80Jun 17, '22Wizkid and Chris Brown just melt into each other. One genius bleeding into the other, passing the sweetness between each other, with round after round of pure flow. One of the fine1.3×05.8k1.5k18
81Nov 4, '22Male rapper diss male rapper = the beautiful culture. Male rapper diss female rapper = industry misogyny.1.3×05.2k1.4k58
82Aug 29, '22Congratulations to Wizkid for going Gold in the US via Made in Lagos. First Nigerian artist to break the ceiling. One of the greatest Nigerian albums to ever grace this earth. Well1.2×05.2k1.6k14
83Dec 5, '22''Wednesday's'' Jenna Ortega reveals in a new interview that her favourite Nigerian artist is Portable. ''I've been so obsessed with him ever since I found out who he was. I listen1.2×05.3k865112
84Dec 1, '22So as Wizkid no go perform for Lagos again, FC go only dey watch am from Twitter and Youtube. Long distance relationship. Life tough.1.2×06.2k84317
85Nov 13, '2238-year-old Chris Brown sings about having nasty sex. Twitter NG: One of the greats! 32-year-old Wizkid sings about having sex and appreciating women! Twitter NG: He's so monotonou1.2×04.7k1.4k42
86Aug 19, '22When Asake pay for promotion. Wizkid pay promotion. Burna pay promotion. One small artist go dey somewhere dey think say na grace. Grace is not a currency in the music industry. Th1.2×05.1k1.3k63
87Sep 2, '22My heart is with Ice Prince. If you know how Nigerian police officers lie and entrap you when things don't go their way, you'll never believe everything they say, especially when t1.2×04.8k1.5k23
88Nov 4, '22We're losing many stories of Nigerian musicians who never became the leaders of their league, but had tangible impact. I googled yesterday, no one told the story of Orezi. And if y1.2×05.3k1.1k122
89Nov 20, '22There's no song on this album, where he needs to be doing this. LMAO.1.2×05.2k76357
90Apr 15, '22A Ghanaian rapper dey top Nigerian charts. Nigerian rappers dey cry say Rick Ross no take selfie with them. What happened to us?1.1×05k99724
91Mar 14, '21Wizkid isn't our first Nigerian winner. We have Sikiru Adepoju with that honour. He won in 2009. Wizkid is the first Afrobeats artist to win, and the first Nigerian pop act to get 1.1×04.4k1.4k25
92Mar 14, '21Congratulations to Burna Boy for winning the Grammy for Best Global Music Album with 'TWICE AS TALL'. His album becomes the first Nigerian album to win a Grammy, the first Afrobeat1.1×04.5k1.4k9
93Nov 20, '22If you listen to the beginning of Burna Boy and Zlatan's original version of "Killing Dem," you'll here Tinubu's statement on stage. "Abulabulabula..."1.1×05.1k99921
94Jun 17, '22Wizkid and Chris Brown found balance. And it is along that centre of equilibrium that the sweetness occurs on the new record. R&B meets Afrobeats, Pidgin meets English, Verse m1.0×04.4k1.3k26
95May 19, '22Jude, leave my DM and stop calling me. Come to the TL. @MI_Abaga.1.0×04.9k56525
96Apr 24, '22Adekunle Gold pranked Simi on Nigerian Idol, posing as a super fan and bringing her a birthday cake from backstage. It's so sweet, I could cry right now, but my toxicity says I sho1.0×05.6k60725
97May 18, '22Why is Dababy not having one-on-one with local Nigerian rappers? No meet-and-greet? No hailings? "wE nEeD tHE CUltuRe to resPect Nigerian wrappers." You rappers should go and drag 1.0×04.4k89532
98Nov 4, '22Rema showed up in "Wakanda Forever" soundtrack as a rapper. Held his own with flows he's never put on any of his personal project. What a sly.1.0×05.5k60929
99Feb 7, '22I tweet for all the people who continue to listen to Zazu after Olamide's verse. Y'all the real music lovers.1.0×04.5k86911
100Feb 21, '21Fireboy is the first artist tonight to win two Headies trophies. From two different albums. Talk about range, quality and elite artistry. Congratulations to a super creator, super 1.0×04.5k9784
101Jul 13, '22The best way for a woman in Nigeria to get her message to the widest audience possible is to tell it to Wizkid.0.9×04.5k72220

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