Shockwaves are reverberating across Yorùbáland and the global Yorùbá diaspora following the sudden death of the Baba Ọba (King’s Father) of the famed Oyotunji African Village in South Carolina, USA. The late Baba Ọba, Lukman Arohunfale, a revered socialite and traditionalist, passed away under circumstances already sparking fierce controversy. His death comes just days after he publicly accused the newly installed Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty Oba Akeem Adéyẹmọ Owoade, of allegedly ordering his courtiers to beat him mercilessly during a recent courtesy visit to the Oyo palace in Nigeria. In a widely circulated voice recording, the deceased recounted how what was meant to be a simple homage turned violent. Although the Baba Ọba had reportedly battled ill health in the past year, growing insinuations suggest that the alleged physical assault may have aggravated his condition, ultimately leading to his untimely death. The palace in Oyo recently denied that s...
Cardi B has not had peace of mind ever since her song Bodak Yellow moved to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, which made her the first female artiste to lead the chart since Lauryn Hill’s Doo Woop (That thing) in 1998.
Hours after she broke the record, rapper Azealia Banks went on Twitter to call Cardi a poor mans Nicki Minaj, and later, accused the younger female artiste of sleeping with men for rap verses.
Cardi B didn’t reply her but the drama added fuel to Banks’ fire because she has been going off since then. First she said Cardi was favoured for the chart because she is light-skinned, next she said Nicki Minaj deserves that record because she set the pace for this generations of female artistes. It didn’t also help that Nicki herself allegedly liked a tweet which says she deserves a No. 1 spot on the chart, because people are now reading that as jealousy, stirring new talk about possible feud between Nicki and Cardi.
Now, Cardi has taken to her page to reassert that her hardwork, not her body or skin colour, got her the No. 1 spot.
“I slaved my self in the studio till I got my big major hit,” said the Bronx rapper. “Neither my ass, titties, beauty or skin complexion got me where I’m at.”
She continued, saying that as at 2016, she was still struggling. “People was telling me NO. Nobody wanted to do NO FEATURES with me or put me on major stages, I had to prove everybody that I wasn’t just a pretty ,funny reality tv star.”
The sad thing is this: people easily celebrate the idea of many male hip hop artists shining at the same time, but not the females. Hence why the women are consistently pitted against each other.
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