Balloranking re-signs with Dapper Music & Entertainment in renewed multi-year partnership

Dapper Music & Entertainment has announced that Nigerian artist Balloranking has officially re-signed with the company, renewing a partnership that has developed steadily over the last four years and reaffirming both parties’ commitment to long-term growth, consistency, and artist development.

The renewed agreement was formalised during a signing ceremony held at the Dapper Group headquarters in Lagos, marking a continuation of a relationship that has evolved alongside Balloranking’s rise within Nigeria’s contemporary street-pop and Afrobeats landscape.

The new deal reflects updated terms shaped by the progress achieved throughout the partnership and signals the beginning of a new phase for the artist, with a forthcoming project already in development and further details expected in the coming weeks.

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Stephen Colbert's final 'Late Show' airs Thursday. Here’s how other great late-night hosts said their goodbyes.

Johnny Carson, Stephen Colbert and David Letterman.
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From Carson to Conan, here’s how some of late-night television’s greatest stars signed off for the last time.

The final episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Thursday is bound to be full of memorable moments. Exactly what those moments might be is impossible to say— details have not been announced — but there’s a long history of late-night hosts leaving an unforgettable impression as they sign off for the last time.

Late-night finales often feature a flurry of superstar guests, extended montages of clips and touching musical moments. But they often end with the host speaking directly to the audience, tears in their eyes, thanking everyone at home for the opportunity to be welcomed into their living rooms night after night, year after year.

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Bulgaria Triumphs At Eurovision Song Contest For First Time In Nation’s History

Europe’s biggest music event has crowned a new victor.

Bulgaria’s Dara triumphed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on Saturday night in Vienna, Austria, with her catchy song “Bangaranga.” It is the first time Bulgaria has won the contest, sweeping the leader board with an impressive 516 votes.

The victory was unexpected. Watch the song below. Bulgaria’s previous best result came in 2017, when Kristian Kostov finished in second place with the song “Beautiful Mess.”

By Jake Kanter

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Exciting events in Joburg: Comedy, music and more this weekend

Laugh away the mid-month blues with some of Mzansi’s biggest comedians at this event.

This month’s line-up of “Comedy in the Park” is a special birthday show. It will feature comedian Chris Forrest. The comedy show’s MCs will be Eric Jansen, Q Dube and Al Prodgers.

There will also be a range of delicious meals and beverages for sale.

Where: The Whirlwind Theatre in Delta Park.

By Karishma Dipa.

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Nollywood star Alex Ekubo is dead, he was 40 years old

The Nigerian movie industry has been thrown into mourning following the painful demise of actor Alex Ekubo.

On May 12, 2026, social media was rocked by the news of the passing of Nollywood star Alex Ekubo, who reportedly died following a prolonged battle with illness. Veteran actress Kate Henshaw posted on X that she just received some bad news and was hoping it wasn't true.

Shortly after her post, social media was flooded with posts confirming Alex Ekubo has reportedly passed away in a Lagos hospital from a sickness he has been battling for a while.

By Adeayo Adebiyi

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Afrobeats' Tiwa Savage nurtures Africa's future talent

Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage has set up a music foundation
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Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Tiwa Savage walked around a music centre in Lagos, smiling, listening and giving words of encouragement to scores of young artists in an elite music training programme. 

The multi-talented Savage, a prominent face in Nigeria's flourishing music scene, recently brought together 100 young, aspiring artists -- selected from 2,000 applications -- for instrumental workshops, vocal coaching and masterclasses on the inner workings of the music industry.

The group is the first cohort of her newly established music foundation.

By Kadiatou SAKHO
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Preemptive Listening review – artist’s film about sirens is buzzing with sonic ideas

The sound of sirens … Preemptive Listening.
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This film from the London-based artist Aura Satz is an exploration of sirens – as in the warning devices, not the mythical creatures that lure unsuspecting men to their doom. Really it’s an art film, and might have been more at home in a gallery where audiences would be able to engage with its striking images and experimental soundtrack for as long as the mood takes them. As a feature-film experience it becomes an endurance test, a battle to pay attention and concentrate for the whole thing.

It opens with a drone shot of a huge siren in the middle of what looks like a residential neighbourhood, ready to alert residents to heaven knows what threat. Over the top, a shrill, insinuating track from composer Laurie Spiegel buzzes with the nagging whine of an electronic mosquito. There are some interesting ideas here. British-Egyptian actor Khalid Abdalla muses on the role of sirens in the 2011 Arab spring protests, and we learn that in Palestine loudspeakers in mosque minarets sound a siren every year on Nakba day – one second for every year that has passed since Palestinians were displaced from their homeland after the creation of the state of Israel.

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