TikTok is shutting down its $2 billion Creator Fund, a 2020 initiative designed to help pay eligible users making content on the app, a spokesperson for the platform confirmed Monday. The fund was intended to “help support ambitious creators who are seeking opportunities to foster a livelihood through their innovative …

The model and ‘Snowfall’ actor initially sparked romance rumours in December last year. Lori Harvey and Damson Idris have gone their separate ways after a little more than one year of dating. In a joint statement shared exclusively with The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday, Harvey and Idris said, “We are at a point in our …

Alan Fisher (Ireland), an owner and chef of a restaurant in Japan, has broken two cooking-related Guinness World Records titles. First up, he’s claimed the longest cooking marathon (individual) after clocking in a time of 119 hours 57 minutes. That is more than 24 hours longer than the previous record held by Nigerian chef …

Mr Ramsess was declared dead at the scene with three of his children in Atlanta.   According to TMZ, Mr Ramsess, 41, was driving with his five children in a pickup truck on the Interstate in DeKalb County on Halloween night when turned onto an exit ramp and collided with a …

Winners for the 2023 MTV EMA Awards have been announced. The winners were announced on Sunday, November 5, 2023.   Winners included African music stars Diamond Platnumz from Tanzania and Rema from Nigeria. They won the Best African Act and Best Afrobeats Artist respectively.   This follows the organizer’s promise …

This is the fourth time that a Mpumalanga-based contestant has won the Idols SA competition.   Thabo Ndlovu (26) from eMalahleni is the winner of Idols SA Season 19.   The results were announced live on Mzansi Magic (DStv channel 161) and Mzansi Wethu (DStv channel 163) on Saturday, November …

Ghanaian-American singer-songwriter Amaarae is marking her biggest debut on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart. The singer who recently signed a worldwide publishing deal with Concord Music Publishing in partnership with rights management company Immensum Music debuted at Number 10 on the charts with her single Angels In Tibet. The song has so far spent 3 weeks …

Afro Nation Nigeria 2023, the much anticipated Christmas party for Afrobeats has been cancelled. The shocking news was announced on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. A statement shared reads; “Unfortunately, the Afro Nation Nigeria festival in Lagos will now not be taking place. As event organisers, we hold ourselves to extremely …

African music stars Rema, Libianca, Oxlade, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Tems, Ayrar Starr and others have been nominated in the 2023 Billboard Music Awards. The stars grabbed nominations in multiple categories including the top Afrobeats artist and top Afrobeats song categories. Rema received five (5) nominations with his monster single Calm Down which featured …

Richard Roundtree, famous for playing the lead in the 1971 thriller Shaft, has died from pancreatic cancer aged 81.   His manager confirmed his death to US sites Variety, Hollywood Reporter and Deadline.   Roundtree’s turn as streetwise private detective John Shaft made him a star – with the famous …