I Lost 2 Children In 4 Years And Nearly Quit Acting - Iya Awero

Lanre Hassan, also known as Iya Awero, is a veteran in Nollywood. She can also best be described as across-over actress having acted both in the English and Yoruba movies of Nollywood. In June 2013, she will roll out drums to celebrate her 50 years onstage. Not too many veterans have achieved that feat.

While telling her pain in a recent interview with First Weekly Magazine, the talented screen mother disclosed how she lost twochildren in four years which almostruined her acting career.

"The only thing that shook me happened in 1974, when I lost a child, while acting on stage. He (thechild) was with his paternal grandmother, he was seven or eight years and they came to call me that he died that night, I had torush down to our home town.

"I lost a second child, when Ojo Ladipo (Baba Mero) died. The two of us were at the burial, I woke up,but my baby did not wake up. It really discouraged me, but I summoned courage that I had been doing the work for long; I won't allow all these to stop me. "I believe what has happened has happened and that God would take care of other things and take care of the rest. It actually shook me to the extent that I almost quit acting," she narrated.

Jim Iyke’s Ex Fiancee, Keturah Set To Expose His Lies - Claims Reality Show Was Acted

Jim Iyke’s publicist claimed he was still with Jamaican girlfriend Keturah despite being spotted with Nadia Buari on several occasions. She has issued out a press release refuting that claim. She says she left Jim Iyke because of his "bad boy" ways and the reality show is fake and she was acting out a script.

She is also having a press conference in New York on the 29th of April and would tell it ALL.... #bad market This is going to be ugly…Woman scorned.

Read her press release after the cut..

Keturah Hamilton talks about the Reality Show Jim Iyke Unscripted New York, NY April 29, 2013 – Keturah Hamilton, Model, Actress, and Ex-Fiancée of Jim Iykeis ready to tell the real story after the Jim Iyke Unscripted show thatwas aired on April 17, 2013. In a world where reality shows are an “In-thing” and bad behavior becomes the A.M. topic to cover, leave it to Jim Iyke Unscripted or better said the “_Scripted_” show to deliver real life drama. The episode that aired on April 17, 2013, did not disappoint the viewers who were glued to their TV’s watching Keturah Hamilton’s role that was none the less excellent! She was really able to bring her character to the next level of entertainment.

Keturah Hamilton had acted out an edgy script of jealousy and rage towards Jim Iyke, that was delivered as well as any actress in Hollywood. Keturah was so good that even her fans were astonished to see how well she acted and was able to challenge Jim on his bad behavior. Boldly, Jim gave Keturah the opportunity to exit the reality show based on the controversial episode.

Even though a pre-recorded version of “Kiss and Make-up” was on stand-by to be aired, Keturah already had made her decision. For the time being, Jim Iyke and Keturah Hamilton are no longer together because in reality,Jim’s bad boy behavior was just too overwhelming for the reality star. Keturah has decided to moveon to the bigger and better thingsthat her heart has long been looking to do.

She quotes, “I wish Jim well on his show and hope that he matures into the man I always wanted him to be!” Keturah is currently in a new, reality-based show called “Diamonds in the Rough”.

Kenny Ogungbe, COSON Boss ExchangeHot Words At Nig Entertainment Conference

The Nigerian Entertainment Conference held over the weekend at the Grand ball roomof the Eko Hotel and suites, Victoria Island, Lagos was nearlymarred by violent exchange of words between Kennis Music Boss Mr. Kenny Ogungbe and Chairman of Copyright Society ofNigeria COSON, Chief Tony Okoroji. Chief Tony Okoroji had confronted Kenny Ogungbe in the presence of journalists for daring to say in public that COSON owed him (Kenny Ogungbe) money.

“How could he say such a thing? And in public?” Chief Okorogie fumed. Kenny Ogungbe and Chief Okoriji shortly before the exchanges Kenny Ogungbe on hispart remained resilient, insisting he would stand by his words. They exchanged hot, abusive words impossible to publish including the F word as they werepulled apart by concerned friends who feared the brawl may soon go physical. Kenny Ogungbe went on to say “After now, if anything happens to me, it is on your head” The incident happened immediately after the first sessionof the conference where Mr. Kenny Ogungbe had been amongst a panel of discussants along side Cool DJ Jimmy Jat, Sound Sultan, MI and Weird MC during which pertinent industry issues had been raised.

The panel before taking questions from participants discussed “Looking at the music scene through the eyes of talents, labels,investors, consumers, regulatory bodies. The role of an artiste in the digital age and lastly,surviving in a peculiar industry like Nigeria.

However Weird MC in her openinghad raised questions on the “exploitation of our works”. She noted that the music industry is no longer about just entertainment but a business thatshould be accounted for. She claimed that music properties of artistes were being exploited with no form of payments made as settlements.

Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) is Nigeria’s sole government approved collective management organization for musical works and sound recordings. Weird MC specifically asked the society if they had any kind of international affiliations with international music copyright regulatory bodies to help check the exploitation of works put out by Nigerian artistes. According to her “We need to address the International Affiliations involved cause this is abusiness.

Kenny Ogungbe had stepped out after the panel to re-emphasis these statements made by Weird MC to reporters before making the comments that infuriated Chief Okoroji. After the heated argument, both were too angry to speak further on the testy issue.

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Obama Says, "I've got 99 problems and Jay Z is one of them"

The annual White House Correspondent’s Dinner is typically a light-hearted affair, and this year’s installment was no exception. The Dinner tends to serve as an opportunity for the President to show off his sense of humor and pop culture savvy, and with a President as charismatic as Barack Obama, these events tend to be ripe withentertaining moments.

While Obama obviously poked fun at himself and at those right wing media outlets who consistently have derided him throughout his two terms in office, he made sure to offer up enough hip-hop references to have the community talking for quite some time. Prior to the President stepping to the podium, the crowd in attendance was treatedto DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win.” Obama clearly enjoyed the moment, even synchronizing his hand gestures to match the chorus.

“How do you like my new entrance music?” Obama jokingly asked the audience, waiting for those assembled to sit back down before going right into therest of the speech. Later on, Obama had the chance to take a slick jab at Jay-Z, who caused a media frenzy with his visit to Cuba and subsequent “Open Letter.” Talking about issues that he has to deal with that are out of his control, Obama said, “It’s unbelievable… I have 99 problems and now Jay-Z is one of them.”

Interestingly enough, the President does not appear to be as concerned about Beyonce, who also went on the trip with her husband and created her own controversy at the recent inauguration by apparently lip-synching the National Anthem.

2face, Snoop Lion, Flavour Gear Up For MTV Concert In S.A

Nigerian superstar 2face Idibia will be part of an “all star” line upof performers for MTV Africa All Stars Concert, the urban music extravaganza staged by MTV Base and KwaZulu-Natal Province in Durban, South Africa on Saturday, May 18 .

Riding high in the charts with IheNeme and fresh from his recent outing at the Lagos leg of MTV Africa All Stars, 2Face will share the spotlight with American hip-hop icon, Snoop Lion; Afro highlife sensation, Flavour and South Africa’ dance and kwaito music star, Zakes Bantwini at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, People’s Park, Durban. More than 10,000 people are expected to enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime concert as Snoop Lion aka Snoop Dogg, now turned reggae star, performs his greatest hits interspersed with his new, ‘reincarnated’ reggae-flavoured repertoire.

I Let B-Red and Sina Rambo Leave HKN, Because They Lived InMy Shadow - Davido

Its no long a gist that that HKN Boss Davido and his cousins, SinaRambo & B-Red even had to physically fight themselves because the cousins were not happy that Davido was getting allthe shine.

B-Red got himself a new deal with another company after bothcousins decided on leaving the label. Sina Rambo, though denied the reports in a separate interview with another media house, but according to a recent interview with , here's what Davido had to say about the whole issue when HipHopWorld asked him about it.

"B-Red & Sina Rambo, people knew they were with me for about two years. But earlier this year, I felt like it’s time for them to start their own stuff. I’m sure they were even tired of being in the shadow of me and all that.

B-Red, I think has a management deal elsewhere with another company, I’m not sure exactly, but they shot his video for him and everything. And Sina is in America working on some new material. I really want them to stand on their ownbecause they’re talented and need to be heard, instead of them being behind me all the time. We still family”.

Davido may be recruiting new soldiers to replace the ‘lost’ ones. In March, he had signed Ghanaian rapper Deekay and more recently added singer Orezito his list.