NOSA DROPS “WHY YOU LOVE ME” VIDEO

Chocolate City award winning artiste, Nosa ends the year with panache as he releases the video for his new upbeat single, ‘Why You Love Me’.

Fast rising director, Mex of Pixel Chaos shot the video with cameo appearances by Audu Maikori and Paul Okeugo of the Chocolate City Group, Dremin, Gaise, K Slim, IBK  Spaceship Boi, among others.

The exciting dance video depicts happiness experienced from love with a theme around different Nigerian cultures infused with sounds from the South-South region.

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BREAKING NEWS: CHOCOLATE CITY GROUP LAUNCHES CHOCOLATE CITY KENYA.

As part of recent pan-continental expansion, Nigeria’s leading recording and entertainment company Chocolate City has announced the commencement of operations in Kenya, one of the key markets for music and entertainment in Africa.

Chocolate City Vice President M.I made the announcement in Lagos today, saying the Kenya launch will happen in a matter of days – on May 31.

‘The official launch of Chocolate City Kenya Label -a part of the Chocolate City Group -will be coming up on the 31^st of May 2013 in the prestigious Museum Hill in Nairobi, Kenya’, M.I who is an iconic Nigerian rapper and one of the continent’s most successful entertainers, said.

‘Our aim is to create a platform for the growth and expansion of East African music and foster more mutually beneficial collaborations with other African sub-regions’, he adds.

The label has already signed Kenyan act Victoria Kimani who features M.I on her sophomore single Oya.

You can view the brand new video HERE.

"Victoria Kimani is amazing, she's got a great vibe and ready to work,very hardworking and she's just good", the label VP says of CC’s first Kenyan act.

The label’s Kenya launch will also see the official unveiling of a partnership between Chocolate City and Adrenalive - the organizers of The Mingle – which will feature the birth of new music festivals, concerts, and art culture in East Africa. The inaugural event from the series of concerts dubbed Boobaataa Festival will be in July.

Billed to perform at the event are M.I, Victoria Kimani who will be supported by some of the hottest talent in Kenya. Top Chocolate City executives will also be in attendance.

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FACTORY78TV: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JESSE JAGZ AND LIVE PERFORMANCE

The multi talented producer/artiste Jesse Jagz of the Chocolate City music empire was in the UK as part of the flurry of entertainers who performed at the New World Nigeria Event during the London 2012 Olympics. The shy maestro impressed on stage during his solo performance, dropping what was said to be a "160" bar freestyle including jumping behind the drum set to back his label mate and best friend Iceprince during his set. Factory78 caught up with the all round entertainer backstage to discuss his mind blowing performance as well as plans for the future.

Watch the full interview and incredible freestyle right here on F78tv

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M.I ABAGA - ILLEGAL MUSIC II MIXTAPE #FREEDOWNLOAD

 Finally, the wait is over! M.I decided to release the most anticipated mixtape of the year, Illegal Music II, last night. This official release has caused quite an uproar all over the internet. I am yet to listen to this mixtape, but so far, I haven't heard/read any negative comments about it so I believe M.I has failed to disappoint us once again. Even though people complained that it took him too long to release the tape, a lot of fans think it was totally worth the wait. 

So, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you - ILLEGAL MUSIC II

Official Track List

 Download the tracks individually below:
1. M.I f. Tonii - Coming Home - Download
2. M.I - Seven Days - Download
3. M.I f. Phenom - 6ft 7ft - Download
4. M.I f. Loose Kaynon - Lost - Download
5. M.I f. Kahli - Sex, Love & BS - Download
6. M.I - Do I Move You - Download
7. M.I  f. Pryse - Notis - Download
8. M.I f. Efa & 5Mics - Star  - Download
9. M.I f. HHP - Superhuman - Download
10. M.I - The X.O Bit f.  X.O Senavoe - Download
11. M.I f. Ice Prince - Fuck You - Download
12. M.I f. Makiller - Eyes - Download
13. M.I f. Yung6ix - Export - Download
14. MI - Beg For It Feat Matronomy & Funbi - Download
15. M.I f. Hench & Boogey - Ridiculous - Download 
16. M.I f. Pope & Shaydee - Pain - Download
17. M.I - Loving Me - Download
18. M.I f. SDC & Ruby - Heart of the City - Download
19. M.I f. Ruby - Flower - Download


To download the Mixtape as a whole, click here - Illegal Music 2

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CHOCOLATE CITY SIGNS A NEW ARTIST…AND IT’S A GIRL!

The multi award winning record label, Chocolate City, is home to some of the music industry’s top house hold names, such as M.I, Jesse Jagz, Iceprince, and Brymo.

With the rapid growth of the label and increasing success of artist management, Chocolate City has proven to be a hub of talent exploitation, and manifestation. It is no surprise that a lot of youth, internationally and locally, have reached out to be signed to the label, in hopes of achieving their dreams. So far, Chocolate City has an all-male cast as its line up, and the general public have bugged the label to sign a female act. Chocolate City, known for setting trends, decided to bide their time, and look out for the girl that possessed qualities of a Choc BOI – Bold, Original, Innovative.
In came a young lady, full of energy and enthusiasm who welcomed the opportunity of being featured along-side, award winning Africa’s rapper numero uno, M.I on his upcoming mixtape “Deux Illegaux de Musique – Illegal Music 2”. After label heads, Audu Maikori, and Paul Okeugo heard her lyrical prowess on the song “No-tis” (a cover of Jay Z and Kanye West’s Otis), they decided to put her through the CC boot camp.

Without further a-do, ladies and gentlemen, Chocolate City presents to the world, its first signed female artist, Pryse!
Pryse is a talented Nigerian rapper who is eager to follow the footsteps of her fellow label mates in creating music that would not only entertain, but influence the public. Born and raised in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Princess Esindu a.k.a Pryse, started rapping in church at the tender age of 10. Pryse always knew she wanted to be a musician; encouraged by her family who own and run Frontline TV Studio in Port Harcourt, Pryse took a keen interest in entertainment. Pryse knew she had to nurture her passion, so she went to study media in Nottingham, UK. While in the UK, she took up writing her own songs, and co-producing with her older brother. When asked who her influences are, Pryse lists, Jay Z, Drake, Lil Wayne, and M.I – it is precisely the admiration for M.I that led her to work her way to be signed by Chocolate City. In an industry where female emcees are outnumbered by men, Pryse is sure she will keep the torch blazing for the young ambitious women out there.

When asked what it meant to be the first female signed to Chocolate City, Pryse had this to say “ I thank God I’ve come this far, and I’m just happy its finally happened, and I’m ready to put in the work, so let’s go. I’m ready to be a BOI (Bold Original Innovative).”
The label is looking forward to presenting to the world its first signed female artist, Pryse. “We hope they hear/see in her, what we did” – Doosuur Tilley-Gyado (Talent Mngr Chocolate City).
Pryse is available for interviews from March 20th 2012.

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CHOCOLATE CITY GROUP RESTRUCTURES, ANNOUNCES HAKEEM BELLO OSAGIE AS GROUP CHAIRMAN

Leading entertainment company Chocolate City Group (CCG) recently reconstituted its board naming renowned entrepreneur Mr Hakeem Bello Osagie as its chairman. Other board members include Yahaya Maikori, Paul Okeugo and Audu Maikori.

Hakeem holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, a law degree from Cambridge University and an M.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar. He started his career as a petroleum economist and a lawyer. For over three decades, he has been a key player in the Nigerian economy through his participation in several businesses in the private sector particularly in the energy, finance and telecommunications sectors.

He until recently served as the Chairman of the board of directors of the United Bank for Africa Plc. one of the largest commercial banks in Nigeria. He is also the founder and former Chairman of First Securities Discount House, Nigeria’s leading money markets and treasury bill trading financial services firm, in which the IFC is an equity investor.

Currently he sits as Chairman of Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Ltd (‘EMTS’), a mobile telephone operator that operates in Nigeria under the ‘Etisalat’ brand as well the Abuja Investment Company.

Chocolate City Group CEO Audu Maikori said: “As Chocolate City enters this new phase of global expansion and rolls out next generation services for its artists, clients and media partners we are very pleased to welcome Mr. Hakeem Osagie an entrepreneur par excellence who shares our passion and vision of creating a world class entertainment brand. He will bring to Chocolate City years of vast international experience, relationships and a uniquely successful track record in global business excellence plus invaluable guidance as we execute our objective of building the leading entertainment brand in Africa”.
The Chocolate City Group is comprised of three companies -Chocolate City Music (home to artistes like Jesse Jagz, Ice Prince, Brymo, Dj Caise and MI (who is also a Director of the subsidiary) amongst others-Chocolate City Media and Chocolate City Movies.

Chocolate City Group recently won the prestigious Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship 2011(www.africaawards.com), which held in Nairobi, Kenya in December 2011. CCG was selected from over 3,300 applications from 48 countries around Africa and became the first entertainment company to win the award since its inception in 2007.

The company has since 2005 continued to set standards in the entertainment industry around Africa, selling over 35 Million albums till date and winning a slew of local and international awards including the global award for Music business i.e. International Young Music Entrepreneur of the Year (IYMEY) by the British Council in 2007.

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CHOCOLATE CITY EMERGES RUNNER-UP AT THE 2011 AFRICA AWARDS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Leading Nigerian entertainment conglomerate Chocolate City Group, which is the parent company to Chocolate City Music, Chocolate City Media and Chocolate City Distribution is pleased to announce its emergence as the runner-up at the recently concluded Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship 2011, held in Kenya.

Chocolate City, was the only entertainment company to make it to the top ten shortlist, after a record 3,300 companies from 48 African countries with a minimum annual turnover of $1 Million dollars and a maximum of $10 Million dollars for at least 3 years consecutively submitted entries to compete for the Grand Prize of US $100,000 and six other prizes of US $50,000 each.

The top ten companies made a formal presentation to an international jury of business leaderschaired by Malik Fal, Managing Director of Endeavor and some of Africa’s most prominent entrepreneurs and investors, amongst whom are Kamal Budhabhatti, Grand Prize Winner of the 2010 Africa Awards; James Manyika, Director of the McKinsey Global Institute and Ayisi Makitiani, the CEO of Fanisi Capital and Chocolate City was announced as a runn

er-up, taking home 50,000 USD at the high-profile award dinner on the 8th of December 2011.

Chocolate City ,home to multi award winning stars like M.I, Jesse Jagz, Ice Prince, Brymo, Dj Caise among others was founded in 2005 .Chocolate City Music recently won Record label of the Year at the City People Awards 2011, while its founder/CEO Audu Maikori recently won the “Entertainment Executive of the Year” award at the Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA) ceremony which was held in New York in September 2011. Other awards include the global award for the International Young Music Entrepreneurship award (IYMEY) in 2007 by the British Council.

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ICE PRINCE drops début album

It has been an exciting year in the Nigerian entertainment industry, and it is about to get even better. Chocolate City, a leading Nigerian record label that parades international superstars like M.I., Jesse Jags, Ice Prince and Brymo, in partnership with Conceptshot Nigeria Limited and Pearl Entertainment is thrilled to present the debut album launch of one of its artistes - Ice Prince Zamani.

The album is titled, E.L.I, an acronym for “Everybody Loves Ice Prince”. The launch has been scheduled for 9 October 2011 at the Expo Hall of Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Ice Prince had earlier released two singles off the E.L.I. album – “Oleku” and “Superstar” which won him multiple awards. The two songs have worldwide appeal evidenced by constant high demand for Iceprince to perform them at shows across the continents. Both songs have also been reported to have the highest remixes and downloads in the year of release. E.L.I. has a compilation of tracks that will further portray Iceprince as a multi-talented hip-hop artiste.

The event will showcase live musical performances of not only the very best Nigerian artistes but also multi award winning African artistes who have been featured on the album. As a part of the media build up to the event, Ice Prince will make a number of appearances at the hottest spots in Lagos and also have a television and radio tour. More details will be published accordingly.

E.L.I is the most anticipated album of the year and promises to exceed the expectations of Ice Prince’s fans across the world

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ON THE NIGHT #HASHTAG BY YNAIJA ROCKED LAGOS

It was party unusual when YNaija in conjunction with Chocolate City, put together the first ever #Hashtag party which took place at the trendy Swe Bar on Saturday the 23rd of July 2011. The highly anticipated party was tagged The Convergence – an exciting melting pot of Fashion, Music, and Twitter - never before seen on the Nigerian scene.
The party was hosted by the formidable duo of the smooth talking Andre Blaze and the enchanting Oreka. Comedian Emeka Smith supplied an endless cache of jokes for the evening leaving the guests in stitches.

The Chocolate City boys, led by MI took masterful charge of the stage for the night with charged renditions of their hits. Ice Prince and Brymo opened the show, setting the pace for the night with their rendition of urban anthem ‘Oleku’ they were followed by Jesse Jags with his hit song
“Jago”. MI proved himself as the true Mister Incredible bringing the house down with an electrified performance of popular songs from his latest
album MI2. Efa and Praiz also gave riveting performances.

The #Hashtag party was focused on discovering stars in Music, Fashion, the new breed of social media stars. The music segment aptly tagged The Next Big Thing saw the unveiling of Obiora Ohatz better known as Runz as the winner. The fashion segment, Cutting Edge showcased designs by first runner up Tolu De Souza for her label SOUZA. There was also a segment to acknowledge the Twitter Persona of the Quarter, the result of a three-month poll on the YNaija website.

Celebrities and notable personalities such as Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, Stella Damasus, Nse Ikpe Etim, JosephBenjamin, Katung Aduwak, Tee A, Kunle of Rooftop MCs, Gideon Okeke, Ufuoma Ejenobor, Linda Ikeji, Praize, Inyanya, Audu Maikori, MI, Ice Prince, Jesse Jags, and many more posed for the cameras at the Red Carpet segment which preceded this energy packed event.

The popular TV show for young people, Rubbin’ Minds was live at the party and the winners that emerged at the #Hashtag party,artiste Runz, designer Tolu De Souza, and twitter personality Misi Ola were interviewed.

Speaking on the event, Adebola Williams, Managing Editor of YNaija said, “The #Hashtag party would continue as a quarterly event with more collaborations with big music labels. We are positioned to act as a convergence and point of exposure for hot new music acts, edgy innovative
fashion and the new breed of social influences powered by new media like Twitter.”

For the celebrities who flocked to the party, the event provided the unique opportunity to Pause, Tweet and Play. “It was a fantastic night of fun and networking. And more than ever, we’re looking forward to #Hashtag 2!” said Ifreke Inyang, who is an Assistant Editor with YNaija.

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CHOCOLATECITY BAGS 5 AWARDS

Chocolate City Entertainment Company, takes home 5 outstanding awards at the City People Awards ceremony on the 7th of August 2011.The awards are

Best rap album, Best Hip-Hop artiste Male, and Album of the year: MI
Song of the year.IcePrince
And the grand prize!!: Record label of the year.

Chocolate City will like to thank everyone for their ongoing support, Voting for The NEA is still on http://nigeriaentawards.com/ and HipHop world awards will commence soon, we are counting on your votes.

In other news.
Chocolate City presents to you, “Choc Boi Swag” a freestyle from our eclectic Producer extraordinaire Jesse Jagz.
Please click on the link to listen and download. http://chocolatecitygroup.com/uncategorized/jesse-jagz-chocboi-swag-freestyle/

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Oreka, Denrele and Andre Blaze to host at #Hashtag by YNaija!

#Hashtag just got hotter. The Beat FM’s elegant Oreka Godis and talented compere and rapper Andre Blaze will on Saturday, 23rd July, 2011, rock the select #Hashtag crowd, as they have been confirmed as anchors of the exclusive event. The party, which will hold at Swe Bar, Victoria Island is the latest brainwave from the new high priest of Nigerian youth culture, YNaija. The show will also be anchored by the electric Denrele Edun, who will host special segments – guests will
find out at the party!

#Hashtag is aptly tagged ‘Pause. Tweet. Play.’ At the YNaija and
Chocolate City hosted party, Twitter is guaranteed to come to life in an evening of fine entertainment and great company.

“It's a great excuse to unwind, network and connect, but prepare to be
dazzled by the electrifying ambience and stellar performances from the
Choc Boys and other first-rate performers,” said Ifreke Inyang,
Assistant Editor of YNaija. "One question - have you been invited?"

More than ever we’re looking forward to the #Hashtag party! Pause. Tweet. Play.

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Toolz and Oreka to host at #Hashtag by YNaija & Chocolate City

#Hashtag just got hotter. The stunning and elegant Beat FM duo, Toolz and Oreka will on Saturday, 23rd July, 2011, rock the select #Hashtag crowd as they have been confirmed as anchors of the exclusive event. The party, which will hold at Swe Bar, Victoria Island is the latest brainwave from the new high priest of Nigerian youth culture, YNaija.

#Hashtag is aptly tagged ‘Pause. Tweet. Play.’ At the YNaija and Chocolate City hosted party, Twitter is guaranteed to come to life in an evening of fine entertainment and great company. “Prepare to be dazzled by the electrifying ambience and stellar performances from the Choc Boys and other first-rate performers,” said Ifreke Inyang, Assistant Editor of YNaija.

More than ever we’re looking forward to the #Hashtag party. Pause. Tweet.
Play.

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Jesse Jagz: Sakololo release postponed!

Due to the unauthorized release of the single "Sakololo", Chocolate City regrets to inform you all that the release of the final version has been postponed. Jesse Jagz has been working tirelessly in the studio to produce music that his fans will appreciate, so the execution of the release has to be in accordance with his efforts.

Chocolate City now plans on shooting videos for three singles, and they will be released with the singles within the next couple of months. It has been a busy year for Jesse Jagz as an artist and a producer, in addition to working on his mixtape, he has also been the producer on the debut album of Iceprince and Jagz has also been working on new music for the latest CC signing, Brymo.

Vote Jesse Jagz as the producer of the year on the NEA Awards website http://www.nigeriaentawards.com/

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YNaija & Chocolate City present #Hashtag – Pause. Tweet. Play.

On Saturday, 16th July, 2011, the new high priest of Nigerian youth culture in conjunction with premier music label Chocolate City will unleash its latest brainwave: #Hashtag, the first ever YNaija party. It’s clear that no social networking site has rocked our world quite like Twitter. Beyond the relentless exchange of information and web links, the interesting 140-character messages – the witty tweets and retweets we indulge in – have made Twitter such a hit within a short time.

YNaija has constantly stayed ahead of its contemporaries, creating trends and concepts built around Twitter. We pioneered the Twitter Roundup that’s now a firm favourite, and we held an online version of our Twitter Awards last year, with plans for a bigger event this year. We also created the Twitter Personality series, and between April and June we’ve profiled more than 25 top Twitter personalities. These include real life celebrities and those who have made their name on the social network, and they all let us into their individual experiences on Twitter.


#Hashtag by YNaija is aptly tagged ‘Pause. Tweet. Play’. “The event will be a night of fun and celebration at the exclusive Swe Bar, Lagos. There we will recognize the overall winner of the Twitter Personality Series for the first quarter,” said Ifreke Inyang, Assistant Editor of YNaija.

At #Hashtag by YNaija, Twitter is guaranteed to come to life in an evening of fine entertainment and great company. “We expect it to be a splendid night of world class performances, stellar red carpet choreography, and an inspiring cast of our Twitter Personalities,” said ‘Damilola Oyedele, Editor of YNaija.

We’re so looking forward to the #Hashtag party! Pause. Tweet. Play. For more information, visit www.ynaija.com, or contact us on any of the following platforms –

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Choc Boyz freestyle on the Westwood Show

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The return of Katung Aduak

He won Big Brother Nigeria, the only one ever held in Nigeria. He won a lot of money and he disappeared. Rumor had it that he went to his village when the money finished, and was too embarrassed to return empty handed! there was also another rumor that he finished the money in two weeks oh! Drinking in expensive spots in Abuja! One bottle of Gulder, 1k! Then he was buying drinks for his fans as well… That was the rumor spreading, years back.

But the true gist from his family at chocolate city is, Katung was away in the prestigious New york film academy for two years, he is back to Nigeria after successfully completing his program. He is not coming to Nigeria to be floating about oh! He is back to Head Chocolate City Movies!

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