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Pat Thomas’ Song Featured In Marvel’s Loki

Loki, Marvel’s newest MCU TV series, gave viewers a lot to think about in the season finale. After (Spoiler Alert!) opening up the MCU’s multiverse in its concluding moments, Tom Hiddleston’s Loki also set up several future projects, including next year’s ‘Doctor Strange: Multiverse; of Madness’ and 2023’s ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.’ The sixth episode of Marvel’s intergalactic TV…

Sarkodie & Adidas Partner To Drive Africa’s Creative Economy

Michael Owusu Addo, better known as Sarkodie, a Ghanaian singer and entrepreneur, and Adidas have launched a unique collaboration in which the two would work together to promote Africa’s creative economy. Nutmegs (Adidas’ Ghana agent) and Sarkodie’s new album “No Pressure” kick off the relationship with an exclusive listening session. This initiative by Sarkodie is a follow-up to the very…

Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ Listening Event Breaks Apple Streaming Record

Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ listening party was sold out, but he packed in a lot more than that… No other musician has ever come close to matching his Apple record. According to TMZ’s sources,… Ye’s album launch at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta earlier this week set a new Apple Music Global Livestream record… 3.3 million people tuned in to see the show on their televisions. That’s a lot higher than…

Shatta Wale announces a new Taxi service, ‘Shaxi’

Ghanaian artist Shatta Wale is expanding his presence into the taxi-hailing business by launching a new taxi service in Accra named ‘SHAXI.’ The dancehall act took to his socials to inform the public, inviting eligible drivers to apply. The word SHAXI is said to be a combination of Shatta and Taxi. It is presently uncertain if the company is solely owned or a…

Chill Brethren, Ghana Can’t Be Fixed In One Day

As many are calling for the country to be fixed due to hardship and other factors affecting the livelihood of the ordinary Ghanaian, Ghana’s revered act Stonebwoy has come out to have his say on the trending campaign which has taken over social and mainstream media. In an Instagram live video with his colleague musicians Mr. Drew and Adina Thembi, Stonebwoy stated that, as much as he sides with…

Neymar Enlists 5 Players Who Are More Technically Gifted @xotlist #xotlist

Brazil and Paris Saint Germain football genius Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, known as Neymar, has revealed five more technically gifted players than him. Speaking in his native Brazil he revealed to Oh My Goal during the launch of Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five 2021. So who are these players! Let us dive in. Lionel Messi Messi is undoubted the world’s best footballer. The free-agent embodies…

Chelsea forgotten man Victor Moses departs for Russia @xotlist #xotlist

Chelsea football club Wideman Victor Moses has departed the club permanently to join Russian side Spartak Moscow. Chelsea signed Victor Moses from Wigan Athletic in the summer of 2002 days after starting against them in the opening game in the 2012 Barclays premier league season. Competition for places became though as Belgium’s golden boy, Eden Hazard also arrived the same season. He had to…

#BET21 | Burna Boy, Megan Thee Stallion, Jazmine Sullivan among the winners!

Nigerian singer and songwriter, Burna Boy has been announced the winner for the category of the Best International Act at the BET Awards 2021. He sets record as the first African musician to win this category in three consecutive successions. Burna Boy first won the award in 2019, and the second win being in 2020 during the COVID Lockdown. Megan Thee Stallion accepts the best female hip hop…

Cardi B Shares Stunning Bump Photo @xotlist #xotlist

Cardi B made an announcement that no one was expecting. The award-winning American rapper is pregnant with baby number two for Offset. She surprised fans as she performed with a bump at the BET Awards 2021. She took to the stage in a diamante-studded outfit, with a cut-out section for her baby bump accompanied by her husband. Taking to social media with the most beautiful maternity shoot snap,…

Brazilian Defender To Stay And Captain Madrid

Brazil and Real Madrid Football Club left-back/left wing-back Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior, known as Marcelo, has been named the club’s new captain following the departure of club legend Sergio Ramos who joined from Sevilla in 2005 in a € 27 million deal. The club president Florentino Perez confirmed the new development in a statement this afternoon. “Marcelo will be our captain next season.…

Premier League | 20 BIGGEST Transfers Of The Decade!

Manchester City are reportedly closing in a £100m deal to sign Jack Grealish from Aston Villa. Grealish has emerged as one of the most coveted players in the Premier League since Villa earned promotion to the top flight in 2019, impressing with his fearless dynamism and ability to break the lines. The playmaker’s form has made him a hot topic in English football during Euro 2020 amid Gareth…

#FixTheCountry | Efia Odo, 14 other campaigners granted bail!

Ghanaian actress and social media sensation, Efia Odo, together with14 other persons who were arrested at an Accra high court this afternoon have been granted bail. The actress, as well as the 14 others were arrested by officers of the Ghana Police Service when they thronged the court premises ahead of the court’s judgment in the case in which the Police were seeking an injunction against the…

Is Berla Mundi engaged? | Spotted with a ring

A photo of media personality Berla Mundi has got some curious fans asking whether she’s engaged after spotting a ring on her middle finger. Berla Mundi for some time now has been seen with a ring on her middle finger which portrays that she has been engaged and set to get married but some curious fans have taken it upon themselves to ask her after sharing another photo flaunting it. Almost…

Wizkid apologizes to Seun Kuti on behalf of his fans

Nigerian afrobeats star Wizkid tenders a public apology to Seun Kuti on behalf of his fans following series of backlash that trailed the saxophonist. It all started when Seun Kuti made a controversial claim that Wizzy does not deserve the Grammy nomination while adding that only four Nigerian musicians were truly worth the nomination. Wizkid Fans Club has since been dragging the saxophonist…

Away goals rule abolished for UEFA club competitions come next season! @xotlist #xotlist

UEFA has announced the scrapping of away goals from all European club competitions with immediate effect after they voted to take the decision. The rule, which was introduced in 1965, has since been used to determine the winner of a two-legged knockout tie where teams had scored the same number of goals on aggregate over the two matches. Now in matches where two teams score the same number of…

Fireboy, Omah Lay and Sha Sha Spotted on a Billboard in Times Square, New York

A billboard with the faces of Nigerian new-age acts, Omah Lay, Fireboy DML and Zimbabwean singer, Sha Sha, has been spotted overlooking Times Square in New York City, America.  The billboard is part of the campaign for Pandora’s Africa’s Next radio mode hosted by Notjustok which will spotlight the new generation of African Artists such as Fireboy DML, Omah Lay, Sha Sha, Gyakie, Chike, and…

I Was Banned From Nollywood |Rita Dominic Opens Up

Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic has opened up on how she was silently banned from Nollywood. According to the 45-year-old in an interview with Chude Jideonwo, her silent ban from Nollywood was one of her low moments in life. Speaking further, Rita said that she was bent on making changes for herself and that was what earned her the ban and she never addressed it publicly. In her words; “So…