H
F
ROCKERS
vs
FAKERS:
SPOTTING
THE
DIFFERENCE
With Myke Pam
“ For many
years, piracy and
copyright abuse
have been hanging
over this industry
like the proverbial
sword of Damocles,
beheading,
crippling and
incapacitating
countless numbers
of creative minds,
projects and
aspirations.”
H
OH NO!
ave you ever paused to ponder this prevalent funny situation
where people who shouldn’t know are the ones called upon to
decide the fates of people who are actually knowledgeable about
issues at stake? Does it not irk you whenever you find incompetent
heads running the affairs of sensitive sectors of the economy, be it
public or private? Do you not feel like doing something untoward
when confronted with fake ‘arse’ pretenders in any area of human
endeavor you dabble into?
Come to think of it, how do you really feel when you see people who
rock? People who are on top of their games with their heads and grey matters in the right places and
securely intact? So many questions eagerly begging for answers, but unfortunately, the answers are
grossly inadequate when compared with the myriads of questions being asked.
HF Magazine Edition 1, Volume 1.
YOU DIDN’T!!
S
When Tonto’s
London Bridge
o many things happen to celebrities all over the world,
the good, the bad and the very ugly. Most celebrities get
caught in awkward moments and that is what this column is
about. My point is some can be avoided, but if you flash it,
we will see it and if we see it, we are going to SCREAM out
loud…Oh No You Didn’t….
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down’?
Bridge is falling
rhyme, ‘London t when controversial
call the nursery
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at playe
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the scenario th
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London.
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acts
ncert in
actor tu
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anya’s Kukere Co
on stage at Iny drunk because she exhibite
her gown
r fall by blaming ur guess is
was utterly
she
ded he
the actor defen
ing us? yo
backstage. But or. Will she ever stop stunn
ppery stage flo
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as good as mine
Compiled by Akudo Abengowe, Pictures culled from The Internet.
Janet Jackson’s Stage
Gift to Fans
Music stars can be
dramatic, but nothing
beats dramatic like a
boob slip, especially
on stage. Janet Jackson
had an epic boob slip
while performing a duet
with Justin Timberlake.
Though she later told
reporters
that
she
planned the whole thing.
Can we ever forget that?
Oh no! We won’t.
Before I digress, it is important to note that HF Magazine is strictly apolitical in the real sense of the
word and this column adheres completely to the ethics, vision and tenets of this continental platform.
Having said that, we also make bold to say that it is very pertinent for the truth to be told in its
unclothed and stark reality, for the overall benefit of the African Entertainment scene and all industry
practitioners; hence this hard line approach. So, if it actually takes two to tango, come on then and let
us tango together.
In this month’s discuss, we are taking a brief look at the bane of the entertainment industry in Africa as
we know it. For many years, piracy and copyright abuse have been hanging over this industry like the
proverbial sword of Damocles, beheading, crippling and incapacitating countless numbers of creative
minds, projects and aspirations.
Copyright abuse, a scourge which has developed into a hyper-dreaded epidemic is now a wholesome
endemic that has eaten deep into the body polity of the continent’s creative industry to the extent
that most criminal minded individuals who view the industry as a goldmine are now spreading their
dirty dragnets over the industry in association with some industry insiders who are bent on sucking the
juvenile lifeline out of this young industry.
To worsen the already sickening circumstances, you now have situations where budding music acts
in Nigeria and a few other African countries go caps in hand begging established pirates in sprawling
markets like Alaba in Lagos to bootleg their creative works by incorporating the songs into what these
buccaneers call compilations and/or mix tapes. The most painful aspect is that this desperate and
oftentimes, ignorant artistes pay huge sums of money to these pirates to pirate them!
Beyoncé & the
Fa
n; A tale of Tw
o Best friends
Beyoncé keep
s ch
gets, but there annelling her inner sexines
s
was nothing se
a fan while on
xy about her ha every chance she
stage. Yes, this
ir
happened in M getting caught in
continued to
sing, while he
ontreal and th
r stage crew scr
e diva
her hair. Can
we ever get en
am
ough of Quee bled to untangle
can’t, but we
can do withou
n Bey? I’m su
t th
re we
you very much
. No wonder, th e awkward stage mishaps,
th
crop look few
e
days after that. sexy Mrs Carter cut her ha ank
ir
Go Bey! Long
disadvantages.
hair definitely to a
has its
The excuse some of these desperados give is that since it is not easy to get record deals and the hence
vision and lifespan of mushroom labels are usually short lived, they at least have no other choice but to
resort to enriching the pockets of the pirates. Most of them sincerely believe that with the mix-tapes
and compilations, their songs at least gets to be heard in the pubs, public transports, night clubs and of
course some street joints amongst others, thereby assuring them of some measure of publicity and the
likes. But the questions are, who is fooling who? Are we building or are we destroying? What exactly do
we want to achieve by complicating our already exacerbated cancer? Like I said before, we have more
questions than answers.
What is the way forward?
Dear Rihanna
er
Beyonce a la Ch
yl Cole
‘Irreplaceable’
it first and then
r
Cheryl Cole did o did hers. It appears he
als
fe’s several
diva Beyonce
n’t mind his wi , we do.
does
husband Jay Z
lars. Well
private particu singer anything
flashes of her
give the sexy
for
While we can
to be reminded
we don’t need
Bey,
in this world,
stage flashes.
e is with her tive organs next
how HOT sh
uc
your reprod
please tuck in
time.
Imagine going cap in hand to seek out a thief in his hideout and bargaining with him on how much you
will pay him to come and rob you. I don’t mean a one off robbery, no. we are talking consistent robbery.
What an irony! As an industry egghead, it beats my imagination whenever I hear stuff like this, because
it neither makes an economic nor creative sense.
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through facebook, hfmagazinefanpage.
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H
F
Akon the Calab
ar
Hero
There’s a hero
in
what award wi every one of us. I’m sure th
at
nn
Calabar Nigeria ing singer Akon tried to pr was
,
ove in
festival. While where he performed at the
Calabar
giving a dope
ensued in the
performance,
cro
a
fight and jumpe wd. Akon thought he could sto fight
d into the crowd
p the
resulted in los
, his heroic att
s of his shoes
and belt buckle empt
other things.
am
So
expensive fashio rry Akon, naija guys need ong
performed some n accessories. Anyway Akon your
crowd cheerin stunts with a balloon which later
g.
left
heroic experie What a nice way to end an the
nce.
awful
We Have Seen
Enough!
Poor RiRi! She
never gets tired
but her fans in
Istanbul, Turke of flashing her P parts,
y got even more
bargained for
when she flash
than they
ed a sensitive
butt. Rihanna
pa
didn’t flash he
r butt cheek int rt of her
because it wa
sa
en
was clearly a wa sore sight and not sexy AT tionally
ALL. This
rd
a count of her robe malfunction. But hey,
let
bo
Marley’s tribute dy flashes. At the Grammy me do
s,
, at CBS, the lis
RIHANNA!!!!
t is endless….RI at Bob
HANNA!
beneath
Labyrinth was left
ity
beautiful in Kent’s Univers
utiful about
There was nothing bea
formance
Labyrinth’s summer per British
University of Kent. The
at the
judged the
singer must have mis
stage dived
crowds’ mood, when he
catch him.
expecting the crowd to
caught him
Unfortunately, no one
. It is either
and he fell flat on his face his free
te
the crowd didn’t anticipa ing his
feel
jump or they were not
it may, I’m
performance. Be that as
r Beautiful
sure the Beneath You
ons the very
singer has learnt his less
you jump
hard way. Look before
next time Labyrinth.
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