Industry Night honours Dagrin

Every Wednesday, Industry Nite... A platform for Established & up and coming artists....takes place at Tribeca, Victoria Island, Lagos.

INDUSTRY NITE: Started over a year ago - A networking forum with attendees from Record Label Executives, Artists, Promoters, to Publicists, Media Houses, Brand Managers and more (including the General Public).

On April 28th, 2010, Industry Nite will pay tribute to Dagrin.

DAGRIN a charismatic young star whose music impact in the African Hip Hop scene has been revolutionary.

Dagrin performed twice at Industry nite: 5 weeks ago, and before then a year ago when he was relatively unknown.

His passing at 23 has stunned the Entertainment Industry not least his family,friends and fans.

'The Industry unites for DAGRIN', will pay homage to DAGRIN'S legacy and contribution to the African Music Industry.

Monetary donations will be collected at the entrance of the venue and ALL proceeds go to DAGRIN'S family.

Performances from an All star line up of artists have donated their time to payhomage and respect to Dagrin: GT Guitarman,Omawumi, TosinMartins, Sasha, General Pype, YQ, Sound Sultan, Weird MC, Shank, Waje, Show Dem Camp, Banky W, Lami, Pin Code, Zara, Overdose, Aquadragon, Benny P, Badman Floss and more.

There will also be speeches by major people in the industry to talk about DAGRIN and their relationship with him (business/personal).

Host: Olisa Adibua

Date;28th april,2010

Start time: 8pm

Come with a candle!!!

For more information on Industry Nite please email Matthew Ohio or Ngozi Omambala at industrynightnaija@gmail.com

For Press and Publicity matters regarding industry night please email bobby@bobbytaylor.ca

UNITE FOR DAGRIN.

Tweets Mourns for Dagrin from Friends and Colleagues

Still on the Death of Dagrin, Some of the tweets posted by Dagrin�s friends and industry folks on social networking site, twitter, in reaction to the news are written below.

Dr Sid- Please let�s pay our respects and pray for his family. I ask everyone to please change your avatar to his picture and trend #RIPDAGRIN

Kemi Adetiba- We all pray to rise to the top. We live every 2mrw like it could never be snatched from us. In our  minds. That can never be us.

Ikechukwu- God, it�s true, isn�t it? May the Almighty father accept my brother Dagrin�s soul into heaven and may he rest in perfect peace, Amen.

Munachi Abi- God! Da Grin!!! Lord Jesus no!!!! God please no.no.no.no. It can�t be true

Darey- Pray for the repose of his soul�RIP Dagrin. We shall miss you�your music�your swag�My heart goes to his family

Wande Coal- God bless you Dagrin RIP

BankyW- RIP Da Grin. Lord have mecy on us all. Damn.

Joke Jaiyesimi � Just when your star started shining, death decided to cheat and snatch you away. So sad. RIP Dagrin

Bouqui- Am sooooo sad

D�Prince- R.I.P Da Grin a shining star gone too soon

Dagrin is Confirmed Dead..............RIP DAGRIN

Rapper, Da Grin formally known as Olayitan Olanipekun Oladapo is dead at the tender age of 23. We all knew Da Grin was in a ghastly auto accident last week and was admitted at LUTH Hospital in Lagos.

The Rap artiste who was nominated for the 2010 Hiphop World awards to take place in May was on his way from a friends place when he drove into a stationery truck. 

Da Grin was officially pronounced dead by the doctors sometime about 8:30pm local time at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). Rest In Peace, Da Grin. I actually thought he was going to bounce back and do a song around his near death experience.....so sad

May his gentle soul rest in peace 

Nigerian Hip Pop Awards Nominees 2010

The highly anticipated nominees list of Hip Hop World Awards 2010 was unveiled on Tuesday, April 6,at a brief breakfast event held at the awards secretariat in Lagos. But why were some of the biggest songs of 2009 were missing from the list?

Songs like �Kondo� by Dagrin, �Free Madness part 1� by Terry G, �Choko the Choko� by Sean Tero, Ekaette by Maye Hunta, amongst others were nowhere on the list; and fans and pundits are already wondering and asking �why�?

In a chat with the Secretary of the awards committee, James Silas, he explained that one of the criteria for nomination is that no music materials that encourage fraud, alcohol abuse, narcotics and wanton sex are eligible for nomination, except if said songs have radio-edited versions. You may recall that �Shayo� by Bigiano was also missing from the nominees list in the 2009 edition of the awards for the same reason. �This screening process is our social responsibility and contribution to the sanitization of music in our entertainment industry,� he added.

��Terry G is undoubtedly one of the most controversial artists in Nigeria today, but he was smart enough to make a radio-edited version of �Free Madness Part 1� which made �Free Madness Part 2� eligible for nomination in the song of the year category�� Silas adds.

In recent times, music of Nigerian origin has been replete with reckless content, glorifying fraud, alcoholism, drug and other substance abuse, sex and get-rich-quick-mania. The NBC-although belatedly- have banned many of these materials, while responsible media organizations are stiffening their NTBB regulations. It is our desire at HHWA, to help encourage artistes to be responsible with the music they churn out; and in cases where they choose to cross the line; to at least provide broadcast edit; and also label albums properly.

The 2010 edition of Hip Hop World Awards will hold on Saturday, May 29 at Eko hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos and the theme is �Power. Prestige. Pride

Rapper Dagrin in a Minor Accident

Rising rapper Dagrin was in a minor accident Wednesday evening, NET sources have confirmed.

The hip hop act, who had been underground for years, before finding favour with fans last year, had his car � a black Nissan Maxima- damaged yesterday while driving to Surulere (in Lagos) with his friends, after a careless truck driver ran into him and tore off his car fender. They were returning from Ikeja.

There was a brief argument, multiple sources tell NET; but no one was injured � and no punches were thrown.

Here�s a picture of the car Dagrin was driving.

The rapper has been unreachable, and repeated attempts at getting him to comment proved abortive. �The calls were getting too much, so he had to put off his phone�, one of his close friends who was in the car with him told us.

The source says the truck driver has agreed to be responsible for the damages; but we are unable to confirm this from Dagrin or a rep.