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Who is Cardi B?

Cardi B is a Grammy Award-winning American rapper, social media personality and former reality star whose commercial debut single, "Bodak Yellow," surged to the top of the music charts in 2017. Who Is Cardi B? Born in 1992 and hailing from The Bronx, New York, Cardi B first got the world's attention through social media with her tough and frank attitude about life as a stripper. Starting in 2015 she appeared on VH1's reality show  Love & Hip Hop: New York  and left the show in 2017 to pursue music full time. That same year she released her No. 1 single "Bodak Yellow" through Atlantic Records, and in 2019 she won a Grammy for her debut album, Invasion of Privacy . She secretly got married to migos  group member Offset in September 2017. Cardi B Songs & Albums From 'Boom Boom' to 'Gangsta B*tch Music, Vols. 1 & 2' In the fall of 2015, Cardi B introduced her musical prowess for the first time on Jamaican singer Shaggy...

Zlatan Ibile Reveals He Did Menial Jobs Before Fame.

The road to the peak has never been a smooth one for many as there is always a story before the fame. In times past, many Nigerian celebrities have shared their stories of poverty before they became rich and famous. From being homeless to selling CD players, rat poison among others, these stories serve as a beacon of hope for fans of a better future ahead. The latest Nigerian celebrity to share his story before fame is none other than music rave of the moment, Zlatan Ibile. The street pop act took to his Twitter page to reveal that he did some menial jobs before he became the super star singer that he is today. According to him, he was a bricklayer, cut grass for people and worked in a cold room at 10 thousand naira per month.  Zlatan Ibile since rising to fame has had a number of controversies trail him, most notably his arrest alongside fellow singer, Naira Marley for their alleged involvement with cybercrime better known as Yahoo Yahoo. Following the arrest, Zlatan was rele...

Nigeria has a mental health problem.

     On the outside, the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Yaba seems tranquil. But on the inside of this century-old facility - one of only a half-dozen psychiatric centres in Lagos, and the only one run by the federal government of Nigeria - tensions are running high. At the outpatient clinic, the crowd of people waiting to consult with doctors is so thick that it spills into the hallway. The workload is so overwhelming that Dr Dapo Adegbaju, a psychiatrist rushing to attend to an agitated patient, has slept in the hospital for the past two nights. In the emergency ward, a patient named Jide languishes in a queue where he has been waiting since 7am. It is not yet noon at Yaba hospital, but this is business as usual. The hospital saw a 22 percent increase in the number of new patients with different types of mental illnesses in 2018 - along with a 50 percent increase in the number of patients struggling with substance abuse. One in four Nigerians - some 50...