feyisola

Music Person STURDY.

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

Some of the most profound highlights for me from this thread…

[Araali 🦉 @joelanthony23]

7. You are more than your ego.

More than the narrative you carry around of yourself. You have a shadow caused by emotions and thoughts towards things within you that you can not bear to confront.

If you don't confront it, it will control your life and you will think it's fate.

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

@BluEnterpris @korty_EO Damage control or just maybe the fact that he’s doing the interview and saying in the video he’s proud of her is telling of the clear value she’s placed on her work and he’s acknowledging it as impressive. How ppl price themselves is a reflection of quality. Maybe that my g 🤞🏾

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

@DAMNZY5050 Where do you even get this bullshit from 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

I’m crying 😭😭😭

[ayemojubar 🫆 @ayemojubar]

BREAKING: The National Assembly @nassnigeria has removed certificate forgery and age falsification as valid grounds for challenging election outcomes at tribunals in the newly signed Electoral Law.

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

@GodwinTom Boyyyy

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

@bizzleosikoya Diabolical 😩😭

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

@n4t4nya @ElsienotElisee LETS GOOO!!!!

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

Bruh what? Don’t be blockbuster when you become the behemoth

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said the current state of the box office is a sign that people want to "watch movies at home"

"What is the consumer trying to tell us? That they’d like to watch movies at home, thank you. The studios and the theaters are duking it out over trying to preserve this 45-day window that is completely out of step with the consumer experience of just loving a movie."

(https://t.co/RgoWwJUX70)

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

@_TSBOY @9bills Tell em!!

[Deji Osikoya @dejiosikoya]

Why don’t we talk about Wale in Afrobeats? 🤔

I’ve been a fan forever and super proud of how he repped his Nigerian roots. But I've often felt he hasn’t gotten credit for helping to push Afrobeats.

With his album dropping Friday, I dove deep into his journey and his role...

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

@dejiosikoya Go Deji! Tell them folks in the back!!! 🤝🏾🤞🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

I love Nigerians 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[benny. @1BENNY7G]

he met drake in person and couldn’t believe his guys. 😭

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

@ellanxtdo0r Yea we need you fr! Here’s one to keep tabs on 🤞🏾 @harryedohoukwa

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

This is witchcraft. I rebuke 😂😂😂

[🦢 @meishato]

i want a man to love me so bad his entire family think i did witchcraft on him

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

@yinkabernie I’ve always thought about that! you feel everything how it was played

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

lol

[HYPETRIBE @hypetribeng]

Burna Boy Playing Basketball. Too Tuff! 🤯🔥

[Z @BrianZisook]

“I’m not embarrassed. I’m just surviving like every human has to.”

That’s what iLoveMakonnen told me when I asked about the viral video of him in a restaurant kitchen.

Everyone shared the clip, but nobody reached out to hear the story behind it. Until I did.

A thread...🧵

[CITY JAMES @cityjames_]

IM THROWIN ONE OF THE BIGGEST BLOCK PARTIES IN LA AND WE BEEN GOING STUPID WITH THE PROMO FOR IT.

FOR ANYBODY SAYING LA DONT DANCE

COME SEE ABOUT IT CUS WE OUTSIDE

THIS IS ONE OF 25 VIDEOS I DIRECTED TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE VIBES AND CULTURES YOU’LL SEE AT THE BLOCK PARTY

8/31

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

You’ve never met a Nigerian 😂😂😂

[ThePharmWriter @thepharmwriter]

If you're a writer, write “I lied.” Without writing, “I lied.”

[feyisola @Simply_Benedict]

You GOTTA use this to open the tour and give my man all the pub 😭😭😭😭

[about:blank @amalwtf]

While I agree that the internet has opened new doors for Black artists to seek independent success, we also have to talk about what we lost in the process. The rise of digital platforms didn’t just empower artists, it also gave labels an excuse to gut departments that once centered Black music and Black talent. Having people in the building who understood the culture meant there was machinery behind Black artists, helping them break through. Independent success sounds empowering, but in practice, it’s a much harder road. Without proper infrastructure or representation, fewer Black creatives are able to rise above the noise.

The rise of data-driven, algorithmic scouting (especially on TikTok) has changed A&R radically. Labels are leaning heavily on numbers instead of investing in community-rooted artist development.

Black A&Rs are especially impacted because so many of them came up through culturally informed ecosystems like local scenes, clubs, HBCUs, and mixtape circuits. Their value was in knowing the culture intimately and spotting talent early, often before an artist had any data behind them.

This shift affects them more than other departments because Black music, historically, is rooted in lived experience and community (not just metrics). Black A&Rs served as the bridge between that world and the mainstream industry. They weren’t just chasing what was hot, they were shaping what was next.

But now, with labels prioritizing virality over development, that skill set is being undervalued. It’s not that their expertise no longer matters, it’s that the system has deprioritized what made it so essential.

When the industry stops asking who’s moving the culture and starts asking who’s trending today, the people who ARE the culture get pushed out.

And that’s dangerous because when you disconnect Black music from the communities and creatives who gave it life, you dilute its soul. You risk turning cultural expression into content, and legacy into a trend cycle.