Tonto Dikeh and househelp show off their matching outfits
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Guess who just joined D'banj's record label!
Nollywood actress and singer, Tonto Dikeh has officially joined D’banj’s DB record label. She’s actually the first female act. I know what most of you are thinking. “From where to where? How come?” That’s what’s up! God forgive your hearts! Bangalee, as D’banj is fondly called made the announcement on his instagram page this afternoon. A collabo from both of them? That’s a sure banker! We are waiting.
Oops! Tonto Dikeh's relative claims her Grass to Grace story is false.
Few days ago, Engineer-turned actress, Tonto Dikeh shared an inspiring Grass-Grace story with her fans all over the world; she talked about how she begged from hand-mouth, engaged in menial jobs to survive and her odyssey in the Nigerian movie industry. However, a whistle-blower believed to be a relative saw the story on twitter and labelled it a lie. Read Tonto’s story and the lady’s tweets below.
“Hmmmm looking back and all I can say iz Lord I thank you for talent oh life waz nt easy somtimz it seemz iz d end of d world, n somtimz I even sit n ask God why me? N somtimz I used to say why waz I nt born abroad cuz I used to think money fall frm tree ova der! Uni life waz so hard for me, handouts I could not afford I beg frm hand to hand jst to eat! Den wil be jeans @ alaba market if d jeanz is longer Dan me I will cut it to my size n I will say iz rugged jeans! I will ask frdz for favour b4 they help they will ask me to do somtin for dem eg clean their room, help with course work jst to hav 2000 nair gosh, I never allowed dat to pull me down play like play I finished my uni n graduate with 2nd class Engineering! Job waz hard to get mov frm place to place until 1 day I came across a poster dat says BE THE NEXT MOVIE STAR I applied and to GOD be the Glory THEY called me I waz sort listed for the realty TV show tho I dint win tho I dint win but I came out 2nd and the rest iz history so palz if I can make it in 9ja! U can also do d same life iz full of HARD TIMEZ but never let it break u down, never give up fight for what u believe cause God haz iz special plan for u! Diz my life my story hope to read urz som day n I see greatness in daz readn diz #EasyLionEasyTiger #poko”.
Her relative’s reply
@tushmee: “Biggest Lie of d year. U wantu be relevant??Look 4 oda ways…. Dnt try 2 put accross 2 d world dat our fada wasn’t capable**Dat man wld die 4 all of us. I could go 2 d press $ reveal who u truly r but m 2 blown 4 dat**Dnt bring down d family by talkn trash..We had d best life any1 cld wish 4. STUPIDITY @ its peak *Smh*. Lord knows,I don’t regret saying d truth but I didn’t say it 2 bring her down*I did wot I did 2 stand up 4 ma family dat I luv $ dad I adore”
PHOTOS: TONTO DIKEH SHOOTS "ITZ OVA" VIDEO
Tonto Dike during the video shoot
The video of Tonto Dikeh’s massively downloaded but hugely criticized song, “Itz Ova’ has been shot. Yay or Nay! Hope the video would make up for….ermm, whatever you think of it. I look forward to an amazing video tho’.
The video was directed by Moses Sneeze Inwang and Gbaymee Phillips of Koga studio.

WORLDS APART? TONTO DIKE AND STELLA DAMASUS RELEASE SINGLES
I need to take a deep breath on this one. The last time I checked, it isn’t a crime for an entertainer or an artiste to diversify into other lines of businesses. We’ve seen a couple of actor or actresses who at one point or the other went to the studio to release singles; Omotola, Genevieve, Gabriel Afolayan and recently Tonto Dike and Stella Damasus who released theirs yesterday or so.
Blogsphere or the two most popular social sites, Facebook and twitter went seismic yesterday over Tonto Dike’s songs whereas not the slightest form of fuss was raised on Stella’s. I understand that one sang better than the other and it’s not a crime for fans, or music freaks to register their disappointment or satisfaction after listening to both.
I listened to the two songs and honestly, they didn’t sound as baaaad as people profess(ed) it to be. Besides ( I wrote it last week (quoting Bon online) that she said her song was going to leave you dazed, meaning she ‘warned’ you before hand.lol
Was tonto’s song that bad or people just felt like blowing it out of proportion? Even if the songs are bad, one thing is she or both are rookies in the music industry and if they have found another calling in music there can always be room for improvement.
I know first impression lasts but there are some artistes whose first single turned out to be epic fail but they later picked up, let’s just hope someone sings a much more better song next time. So it’s not yet ova.looool