The Nigerian music industry is the name used to recognize music acts from Nigeria so when ever the word Nigeria music is mentioned what comes to mind is The Nigeria music artists.
They Nigeria music industry though dated back to the early nineteen century was made popular by fela kuti,fela was the one behind the modern music we enjoy today in Nigeria.After three years into his music career,he left the shores of Nigeria to america where he learnt how to put everything about afropop music under his control,when he came back he became practically invisible as he was releasing hits after hit at the same speaking for the masses against bad governance,as a result of his criticism against the government he was sentenced to five years in prison though he served for only two years before he was released as a result of massive protest by both Nigerians at home and in diaspora, immediately he came out from prison fela went on to divorce his twenty eight saying that no 'man owns the female sex organ'.Though fela was rumored to have died of Aids but never the less the modern day music we enjoy today was urshered in by him.
So let's dive into the music of today,how it all started lol,tuface idibia formed the platumshum bois with black face and so many others who worked hard to put back the Nigerian music industry into limelight but could not until tuface managed to come up with a banger titled my 'African Queen',this song wasa massive banger in Evey nook and cranny of re the society to the extent that the wife of the president decided to reward this promising talent then with lots of cash gift.Tuface did not stop after this but went on to bring in more and more hits which catapulted the Nigerian music industry,as tubaba as fondly called now was at it other artists started waves too such as the likes of the group called Danfo Drivers , rappers started dating the game to such as Sky B and the rest but this one was outside among equals then.Tubaba and these good artist continued to dominate the Nigerian music industry until the early 2006 to 2007 when the latter started fading the my baby crooner was no where to be found again, though he tried to win his way back to the industry on so many attempts but was unfortunate, the same was the fate of the Danfo Drivers,the lost it all,then African china was also making hits here and there and at same time criticising the government, rumored had it that one of our ex president had wanted to kill him after singing the hit song 'Nigeria jaga jaga'.after this era.The era of Afro beat was urshered in, this time the koko master popularly called d'banj came on board.
Kennis music was still doing wonderful things with tuface when d'bang who formed a music group with don Jazzy came on board ,D banJ started breaking records and limit by his single titled'cocoa and chocolate'this song not only topped the charts back home but was the number one in the whole of Africa, perhaps this was the beginning of the projection of the Nigerian music industry to the world, unlike how it used to be with the playing of Nigerian songs by Nigerians,this time the whole african continent was vibeing and whinnying to the song which made it win so many awards both home and abroad.then came the two twins who were being managed by their elder brother.
Gentlemen and Gentlemen in skirts may we all give it to the boys who brought in Rick Ross.Psquare gained attention thier song titled'do me I do you man no go vex' this song was something else,you could hardly pass by any house who had sound system without hearing this wonderful melodies song meanwhile Tubaba,D banJ and Bracket were equally not left out as they were they heavy weights,these men did not give us space for dulling with thier good Music this continued,hits after hits made us forgot our worries as these men worked tirelessly to make sure our feet were on the ground shaking.Then other record labels started springing up such as EME,this particular record label has gone on the release the most popular musician to ever come out from Nigeria behind fela kuti.It had acts like wizkid,sales,chaddy,and so many other but Wizkid stood out among equals his prominent song titled 'holla at your boy'immediately became a house hold song,the city people's magazine had so many write-ups for him ,some called him the studio boy, others studio rats but in all his greatness had started with that song holla at your boy.He went in to back it up with tease me',this was just a free styling but it immediately gained attention.some notable songs include'pakurumo'which had one of the greatest actresses funke akindele in it.
Then another major star by name Davido started immediately with heavy duty songs such as 'back when'dami duro'.And so many other notable songs,Rappers were not equally dull ,M I,ice pince,naeto c,olamide were all smooching the whole country,raggae and dance hall which was made popular by majek fashack wasn't left out as A list acts such as Timaya,patoranking,burna boy, cynthia morgan the German juice crooner never allowed it to be a thing of the past.These artists have worked tirelessly and still working in order to ensure that the Nigerian Music industry is one to be feared and respected by the world.
So the Nigerian music would have been more or less dead without these players as they continue to out our country on the world map.
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