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How RuggedMan and 9ice elevated Afrobeat

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10 years ago, after Tuface Idibia had blessed the world with African Queen, two (2) Nigerian Music legends, Ruggedman and 9ice released a popular joint that would change the history of African music in the world forever. The smashing hit song, titled ‘’Ruggedy Baba’’ was the turning point for afrobeats music, not only in Nigeria, but in Africa as a whole. As you may have known, Nigeria is the heart of Africa and where ever Nigeria goes, the rest of Africa follows. Ruggedy Baba was a song that espoused, bolstered and propagandized the concept of mother tongue in hip hop music, transposing the myth of rappers who often claimed that only those who rap in English like Americans are truly hip hop heads. The boastful ‘’Ruggedy Baba’’synthesized hip hop music with traditional tune that was not very popular at the time and produce a masterpiece of Afrobeats music that would go on to inspire confidence in the younger generation of African artists and embolden them to confidently incorpo...

Olamide becomes first music act to own TV Station in Africa

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Science Student crooner, Olamide Adedeji has launched a Television Station named Voice of the Street (VOTS). The YBNL Boss is the first music act in Africa to own a TV station. The Rapper who recently announced proposed marriage to his long time baby mama made this known via his Instagram page on Thursday, March 15, 2018, which is also his birthday. "It's been all joy and blessings for me since I started my journey to being the man I dreamt to be. Though I had a lot of hurdles and setbacks, I kept moving because I was certain of what was inside of me. Today is another special day marking the beginning of another special year in my life and I also have the privilege of owning a T.V station that would change the face of entertainment in Africa. "As one of the first African entrepreneurs to own a channel, I am giving out 100 decoders (PLAY TV) to the first 100 people to get to PLAY TV's premise today. Each decoder comes with a fully paid one-year subscription to...

Top 10 Olamide’s hit songs

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This is the maiden edition of Mr Rights top 10 hit songs from Nigerian Afro beat super stars defining Africa and global music trends. On a weekly basis, we shall be discussing top 10 hit songs from Nigerian music stars and this week, we begin with Olamide, the voice of the street. Olamide is the most followed artist in Nigeria, he owns the street like an inherited property. Since his emergence on the music scene in 2010, the one popular called baddo has continued to grow from strength to strength. Here is Olamide’s top 10 hit tracks not in any particular order. 1. Eniduro (This is Olamide’s debut hit song in 2011. A purely hardcore local rap) 2. Omotoshan 3. First of All 4. Eledami 5. Story for the gods 6. Goons Mi 7. Who you epp 8. Melo Melo 9. Bobo 10. Wo This is the most recent hit song of 2017 currently rocking the airwaves. Do you agree with this rating? Let me here you views