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TBT: Looking Back at The Emperor’s ‘Redemption’
Few months ago Jesse Garba Abaga, brother of Nigeria's biggest rap export Jude Abaga released his first single since returning from a music hiatus. Hip Hop Africa takes a look back at Jesse Jagz 2013 hit 'Redemption,' the song...
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Throwback Thursday: When M.I Abaga Dropped The Movie.
Nigerian veteran rapper, M.I Abaga is no doubt one of the most prolific Nigerian rappers to ever touch the mic. A status he did not only clinch but has consistently proved for decades.M.I. is one of those stars that...
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Local Rapper: Reminisce, Olamide, and Phyno Are Legends
The Nigerian rap scene has experienced a lot of different phases. From being a scene full of Yankee wannabee rappers to finally finding a way to infuse Afrobeats into Hip-hop and of course finally being a beautiful sight to...
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DAVIDO: Various Times He Killed His S’African HipHop Collabs
South Africa is easily the second go-to country for Nigerian artists when they are looking to collaborate with other African talents, only second to Ghana.001 as he is fondly called by fans, has been away from social media for...
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NAETO C: Your Favorite Rapper’s Favorite.
Looking back to the early 2000s when Hip-hop was easily the fliest music out of Nigeria, Naeto C was one of the stand-up guys who rocked that wave.Born Naetochukwu Chikwe, Naeto C who is also fondly called Super C...
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#ThrowBackThursday: With Just A few Days To The Nigerian Election, How 9ice Could It be?
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Nigeria, in few days from days away from now, would be faced with the decision of electing a new leader to rule the country and various offices in the country. The country has undergone various challenges and triumphs, from...
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#ThrowBackThursday: ModeNine’s “Cry” Still Speaks of Nigeria’s Societal Ills Happening Today
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Our #ThrowBackThursday for this week is a classic. We bring back Nigerian Hip Hop artist ModeNine with the song “Cry”.The second track on Modenine‘s 2007 album E’ Pluribus Unum released under Questionmark Entertainment is arguably one of the award-winning...
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#ThrowBackThursday: Late Sound Sultan’s Evergreen “Mathematics” On The ills Of Society
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Nigeria, the Giant Of Africa is currently under critical decision making and the tension of its forthcoming election is weighing in on its citizens. Last week we did a throwback on a song that spoke of the ills of...
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#ThrowBackThursday: 2004, The Eedris Abdulkareem Hip-Hop Era In Nigeria
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The Nigeria election is less than 40 days away and the state of the country is still “Jaga Jaga”.Eedris AbdulKareem is one of the most popular old-school artists in Nigeria who reigned in the late ’90s and early ’20s.Aside...
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It's another Thursday and you know why we love Thursdays. It's time for Throwback. It's about time to invoke a state of nostalgia amongst our audience to display HipHop Africa's Collaboration with Some of Africa's finest underground rappers.Awon Temi was...
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KHUKHUMELE: THE “CASH TALK” BANGER BY LOWFEYE AND LACABRA
When Lowfeye began teasing his fresh-off-the-block single, Khukhumele, in early December, I knew right away it would become an...