10 most gifted Nigerian rappers of 2014
Today, rap/hiphop is now becoming a mainstream genre accepted among the people. There is now evidence that a good rapper who raps in English or his/her local dialect (or both) can be successful in the Nigerian music industry, which wasn’t the case years ago.According to a popular music site notjustok.com, the 10 artistes mentioned below […]
Today, rap/hiphop is now becoming a mainstream genre accepted among the people. There is now evidence that a good rapper who raps in English or his/her local dialect (or both) can be successful in the Nigerian music industry, which wasn’t the case years ago.
According to a popular music site notjustok.com, the 10 artistes mentioned below can be named as the most gifted rappers of 2014.
Phyno
Azubuike Chibuzo Nelson, known by his stage name Phyno, is a rapper and record producer. He is known for rapping in the Igbo language.
Olamide
Olamide Adedeji, known by his stage name Olamide, is a hip hop recording artiste. He records mostly in Yoruba, his native tongue.
Reminisce
Remilekun Abdulkalid Safaru, known by his stage name Reminisce, aka AlagaIbile, is a singer, rapper and song writer. He is one artiste to find a balance rapping both in English and Yoruba.
Mojeed
Aristokrat Records rapper Mojeed is popularly known for his hit song ‘Jagaban,’ a single off his critically acclaimed mix-tape.
Modenine
Babatunde Olusegun, better known as Mode 9 (Modenine), is another promising rapper and hiphop artiste.
Jesse Jagz
Jesse Garba Abaga, better known as Jesse Jagz, is a hiphop artiste, rapper, singer, producer and songwriter.
Ice Prince
Panshak Zamani, better known by his stage name Ice Prince, is a rapper, hip hop recording artiste and actor.
Illbliss
Tobechukwu Melvin Ejiofor, popularly known by his stage name Illbliss is a hip hop recording artiste, stage performer, businessman and owner of the managing outfit, The Gorretii Company.
Falz
Folarin Falana is a rapper and also the son of renowned lawyer, Femi Falana. He is also known as Falz the Bahd Guy. He runs a self-owned independent record label, Bahd Guys Records.
Yung6ix
Onome Onokohwomo, better known by his stage name Yung6ix, is a rapper and hiphop recording artiste.