Tuesday, September 22, 2009

THE NAIJA HIP HOP CENSUS

I am writing this with jay z's "run this town" banging in my earphones.i know what iam about to say will cause a lot of ruckus,but isn't it time we know who actually runs this naija music industry.its not that iam being tribalistic or something(God forbid),but iam just trying to break this down into the 3 major ethnic groups in Nigeria.this is no divide and conquer thing(just facts).

Yoruba -
Artquake,Yemi sax,Da grin,Pype,Sheyman,Banky w,Rayan t,Sound sultan,Baba dee,Femi kuti,Seun kuti,Yinka davies,OJB,Niyola,Omotola,Sauce kid,Dare art alade,Lagbaja,Tony tetuila,Eldee,Durella,Dbanj,Wande Coal,9ice,Lord of ajasa,I.D cabasa,Modenine,Bouqui,Sasha,Deebee,Olu maintain,Weird mc,Asa,Shola allynson,Oluwe,Paul play,Ara,KSB,Seyi shodimu,Kash 11,Dekunle fuji,Minus 2,Kemistry,Bigiano,LKT,Klever jay,Jazzman olofin,Zeal,Rooftop mcs,MP, Infinity,Rasqie,Danny young,Folake umosen & Beautiful nubia

Hausa -
Terry g,Six foot plus,OD,Terry da rapman,M.I,eedris abdulkareem,Zule zoo,Jeremiah gyang,2face,Blackfaze

Igbo -
Kelly hansome,Kefee,Mr kool,Alabai,Styl plus(2/3),Djinee,African china,Obiwon,Kween,Charlie boy,Omawunmi,Bracket,Timaya,Dj zeez,2shotz,Adaz,Ruggedman,Naeto c,Ikechukwu,Kel,Nigga raw,Illbliss, Kaha,Mtrill,Flavour,Duncan mighty,Freestyle,Faze,Sunny neji,Resonance,P square,Azu ekiye,Sammie okposo,Gordons,Cyrus da virus,Genevieve,J.I,Tony one week,Sanchez,Soty,Sky b,Stereoman,Spydaman,Marvellous benjy,J martins & sean tero

Unverified* - Cmion,Dr sid,Gino,Ty bello,YQ,Soul e,H-man,Morachi,Zidon,Samsong, Dsmart,X project,W4,Mad melon & Mountain black,Gt da guitarman & Blaise

This is a fairly accurate calculation,so if you see something a little bit out of place,notify me.from the data above we can deduce that

1.Yoruba artistes run the naija hip hop game.
Yoruba-43%
Hausa-7.6%
Igbo-36.1%
Unverified*-13%

2.Igbo artistes run the naija rap game.
Yoruba-35.7%
Hausa-14.2%
Igbo-39.2%
Unverified*-10.7%

3.Yoruba artistes run the R&B game.
Yoruba-43.8%
Hausa-6.8%
Igbo-34.2%
Unverified*-15%

4.Yoruba artistes run the gospel scene.
Yoruba-50%
Hausa-8.3%
Igbo-33.3%
Unverified*-8.3%

5.its a tie in the afrobeat/reggae/highlife/other genres scene.
Yoruba-38.8%
Hausa-5.5%
Igbo-38.8%
Unverified*-16.6%

*Unverified-artistes whose state of origin iam yet to ascertain.

1 comment:

  1. Ty Bello is yoruba full name is Oluwatoyin Bello nee Sokefun

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