JJC AND 419 SQUARDS

JJC & 419 Squad's music is an uplifting blend of Hip-Hop, African rhythms, salsa, R'n'B and beyond. They classify themselves and their music as 'Afropean', i.e. Africans based in the European Diaspora, in this case Nigerians living in London. Lyrically, the four-piece (JJC, Smokey, M.P. and S.O. Simple) mixes English and Pidgin English with Yoruba, their native Nigerian language. 'JJC' stands for 'Johnny just come', a term Africans use to mock other Africans that have just arrived in the Diaspora. The number '419' relates to the advance fee fraud scam, often referred to as '4-1-9' fraud after the section of the Nigerian penal code which makes it illegal. The humorous approach is carried over into the lyrics (example: "My name is Ade, I am a Yardie. You wanna make some money really quickly? Well, bring your passport and bank statement ...").The group has established themselves as one of the leading African hip-hop acts, even winning the 'Best African Group' category at the 2004's KORA All Africa Music Awards (the pan-African equivalent of the Grammy Awards). JJC & 419 Squad have recorded tracks with a number of other African acts, such as Ghanaian hip-life superstar Tic Tac, Tanzanian R'n'B singer T.i.D., fellow Nigerian artists Maintain, Weird MC, Tony Tetuila, Trybesmen, Blaise & SID of Da Trybe, Sasha, Ruggedman and Kween. Charismatic frontman JJC is also known as Skillz, a top UK producer who has worked with the likes of Jamelia, Lemar, Big Brovaz, Liberty X and Jay Sean.
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RUGGEDMAN

THE NAME:The name came when I was in high school and fresh into the rap game proper. Every one wanted a name that didn’t sound weak and Ruggedman was the one I came up with, after I thought Rugged Soul was a bit too deep and the tag 'Mc' a bit over flogged.

INFLUENCES:My early influences came from NWA, KRS One, Poor Righteous Teachers, Leaders Of The New School, King Sun… etc. Now they are Nas, DMX, Eminem, Dr. Dre and especially all the wack rappers in Nigeria.

Born Michael Ugochukwu Stephens on the 20th of September in Ebem Ohafia, Abia state, all levels of schooling were done in Lagos state. I am a graduate of Political Science Lagos State University Ojo. I started loving rap music from around 1989 when I was learning the words in rap tracks I liked and rapping along to their instrumentals - until I decided that I could do mine, then I started writing my own lyrics. 1999 was when I put out my first cd for air play. The cd contained two tracks: 1, What If? - which was produced by and also featured Paul Play Dairo; and 2, "Gwo-gwo". These two tracks got massive airplay. Then in 2002 I decided to do a track criticizing a couple of Nigerian rappers and the track titled Ehen Part 1 has blown sky high nation wide.
My two new songs “BIG BROS” (in which I took on a so-called music mogul in Nigeria for trying to stop my song getting played on radio stations 'cos I talked about him) and “WHAT YOU GOT” (which is a dance track for people who said all I can do is diss) are both getting mega air play in Nigeria and abroad. My dance track is a favourite in a couple of Clubs in London and Ireland.

GO CHECK HIM OUT ON ;. www.myrhythm.com/ruggedman

Asa.

Asha was born in France in 1982 to Nigerian parents under the name Bukola Elemide. At the age of two, her parents returned with her to the-then capital of Nigeria, Lagos. Asha went on to grow up in the Plateau city of Jos, before returning to sub-Sahara’s most populous metropolis at the age of 18. It was then that she heard of a music school established between Lagos and Badagry by former saxophone star Peter King. Asha plunged into guitar studies there for a year and emerged with the goal of establishing herself as a major international musician within the next decade.

CHAMILLIONAIR

CHAMILLIONAIR.

Hakeem Seriki (born November 28, 1979, in Washington D.C.) is an American Entrepreneur and Grammy Award winning rapper from the Acres Homes ...
We present 37 different Chamillionaire lyrics and remixes all listed in alphabetical order. Besides Chamillionaire lyrics you can also browse Chamillionaire images/album covers. You can choose to translate Chamillionaire lyrics to different languages as well. FOR MORE DETAILS visit his lyrics here on

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ELDEE

ELDEE THE TRYBEMEN.

While some may not be comfortable with eLDee’s choice for an album title – ‘Return of the King’, he most definitely has a claim to the throne, if such a seat exists in Nigerian hip-hop. At a time when hip-hop in Nigeria was badly in need of an identity, groups like the Trybesmen – of which he was a founding member, provided the blueprint for the style that is now generally accepted as African hip-hop. The key to the new art, lay in fusing the obviously western lyrical finesse with African melodies and slang.

THE NAIJA BEST FEMALE RAPER

SASHA

THE NAIJA HOTEST BABE SASHA a.ka FIRST LADY OF HIP HOP in AFRICA a.k.a NAIJA'S FEMALE MVP is the first female rap artiste from West Africa to be nominated for a KORA. With achievements like winning the West African Kora preliminaries in Ghana where she competed against artistes from six African countries in 2004 and sharing stages with international acts like Ginuwine, Dru Hill, Boys II men, Akon, Ja Rule and Kevin Little, it is no surprise that she is a force to reckon with in the Nigerian entertainment industry. Her stage craft has created a style that is no one else's and her dynamism ranges from Lawyer in waiting to Designer to Writer to rap artiste and recently founder of the Pink ribbon Foundation created to raise awareness for breast cancer. She has continued to remain in high demand and recently made a cameo appearance in Akon's tribute to Africa video MAMA AFRICA in September, 2006. In only three years her resume has distinguished her as an A list artiste while she has worked with the best Nigerian artistes and has been featured on a series of hit songs , including her widely acclaimed hit single EMI LE GAN. Her new singles ADARA, NOT 2NITE and ONLY ONE from her album are currently receiving massive airplay on radio stations nationwide.Tour dates for 2008 will be updated soon. Her debut album {one of the most anticipated} FIRST LADY IS OUT NOW..GO GRAB A COPY.

2-FACE

2-FACE
It’s official - Nigerian 2-Face Idibia tonight made music history by becoming the first artist to win the Best African Act award at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards in Lisbon. The award was created in 2005 to mark the addition of MTV base, MTV’s pan-African TV channel, to the MTV global television family

SAUCE KID

SAUCE KIDDO.

Sauce Kid is One of the Premiere Mc's Africa has ever produced is on the rize in both fame and stardom,He has managed to snatch the listening ears of a lot of viewers, listeners and even record execs...his music video for his no 1 hit single "Omoge Wa Jo" has earned him a nomination at the Channel O music Awards in South Africa......... He is all about African Hiphop......Let's come together.......all Africans.......lets make this a successful African Hiphop Movement.

The kongo aso master that make know what music is in nigeria
as promise to be faithfull to his fans in the country.
and he promise to remain his loyality to his producer ld cabasa
find out much about kongo aso master here on
www.9iceonline.com
www.facebook.com/aboloreakand

The koko master

The 2nd man to won the mtv base award on 2007.

the number one master of the girls planing

he promise his fans that he and his bossman Don jazzy

will take the nigeria music industry to the next level

by creating moa hit records.

find out much about the koko maser and his Don of the bosses Don jazzy here on.

http://www.mohitrecord.com/

that every music they make would be a hit.

the koko master(D-Banj) good times are finally here,with over a dozen awards and his smashing hit like "BODI GIRL" with wande cole and Da prince, SiD that rocked the airwaves,mp3 phones and it also banged in every club.