Hiphop: You got Your Top Five Naija Rappers?? Here is Ours

I Just Stumbled across a trend on twitter(Your Top Five Naija Rappers) and decided to create MPmania’s list.. In Other of Current Demand, first being the highest, We Have; Olamide, Phyno, Iceprince, Reminisce and Yung6ix…

Keep Tabs on them.. Check out these fun Biography table below

 

OLAMIDE: [@olamide_ybnl]

Olamide Adedeji (born March 15, 1989), popularly known by his stage name Olamide, is a Nigerian Hip hop recording artist from Bariga, Lagos State. He records mostly in Yoruba, his native tongue. In 2011, he released his debut studio album, Rapsodi, while signed to Coded Tunes. YBNL, his follow-up album, was released under his label imprint YBNL Nation. The album was supported by the singles “First of All”, “Voice of the Street”, “Stupid Love”, and “Ilefo Illuminati”. On November 7, 2013, he released his third studio album Baddest Guy Ever Liveth. The album’s singles include “Durosoke” and “Yemi My Lover”, among others. On July 17, 2013, Olamide became the first Nigerian to sign an endorsement deal with Cîroc. Olamide has won several music awards, including multiple Nigeria Entertainment Awards, The Headies, and Nigeria Music Video Awards (NMVA), to name a few.

 

 

PHYNO: [@phynofino]

Chibuzor Nelson Azubuike (born October 9, 1986), known as Phyno.

He Started up as a producer in 2003, a decade of passion and hard work has seen the “Ghost Mode” rapper/producer move from ‘underground hype’ to a household name in Nigeria.

Phyno grew up in Enugu and also schooled in Enugu and graduated from IMT (Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu) with a degree in Public Administration.

This man of the year hails from Anambra state and also he is the 4th child in a family of 5.

Phyno is a big name in the nigerian industry, Indigenous dope talented rapper.

 

 

ICEPRINCE: [@iceprincezamani]

Panshak Zamani (born October 30, 1986), better known by his stage name Ice Prince, is a Nigerian hip hop recording artist and actor. He rose to fame after releasing “Oleku”, one of Nigeria’s most remixed songs of all time. He won the 2009 Hennessy Artistry Club Tour. His achievements include one BET Award, one Ghana Music Award, three The Headies Awards from 12 nominations, two Nigeria Entertainment Awards from 6 nominations, and two Channel O Music Video Awards from 7 nominations. Ice Prince is currently signed to Chocolate City. His debut studio album, Everybody Loves Ice Prince, was released in 2011. It was supported by the singles “Oleku”, “Superstar”, “Juju”, and “Magician”. In 2013, Ice Prince released Fire of Zamani, his second studio album. The album contained the singles “Aboki”, “More”, “Gimme Dat”, and “I Swear”.

 

REMINISCE: [@iamreminisce]

Remilekun Abdulkalid Safaru, known by his stage name Reminisce aka ALAGA IBILE is a Nigerian singer, rapper, and song writer from Kaduna State. Reminisce decided to use the name Reminisce because the first 4 letters is a short form of his first name “Remilekun”, and the word reminisce in English language means “Indulging in enjoyable recollection of past events”; his dream has always been to make music that people will reminisce about in the future. He grew up in Lagos, studied purchasing and supply at Kwara State Polytechnic, and is a versatile rapper, singer and song writer. He sings in English and his native language, Yoruba. The prolific producer ID Cabasa discovered him alongside his friends like Jahbless, 9ice & Lord Of Ajasa and Olamide. His album, recorded at Coded Tunes studio, was never released.

 

YUNG6IX: [@yung6ix]

Onome Onokohwomo (born July 8, 1989), better known by his stage name Yung6ix, is a Nigerian rapper and hip hop recording artist. Came to Light light with two tracks, a Mixtape to Iceprince’s Oleku Beat and a Track titled Follow me Go Featuring Wizkid.

He Release the Green Light Green Mixtape in December 26, 2011 under 411 Entertainment/Storm Records. He dropped his 6ix O’Clock Album on the 6th of February, 2014 unde Krash Kamp / Tr!ck Billionaire MusiQ[KKTBM] which he is currently signed to. Yung6ix Has several songs to his credit; Turn up, Before i Go Broke, Again, First Class and more.

 

Compiled by: Akonedo Jeffrey (Jefak) for MPmania