Author: klumpkin97
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Erigga Samples Nina Simone on “Death Bed”
Nina Simone has famously been sampled by several American heavy weight rappers such as Kanye West, Talib Kweli, Common and many more. Nigerian rapper Erigga, also known as Paperboi, took a note from the greats and included Nina Simone’s “Don’t Let be Misunderstood” to serve as the background on his track “Death Bed”.
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Famous: Bringing Moroccan Culture to the United States
Moroccan rapper French Montana arrived to the South Bronx in 1996. At the time he immigrated, the rap scene in New York was incredibly popular with heavy weights such as the Notorious B.I.G, Jay Z, Nas, and Mobb Deep ruling the scene. French Montana became enamored with rap, and decided to pursue a career of
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Saeon Moruda: The Rule Breaker
Nigerian rapper Saeon Moruda was interviewed on TVC Breakfast earlier this month (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY8rPYgPdYY&feature=youtu.be&a). The reporters noted that she was set to dominate in a male dominated genre, yet proceeded to ask her incredibly sexist questions throughout her interview and interrupt her several times while she attempted to answer. Early on in Saeon’s interview, one of
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2 Queen Kongs in Nigeria
Scholar Adam Haupt wrote that when artists use multilingual word play, “parallel discursive universes” are created that allow the artist to switch between reaching their own local audience, and a larger “white discursive universe”. This theory is proved true in “Queen Kong” by Pryse featuring Eva Alordiah. Within the first 20 seconds of the song,
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Nigeria’s Boogeyman
https://soundcloud.com/boogeythat/no-country-for-dreamers-prod-ammeromi No Country For Dreamers- Boogey While no Nigerian musician has notably been an outspoken critic on the politics of Nigeria since the legend Fela Kuti, up and coming rapper Boogey makes a political statement through music with his track “No Country for Dreamers”. Boogey attempts to explain the tough current political climate of Nigeria