It is safe to say Nigeria has a very remarkable influence in the Music Industry in Africa. It sees the emergence of new talent and the rise to global recognition of existing musical acts like Burna Boy, Olamide, Wizkid and Davido among others
The Musical Acts have made their mark and are still thriving but our focus right now is on the upcoming new voices that got our attention. This Young Acts have unique sounds and special methods of delivery. As an upcoming young Act, they have amassed relatively large fan base due to social media and their online presence which have followed a glimpse into their lives and their creative process
Here is our list of the Young Upcoming Musical Acts to watch out for in Nigeria.
1. REMA (DIVINE AKUBOR)
The
new artiste, Rema, is an 18-year-old emerging artist, whose real name
is Divine Ikubor ( Rema grew up, lived and hustled in Benin City. As a
young rapper in church and school, he knew from an early age of eleven
that music was what he wanted to spend his life doing. Rema went on to
perform on several stages in Benin City and created his own live band
while still in school..). “Rema is a formidable young artist: with his skill and versatility, he has a unique place in the future of Afro beats. The singer was discovered by D’Prince, who is Don Jazzy’s biological brother.
“When
I first heard Rema’s work I knew this was an artist I wanted the entire
world listening to; his talent and artistry are so far beyond his
years. By collaborating with Mavin Global, Jonzing World will be able to
discover and develop not just Rema but many more exceptional talents
like him. This is only the beginning,”
Don Jazzy said Rema’s sound is unique and tilted towards Afrobeat, Trap, and Alternative music.
“It
still feels like a dream. It is such a blessing for me to be chosen for
something great, and given a platform as big as Mavin Global and a team
as supportive as Jonzing World to enable me to achieve my career
objectives in music. I am super excited about what the future holds. He's defintely an Act to watch out for in Nigeria.
2. TRILL TEGA (TEGA ERHIMU)
Tega Erhimu AKA "Trill Tega" , is a rap artist born in Ireland and based
in Calgary Alberta and Lagos, Nigeria. Born on March 23, 2001, he later
took a great interest in creating rap music "trap". He moved to Calgary
in the early 2014's, where he quickly became well known member in the
community. Not long into the start of his music career, Tega had conflict with
his school "Strathcona Tweedsmiur School", were he was Suspended for his
choice of music making. At this time he had dropped his first mixtape
"Frost season". The school had made him delete the entire mixtape of
Soundcloud which would spark alot of controversy around and outside of
school. He had alot of people to back him and would later release the
mixtape again under another account weeks later. He had started
releasing music once again in his second year of being in Canada which
lead to more tracks being made later on.
His Single "PLUG FOR THE WEEK"
was made in the summer of 2017 in Huston Texas. This would be the track
that spear headed his music career much further and later released and
album tittled "Trillogy". A music video for Plug for the week appeared
on youtube as of August 27th 2017 which currently has racked up
thousands of views. In 2017, Tega moved to Cambridge in England where he
currently studies. Since then he has released another album titled
"TRILL" which stands for "Too Real In Living Life" on multiple platforms
such as Apple music, Spotify and tidal, consisting of 11 tracks and two
singles"Bandz Bandz" and "Telenovela". His music has continued to see
more growth as he meets up with higher people in the industry and
improve on his tracks working with more producers. Tega has been offered to work with a huge record label SONY
AFRICA which manage most of Nigeria top Celebrities such as Dbanj and
WIZKID, but has not fully solidified his deal due to the fact that he is
still a minor and must wait till he is an adult to make the decision.
As of now, he is currently under his own unregistered record label
"TrillTrax". He's definitely an Act to watch out for in Nigeria.
3. HAEKINS (AKINWALERE ABIOLA)
New artist 19 year old name is Akinwalere Abiola known as (Haekins lomona) is a fast rising Artist who hails from the sunshine state Akure , grew up on the mainland of Lagos state Alagbado, at low cost ojokoro estate, Mieran ijaiye, where he used to be a Rapper, started from church and made his group of 3 rappers called Rapture at the early age of 13 went to Ezekiel college at ogba and happened to be the schools superstar at that time before graduating
Haekins
have been performing on different stages since 11 , talent shows
amongst others a few years back where he came second out of 30
contestants Haekins has a special voice with
unique skills in his lyrics and his versatility being able to make every
genre of music he is inspired by
Like : fuji,
Reggae, Afro hip hop is his official genre and he’s determined to take
his talent mainstream, signed to skyrise entertainment but meanwhile the
sky is his beginning. He's another Musical Act to watch out for in Nigeria.
4. LIL FROSH (ERUKU MAKANAKI)
Lil Frosh aka Eruku Makanaki, the raving man of the moment who brought up the slang Sonto Poilo Firi Yahoo after he was involved in some instagram rap freestyles. He currently owns a track which features one of Nigeria's popular music Act, the Agege frontier, Small Doctor which is titled Firi Yahoo. Much is expected from this talented rapper as he spits bars on every freestyle he jumps on. He is about to be the new wave of indigenous rap in Nigeria. You guys should watch out for him!
5. KING ABSTRAKTT (ABSTRAKTT)
Abstraktt, 22-year old hip-hop/alternative rapper propelling moves in the state of Lagos, Nigeria with hot tracks like givvam, catch a vibe & come thruuu.
Started doing music professionally since 2014, and since then, he’s been able to fuse rap with a couple of genres, including dancehall, afro beat, house music and the likes. Currently working on his sophomore tape, Abstraktt tags his kind of music “alternative rap”. He’s another Act yo watch out for in Nigeria!
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