TBT: 10 Throwback Songs That Shaped Nigeria’s Hip-Hop And Modern Afrobeat Culture

Throwback Songs; the Nigerian Hip-hop, Afrobeat, Afro-pop music industry came into it full-fledged own in the early 2000s, and ever since it taken off never looking back but the question would be who are the pioneers responsible for this astonishing rise and growth. 10 Throwback Songs That Shaped Nigeria's Hip-Hop And Modern Afrobeat Culture

That would be a very difficult question to answer rather we would streamline it to the biggest songs that travelled and cut-across all borders of language, ethnicity, regional divides and most importantly took Nigeria Hip-hop culture outside of the country’s border across Africa and then Naija to the world.

The article intends to bring back some of Nigeria’s greatest single tracks of the last 2 decades, proper hip-hop throwback songs, listen and enjoy;

  1. African Queen – 2face:
  2. Why Me – D’banj (Mo’Hits):
  3. You Don Hit My Car – Tony Tetula:
  4. Yahoozee – Olu Maintain:
  5. Maga Don Pay- Kelly Handsome:
  6. Bizzy Body -PSqaure:
  7. Ijo Ya – Sola:
  8. Endowed – D’banj:
  9. Ojuelegba-Wizkid:
  10. Jaga Jaga- Eedris Abdulkareem:

N.B: Honourable mentions; Gongo Aso- 9ice, Nomoloss-Iyawo, Azadus.

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