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Keziah Jones (born Olufemi Sanyaolu on January 10, 1968 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He describes his musical style as “Blufunk”, which is a fusion between raw blues elements and hard, edgy funk rhythms. Also his Nigerian roots and soul music can be considered a major influence on his sound.
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Sean Tye is West Africa’s next great gift to the music industry. With his sweet and distinct voice, microphone presence and lyrics that tell the tale of young love and street life as well as life’s hopes and aspirations, Sean Tye is Africa’s latest artist whose songs take you on a journey of passion, intimacy, and sustaining lifelong love. His microcosmic depiction of the ups and downs involved in relationships combined with macro cosmic/grandiose view of life, in general, allow his listeners to cope with the day to day struggles of life and love.
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Zuby is an anomaly in hip hop. As proficient on stage as he is the classroom, the Oxford graduate certainly doesn’t fit into the ‘generic rapper’ category.
Zuby’s captivating flow, thought-provoking social commentary and powerful stage presence quickly cast aside any doubts about his ability. With musical influences ranging from Jay-Z and LL Cool J, to Gangstarr and Talib Kweli, he has the rare ability to craft catchy and memorable songs without sacrificing lyrical depth.
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Multi-instrumentally talented Objazz plays the keyboards, the guitars, the saxophone along with percussions which makes it only natural that he be a very versatile producer. He also writes all his songs and songs for other artists. Started doing music as early as age 7 learning the guitar and the piano. After a while he began to write and perform in school with the choir as well as doing solo performances. This was the beginning of his recording journey that will take him many years later to record a full-length album.
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On December 7, 2008, Cross River born Iyanya was announced winner at the debut edition of MTN Project Fame West Africa, thus becoming the first winner to ever emerge from the West African series of the globally renowned reality TV platform. And now, after an interesting year, recording with TY Mix, OJB, K solo, Wazbeat; performing across the length and breadth of Nigeria and enjoying his status as one of the country’s fastest- rising talents, the dashing singer is now finally ready to hit the streets with his debut album.
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I’m aware of the ability of music to alter and evoke emotional states, its power to gladden hearts, lighten moods, and inspire that lovey dubby romantic state that’s launched thousands of love songs onto the world charts. My purpose is to distill and heighten the evocative quotient in my music to enable my listeners access healthy, positive and higher emotional states through my songs. My dream, my vision, is the creation of an album that will be a potpourri of intense and beautiful emotions, woven into timeless songs. An album that’ll make you proud to be African, eager to fall in love again, yearn for a higher and nobler state of being.
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Being a young Nigerian female growing up in Raleigh, North Carolina, Nyja’s inspiration was the surge of energy that ran through her when her young eyes twinkled at the sight of rappers battling. Not Knowing that one day she would become a queen of freestyle battles, she set out at the tender age of 11 and let all her emotions explode from her mouth. Having to work twice as hard to make it in the Naija scene being as though she was based in America.
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9jatruth is a Spoken Word artist. The name 9jatruth comes from combining three of her biggest passions: God, Nigeria, and Honesty. 9jatruth was born in the United States and raised in both Nigeria and the States. Growing up in both countries greatly impacted who she is today. Her passion for knowing the truth and speaking the truth ultimately led to the creation of 9jatruth.







