Uncut With Fabs Joseph Fatola

Rap Music, unlike Afrobeats hasn't quite been able to cement its place on the hall of fame of Nigerian music, despite its growth and past successes, with notable rap artists like M.I., Olamide, Phyno, Reminisce and fast rising acts like Blaqbonez, Ladipoe... leading the charge.

Even after all these notable acts, Nigerian music lovers cannot help but argue from time to time on whether or not that genre of Nigerian music is dead. This is a question that I cannot give an answer to, whether you think it's dead in Nigeria or not, you're absolutely correct.  

Many have also argued that rap artists in Nigeria have transitioned into singers and neglected the art that's true to them. While there's some truth in this, acts like Blaqbonez and M.I. are relentless in the fight to portray that rap music is not dead in Nigeria and is very much alive. we see this in their projects that was released last year (2022), as both albums made it to #1 on the Top Albums in Nigeria o Apple Music at the time of release.  This is a question I'll leave for you to answer. Is rap dead in Nigeria?

the digitization of the music industry has definitely changed how we listen to music. not only that, but it's reshaped the entire industry, from afrobeat to the global music industry.  so what are those things its done to the industry, the good, the bad.... well i talk about a few of them here..

Nigerian music has gone to a whole new level in the past few years, we've seen Nigerian artists get Grammy Award nominations, and some artists even go as far as winning their nomination, but all of these (successes) wouldn't have been possible without the music producers constantly pushing one another and getting better at their craft.  A lot of Nigerian music fans don't even know the producers behind lots of their favorite songs. So, here I am, trying to shed more light on that and help create awareness for the section of the industry that is so important, yet, underappreciated.  

There have been some big names in production section with the likes of Sarz, Pheelz, Legendury Beatz, P2J, Shizzi, Masterkraft, to name a few, but we've also heard some new tags on some big hits over the past few years with P-Prime, Niphkeyz, Yungwilis, and others.

Spotify took away the shuffle button awhile ago as requested by Adele, here's why.