Vulgarity And The Nigerian Singer

Have you noticed how most
Nigerian hip-hop songs done
mostly by new artistes on the
block tend to sound the same?

Makes you want to think they are
all coming from the same stable
or producer. Well, i found out
that they are not, so I sought for
what might be responsible for
this.

In Nigeria, singers really do not
make it from record sales as
most of their works are usually
pirated or freely downloaded
from the internet, however they
make so much money from
appearances at shows and
events within and outside the
country.

But these shows and events
don’t come off a platter of gold,
silver or even aluminium. The
artistes must first gain wide
acceptance mainly from the
party going and club-attending
public, hence the music is done
to satiate the thirst and hunger
of this public.

The conditions the above public
are in when they listen to music
is such that they would care less
if it makes sense or not, as long
as there’s a particular repetitive
rhythm to which they can move
their body or bop their heads to.

This in my view is partly responsible
for the vulgarity we see in music
audios and videos nowadays in
Nigeria, unfortunately the singer
who develops a conscience
midway into his career and
decides to be a bit responsible
with his music may soon begin
to experience a nose dive in fan
base, get little airtime and fades
from public view faster than it
took to come on board.

In this dark millieu we have seen
some other artistes become
successful with less luridity and
vulgarity, propelled to success
through their talent though their
rise to fame could be said to
have been tortuous but it was
nevertheless steady, an artiste
such as Tuface fits this bill and
makes you wonder how long
Davido, whizkid and the likes can
keep up their charade before a
new set of vulgarity-slinging
dudes knocks them off the
stage.

‘kovich


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