Are Nigerian artiste better than their african counterparts

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We Nigerians like to tout ourselves
as the pride of African music, this
might not be unconnected to the
fact that our Afrobeat has
redefined the African sound.
Nigerian music and our artistes
unarguably dominate the rest of
the continent, with superstars like
Wizkid, PSquare, Dbanj, Flavour,
Davido, Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade
successfully hawking their music
across Africa, not to mention how
Nigerian artistes are treated like a
re-incarnation of the legendary
Michael Jackson whenever they
make trips to other countries.
Meanwhile other African artistes,
the likes of Fuse odg, Sarkodie,
AKA, Casper Nyovest, Diamond
Platnumz are every bit as good as
their Nigerian counterparts and I
dare say sometimes even better,
surprisingly they do not get half
the credit, talk more of the
recognition.
Recently there has been a little bit
of a paradigm shift, with acts like
Fuse Odg, Diamond Platnumz
scoring awards head of Nigerian
acts, and there was the case of
Stonebwoy who won the BET
awards over the other nominated
Nigerian artistes, only to have
Nigerian nominees to cry foul.
Which brings me to the case of the
most popular show of the moment,
“Tecno Own The Stage”. Every
week the show sees contestant
render a karaoke performance of
some of the most popular songs in
Africa, and the world. You cannot
help but notice a trend with the
contestants, while Nigerian
contestants constantly perform
Nigerian songs all the while
avoiding songs from other African
acts like a plague, contestants
from other African countries
perform songs from their own
countries and also go ahead to
perform songs by Nigerian
artistes.
Take the case of the best
performer of episode 5, Ramar254,
who performed M. I’s wildly
acclaimed single, “Africa Rapper
Number One”, not only did the
contestant overcome the language
barrier he was also able to nail it!
The other episodes also saw
Tanzania’s “Zoccou”perform
Banky W’s “Yes or No” to a totally
awed audience, Kenyan’s “Sikin”
also tried to perform Wizkid’s
Ojuelegba unfortunately she
wasn’t able to overcome the
Language barrier.
Perhaps the other African
contestants are just better and
more daring than their Nigerian
counterparts or is Nigerian music
just like the high school bully who
continues to dominate the African
music market via their mainstream
music?

Source:tooxclusive.com

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