1. Chamillionaire:
Also known as Hakeem Seriki, is an American rapper and entrepreneur from Houston, Texas. He is the CEO of Chamillitary Entertainment. Chamillionaire was also the founder and an original member of The Color Changin’ Click until the group split in 2005. He began his career independently with local releases in 2002, including collaboration album Get Ya Mind Correct
with fellow Houston rapper and childhood friend Paul Wall.

He signed to Universal Records in 2005 and released The Sound of Revenge under Universal. It included hit singles “Turn It Up” featuring Lil’ Flip and the number-one, Grammy-winning hit “Ridin’” featuring Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs-n-
Harmony.

2. Sikiru Adepoju – 1991 (Planet Drum) and 2009 (Global Drum Project):
Sikiru Adepoju (pronounced Seek-ee-roo Ah-deh-po-joo) is a master of the talking drum and many other Yoruba percussion instruments. Born in Eruwa, Nigeria, Sikiru hails from the traditional lineage of Yoruba talking drummers culturally referred to as Ayan which means “one who has
descended from drummers lineage,” and began playing under the tutelage of his father Chief Ayanleke Adepoju at the age of six. Along with his brothers Saminu and Lasisi, Sikiru accompanied the family’s talking drum ensemble for several years.

After moving to the San Fransico Bay Area in 1985, Sikiru joined the influential and pioneering Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olantunji and his Drums of Passion. This marked a lengthy period of high productivity from Sikiru which saw
him recording and performing throughout the world until a year before Olantunji’s death in 2003. During this period he was introduced to Grateful Dead drummer, Mickey Hart, who has called Sikiru “The Mozart of the talking drum,” and employed him on many of his personal projects including the Grammy award winning albumsPlanet Drum (1991) and Global Drum Project (2008). He is currently performing with the Mickey Hart Band in support of their album "Mysterium Tremendum" which features Sikiru’s vocals on the track “Who Stole The Show.”

3. Sade Adu:
Musician, singer. Born Helen Folasade Adu on January 16, 1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria. Raised in London by her English mother, Sade developed several interests as a teen, including singing, fashion design and modeling. She sang with a few local bands before signing with Epic Records and
recording her first album, Diamond Life, in 1984. A huge hit in her native England, the album also had mass appeal across the pond thanks to such singles as “Smooth Operator.” In 1986, she won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

Sade’s subsequent multi-platinum albums, Promise, Stronger Than Pride andLove Deluxe, established her as a top-selling soul and pop artist. She took
a new route with her 2000 album, Lovers Rock, which was released eight years after Love Deluxe and incorporated a more mainstream sound. The record, and particularly the chart-topping single, “By Your Side,” helped her win over new audiences. Two years later, the album and ensuing tour inspired her first live recording, Lovers Live. Sade returned to the studio and released her sixth album In February 2010, Soldier of Love.


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noted!

If only u had completed it without redirecting to another blog, u would have made front page. Well better luck next time.

i know that famous lady hairstyle would have won many awards

shobroy10:
i know that famous lady hairstyle would have won many awards

I rockd dt hairstyle eh..sade adu or sade adu wit cap. Wish I can stil rock it

That Sikiru guy I am so proud of him even with hin Yoruba tribal marks.

nice

Okay oo

tinybodyMary:
I rockd dt hairstyle eh..sade adu or sade adu wit cap. Wish I can stil rock it

and wats stopping u

incredible

I don't even know any of them

Come and complete the list jor

My southwest brothers making us proud since the day 1

While the yorubas are busy giving nigeria a good image the rebel igbos ar busy engaging in drug trafficking and givn us bad names

incomplete list















where is SKIIBII

Proudly Yoruba...
PROUD TO BE FROM THE TRIBE THAT GOT MARKS FROM LION.. Like those guys will say

Yorubas are trying thats good for them

pretydiva:
I don't even know any of them

you won't know them cos you're not yoruba and you live in the cave,unexposed cavewoman. Sade Adu is the most successful and best selling Female Singer in UK, numerous musicians are influenced by Sade Adu,the likes of Beyonce,Ashanti,Drake etc
I don't even know anyone that is bearing your moniker wouldn't know Chamillionaire,so,your moniker is just probably some words you see in a magazine

kestolove95:
While the yorubas are busy giving nigeria a good image the rebel igbos ar busy engaging in drug trafficking and givn us bad names

this girl sha,you,re always keeping it real.

GENTLENNAJI:
Yorubas are trying thats good for them

I tell you.They have the most achievements in Nigeria not with world beaters like these especially people like the former president of ICJ,President of AfDB,best DJ in the world 2010 etc.
Every tribe is trying sha...kudos to everybody.

iamrealdeji:
this girl sha,you,re always keeping it real.

thank u jare

kestolove95:
thank u jare

Do you know that Nigeria has the youngest PHD holders in Africa?3 of them to be precise... that is a wow!!!

kestolove95:
While the yorubas are busy giving nigeria a good image the rebel igbos ar busy engaging in drug trafficking and givn us bad names

When I was taunting my Igbo friend, he brought out very long list,na story full am.It did not have any world beaters and I was like rolling on the floor laughing.But they tried sha.
I told my friend that all their entertainment list,Fela kicks them off the roof... http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/2245703...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Xclusive

iamrealdeji:
you won't know them cos you're not yoruba and you live in the cave,unexposed cavewoman. Sade Adu is the most successful and best selling Female Singer in UK, numerous musicians are influenced by Sade Adu,the likes of Beyonce,Ashanti,Drake etc
I don't even know anyone that is bearing your moniker wouldn't know Chamillionaire,so,your moniker is just probably some words you see in a magazine

I told my IBO friend that the list of their achievers they posted on naira land had not been able to make 1/40 of the achievements of the South westerners.
They brought out their writers...Wole Soyinka kicks all of them off the roof for getting the highest honour in the world of literature,the Nobel Laureate... he no dey easy o.

Cosbyrich:
I told my IBO friend that the list of their achievers they posted on naira land had not been able to make 1/40 of the achievements of the South westerners.
They brought out their writers...Whole Soyinka kicks all of them off the roof for getting the highest honour in the world of literature,the Nobel Laureate... he no dey easy o.

honestly,even they can't do without listening to our musicians,the likes of Fela,Wizkid,Olamide etc. Their own musicians are trying to Act like yorubas and speak yoruba in their songs for their music to be sell,the likes of Rugged man,P square,Tubaba,Don Jazzy etc ,they've all turned themselves to yorubas,and yet some fools are shouting biafra when their own are disowning their tribe and trying to be yorubas

Cosbyrich:
I told my IBO friend that the list of their achievers they posted on naira land had not been able to make 1/40 of the achievements of the South westerners.
They brought out their writers...Whole Soyinka kicks all of them off the roof for getting the highest honour in the world of literature,the Nobel Laureate... he no dey easy o.

Their only Wole Soyinka wannabe,Philip Emeagwali went outside Nigeria to disgrace them,after many hypes,he got busted that he's totally fake. He took his aba-made talent to America

iamrealdeji:
honestly,even they can't do without listening to our musicians,the likes of Fela,Wizkid,Olamide etc. Their own musicians are trying to Act like yorubas and speak yoruba in their songs for their music to be sell,the likes of Rugged man,P square,Tubaba,Don Jazzy etc ,they've all turned themselves to yorubas,and yet some fools are shouting biafra when their own are disowning their tribe and trying to be yorubas

you forgot d’banj nd his brother sang a full song in igbo,,and mumu,tubaba is not igbo

shobroy10:
and wats stopping u

notin ojare

Nice 1

oboy3:
you forgot d’banj nd his brother sang a full song in igbo,,and mumu,tubaba is not igbo

D'banj just sang that for Igbos cos he feels he's been singing too much in Yoruba and I can bet it with you that he can't speak Igbo,every musician does that,even Barrister also sang in Hausa.
But all these Don Jazzys,P square,Ruggedman etc can speak yoruba even better than some yorubas.
I don't know any yoruba that can speak Igbo,but almost all Igbos I know can speak yoruba. Its because Igbos see yorubas as very important people,but yorubas just see them as one of those tribes in Nigeria. Yorubas are like America,Igbos are like Ghana,every Ghanian wants to go to America and want to be Americans but Americans don't even care about Ghana and don't even want to know anything about Ghana

oboy3:
you forgot d’banj nd his brother sang a full song in igbo,,and mumu,tubaba is not igbo

Where did he come from,Delta?Because some of them are saying that they are not Ibos-blimey.

Igbos just like to shout that they're good in business,but most of their businesses requires lots of struggle and buying and selling,still,Yorubas are the most successful in business,the likes of Adenuga(Nigerian 2nd richest man),Otedola,Okoya,MKO Abiola(former Richest man in Nigeria)
Yoruba women are not left out too they're independent and don't rely on their husbands,the likes of Folorunsho Alakija(world richest blackwoman),the likes of Bola Shagaya etc