Why Do Igbo Artistes Sing In Yoruba?

To sell spare parts?!

IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE OR SOMETHING.

Exactamundo!

Bloody MrCrackles or whatever u call urself, don't get on my nerves.

If i get on your nerves, u cant do nothing becoz m the wrong one to fuc/k wit

I LOVE JOKES AND GETTING UNDER PEOPLE'S SKIN

U CAN DISH OUT THE SAME TO ME, IT WONT GET ME WORKED UP LIKE YOU!

Thanks, you know the drill!

almost all the artist stays in lagos and as far as am concern lagos is yoruba lang either you like it or not , most of the artist mentions sing in yoruba

2 Shotz, mo fe make owo sharpe sharp, mo sen funwon ni ko comarcial is that yoruba???
Ill Blisss, aye po gan aye po gan ni le aye yi o koni kaluku se tie ni wonba//yoruba languagePSquare
Ruggedman, opolulero
Kel, wa wa alrigth
DJ Zeez, fon kasi be, ori e o funka sibe, etc

When did Ill Bliss and 2shotz sing in Youruba.

RichyBlack
We're kinda digressing from the original topic but anyway. . .
I never claimed that bearing your native names would make you unsuccessful in the states as that is what your comment implies.
Ofcourse the above mentioned people made it without english names but I'm sure 2 out of 3 of them had some difficulties growing up especially in school with the way their names were pronounced. They've made it so obviously, it doesn't bother them that much but when asked, they'd tell you what they went through because of their names.

Barack Obama is not the typical african name, it's more muslim than it is african. And as we all know, there are muslims all over the world including America so i wouldn't consider his name very difficult to pronounce.
Emeka Okafor, the NBA star, i'm sure the full name is Chukwuemeka Okafor(compare that to just emeka). Mispronunciation of his full name would be a logical reason why he bears only Emeka.

Chiwetel Ojiofor, I don't know who that is but I'm sure it wasn't all smooth and gravy either. My point is giving your child your native name doesn't make you oh so patriotic afterall english is Nigeria's official language, there's nothing wrong with english names. And I'm sure you know the difference between American english names and Nigerian english names, the latter usually have meanings.

making Igbo movies would not have taken nollywood to Ghana,Togo,Sierra Leone and beyond.
It's all commercially driven.
They are business men
They're there primarily to make money
It'll be foolish to make movies in your local dialect and expect to make lots of money from it.
That's poor business judgement.


BTW wetin happen to karmamod?

I do not get why Afamz is so reluctant to admit that the culture of Lagos is Yoruba, ask African China as a man from Ajegunle which language he uses the most, Naeto C reps Yoruba more than Igbo, that is just the way it is. Yoruba language is the most prevalent in music.

Well quite a few of them  do sing/rap in Igbo actually. I dont think its a problem for them to use Yoruba too (although they should ALSO rep their own language), but maybe the Yoruba's should also sing/rap in other languages too, since people are saying its "good for the country" and all.

I think its mainly a commercial thing, to have a wider audience. Same way that Nigerian artists "borrow" the US or Jamaican accent/culture thinking it will make them more attractive to the market as a hole, I hate that though, lol
If these artists grew up in lagos, then Yuroba is a language they would have grown up hearing/speaking possibly.

Sorry, I am really struggling to see the logic here.

So are you saying because English is our official language, we should give our children English names and not local names? Why?

Like somone said earlier,you don't have to sing in Yoruba to be known.
It's a common trend now (not common in my younger days) for artistes to mix native languages with pidgin and English
They use Igbo,Hausa and Yoruba.
Doesn't mean those who didn't before this trend started were not known but a musician who hopes to make money would be foolish not to adapt to the "in thing"
A musician who's singing all yoruba songs has already "chosen his market" amongst Yorubas likewise for one who only sings in Igbo or Efik.
he will be virtually unknown and unplayed in any other areas.
However,an Igbo musician who sings partly in Igbo,partly in Yoruba,Hausa and pidgin has good business sense.
He 's covered almost all of Nigeria and will do a whole lot better because he appeals to a lot more people.
I attribute the trend to being a smart businessman not necessarily because Lagos is the nerve center as you put it


I remember Onyeka Onwenu as a child and love nwantiti
It was played everywhere and everyone knew who she was because she had English songs as well

It seems you lack a lot of achievements in life.

So explain to me how this an achievement (especially of yours)?