T.I.N Magazine[www.takemetonaija.com] has taken
sometime to rate and list Nigeria's most influential rappers
of 2015. The listings were rated according to the level of
influence each rapper has in the music industry and Nigeria
as a whole. This list wasn't judged based on the fame or
wealth a rapper has but their influence in someway or the
other.
The no.1 person on the list is to be considered to be the
most Influential rapper in Nigeria 2015.

10] SKALES
Skales, is a Nigerian rapper, singer-songwriter His debut
single, "Must Shine", received numerous spin on the Rhythm
FM stations in Lagos, Jos and Abuja, Skales has recorded
over 200 songs and collaborated with numerous artists,
including eLDee, Jeremiah Gyang, Banky W. and
Knighthouse. Some of his well known songs include "Shake
Body", "Mukulu", "Keresimesi", "Komole", "My Baby", "Take
Care of Me" and "Denge Pose". Skales established his
record label, OHK Music. Skales' debut album, Man of the
Year, is scheduled to be released in 2015.

9] LYNXXX
Lynxxx, is a Nigerian hip-hop recording artist and
entrepreneur. In 2010 he released his debut studio album
This is Lynxxx and went on to become the first Nigerian
artist to be endorsed by the global brand Pepsi. He is the
originator of Jollof Musik - a genre he describes as "an
artful blend of music to create great music." In December
2010 Lynxxx released his debut album This Is Lynxxx. The
album features a combination of musical genres, including
urban hip hop, contemporary R&B, and infusions of funky
house Lynxxx is also an entrepreneur. He established
several successful businesses prior to his musical career,
which include a clothing line called Syndik8 Denim, a digital
recording studio called Red Room Studio, a media company
called Happy Teddy Media (HTM), and Syndik8 Films.

8] NAETO C
Naeto C, is a Nigerian rapper, Afrobeat artist and record
producer. A notable production achievement is the "I
Believe" song Naeto wrote and co-produced with VC Perez
(member of ET-Quake), which features himself, an up-and-
coming R&B/Gospel artist, Sheun and Hugh Masekela from
South Africa. Within the same year Naeto garnered a lot of
experience performing, from Ikechukwu’s album launch to
Chanel O awards to the I Believe Tour to Always promo tour
with Sasha and many more gigs, in preparation for the
phenomenal MTN Homecoming Concert, headlined by a
popular friend, Nigerian pop sensation, D’banj, "Naeto C"
has recorded over 50 songs for his debut with production
that transcends today’s hip hop sound MO HIT RECORD,
May 2008 From the Fela inspired “Lagos City Hustla”. Has
endorsement deals to his name and ambassador titles. Also
has own record label.

7] Eva Alordiah
Eva, is a Nigerian rapper, entertainer, make-up artist,
fashion designer and entrepreneur. She is considered one of
the best female rappers in Nigeria. Since her breakthrough
into the Nigerian Music Industry, Eva has garnered several
awards including one Nigeria Entertainment Award from 4
nominations, one Eloy Award, and one YEM award from 2
nominations. Her debut mixtape, The GIGO E.P, was
released for free digital download on 20 November 2011.
Eva is the owner of makeupByOrsela, a company that
specialises in Makeup services. Eva's debut studio album,
1960, was scheduled to be released in January 2015. She
has been a good influence to upcoming female rappers in
the industry even though she doesn't have a debut studio
album she still make the waves as a female rapper.

6] REMINISCE
Reminisce is a rapper/singer and song writer. He sings in
English and his native language, Yoruba. The prolific
producer ID Cabasa discovered him alongside his friends
like Jahbless, 9ice & Lord Of Ajasa and Olamide. His
album, recorded at Coded Tunes studio, was never
released. Book Of Rap Stories is the first album by
Reminisce and was released on 31 March 2012, He started
recording the album since 2010 after linking up with the
studio producer Sarz at Edge Records Studios, His second
album, ALAGA IBILE, was officially released on 15
November 2013. This album is one of the most anticipated
records of 2013 from a Nigerian rapper, The rapper was
recently featured on Time Magazine’s website where he
was named one of the seven World Rappers You Should
Meet.

5] MODE 9
Mode 9, is a Nigerian rapper. As a seven time The Headies
Lyricist on the Roll winner has 9 headies awards won by
him making him the musician with the highest number of
Headies.., he is the most decorated artist by the magazine.
In 2014, he released a song titled "Super Human" with
Jamaican-American rapper Canibus. He currently has 6
studio albums to his credit. In 2006 MODENINE won 3
HipHop World Awards and 3 Channel O Music Video Awards
(The Biggest win of the NIGHT). He has this title "legendary
lyricist" as his lyrics are mostly respected by so many
Nigerian rappers and fans. Modenine is claimed to be one
of the builders of the Nigeria music industry of today.

4] PHYNO
Phyno, is a Nigerian rapper and record producer. He started
his musical career as a producer in 2003 and rose to fame
in 2013. He is renowned for rapping in the Igbo language.
His debut studio album, No Guts No Glory, was released in
2014. It produced the singles "Ghost Mode", "Man of the
Year", "Parcel" and "O Set". As a producer, he has worked
with artists such as Timaya, Flavour, Ruggedman, Bracket,
J Martins and Mr Raw. Phyno started his own indigenous
thing looking up to the popular Yoruba rapper Olamide,
phyno's influence in the igbo rap music industry can not be
left unnoticed as many igbo people are now doing their own
thing just like Yoruba rap is trending in the country. Phyno
haven't stop releasing multiple hits since 2013, has won
many awards and also has endorsement deals signed by
him since his rise to fame. He has performed outside
Nigeria many times with his Igbo rap thing.

3] M.I
He has won several awards including the MTV Africa Music
Awards 2009. He was nominated in the Best International
Act category at the BET Awards 2010. He rose to
prominence in 2006 when his song "Crowd Mentality"
became popular in his hometown of Jos. He is a music
executive at Chocolate City. On 11 December 2008, M.I
released his critically acclaimed debut album, Talk About It.
M.I's role in the music industry cannot be overstated. He
has been responsible for bringing out many upcoming
artistes such as Wizkid, Vypa, Jesse Jagz, Ruby, Pype, Ice
Prince,Brymo and others. M.I is an artist with numerous
awards and endorsement deals.
M.I was appointed a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador
in 2012. M.I also supports the Jostified campaign.
M.I has achieved worldwide recognition as part of the
vanguard of the "Afrobeats" wave.

2] ICE PRINCE
Ice Prince is a Nigerian Rapper who rose to limelight in
2010 after getting signed to Chocolate city record label in
2010.
He rose to fame after releasing "Oleku", one of Nigeria's
most remixed songs of all time. He won the 2009 Hennessy
Artistry Club Tour. His achievements include one BET
Award, Ghana Music Awards,The Headies Awards,Nigeria
Entertainment Awards Channel O Music Video Awards and
others. Ice Prince is still signed to Chocolate City. His debut
studio album, Everybody Loves Ice Prince, was released in
2011. In 2013, Ice Prince released Fire of Zamani as his
second studio album. Ice prince have also bagged many
endorsement deals and also an ambassador to reputable
brands.
Ice prince has been featured by international artists and
have also featured few international artists, the rapper has
also remained active in the industry since he rose to
limelight. It has also been revealed the rapper just launched
his own record label this year with him still signed to
chocolate city. So many artists look up to the rapper as he
has also taken Afro-Pop in Nigeria to another level.

1] OLAMIDE
Olamide is an Indigenous Nigerian rapper who rose to
limelight in 2010 after getting signed to Coded Tunes record
label.
He released his debut studio album Rapsodi while signed to
Coded Tunes. YBNL, his follow-up album, was released
under his label imprint YBNL Nation which is still rated by
many as his best album ever. On 7 November 2013, he
released his third studio album Baddest Guy Ever Liveth
And later released his fourth studio album in 2014 titled
StretOT. In 2013 Olamide became the first Nigerian to sign
an endorsement deal with Cîroc. Olamide has won several
music awards, including multiple Nigeria Entertainment
Awards and The Headies Awards Also had an endorsement
deal with telecom giant Etisalat.
In 2014 Olamide became the first Nigerian Rapper to
release four hit albums withing four years which actually is
a difficult thing to do for most Nigerian artists. And the
rapper has never seize to make multiple hits each year
making him one of the most active Musicians in the Music
industry. In 2014 Olamide signed two new artists to his
record label with the two of them releasing hit singles and
same year making impact in the industry and as at April
2015 Olamide has up to 5 artists signed to his label with all
of them releasing hit singles. Not to mention the rapper
have met with many big international artists and even done
collabo with them. Few things the rapper has done have not
been done by many other Nigerian rappers therefore his
influence in the music industry wont be left unnoticed he is
hereby named the most influential rapper in Nigeria 2015.
NOTE: THIS LIST IS NOT BASED ON SOMEONE'S OPINION
IT IS LISTING RATED ACCORDINGLY BY OUR MAGAZINE
AND OTHERS.
AND THIS IS NOT AN ALL TIME LISTING, THIS IS JUST
FOR YEAR 2015 RATINGS MIGHT CHANGE NEXT YEAR.

SOURCE: T.I.N MAGAZINE

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ok

scales? scales?

Kudos to badoo.. he truly deserves it oo..

Some people will come here now and start shouting Phyno should be the most influential without reading the facts which the ratings were based on...

Badoo! I concur

Replace skales with airforce1, his rap single is making waves in my poultry

T.I.N MAGAZINE WITH THEIR MISTAKE,NO TERRY THA RAPMAN,NO AQ,NO VECTOR,NO SINZU,NO CYNTHIA MORGAN even though she rarely rap,no IKPA UDO,NO UPPER X,NO AIRFORCE 1, omo their list is fake

morhsuud22:
Replace skales with airforce1, his rap single is making waves in my poultry

Lmao... I am sure he is gonna top the list of "Ten most influential artists with no single on Nairaland"

pally212:
T.I.N MAGAZINE WITH THEIR MISTAKE,NO TERRY THA RAPMAN,NO AQ,NO VECTOR,NO SINZU,NO CYNTHIA MORGAN even though she rarely rap,no IKPA UDO,NO UPPER X,NO AIRFORCE 1, omo their list is fake

Would you tell me their much influence that beat the ones on that list??

Funfreak:
Kudos to badoo.. he truly deserves it oo..

Some people will come here now and start shouting Phyno should be the most influential without reading the facts which the ratings were based on...

broda I know,u want to start a tribal war.
But that hasn't helped any nation to grow and it will not help us eitheir.
They are two people,btwn phyno and olamide,but u decided to hit on phyno

Go check history,to see which country tribalism has helped.
or do some research on what is happening in SOUTH SUDAN

When e set,those politicians and tribal ruler,inciting and inducing tribal hate,will be the first to board the next avaliable flight.
Out of the country,while u move from one refugee camp to another.

Take LIBERIA,as an example on this..

yes o badoo n robo o n presh, always at d top...

Funfreak:

Would you tell me their much influence that beat the ones on that list??

can you compare skales with vector or terry tha rapman lyrically

WYman2:
broda I know,u want to start a tribal war.
But that hasn't helped any nation to grow and it will not help us eitheir.
They are two people,btwn phyno and olamide,but u decided to hit on phyno

Go check history,to see which country tribalism has helped.
or do some research on what is happening in SOUTH SUDAN

When e set,those politicians and tribal ruler,inciting and inducing tribal hate,will be the first to board the next avaliable flight.
Out of the country,while u move from one refugee camp to another.

Take LIBERIA,as an example on this..

Okay bro.. enough of this.. i still dont get what you are trying to say.. in what way have i abuse any tribe?
Ok.. if i have i am sowi.. just saying ma own ni o...