Alright

2dice:
am a fan too..
Still grooving his latest single *Good life*
they are all ibile now..
Lo-lo_lo_ local wrappers

He has really improved and impressing ...

Iamsynord:


The guy dope die.Don't let dagrin down,Ojo ibukun king of the west He has the witty lyrics .But y he day always feature illiterate ??

lol,ola no well,na hin be ola dips,na hin too be illiterate at d same time,he's jez featurin himself,listen to his let dagrin down song nd u wil undastand,d guy is jez tryin to be unique nd difrent

Adatob:
hes good,i dnt doubt dat... I lov his tracks,he once murdered cdq on one track lik dat,hes nt upto d way ppu hype him

lol na Love in Pieces be d title of d song,hin jez finish cdq anyhow

@OP they rap and sing. That's all.
No dey yarn shyte

Iamsynord:


I swear baba .For reason or d other.I still prefer seriki to all dese I bile I bile Fuji artists

I swear to me seriki is the best Yoruba rapper but he's not being recognized and accepted

@OP, no Black Magic?

Pidggin:
@OP, no Black Magic?

he said in one of his raps that he was not a rapper ...Just like Ajebutter

cromz:
I swear to me seriki is the best Yoruba rapper but he's not being recognized and accepted

abeg where I fit download Alhaji Versace by seriki...I don't find am tire.

cromz:
I swear to me seriki is the best Yoruba rapper but he's not being recognized and accepted

abeg where I fit download Alhaji Versace by seriki...I don find am tire.

Local rappers

For me I don't in Accord with the o.p that they turned singers..... This is show-business you cannot afford to be one sided in fact I congratulate all the rappers who excelled in singing they proved a point.... If you want to prove you're mount Zion you cannot be moved.. First ask mode nine... For further details

phyno go soon join them

lalastica....

Especially Olamide, that giyrhas successfully turned to a fuji star

Mckandre:
phyno go soon join them

If I hear! That is when I will stop buying his album.

Unsad:
Olamide and Reminisce then moved from singing to streeting

What's streeting ?? All these nairaland fools sef

Iceprince was never a rapper, he is just a lame a$$ niqqa !!

Eastlink:
If I hear! That is when I will stop buying his album.

no worry e go soon happen

Mufasa27:
Iceprince was never a rapper, he is just a lame a$$ niqqa !!

As if you can best him in the art of rap...shior

Iamsynord:
Considering Fans ,what they want and the current trend in the music industry are key factors in determing the kind of songs artistes will release and the genre those songs will fall .

This list takes a look at Artistes who started off a rap career as rappers but have since transitioned into singing,most of them combining rapping and singing together in their career.



1) Reminisce- Reminisce started his career by recording an hardcore rap album at id cabasa coded tunes studio,which was never released.
Later he showed his lyrical prowess as an English rapper on 9ice's bachelor and ever since featuring 9ice.

" Oh yee rappers " have moved on to greater things " signalled the rappers cross over to singing in the hit kako be chicken track.Tesojue,Sunkere,olomoge,i need a girl.agidigbo all goes to prove this new found love of alaga ibile. Like he said in one of his tracks " punchlines o jawo mo".


2) Olamide - Olamide hardly took any singing role in his first album ,rhapsodi as he employed the services of the singers and fierced heavily on each track as a full fledged indigenous rapper.
However,going by his next three albums ( YBNL,BGEL and street OT),the rapper has since showcased his versatility by joining the singer/rapper camp in the music industry.

With Tracks like Eleda mi,badoo love,bobo ,melo melo as well as even taking the hooks of songs for other artist,one may be forced to question the genre of music Olamide belongs to, rap or pop??

3) Skales - Call it Frustration,indecision or whatever you call it ,Skales decision to switch genres surely paid off. Starting off at the EME crew as a rapper with singles like heading for the Grammy, ori mi ,monster,could not get skales the desired recognition compared to label mate ,WizKid.

Following his exit from EME,it enabled his full transition to singing as he released The massive hit shake body followed by je kan mo,lole,ijo ayo and countless collabos seeing a turn for good in Skales music career.

4) Eldee - Eldee the don was one of the members of the defunct trybesmen with fellow rappers.kaboom and freestyle.Soon he went ahead to form trybez records and dropped rap joints like am leaving, we made it,i go yarn and many more

The rapper however gained further prominence with the release of Songs like Bosi Gbangba, Ota mi”,One day”, Category “Wash-wash”, among others and a highly succesaful last album "Undeniable" which were all commercial and mostly pop singles.


5) Ice prince - Iceprince proved himself as a rapper on tracks like Nobody test me,oleku,Efimile remix, and other rap joints. This did not deter iceprince from showcasing his ability to sing in tracks like More,juju,Superstar,boss ft tekno as well as providing hooks for other artist like mode9 ( I see) and many more establishing him as a rapper and singer in the Nigerian music industry.



Notables

Dr Sid
Dprince
Most commercial rappers

Written and Compiled by Iamsynord

Get your FACTS right. Olamide & Ice prince shouldn't be on this list. Olamide took the chorus/hook of the Rhapsodi hit tracks I.e Omo to shan. eni duro + APA ti jabo.
also Zamami took some chorus in Everybody loves Ice prince. I.e Juju superstar etc

Iamthoney:
As if you can best him in the art of rap...shior

well I don't talk to clowns

Mufasa27:

What's streeting ?? All these nairaland fools sef

Yua an idiot with no intellect whatsoever. If that word was so hard for you too decipher i wonder how dumb yu will be really are in the reality. Lowlife!

Banky W gradually droppng singing 4 rappng

Mufasa27:

well I don't talk to clowns

fool like u...it takes a clown to know a clown punkass

CivilzedTyger:
Banky W gradually droppng singing 4 rappng

I love this your comment sir

2dice:
u are very funny...and if he writes it by himself wetin go do ur life..
Olamide very talented he his one of the most hardworking artiste in Nigeria...

He is not one of the most hardworking artiste- He is "THE MOST".

Everybody wants him on their tracks, presently the most featured Naija artiste and I can bet none of the
rappers named above can release a full album without Baddo jumping on a track or two.

Don't get it twisted- No be mistake, he virtually lives in the studio in his home, you can't jam Olamide
at events, awards, red carpets, clubs if he is not getting paid or performing. He is one hell of a hustler.

He says he has a lot of dope rap tracks but he is keeping them to fill up his upcoming album cos the Rap Tracks don't pay the bills.

Olamide didn't fall off- He has grown to a full business man similar to the HOVA story.

shockwave91:
another fantastic list by Iamsynord.

na Skales own make me laugh pass. D dude still seems confused to me, and i always thought he made more sense while he was a rapper.

Small thing remain and i'll stop calling Nigerian rappers, RAPPERS. All of dem just dey sing. Not that it's bad but the last i checked, u don't exactly "dance" to Hip-Hop/Rap.

Like 2dice said, all of dem just sing Fuji, Afrobeat, Juju & Highlife.

it seems you want skale to remain broke forever. Kanye, eminem, etc, sings too.