It is more commonly refered to as Afro HipHop, it is a sub Genre used to refer to HipHop songs that have a Pop blend and originate from the African Continent. I guess some Africans, Americans and Europeans feel that HipHop from Africa isn't at a ripe level yet. And quite right too, African HipHop is still developing, that's why African Artists like Zoro and Eldee aren't competiting in the mainstream with Artists like The Game and 50 cent etc. It's only a matter of time though

thats your opinion.

It's the truth. Afro HipHop is still developing. Do you want me to emphasize?

dblock, u went off-subject there for a little bit, what jerrymania is trying to say is that, hiphop shud be hiphop, and there shudnt be anything like nigerian hiphop/ afrohiphop or any sub genre, but u have explained that hiphop in africa is still developing (offsubject)

anyways, i still agree with u for ur few statements, about the name, i believe afro hiphop is a subgenre of hiphop and yes it will pass for that name just like we have gangsta rap, conscious rap and what not,

It isn't exactly off subject, because the reason why Afro HipHop or Naija HipHop isn't plainly refered to as HipHop is due to it's evolution!

Afro-hiphop needs to go see d barbers.
-modenine.

@dblock i totally agree with u! its an evolution process

Oh, so it is now Nigerian hip hop. What happened to fuji? Cant they be original instead of 'copying' their African American counterparts?

Haven't you guys heard of American Juju or British Fuji? ptttiiiiuuuuuu

No matter what language or intention, hip hop remains the same be it gospel or hebrew or spanish or whatever.

@ Ndipe:

music itself is transcending. Sure there's Fuji in naija here but at the same time, It's not everyone that can do fuji, or the other genres that are originally naija. Rap Music is ever evolving, i do not see it in the bad light you non-HipHop heads always see it.

Let's take for example reggae. There are numerous peops doing that are not even Jamaicans. Have you ever heard of Matisyahu? He is a Jewish Rabbi that sings reggae. So is Lucky Dube, Buddy something, UB-40, and some other Caucausian dude. Does that now give cause to label them copycats?

hiphop is hiphop,
when people rap with traditional lingo, then its considered hiphop in that dialect,

hence, music with nigerian dialect in them are categorized as nigerian music, so odes hiphop, r and b., , etc,

makes sense

Na you talk amm

I feel you jare Jerrymania, I dunno why its branded like that too, Hip Hop should be hip hop what s tha use tha naija there

Naija hiphop is hiphop with a 9jerian flavour, and bc it has a distinct flavour it needs to be differentiated from other forms of hiphop hence the term 9jahiphop. i fail to see what the big deal is. hiphop with an american flavour is americanhiphop but since it originated from there in the 1st place, its just calld hiphop.

naija hip hop is used to connote the hiphop variant originating from nigeria.just like there is spanish hiphop,french hiphop etc.since america is the originator of hiphop any other country trying to do hiphop will be termed as copycat.therefore the adding of the prefix to denote the country of origin.

abt ruggedman,pls he was the one that started insisting everybody shuld make sense in their music.we now have sensible hiphop.b4 now,well i dnt nid to expantiate,

I posted this to the wrong forum . .

we have to be proud of what we have, don`t condemn, afterall no place like naija, the outside world is cherishing us, so why can`t we cherish ourselves,

i believe in the "naija hip hop" term too. of course, the adjective "naija" used as an appendage to "hip hop" simply says its hip hop from naija. if its hip hop, its hip hop, and in global classification, it will be classified as hip hop. The addendum - naija is just for identification purposes

Stop balabing what have u contribute to the hip-hop music industry

most of naija hip hop is a waste of time. look at all the crap they show on Music Africa. u can't watch that stuff without your brain melting and dripping out from your ears.
how long are these videos going to look like primary school experimentations??

lets be realistics, Nigeria doesnt have Hip hop,

Our original sytl is Fuji,


can you compare pasuma and the game.


the game is a gangstar raised from the hood (campton) and pasuma is also taout raised from mushin,

we dont have hip hop in nigerian, what we have is fuji and lets promote our stly,


not everybody love 50 cents and the game, not everybody loves snoop dogg cause of they lifestyl,

same here in nigeria , not everybody loves pasuma and obesere,

cause of their life styl, they will call the (omo ita),

if yu love 50 and the game, then love pasuma,


promote nigeria,

who said 9ja dosent have hiphop, infact the way they mix languge in english is just outstandinga nd promoting our country, who else hear youruba, and no wat olunfumi is, and yet u say nigeria dont have hiphop,

Afro hip hoplife is the name dig?

acidrop u have said it all. who says nigeria does not have hip hop.the kind of music we sing in nija is unique. let me ask, can an american speak pidgen english?the answer is purely NO and that is why it is refered to as afro hip hop-this means a blend of hip hop but nigerianized.

hip hop is hip hop, wats da beef, its growing dats why its reffered to as naija hip hop, just the same way we say nigerian football, or naija wax, is d brand, wats ur beef? maybe u shoild channel ur anger to the quality of wat they churn out, the maybe we can have a debate

Thanks to Jerrymania,hiphop can only be hiphop and notin else!That stupid,wack Rugged man has only succeeded in makin a lot of Nigerians drift over to a wack niche he deliberately carved for himself,"Naija hiphop". That guy is real crap!The message in "Ruggedy Baba" is nonsense!Who made him a rap judge,to tell us the way we should rap!
@ Gbade X,I always feel ur contributions,u dey make sense!
I wont talk much on this,this thread is not for hiphop heads!!!!!!!!!!

so are u trying 2 say that 9ja got no hip hop

I am yet to relate what we call "Naija Hip-Hop" with our African/Nigerian cultural roots because it still lacks expression in quite a number of records published/released so far. My candid opinion is that we need to re-educate ourselves and appreciate our value system-that way it'll find dynamic expression in our music.
It [Nigerian Hip-Hop] is still in the elemental phase and our artistes deserve credit for what they've achieved so far. It'll take time but I see a greater future.