einsteine:


She has never claimed to be Yoruba and I wonder why you are so foolish as to respond with aggression. Who hurt you? Burna Boy's mother is from Owan in Edo state. They share boundary with Ondo state so a fair bit of them understand Yoruba but they are not Yoruba.

Now run along like the double digit IQ lowlife ethnic champion that you are

forgiveness:


Which Azikwe road is 70m? The same Azikwe road wey I know?

Were the land for Azikwe? Beside which building? Bloody liar.

There’s no empty Land in Azikwe road. Bloody liar.

The 3 story buildings in Azikwe road is between 40 - 60m.

Less I forgot, property of such amount will be caught out 3m - 5m per annum. How much is each flat in Aba? at most 500*8 = 4m bhuahahaha. Ordinary Duplex of that worth is equivalent to 8 flats in Aba.

Perhaps, were did the small small boys get the money from? You know that.

You can even get a 4 story building for 35m in Aba. Facts.

You are definitely a small boy. You don’t know anything about government and it’s benefits.

BLoomfrancs:



You sound inferior with your assertions. It is like it is a great achievement for you to have married an Igbo lady.

tonididdy:
If an upcoming artists likes go and study youruba up to PhD level, if e nor dey body e nor dey body.

It's a gift, everyone of the artists mentioned have pure natural gifts. They can twist, wind and bend lyrics to very soothing rhythms.

Na all youruba songs blow?
The dorime amenor Anthem topping global charts now, does it have a single youruba in it? Instead it has Benin language infused in it YET....

Wixkids essence- does it have youruba?

The fact is the "catchyness" of any song lays in the rythm of the song, Nigerians & Africans love to dance, they love sweet things.

If it isn't sweet or catchy, forget it, if you like padd am youruba left, right center.... It won't blow.



.... So mr. RENO you are wrong on this one.

einsteine:


Burna Boy's mother is from Edo State. Owan to be precise.

walefresh3:


https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/01/11/why-does-music-of-yoruba-origin-breakthrough-globally/

Denoh68:
LISTEN TO YOURSELF,ANYTHING THAT FAVOURS YOU PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE RIGHT, ABEG HOW MANY PEOPLE FOR ENTIRE SOUTH AND MIDDLE BELT KNOW UNA MUSICIANS APART FROM NEW GENRATION SINGERS LIKE THEM OBO AND CO. IGBO SONGS KEEP DOMINANTING IN CHURCHES BOTH HERE AND OUTSIDE, CHECK GHANA,TOGO,BENIN AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ENGLISH AFROBEAT SONGS.

forgiveness:


Which Azikwe road is 70m? The same Azikwe road wey I know?

Were the land for Azikwe? Beside which building? Bloody liar.

There’s no empty Land in Azikwe road. Bloody liar.

The 3 story buildings in Azikwe road is between 40 - 60m.

Less I forgot, property of such amount will be caught out 3m - 5m per annum. How much is each flat in Aba? at most 500*8 = 4m bhuahahaha. Ordinary Duplex of that worth is equivalent to 8 flats in Aba.

Perhaps, were did the small small boys get the money from? You know that.

You can even get a 4 story building for 35m in Aba. Facts.

You are definitely a small boy. You don’t know anything about government and it’s benefits.

musicwriter:


As long as you identify as a Christian, you're still believing in the Christianity created by Rome because whatever you believe is what Rome gave you

The bible was created by Rome. It passed through the Septuagint, Codex vaticanus, king James version, etc. There are probably more than 20 types of bibles before it was even writen in English. In that process the original message was lost.

Rome created Easter- a festivity originally meant to celebrate the pagan goddess named Estha. So Easter came from the goddess Estha. This is not what the "original Christianity" believed.

Jesus was labeled as equal to God by Rome in 325 AD. This is not what the "original Christianity" believed.

Rome created Christmas, a day usually used to celebrate a tree goddess called Yul. That's where you get Yuletide. This is not what the "original Christianity" believed.

Rome created Sunday as day of worship for Christianity. SUN day or the day of the SUN was a day usually used to worship the pagan Roman god called Mithras. This is not what the "original Christianity" believed.

So, you have no basis to talk about "true Christianity". What you have is Roman/European Christianity. In fact, if you're not a member of Roman Catholic church, you don't even quality as a Christian. Because Catholics is the oldest surviving christian sect even though it's not the "original Christianity" but it's at least closer to the truth.

The Ethiopians still read the King James version of the bible, which was originally dedicated to the Celtic pagan god named Issus, Esus, Hesus. So there's no original Christianity in Ethiopia, though their culture would, of course, create a different hue of Christianity over there.

But don't get me wrong. Yes, there used to be an "original Christianity" but it lasted just about few a years before Paul came in and began preaching his own version of Christianity, which of course Rome preserved because it served their selfish interest.

IMPORTANT: The early christians did not believe that Jesus literally died and resurrected nor was he son of God. They were called the Gnostics and they believed in a magico-mystical Christ, whom you're supposed to perceive as your spiritual companion only. Not a person. This was in line with what all other ancient cultures believed about many other messiahs, many of them known for thousands of years before anybody heard of Jesus. But these "original Christianity" was completely destroyed by Rome. Josephus said they were rounded up and destroyed completely and not one stone was left standing. Then, Rome took their holy book and re-wrote it to create a different type of Jesus in order to rule their colony under one religion. This Jesus would be a literal person. Why you may ask? The answer is so they may say someone (Peter) saw him and from there, they'll claim affinity to Peter and control the religion. That's why saint Peter's basilica is in Rome instead of Palestine/Israel.



I have already done that research. The reason is that the Yoruba language is one of the most tonal language in the world. In fact, I found that Yoruba language, languages in Congo, Igbo language are the most tonal languages in the world. If someone from Yoruba land is speaking, he/she is singing, though it may not be obvious to us because it's our normal. Think of the way Snoop Dogg talks. Snoop Dogg can basically record his speech as a song and it'll be good. That's how tonal languages are and Yoruba language is one of the best in that regard. That's why you see all the signages all over a well written Yoruba word.

Note: All African languages are tonal but some (Yoruba, Igbo, Lingala) are more tonal than others. So, yes, Yorubas are natural musicians.

Professor Theophile Obenga once said "if you're an African, you don't need to learn to be a musician. All you have to do is start singing." He's very correct!!

Okay, a quick one

Gnosticism was infact a regional cult group that early Christians
pioneers dreaded with caution.....you could read the book of John(not the gospel one)the apostle was deeply concerned with the ever so growing spread of their teachings...and here is a reason


Gnostics were now a growing cult of mysticism which adapted christian ideas and built on it appeasing theological aspects..
Their teachings were so attractive even though they only twisted Christianity to favour their cause...they had several contrasting beliefs like....

Denied Christ was God, saying the human body was intrinsically evil and God could not take form in it

Others said Christ was merely a phantom, a temporary appearance of God who looked human.

Others believe the soul was basically pure and couldn't be affected by mere human sins...this lead to cataclysmic hedonism from this group

Matter of fact Gnostics had different opinions on Christianity and from the stated above they were quite the confused pair..

You mentioned Paul as a controversial Christian apostle..
This basically is wrong as even Peter acknowledged the teachings of Paul in his own book(read the book of Peter)

Lastly you said gnostics were completely extinguished
But from your write up this only proves you are one of them

Ykc2:
You see people like reno or ffk? following this people on your own peril,do you know in the whole Africa people know nigerian kings as igwe?if you tell me any music in nigeria that they don't add igbo or yoruba then I will tell you that music is not making waves,ayinde marshal music stop only in yoruba land ,even in the 80s reno was talking about onyeka onwenu was there nelly uchendu was there ,oby onyioha was there,reno needs traffic on twitter today

helinues:


But the first set of top musician artists from SW are not even from Lagos state.

Fela - Ogun state
King Sunny Ade- Ondo state
Obey - Ogun state
I.K Dairo - Osun state

johntolu:


The music was made by an Efik woman, Christy Essien Igbokwe.
She was fluent in Efik, Igbo and Yoruba.
She was also married to an Igbo man.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDrApu9APBk

helinues:


But the first set of top musician artists from SW are not even from Lagos state.

Fela - Ogun state
King Sunny Ade- Ondo state
Obey - Ogun state
I.K Dairo - Osun state

maestroferddi:
Lie Mohammed is your mentor...

[s]Japanese journalist ko, Lebanese dramatist ni...[/s]

[s]Maybe Kenneth Nnebue is from Iragbiji abi Ilesa Remo[/s]...

VEHINTOLAR:


Igbo people will begin to move forward the day they realise that they need Yoruba people more than the Yoruba people need them. This is nothing but an undiluted statement of fact !

angelakey:
You are living in the stone ages. Go online and check for highest grossing movies of all time in Nigeria, check the producers and directors and see who they are. Modern moving making don pass all those Asaba or Abakaliki film wey u dey reference. Check most Nollywood Cinema movies and movies Netflix, they are produced and directed by Yoruba actors. They are the one running the show now and they have always been from way back.

The name Nollywood before was coined for the English speaking movie industry, the Yorubas were also doing their own "wood" using their local dialect and promoting their culture, it was as popular as the English Nollywood except overseas due to obvious reason "Language"

All those Yorubawood actors and Yorubas in Nollywood are still the one running show today, Funke Akindele, Olu Jacob, Toyin Abraham, Odunlade, the Afolayans, Desmond Elliot, Kemi adetiba, Shola Shobowale, Ramsey etc. All of them have great movies in the cinema and Netflix. Their counterparts from the other side like Tonto, Oge okoye and co have turned Instagran influencers or people for Nollywood minor roles.

These are al the facts. We have moved past Asaba nollywood days or Alaba International pirate days.

AlphaTaikun:




You are talking to a mature older man here who witnessed the home video and
movie industry in the 1980s.


Read here for the history of the Nigerian movie industry and stop trolling.
==> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_film_era

The first film produced on video in Nigeria is 1988's Soso Meji, produced by Ade Ajiboye.
Subsequently, Alade Aromire produced Ekun (1989) on video.
==> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_film_era

==> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Nigeria


Etymology
The origin of the term "Nollywood" remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.[2][3] Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times.[4][5] The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "Nigeria" and "Hollywood", the American major film hub.[6][7][8][9]
==> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nollywood

Donmobi:
Now it's common knowledge that Yoruba's ventured into nollywood before the igbos, but ever since the Igbo's have taken over and the rest is history...
There has been no much of a change in how it's been run then and in transition to now...
Yoruba's have good control of the media( so no surprises what you see online, that's how it has always been.insisted
Imagine I saw a blog listing the best
Nollywood producers and Genevieve Nnaji wasn't among! ( funny)
Nevertheless Igbo's have always dominated nollywood not coincidentally, but more precisely their ability to tell their own stories/write them so very well to attract a massive pack of viewers (Unarguably Igbo's have the best literature writers in Africa)
So there is no scare in Yorubas coming close to the Igbo's in this section until they learn how to write their own engrossing stories.(we all so the massive failure of media overhyped Chief daddy 2, niyi deployed a lot of Igbo actors to make most of a movie with a terrible storyline)
Just as Achebe said.
" Till lions learn to write their own stories, the tales of the hunt would always glorify the hunter."
In addition to very talented actors/actresses, this has even furthered their growth in this industry.
Yorubas control the media but even in certain aspects talent would surely stand out
Of the list of of engrossing movies, the biggest ever from Africa was Lionheart by Genevieve.
It was submitted for an Oscars!!!

Avoid this topic because there is no way you will win it

Better you stick with the thread's topic.

aminusodiq:
so Seun rere was composed by an Igbo woman... Wonderful

deepdeep:
Abeg o make government no come chook their dirty hands inside music industry o

Music industry is arguably the only industry that is giving us a good image out there

johntolu:


'Kiss from a Rose', by Seal.
One of the greatest songs of all time.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSch10KzYAo

brio1408:
I guess Tina Onwudinwe.

richiemcgold:
apart from other facts raised by reno here, I think religion also played a big role in the early development of Yoruba music artists. Fuji for instance was an offshoot of 'jiwere' which was common in Muslim dominated areas like ilorin & ibadan.
we can also trace the roots of juju music and highlife to white garment churches especially cherubim and seraphim.



let me school you a little sir: The first generation of Fuji music stars were sikiru ayinde barrister, easy sawaba, kollington ayinla, ayinde wasiu etc. all of them started at young age as 'ajiwere'. you need to understand what 'jiwere' means in Yoruba and its connection with Ramadan in Islam.
Now lets talk about juju/highlife: Do you know what ik dairo, adawa super, dele taiwo, dayo kujore, shina peters and many other pioneers of juju/highlife music have in common? They belonged to C&S Church.

Eastlink:
Reno the magician. King Reno is pressing Afonja mumu button after decamping from IPOB. 2023 on the beat

walefresh3:


https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/01/11/why-does-music-of-yoruba-origin-breakthrough-globally/