Raskimonojendor:
This is common knowledge. Same as the music industry, media/journalism, literature, and many others. The yorubas are pioneers.

Ritchiee:


lol
You are laughable.
What do you mean by commercial,sir.
I told you that the movies that have made the most money are the ones made by Yoruba.
Either in the English Language or local languages.





These are the best commercially viable movies in the history of Nollywood.
All done by Yorubas.
Since Hubert Ogunde and co started it till date.
No other movies beat them.


Here are the top 5 highest-grossing Nollywood films of all time.

1. Omo Ghetto: The Saga
Released in 2020, Omo Ghetto is a comedy directed by Funke Akindele and her husband, Jjc Skillz. It stars Akindele as Lefty, who struggles between the choice of living life in the ghetto with her friends or enjoying the comfortable lifestyle offered by her wealthy adopted mother. It ruled the Nigerian box office for 10 weeks, grossing a total of N636 million.

2. The Wedding Party
When The Wedding Party was released in December 2016, it broke the record of the highest-grossing Nollywood movie. Directed by Kemi Adetiba, the rom-com follows the chaos and drama over a day as a wealthy family tries to prepare and pull off a lavish wedding. The film was a box office success, grossing over N453 million in total.

3. The Wedding Party 2
After the success of The Wedding Party, its sequel, The Wedding Party 2: Destination Dubai was released in 2017. Directed by Niya Akinmolayan, it’s set across Nigeria and Dubai as a British and Nigerian couple (Deirdre, the London bridesmaid and Nonso, Dozie’s elder brother from the first movie) plan to wed. It grossed over N433 million overall.

4. Chief Daddy
Another Niya Akinmolayan directorial smash was Chief Daddy, the fourth highest-grossing Nigerian movie of all time. The comedy-drama tells the story of the billionaire industrialist and polygamist, Chief Beecroft and the effects on his dysfunctional family after his sudden and unexpected death. When it was released in 2018, the film grossed over N387.5 million.

5. Sugar Rush
Directed by Kayode Kasum, Sugar Rush follows the three Sugar sisters as they discover $800,000 in the house of a corrupt man, Chief Douglas. After the sisters lavishly spend the money, they end up in serious trouble when the mafias come to claim their share of the money. The heist comedy was an instant success in 2019, grossing over N287 million.

igwebuike01:

You people use Lagos influence to deceive yourselves. Do you know that first indegenous rap album was recorded in Enugu by Massai (onye kwulu oto) .this was many years before Dagrin. Mr. Raw, Sloow Dogg were hits in igbo rap before yoruba rap

LagosPrince:

They also don't want to admit that they've been listening to rap music by Nigga raw long before olamide and dagrin started music

igwebuike01:

You people use Lagos influence to deceive yourselves. Do you know that first indegenous rap album was recorded in Enugu by Massai (onye kwulu oto) .this was many years before Dagrin. Also Mr. Raw and Sloow Dogg were hits in igbo rap before yoruba rap. But I have seen many yorubas laying claims to be pioneers of indegenous rap

Putinofrussia:
I don't even know why any sane person will dispute the fact that Nollywood was created by the Yorubas.
Movies like the ones made by Baba Salah,Hubert Ogunde etc were watched in cinemas,on tv etc.
It was from here that anything video or whatever began.
Most things entertainment,arts etc started in the SW especially in Ibadan and Lagos.


These are the best movies ever produced in Nigeria and they were all produced by Sweeteners.

https://www.transfergo.com/the-top-5-highest-grossing-nollywood-films-of-all-time

Raskimonojendor:

You may lay claim to the first indigenous rap album but the first rap album in Nigeria was by DJ Ron ‘Ronnie’ Ekundayo.

igwebuike01:

I'm talking about indegenous rap. Igbos introduced that local content into rap. We have native intelligence. You copy oyibo people without any local ingenuity

igwebuike01:

Read the interview. The interview said that the new technology of streaming platforms is helping yorubas catch up. Before then it used to be igbo controlled distributors and marketers. (Idumota Lagos, Iweka road Onitsha and pounds road Aba). You are just trying to catch up from long years of absolute Igbo domination by taking advantage of new streaming technology

Putinofrussia:
lol
How would somebody beating you black and blue and producing the best ever movies catch up with you that you are nowhere close?

Google all the most grossing movies ever in Nigeria and you will see that out of 100,Yorubas have up to 90

You are not even catching up with the Yorubas,you are almost virtually asleep.

Putinofrussia:
lol
How would somebody beating you black and blue and producing the best ever movies catch up with you that you are nowhere close?

Google all the most grossing movies ever in Nigeria and you will see that out of 100,Yorubas have up to 90

You are not even catching up with the Yorubas,you are almost virtually asleep.

igwebuike01:

You people use Lagos influence to deceive yourselves. Do you know that first indegenous rap album was recorded in Enugu by Massai (onye kwulu oto) .this was many years before Dagrin. Also Mr. Raw and Sloow Dogg were hits in igbo rap before yoruba rap. But I have seen many yorubas laying claims to be pioneers of indegenous rap

igwebuike01:

opamoses1:

This is not true.

AY, Rasqui, Mentho K e.t.c were all Yoruba rappers that were in the game before those Igbo rappers you listed.

igwebuike01:

Cinema and TV no be Nollywood. How many times can we correct you? Nollywood is the commercial production of recorded home videos

Raskimonojendor:

Wait a minute. What year was Massai (onye kwulu oto) released?

I want to check something.

Putinofrussia:

lol
I bet you are intelligent or you can at least pretend to be.
Hollywood, Bollywood and others all over the world all started from cinemas then into videos and so on.

There is a reason the world wouldn't forget the inventors of most tools we use today like cars,phones etc.

In simple words,Yorubas invented Nollywood before you know what acting is all about..

igwebuike01:

2006. Three years before Dark Grin

Raskimonojendor:

"Soji" by rasqui was already on the airwaves in 1999. And there were even other Yoruba rappers like Lord of Ajasa with "ma yi lo" released in 2000.

And before those guys, there was AY - hard to survive/Eko si London was even around before year 2000..

igwebuike01:

I'm talking about hip hop rap oga. Una don start again oo. Did I say yoruba songs?

Raskimonojendor:

"Soji" by rasqui was already on the airwaves in 1999. And there were even other Yoruba rappers like Lord of Ajasa with "ma yi lo" released in 2000.

And before those guys, there was AY - hard to survive/Eko si London was even around before year 2000..

Raskimonojendor:

Lord of Ajasa, AY, Rasqie all rapped in Yoruba. They were rappers. Lord of Ajasa and AY rapped 100% in Yoruba.

I don't know where you lived but these guys were popular Yoruba rappers in the late 90s. And like I mentioned earlier, junior and pretty rapped as well but they rapped in pidgin and added Yoruba to it like in their track "bolanle" .

igwebuike01:

Guy I'm talking about modern naija hip hop. There were uncountable old skul igbo "raps"

igwebuike01:

You see your life? What happened to movies produced before grossing? I laugh at the list filled with recent movies. Why not list from the beginning of Nollywood and see that you are far from catching up? Secondly, it's not about first five or first ten, it's about the total.

igwebuike01:

Guy I'm talking about modern naija hip hop. There were uncountable old skul igbo "raps"

Raskimonojendor:
The only earlier rappers of Ibo origin that I could think of were Junior and Pretty but they rapped in pidgin with some yorubas in their lyrics.

igwebuike01:

So yoruba started acting? No. Yoruba started showing acting on TV. Igbo started recording acting as home videos. Nollywood is the commercial aspect which goes beyond acting. Igbo dominated marketing and distribution, the livewire of Nollywood

igwebuike01:

Na you know 19BC songs you are mentioning. Modern hip hop raps as we know was popularized by idris and Rugged man. Any song before then is old skul.

Raskimonojendor:

This is another hardcore rap released by AY in 1999. Yorubas lead while others follow.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsIH9CrrE2Q?si=6xijJo-LH9cf5W07

igwebuike01:

You just de browse de post. Nobody knows these people. Day Nigga Raw was a hit he actually started before Massai