what do u think of them?

Well they abound, n i guess "BROKE" caused it

Whay are people struck by inferiority complexIs there any evidence that 50cent went to school,Ja-rule etc.Arent they all high school dropouts.Abi you think because they speak english??They can speak english because they grew up  hearing english,they are the same illetriate as the hausa dude in the north who grew learning and hearing hausa only.

I speak with some illetriate akatas,and they make mess of english language cos of their blunders and dats becos they didnt go to school to learn grammar tenses et al.So people it does not have to be white to be right

''it does not have to be white to be right''anyway 50 cent and most of those artists ain't white,80% of them are blacks.
but i brought out this topic due to what i watched on tv on saturday,when 2face Idibia,was called on ben tv in london.
maan it was so embarrasing,trust me,even the presenter(Dj Abass) was trying to cover dat up.
2 face wasn't talking,all he could do is to use his hands as a gesture of what he wanted to say,whenever he uses his hand,the presenter.i ain't happy bout dat.
we all know dat he's famous,his only problem is grammer.

let me give u a joke about him.

simple and corrected english,he cannot spoke,i can spoker then him.just because i was born in the united state of usa. lol
not funny

wrong section

hey u chat shit,wat da Bleep do u mean by ''spelling'' for ur info,those are called typing errors,i should go further than this,but i won't cuz u ain't a guy.meanwile,shut it. dickhead

Nt bein able to speak simple english shudnt b an excus 4 a Nigerian dat has @ least an OND. If teachers in secondary sch r nt equip enuf 2 teach eng efectively, lecturers shud nt fall in d same category. It only shows dat while u were in sch, u werent serious 2 learn. As 4 TUFAC he's only gud in his profesn n @ donatin sperm, he refus 2 improv in his spoken eng 4 d close 2 7yrs he's bin a star. Shame on him. He's one of d most celebratd AFRICAN artiste yet he can 'celebrat' himself in public. Heck. I kno of sm yoruba musician who had 2 learn english in order 2 b able to present demselves home n away. Its also a minus 4 KENNIS MUSIC who faild 2 organis a private teacher 4 2face.

nice comment, here is someone saying d fact,i feel ur point,u get me? dats the fact.
I reckon that he'd travelled to many countries,unfortunately he cannot express himself,all he says is ''yes o'' ''my people'',i listen to his music,it's cool.but he needs the english, who knows? he could have gone further than he is now.

rikkyjen:

Whay are people struck by inferiority complexIs there any evidence that 50cent went to school,Ja-rule etc.Arent they all high school dropouts.Abi you think because they speak english??They can speak english because they grew up hearing english,they are the same illetriate as the hausa dude in the north who grew learning and hearing hausa only.

I speak with some illetriate akatas,and they make mess of english language because of their blunders and that is because they didnt go to school to learn grammar tenses et al.So people it does not have to be white to be right

50 cent nd ja rule r not white and besides in africa if u are a school drop out there isnt any hope for you than if you live in america because they develop talents than in africa all of these people have talents thats why they r really making it and please people you cant compare a drop out school kid that lives in amreica to a nigerian school drop out kid because the society is diffrent

Basically, i don't think this has anything to do with talent, talent hasn't got anything to do with the society, moreover talents are natural, but u made some good points.
meanwhile, its not about 2face alone,its about most of em artists.

i fink the society develops talent if 50 cent was a nigerian and lived in nigeria and was a school drop out do u think he would be where he is now tu face and all those school drop outs r not known world wide like 50 cent and the rest it all has to do with the popularity of the society and how it develops its talent init

i fink its all about economical problem.
Cuz even 5 cent had a rough life,he stuggled to become wat he is today, i can still rememeber when he made his first album,he ain't popular den.

English aint our first language,have watched lot of interviews.Majority of yankee artist speak ''Street English'' and not good English accepted in the society.

good,it's ot our first language.but it's official, even in Nigeria,so it gotta be used

y'all shud just stop "HATIN" who says 2face cant speak gud english,dat wuz hw som1 compard him nd pasuma askin who speaks better.hey but"COME ON"

y'all shud just stop "HATIN" who says 2face cant speak gud english,dat wuz hw som1 compard him nd pasuma askin who speaks better.hey but"COME ON"

lol,who compared him 2 pasuma? dats must be funny,innit?
anyway no one is hating, its d fact,i listen to his song,i like his song,but its just d fact dat some of those artist can't speak good english, its not justabout 2face,remember the topic doesn't says 2face.
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@topic
me i am thired of most of them,they just see usic as a business venture to gain quck money and popularity

Illiterate US artistes have a better stand than their Nigerian counterparts cos for one,over there they have far more recognised music genres & cultures eg. 3 1/4 of world knows Hiphop(lets not forget where hiphop started:the US).the entire globe knows Rock music,at least 1/2 know country music,everyone knows Orchestra & Soul etc.Now tell me who the hell knows 'Afrohiphop'?!(The only big time recognition comes from singing 'juju' or 'fuji' music.Not even literate Naija rappers get much international recognition)That's why peeps like 50 cent,The rolling stones etc are far more recognised than any Naija artiste.Thats why even Akon had to be in the US to shine big time.

U don't expect Afro-Hip Hop to be known popularly,cuz it's not actually effective,it's just nothing. an artist just named it afro hiphop and everyone took it that way,so u don't expect it to be known. Hip-hop is Hip-hop, i could create mine and call it ''Tommie Hip HOp'',so it's just one of those slangs. at least there are Nigerian artists in Uk and Us who are basically running things and work things out.
Like the song by Big Brovas (jjc Crew), we do see them on Channel U, dats just the way it is.Like DA DOn used 2 say.

I think you should give credit to the nigerian hip hop artists for doing their thing the way they know best.i ave a feeling you call them illiterate because some of them do their tracks in their local languages or because they dont sound exactly like their western counterparts-if thats true then all i can tell you is to stop hating.This people dont even know you.

Man,there's nothing bad in doing their tracks in their language, Shakira did dat aswell,and no one is hating, wat am i hating for? are we under d same roof,or do i look like someone in the music industry,so wats d hating about.u know wat pals,take the topic off 2face, we all know dat he's an example,but keep the Topic rolling.

how many oyinbo artiste no be illiterate
abi you think say to speak oyinbo mean say dem no be illiterate?
dem sef no fit speak Ibo, or Yoruba or Hausa sef

2pac na illiterate
pdiddy na illiterate
wetin u dey yan sef?

I fink some of u are getting this wrong, it's not about going to school, it's about expressing themselves in concerts or auditions.
U don't have to be a literate before you can speak.
anyway i fink this topic should be closed down now
is dat possible ? don't fink so.
Go ahead lads

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tommiekidd:

I think some of u are getting this wrong, it's not about going to school, it's about expressing themselves in concerts or auditions.
U don't have to be a literate before you can speak.
anyway i think this topic should be closed down now
is that possible ? don't think so.
Go ahead lads

Then if its about expressing ones self, I dont think tuface or any nigeria arist is an illiterate because given the opportunity to use pidgin or our languages that we can speak and understand they can express themselves very well.
Almost all of nigeria artist grew up were they only speak pidgin so the artist who can express himself is just shy
thats it is modenine illiterate or not.
Yall should ask urselfs who is an illiterate.

JustGood:

2pac na illiterate
pdiddy na illiterate
wetin u dey yan sef?

Please forgive me for my errors on my first post.
Tupac an illiterate then every undergraduate in the world is an illiterate.99 percent of nairaland members are all illiterates including me. Please i would like to ask again Who is an illiterate.
Who Is An Illiterate?

Last night i was brwosing through my dictionary, finding the meaning of the word ''illiterate''
This are my results:

1.Having little or no formal education.
2.Marked by inferiority to an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature.
3.uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field

I fink u're wrong Ladebi, anyway dats the case, Literacy is Literacy and Illiteracy is Illiteracy.
U can't be in between,it ain't possible blad.