₦airaland Forum

GoodLife4live:
it has ... But was only in Yoruba speaking areas... Not the whole of nigeria... But the living in bondage went as far to other west Africa countries

GoodLife4live:
we are not saying the same thing..

The pioneer are different from the breakthrough...

The pioneers are yorubas

Herbert in 1982
Agubiaro in 1985
Soso ...by adegoke in 1988

Ekun in 1989 by ALADE AROMIRE

Taxi driver by ishow people in 1986

Those are the pioneers..

The breakthrough of the industry

1992 living in BONDAGE by Kenneth an igboman

1993 a Yoruba man from City people magazine from his colum about growing of nigeria movies in other Africa coised the name into nollyhood...

Ritchiee:
So those ones above were not commercial?
They were produced and kept in the cupboard
Either commercial or whatever,Yorubas are the pioneers and they have the highest selling movies ever in Nigeria.

GoodLife4live:
Igbo did not founded nollywood... There were mass production recorded movies in Yoruba language since 1982... The most breakthrough the yoruba movies had then was in 1988 and 1989 .. movie title.. soso by Mr adegoke and ekun by ALADE AROMIRE

Nollywood name coised by a Yoruba journalist from city people magazine when he was interviewing ALADE AROMIRE not Kenneth

In another weekend edition...the journalist , in his colum when he wanted to talk about nigeria movie industry he called it nollyhood...

But living in bondage success in 1992

Ritchiee:
So those ones above were not commercial?
They were produced and kept in the cupboard
Either commercial or whatever,Yorubas are the pioneers and they have the highest selling movies ever in Nigeria.

GoodLife4live:
bros . Do your research very well...

Their is one video film in 1988.. which media and all nigeria film makers agreed is the major starter of nollywood movie was in 1988.. by a Yoruba man ...
Then another video film call KEKERE EKUN BY ALADE AROMIRE...

This movie was the reason Kenneth produce living in bondage in 1992...

Living in bondage had breakthrough than them... It was well recognized between the sundry of west africa ..

In 1993...
The industry was named nollywood by a journalist on city peoples magazine...

Kenneth an igboman transformed the movie industry... Not the first to started the recording of movies in Nigeria.... It was the breakthrough of living in bondage that metamorphosed the name of the industry to nollywood by a city peoples magazine journalist in 1993

Ritchiee:
So those ones above were not commercial?
They were produced and kept in the cupboard
Either commercial or whatever,Yorubas are the pioneers and they have the highest selling movies ever in Nigeria.

Raskimonojendor:
Honestly, I just wasted my time going back and forth with that village boy

Raskimonojendor:
Says who?
We are just going around in circles.

Please, Go and watch the below on Netflix.

Raskimonojendor:
Honestly, I just wasted my time going back and forth with that village boy

opamoses1:
How would he know. I am very sure he wasn't yet born when that yoruba lady released her first hip hop rap track in 1996.

Raskimonojendor:
🤣🤣🤣🤣

GoodLife4live:
u dey talk the thing wey u no know..

First English movie record is in 1982... Name CI5.. Collaboration of nigeria actors and English actors...

Joke Silva husband took the leading roll..

Then nothing like nollywood..

First Yoruba record film was in the 1983... Recorded by same Herbert ogunde...

2) was in 1985 by shola ishow pepper

3) AGUBI ARO IN 1985

4) ORUN MORUN IN 1987

5) AJE NIYA MI IN 1990..

6) LIVING IN BONDAGE IN 1995..

7 ) KOTO AYE WAS TELEVISION SERIES BUT LATER BECAME A RECORDED MOVIE..

FEYIN KOGBON IN CHANNELS NTA 10 , 8 AND 7 THEN BUT WAS A TELEVISED PROGRAM STARTED IN 1986

Raskimonojendor:
Says who?
We are just going around in circles.

Please, Go and watch the below on Netflix.

opamoses1:
It's obvious he is an Indomie generation guy or he grew up in the village. Likely both.

Raskimonojendor:
100%.

opamoses1:
It's obvious he is an Indomie generation guy or he grew up in the village. Likely both.

Raskimonojendor:
You are confused. Idris started rap his broken English rap also around 99/2000.

You are jumping around like an headless chicken.
1st you said indigenous, I gave you indigenous, now you have gone to broken English rap.

Rugged man is a baby that came much later with his American style copy type of rap. Even at that, da tribes were earlier than rugged man when it comes to American copy style of rap.

I feel I am discussing with a baby in the Nigerian hip hop arena

Raskimonojendor:
Lagosians know them. Maybe Ibo boys from the hinterland do not know them 🤣🤣🤣

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

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.

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" .

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:
"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..

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..

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

I want to check something.

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.

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

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

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

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.