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The impact Olamide's 'YBNL' had on Nigerian music and youths - Emma Ugolee writes

Ace broadcaster, Emma Ugolee has just shared an interesting piece about the impact of music on the mind of an average Nigerian youth and how Olamide's YBNL played a role in shaping the current generation's mindset.

He wrote:

Do you recall what Olamide said YBNL stands for? Yahoo Boy No Laptop.
This, i thought was one of the most powerful messges for youngsters at the time when the craze for being fraudsters was king.

YBNL meant that there were other ways to get rich and he was going prove this with music. Did he do it? O yes indeed

Even though his no display of wealth principle would not make this public knowledge, Olamide is super comfortable and doesn't need weekly selfies in private jets to prove it. His riches most enviably, has trickled down to as many as can reach his table to feed

But more remarkably than this, the YBNL message inspired many more youths to see hope in shutting down the laptop and reaching for the mic. Even though Lord of Ajasa & Dagrin were his clear predecessors, Olamide has by far more clones in his genre of rap inspired by the yoruba language. #fact

Point being, generations can be influenced by the message that music stars carry. Growing up it was an abomination to touch marijuana as ajebutter kids. It was meant for touts who we were waiting to watch run mad. Then came Snoopdog's "Doggystyle" and Dre's "Chronic" in 1992, Every kid in Nigeria now needed to smoke weed to be cool. Thanks to the power of the message in the music for the young minds.

Imagine if the YBNL message had more Nigerian acts joining in on emphasizing the making of clean money, the way the womans anatomy and the mindless blowing of cash has been glorified, we would have had less panties and pads to worry about.

Now almost every family has a yahoo plus boy in it. Girls proudly say their boyfriend is a G boy, Songs say you gain nothing without buying the benz by any means neccessary, Mothers look the other way, knowing fully well how their sons make the money.

Yes, the government has failed, the churches have failed with grooming the youths, parents are failing too but these are hardly their role models so the most painful failure in shaping the mind state of a generation has come from the ones that the kids would rather listen to. The musicians. They have failed woefully. Look at the generation they are grooming. You are part of the problem.

Source: https://www.mediahelm.com.ng/2019/03/the-impact-olamides-ybnl-had-on.html

This is so TRUE!

Nice Write-Up

On point

Lalasticlala

ok

Didn't read it to the end, but the first paragraph is true, buy some of is latest songs has some bad lyrics that has influenced so many youth

Lost generation where bb naija takes the place of debate competitions as witnessed in the 90's, where twitter and Instagram have taken the place of okeke or ababio, where seeing a female virgin at eighteen, even in the villages are rare, where everyboy wan blow even without handwork or education, the if you no make money wet in you gain generation, the what does your boyfriend drive or how many rich bf do you have, where sex and love is for the highest bidder, where the best jobs are exclusively for children of the privileged, where a mum congratulates a daughter for a new car without asking how, welcome to a generation where there re no more role models, where our elders have failed us,and there is nothing left

Good for him

Badoo, iba 1000 fenikan!

OLAMIDE has raw talent for music. No doubt dats his calling. I love this guy. pls like for badoo

You forgot to add he had more students studying SCIENCE for the future of Nigeria's infractstryabaleft development. Please add it.

He only sang those stupid songs to get rich and fame

Thank God my kids don't know him.

Even as they grew up they didnt listened to his songs.

Train up a child in the way they should.

Emma is just polishing the truth. Olamide is one of the musicians promoting yahoo directly or indirectly

Olamide is a bad influence to every youth in Nigeria full stop!

Asaro

olamide is getting out of control, seriously.

Are u serious.
We are just loosing out Morales!
See most of all these start with parents raising their kids rightly.
Honestly I am shocked at the meaning of YBNL.
If you train ur kid to be upright.
U may not see the changes when u want to.
Give it time and u will definitely see it.
No upbringing
No Morales
No self respect
No dignity
So many wrong No's right now

Hezzyluv:
OLAMIDE has raw talent for music. No doubt dats his calling. I love this guy. pls like for badoo

raw talent??...lemme check what is talent in dictionary

Logo Benz
Olamide is cool though, forget some of his songs, it's part of hustling.

Manuel69:
Emma is just polishing the truth.
Olamide is one of the musicians promoting yahoo directly or indirectly

Don’t mind him all Nigerians are scared of the truth. If he listened to that album he won’t be saying that poo.

Big lie

Yahoo boy no laptop
That is money ritual na

Olamide just encourage all these pant selling ritualist.
Yahoo boy no laptop mean money rituals..

Download this lovely and beautiful song from Xpol. http://www.naijapals.com/music/Basabasa_Rough_Rough__Xpol-92755

D logo Benz song was so uncalled for