10 Nigerian music stars who have been shaking the industry for over a decade (With Pictures)

5. Mode 9

In 2004 Mode 9 MALCOLM IX was released it did quite well and all the hiphop heads rejoiced . The lead single Elbowroom won an AMEN Award the following year for best rap single in Nigeria, and in 2006 MODENINE won 3 HipHop World Awards and 3 Channel O Music Video Awards (The Biggest win of the NIGHT) That same year he released PENTIUM IX the blue print to real hiphop in Nigeria While signed to Question Mark Entertainment. Modenine has propelled the underground sound to the mainstream, E ‘Pluribus Unum was released in 2007 and it was heralded as one of the best HIPHOP albums to come out of Africa , getting airplay on New yorks Hot 97 with mad props from DJ Cocoa Channel

Modenine known for his sick wordplay and inimitable lyricism ( 7 Time Lyricist on the Roll Award Winner) has spat, alongside some of the finest emcees , Guru of Gangstarr, Wyclef and in 2005 he opened for Akon in Port Harcourt Nigeria while with Junior Reid, Kanye West, T-Pain, LL Cool J, Nas , Talib Kweli and Akon again in 2007. In 2008 Modenine set up Redeye Muzik an Indie Label and pushed out 2 Classic albums The Paradigm Shift and DaVinci Mode.

As a seven time The Headies Lyricist on the Roll winner, he is the most decorated artist by the magazine. In 2014, he released a song titled “Super Human” with Jamaican-American rapper Canibus. And he’s still repping the Hip Hop game till date..