5. Ice PrinceHe may not be the most skilled rapper, but you got to give it to the dude for putting in the work. He was probably the hottest in 2012/2013. He did his thing with his Fire Of Zamani album last year, with all the hits and multiple international collaborations.
4. Vector
Even though I still can't get over the fact that he sounds exactly like Jay Z, I can't dispute the fact that this dude is super talented. Listening to the two songs (Popular and Police) he dropped towards the tail end of last year, you know the dude's music will stand the test of time, and become the classics of the future.
3. PhynoAfter he and Olamide collaborated for Ghost Mode two years ago, Phyno hasn't looked back ever since. From Man Of The Year, to the numerous guest appearances he does, Phyno lets the world know that he is not just a fad, but the real deal.
2. Reminisce
I was skeptical about dude at first. I heard his early party jams in 2012, and even though I heard some creative lines in them, I thought he was going to be a flash in the pan. Then 2013 came, and he started dropping real raw rap songs. He still does songs like Daddy (feat. Davido) to keep the show-money flowing, but this dude has got bars for days. The fact that he spits his rhymes in a mixture of Yoruba and English doesn't reduce his fan-base, but the mystique around that makes him more popular.
1. OlamideI tell people all the time that Olamide is the most hard working rapper in Nigerian music history, period! I think he had to work harder than ever to prove people he wasn't a Da'Grin wannabe, and that he had his own style too. This dude is killing everything right now...dancehall songs, rap songs, R&B songs, afrobeat songs...you name it. He is super versatile, and he doesn't seem to be slowing down with the creativity any time soon. I crown Olamide the King of Nigerian rap right now in 2014.
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