MODE9 Just as the MC’s name suggests, he is arguably Nigeria’s top 9 hip hop artiste, scoring with punch lines and out of naija lyrics. No wonder he is popularly called the super lyricist. Mode9 has truly been representing. He takes hip hop to another level. When hip hop was dying slowly he single headedly revived it, many thanks to his SWAT root brothers too. It was hard for hip hop to be accepted and match the other musical genres in Nigeria, so to sell or be popular, one needed to rap in pidgin English. Eedris [with the many words you never hear] and Rugged man were the beloved rappers then. Ruggedman was my favourite rapper then, I especially liked his big thing, peace or war. The real war however came when Mode9 arrived on the scene. He had been cooking hip hop underground. He dropped earth shaking tracks like Elbow Room, Formidable, etc from the Pentium IX mix tape.
Mode9 was fearless and introduced real hip hop to Nigeria. He raps in not just good, but intelligent English. Many thanks to his strong academic background. A good mathematician, thus nicknamed the ‘mathematical shege’ and ‘Mode9’- his stage name which he did not look up in a dictionary because he was into music, but which a girl called him after resolving a mathematical puzzle at Bida Poly, back in the days when artistes currently on the scene dropped out from high school just to make kpangolo beats.
Give it up for Mode9, because if he had not opened the door of real hip hop, artistes like M.I, Naeto C, Ikechukwu, etc would probably be rapping in Igbo or pidgin…or never even attempted music. If Martin Luther King never fought, a certain Barack Obama would have never become president of The United States of America. Mode9 fought and opened the door for other youngsters. He does not do rap the American way, he does it more than the American way. No wonder the American rap legend, Jay-Z could not help but email Mode9 after hearing his rap.
A few guys though, never get down with Mode9, but the simple truth really is that they never get to understand the philosophy of the man’s rap. It is just too advance for them. He plays with words, like he invented them, drops punch lines that are more deadly than Mike Tyson’s punches.
Mode9 will forever be appreciated because he’s one man that trampled on where others were afraid to. He is one man that gave Nigerian Hip hop a face and makes the world look at it. He changed the game. Thanks Modo, you’re a true Nigerian that deserves to be recognized for your work. I personally respect your intellect.
9 thumbs up for Mode9……peace out!
Mode9 was fearless and introduced real hip hop to Nigeria. He raps in not just good, but intelligent English. Many thanks to his strong academic background. A good mathematician, thus nicknamed the ‘mathematical shege’ and ‘Mode9’- his stage name which he did not look up in a dictionary because he was into music, but which a girl called him after resolving a mathematical puzzle at Bida Poly, back in the days when artistes currently on the scene dropped out from high school just to make kpangolo beats.
Give it up for Mode9, because if he had not opened the door of real hip hop, artistes like M.I, Naeto C, Ikechukwu, etc would probably be rapping in Igbo or pidgin…or never even attempted music. If Martin Luther King never fought, a certain Barack Obama would have never become president of The United States of America. Mode9 fought and opened the door for other youngsters. He does not do rap the American way, he does it more than the American way. No wonder the American rap legend, Jay-Z could not help but email Mode9 after hearing his rap.
A few guys though, never get down with Mode9, but the simple truth really is that they never get to understand the philosophy of the man’s rap. It is just too advance for them. He plays with words, like he invented them, drops punch lines that are more deadly than Mike Tyson’s punches.
Mode9 will forever be appreciated because he’s one man that trampled on where others were afraid to. He is one man that gave Nigerian Hip hop a face and makes the world look at it. He changed the game. Thanks Modo, you’re a true Nigerian that deserves to be recognized for your work. I personally respect your intellect.
9 thumbs up for Mode9……peace out!
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