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MTN Y’ello Star host, Tobi Bakre (left); judge, Malik Yusef; Senior Manager, Sponsorship & Promotions, MTN Nigeria, Osaze Ebueku; Winner MTN Y’ello Star Season 1, Okeowo Oladotun (DOTTI); judge BankyW and CEO Stephen Budd Management UK, Stephen Budd at the MTN Y’ello Star finale in Lagos recently.
Quite often, when Nigerians try to describe how much growth has happened within the country’s music industry, they often point to parties, events and club nights where disc jockeys now comfortably play strictly Nigerian tunes for the length of the gathering without losing their audience.
Some others just speak about the international recognition that Nigerian music artistes across genres continue to receive, from sold-out concerts to awards and collaborations with their colleagues in different countries, as evidence of a cultural boom.