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Wande Coal

Born Wande Ojosipe on the 18th of October 1985, 1st child in a family of 2 children Wande like most great musicians started singing in the teenage choir at his church. he got his break in the Nigerian entertainment industry as a dancer. He continued improving his vocal skill and got signed to Don jazzy’s Mo’ Hits records in 2006. He featured on D’banj’s Rundown/Funk You up album on singles like; Loke, tonosibe and why me.
Being signed to Mo’ Hits records he is also a member of the Mo’ Hits allstars, and played a major role in the recently released CV (Curriculum vitae) album.

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Seyi

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Faze

1) Faze - heavy metal band
2) Faze - electronic music duo
3) Faze -Hip Life artist from Ghana Africa
4) R&B artists from the80's, their most famous love song was on quiet fire often, and was entitled 'Cold Sweat'.
5) FaZe - Soulful House & UK Funky DJ/Producer
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1) Faze is a self-produced heavy metal band from Japan. They formed in 2003. Toki - vocals
Ryutaro - guitars
Masato - guitars
Katsuya - bass
Kousei - drums Disco:

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Flavour

1. Flavour is a German HipHop artist, born Stephan Kaps in Koblenz in 1980. Since 1993 his productions appear on his own label "Flavour Productions".
Samples of his work can be downloaded at http://www.mcflavour.de.
2. Flavour is a Canadian Rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. http://www.FlavourHQ.com

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Debonez

Iyal Abdulazeez also "Debonez" born in September 1983 is the founding member of inferno city which is now a registered company in the united kingdom. Inferno City Entertainment is a music recording group based locally in luton with our head office in London, we are looking to promote our primary artists, Inferno City Sos consisting of; Debonez: music producer, rapper/ vocalist, songwriter, entrepreneur Capone: Rapper/ Vocalist. Shadow: Rapper/ Vocalist. Kappadona: Admin/ Vocalist. Alex Delaney: Public Relations and Admin

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Keziah Jones

Keziah Jones (born Olufemi Sanyaolu on January 10, 1968 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He describes his musical style as “Blufunk”, which is a fusion between raw blues elements and hard, edgy funk rhythms. Also his Nigerian roots and soul music can be considered a major influence on his sound.
He is known for his distinctive style of guitarplaying, above all his percussive right-hand technique which is similar to bass player's slapping technique. He's also famous for playing most of his live shows with a bare torso.

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Wunmi

Wunmi, real name Ibiwunmi Omotayo Olufunke Olaiya, is a singer, dancer and fashion designer. She was born in the United Kingdom, to Nigerian parents, but spent much of her childhood in Lagos, Nigeria. She worked with the band Soul II Soul, notably appearing as a dancer in the video for "Back To Life" (1989). Her debut single, "What a See (A Guy Called Gerald Mix)" was released in 1998, and her debut album A.L.A. (Africans Living Abroad) came out on the Documented record label in 2006.

Femi Kuti

Femi Kuti is an award winning Nigerian musician, and the oldest son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Femi was born in London on 16 June 1962 and grew up in the former Nigerian capital Lagos. Like his father, Femi has shown a strong commitment to social and political causes throughout his career, but he differs in his religious views. In 2001, Femi collaborated with a number of US musicians such as Common, Mos Def, and Jaguar Wright, on his Fight to Win album. This album was widely regarded as the most influential Neo-Afrobeat album of the early 21st century.

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Bukky Leo & Black Egypt

Growing up in Lagos Nigeria, Bukky was spotted practising his first saxophone by the original Afro-beat drummer Tony Allen. He was immediately ushered into Tony's newly formed band. Bukky went on to play with the great Fela Kuti where the seeds of Afro-beat were being sown. After sometime in the band and under the influence of Tony Allen, Bukky decided to follow his own journey with his distinct style of Jazz and Afro-beat.

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