Inside Northern Nigeria’s Emerging Hip Hop Scene

Author:: VOA News
Publisher:: VOA News
Publication Date:: 8 March 2017
Tags:: Nigeria, Arts, Culture and Entertainment

Lagos has long been known as Nigeria's pop culture hub. It's the home of Nigeria's film industry, Nollywood, as well as many of the country's top musicians and artists. But a group of rappers and fashion designers is creating a scene of their own in Kaduna, in northern Nigeria some 600 kilometers from Lagos. For VOA, Chika Oduah takes us inside Kaduna's growing hip hop scene.

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