Top 10 Fast Rising Artiste in Nigeria you need to Know

REMA

Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, is a Nigerian musician with a net-worth of $500,000. In 2019, he signed a record deal with Jonzing World, a new imprint under Mavin Records. He rose to prominence with the release of the song "Iron Man". Born 1 May 2000 (age 19 years).

Songs by REMA includes: American Love, Bouleverd, Spiderman, Why, Dumebi, Corny, Ironman. This Benin Boy started his career early enough with a great vision of what he wants to achieve which has come off a dream come true. Rema is One Talented Artiste we should all watch out for.

TENI THE ENTERTAINER

Born on the 12th of December, 1992 in Lagos State as Teniola Apata, she is the younger sibling to popular singer, Niniola. She is either known as Teni, Teni the entertainer, Teniola, Teni Apata or Teni Makanaki.

She originally hails from Ekiti State, Nigeria and is a rapper, singer and song-writer.Having attended the Apata Memorial High School, Teni proceeded to getting a degree in Business Administration from the American Intercontinental University. She is from an education-loving family and started doing music at an early age of two. 

Teni came into the entertainment industry with her freestyles on Instagram, but came into limelight when her single, 'Fargin' became a hit. The song was widely accepted by Nigerian music lovers especially because of the powerful lyrics it came with. Ever since she came into stardom, Teniola has written and released a good number of hits and she reportedly wrote the Davido's hit single, 'Like That'.

Some of Teni'ssongs include:Fargin,Askamaya,Wait,Amen,Lagos,Pareke,Case,Fake Jersey,Shake Am. Teni is one of the fastest rising Nigerian celebrities and she has a good number of deals and endorsements. From our estimations she will be worth close to $100,000.

             

TERRI RYN:

Terri Ryn is an uprising singer who was signed to Wizkid’s Starboy record label after he he did a cover of Wizkid’s song oshe (featuring Don jazzy) and tagged the famous Nigerian pop artist on Instagram. Wizkid on seeing Terri’s cover of his song was very impressed and made up his mind to sign the singer. Some time later in March 2018, Wizkid gave Terri a record contract as he put pen to paper and made it official. Some of Terri's Songs are Bia, On me, Same You and Features in Songs like SOCO by Wizkid and KANA by T-Classic. Terri is just 25 years of age.

                 

CRAYON

Crayon was born into a music family. There is no prove so far but from a closer scrutiny through the logs on our researches I will tell you Crayon is highly attached to a church in the area where he lives and he is either playing one or 2 music instrument for the churches or singing. 

Crayon is 24 years.Crayon no doubt is a lover of music. He loves to listen to music always and a source reveals that he listens to Chris Brown songs a lot and then more to Wizkid Starboy. No wonder he sounds like him. According to some of crayons friends I have met i learned that the young boy lives in the studio and this is peculiar to the story of most people that made it in the music industry. 

Currently we cant determine exactly his worth but as a Mavin Record artist and with the number of tracks on his EP we strongly believe that the young singer is worth above $50,000. Be warned this is conjectural.

BRODA SHAGGI

Broda Shaggi whose real name is Animashaun Samuel Perry is a popular Nigerian comedian, actor, scriptwriter, visual artist and director born on July 6.

Broda Shaggi is also a singer and voice over artiste whose musical genre is Pop.

He is well known for his comedy skits which he shared on Instagram but came through with his comedy skit “Jesu in Mushin”.

He obtained a Bachelor in Creative Arts from the University of Lagos. His late dad was a drama teacher at Junior School, Ikenne, Ogun state.

He started comedy many years ago while in the University. He created a lot of characters before he later settled for Broda shaggi. Broda Shaggi has been recognized in the industry for his hilarious comedy and uniqueness of character.

He has got numerous nominations such as The Future Awards Africa Nigeria Prize for Comedy and City People Music Award for Comedy Act of the Year.

Broda Shaggi’s net worth has not been revealed but he is believed to worth millions from his earnings in his comedy skits and as an artiste. Songs by Broda Shaggy:Oya Hit Me, Pariwo, Kiri Koko,Ori.

ODUNSI (The Engine)

Bowofoluwa Oluwafisayo Odunsi professionally known as Odunsi (The Engine), is an English-born Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer.

He is currently signed to a record deal with Universal Music Nigeria and Warner/Chappell Music UK, he is also known as Mr Engine.

He was nominated for "Promising Act to Watch" at 2017 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and was part of 2018 edition of "Top 10 Nigerian artistes to look out for" put together by Premium Times. Premium Times. His debut single "In The Morning" was released on December 8 2017 under Universal Music Group. The music video for "In The Morning" was shot in Lagos and released under Universal Music Nigeria.

 

  

FIREBOY DML

Adedamola Adefolahan professionally known as Fireboy DML is a Nigerian artiste born on the 5th of February 1996. He is  signed to Olamide’s YBNL records as a replacement of Adekunle Gold. Fireboy DML hails from Ogun state. He studied English at Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile Ife where he started his musical career in his second year.Songs by DML: Jealous, What if i say, King, Star.           

WAVY THE CREATOR

Jennifer Ejoke who is best known as Wavy The Creator has such a unique sound that it’s impossible to forget it the minute you get a taste. Beyond the music, she has carved a niche for herself in various creative areas which include photography, being Olamide’s personal photographer for shows like the One Africa Fest in Houston under the name Wavy Film, filmmaking, visual arts and fashion—owning her own clothing line called AZIF. In all of these projects, her unique personality bleeds through in the form of retro hippie vibes and vibrant colors.

           

PRETTYBOY D-O: 

Nigeria's Prettyboy, D-O ,is an AfroUrban songwriter and recording artist with a unique worldwide sound. He started writing songs when he first got into Secondary school. His PrettyBoy sound is a fusion of R&B and Rap, laced with dancehall and African melodies thanks to his African upbringing.Hailing from Rivers state, Southern Nigeria , Donald Ofik ( aka D-O) spent most of his early life in Lagos state , Western Nigeria. Due to his education; D-O lived in various places throughout his adolescent years .

He went to high school in Abuja, Nigeria . He lived in Malabo (Equitareal and Guinea) for 3 years while in High School and finally went to university in New York,U.S.A.D-O fell in love with music at an early age . He started writing songs when he first got into Secondary school .His PrettyBoy sound is a fusion of R&B and Rap, laced with dancehall and African melodies thanks to his African upbringing.

He released his first track while he was still in University. D-O sacrificed a lot of time working on his sound and delivery to ensure he could have a standout career. He used to sleep through classes while in University due to late night writing and recording songs. In 2014 while still in University , Bance ( a collaboration with Dj Olu) was released and this created a local buzz for D-O.

OZZY B/SANTI 

An alternative rapper/singer from Nigeria who combines different genres of music to produce his unique sound.The rapper/singer, songwriter and aspiring film director. Born June 3, 1992, Santi grew up with a passion for music starting at an early age, listening to his Dad’s records when he was younger. He started acting at the age of 10, and went into music professionally at the age of 16. 

Since July 2011 when he dropped his debut mixtape, he has continued a strong tradition of releases. He was also one of the ambassadors for Nokia in the successful 2012' don’t break the beat' campaign alongside rappers Phenom and Muna. In 2016, Ozzy B finally and fully embraced Santi in the highly anticipated project "Suzie’s funeral". Santi takes us on a musical journey as he blends and fuses different genres to create his own sound. 

Santi is a well-known artist amongst the younger generation of Nigerians and has dropped two projects in the past. “Suzie’s funeral” shows Santi’s versatility as he fuses his unique sound with different and various genres of music. The project also maintains its Monster Boy roots as the Monster Boy collective did most of the production, a group consisting of Santi, Bankyondabeatz, GMK and Genio Bambino.The project features fellow new school artists such as Tomi Thomas, Bris B, Odunsi,Omagz, Bad Bridge and Tay.

The project not only gives you a new sound but also allows you hear the different and many talents who came together to create this project. In a few words Santi describes this project as journey through joy, trials, hard work, sadness and peace which all came together to create “Suzie”. The beauty about this project is the pure fact that it represents a strong statement about the next generation of artist coming from Nigeria.