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    Nigerian Tribute Songs That still hit hard to date

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    Mp3bullet.ng presents Nigerian Tribute Songs That still hit hard to date

    Nigerian Tribute Songs That still hit hard to date
    Nigerian Tribute Songs That still hit hard to date

    Paying Tribute to someone or people who are dead isn’t a strange concept in the Nigerian Music Industry as there are artists who use their songs to express how they feel about the situation.

    The 20th of October 2021 marks the one year anniversary of the Lekki Tollgate shooting and many people are in their feelings about the traumatic incident.

    To ease the mood, we compiled a list of Nigerian Tribute Songs That still hit hard to date

    Tribute to Dagrin(My Pain)- Naija All Stars

    Nigerian Tribute Songs That still hit hard to date
    Tribute To Dagrin

    On April 22, 2010, the Nigerian music world/country as a whole lost a great legend, Olaitan Oladapo Olaonipekun a.k.a. Dagrin. After a gruesome car accident, he passed away.

    This traumatic event spawned a song, which went on to become Nigeria’s most popular tribute song.

    Artists such as Eldee, Sheyman, Reminisce, Durella, Banky W, Waje, Omawumi, Ruggedman, Lord of Ajasa, Posley, and others collaborated on the song ‘Tribute To Dagrin.’ For months and years to follow, the Hip Hop-based ballad topped charts and hearts.

    Ashes- M.I Abaga

    Nigerian Tribute Songs That still hit hard to date
    M.I- Ashes

    This song is dedicated to four University of Port Harcourt students who were killed by a mob on October 5, 2012. The horrible occurrence elicited a variety of reactions, but MI’s effort stands out.

    You could hear the hurt hidden in the words in between M.I’s inquiries for everyone concerned, the society’s tolerance for such sins, and the dark mood set from the beginning of the song brought to the fore with spoken-word-style narration.

    Olorun Mi – Tiwa Savage

    Nigerian Tribute Songs That still hit hard to date
    Tiwa Savage-Olorun Mi

    Many hearts and earphones couldn’t thank Tiwa Savage enough for recording a memorial song for all the great we’ve lost over the years.

    With this song, Tiwa gives a whole new meaning to tributes, and the video for the same song is nothing short of heavenly.

    To this day, the song is one of the few that both young and old can sing word for word… Let’s just say Tiwa brought her A-game on this single with her voice.

    Iwe- Flavour Nabania [Tribute To MC Loph]

    Nigerian Tribute Songs That still hit hard to date
    Flavour-Iwe

    Prior to his death in 2011, MC Loph was known to have a strong friendship with celebrity vocalist, Flavour. It was unsurprising when Flavour dropped a tribute in honour of the Igbo rapper.

    The song titled ‘Iwe‘ saw the highly sought after Flavour simply let out his emotions, resulting in millions of hearts flocking to his side.

    20.10.20- Burna Boy

    Nigerian Tribute Songs That still hit hard to date
    Burna boy- 20.10.20

    Burna Boy has garnered fans thanks to his songs which are either love themed or talking about a socio-political problem facing Africa. However, he won hearts after dropping “20.10.20“, a song dedicated to the lives lost at the October 20 Lekki Tollgate shooting.

    The Nigerian army had opened fire at innocent citizens protesting against police brutality at the Lekki Tollgate which led to outrage not just in the Country but outside the nation too.

    To commemorate that day, Burna on a Micheal Jackson sampled beat pours his heart out and vents his frustrations about the incident.