JJC Skillz surprised many on social media when he posted a wonderful post to his estranged wife, Funke Akindele, on her birthday.

JJC, who announced their separation months ago, put together clips of some of their favourite times spent together and added a love tune to them.

The rapper also sent a wonderful message to Funke alongside the video, and many fans were seen praying for their union in the comments section.

The music producer wrote,

“Happy birthday my darling mama ibeji, I pray for our children to embody the goodness of God and be a blessing to generations. Today is your day to celebrate and live to the fullest, Long life and prosperity.”

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Recall that it was months ago that JJC Skillz announced his separation from his celebrity actress wife, Funke Akindele.

JJC announced it a short while ago on his Instagram page.

According to the lengthy post he put up, the last two years have been extremely difficult for them and he has been trying to repair things.

He stated that he moved out of their home 3 months ago at Funke’s insistence and apart from the AMVCA, he has not been able to get the popular Jenifa diary star to sit down and settle things in an amicable manner.

He also revealed that they still have issues to address such as the custody of their children and other business interests.

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2006 was a defining moment in Nigerian music history. The sound of Nigerian music was becoming established by this time. In comparison to previous years, when international music dominated the airwaves, Nigerian songs began to receive more airplay on local radio.

Music quality improved significantly as artists gained access to better-recording equipment and studios

The establishment of the American Entertainment Station, MTV Base Africa in Nigeria the previous year also prompted the need for Nigerian acts to use music videos as promotional tools.

As MTV was available in most of Africa, the modern Nigerian pop scene began to receive international attention for the first time. These videos then spread across the continent, ushering in the Nigerian music scene as the dominant force in Africa that it is today!

This year also marked the dominance of two major record labels – Storm records and Mo’hits on the scene. The success of these labels created a record label boom within the industry in the subsequent years

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Here are Classic Nigerian Songs that were released in 2006 and turns 15 years in 2021;

Faze- Kolemental

Kolomental was the lead single from Faze’s sophomore album, Independent, which was released in 2006 and went on to become one of the year’s biggest Nigerian songs in 2007.

The banging track had a special frenzy to it, as the song title already suggests. It sparked a particular craze, fueled by the song’s musical instrumentation as well as Faze’s uniquely superb vocals.

Independent is also the R&B superstar’s best-selling album (in his career) and the biggest (most-sold) album of 2007. Faze was also a member of the now-disbanded Plantashun Boiz trio, which also included 2face Idibia now known as 2baba and Blackface.

Imagine that- Styl-Plus

In February 2006, Styl-Plus made up of Shifi Emoefe, Tunde Akinsanmi and Zeal Onyecheme released their highly anticipated 11 track debut album “Expressions“.

“Imagine That” is the lead single from the album. The song was a hit like their previous releases.

Angel of My Life- Paul Play Dairo

Paul Play Dairo is the son of the late Nigerian singer I.K. Dairo. He signed with Kennis Music in 1999 after his music group broke up.

In 2006, he released the R’n’B tune, “Angel of My Life“. The song was a hit solidifying Paul Play’s place as one of the biggest Afro-R’n’B artists as of then. In 2020, he released a remix of the song with Runtown.

Adara- Sasha P

Sasha P (formerly Sasha) was once the hottest femcee in the game, having given herself the self-serving title of “the first lady of Nigerian Hip-Hop.” The Omo Ibadan rose to prominence at a time when there were few Nigerian female hip-hop artists.

“Adara” was her biggest song, featured on her debut album, First Lady, released in 2006, and later released as a stand-alone single in 2008. In 2009, the song earned her a UK-based award for Best Female Artiste.

Although she has largely abandoned music in recent years, she devotes the majority of her time and energy to the fashion industry and other humanitarian causes.

For Instance- 2Baba

“For Instance” is a single from 2Baba (Formerly Known as 2face Idibia)‘s second solo album, Grass 2 Grace, released in 2006. In its first week of release, the album sold over a million copies and earned him numerous awards, including the MOBO Award in 2007.

Aside from the magnetizing beat, the lyrics are socio-political in nature calling out corrupt leaders who abuse the trust of the people who put them in power.

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Olori Oko- Infinity

Infinity was a popular Gospel Nigerian group made up of Kehinde Akinbode, Joe Okougbo, David Thomas, Samson Nnogo and Sunny Steve. In 2006, they released their album, “Olori Oko‘ with the lead single of the same name to massive success.

“Olori Oko” was not just an anthem in churches but in schools, events, name it. It was a popular choreography tune used by children.

Swo- Marvellous Benjy

There are Nigerian songs that have helped create or propagate dance routine and Marvellous Benjy’s “Swo” is one of those songs. Released in 2006, it was off his “Take Control” album. It is to date Marvellous Benjy’s biggest song.

Why- D’banj

D’banj is a Nigerian musician who uses a fusion of Afrobeat and Afropop to bring his music to life and is considered one of the Nigerian Music Industry’s influential artists.

In 2006, he released his RunDown Funk U Up Album and one of the biggest hits from the song is the uptempo song “Why Me” which was a big hit.

Ijoya- Weird MC

Ijoya is from Weird MC’s second album, After Da Storm, released in 2006. The single “Ijoya,” produced by Don Jazzy and JJC, was a huge success, earning her an AMEN award for Most Pop Song and a Channel O Music Video Award for Best Special Effect.

Kerewa- Zule Zoo

Zule Zoo was a music duo consisting of Ibrahim Alhassan and Mike from Benue state. Their biggest git was ‘Kerewa” which had a groovy and undulating beat that blinded people from the heavily sexual and controversial lyrics.

“Kerewa” in itself is a slang for s*xual intercourse and has two different theories over what the theme of the song is.

One school of thought sees the song from the perspective of a child reporting his mother’s adultery. Another school of thought believes what the child was in fact r*pe taking place.

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Classic Nigerian Songs that were released in 2006 and turned 15 years in 2021

• Kolomental-Faze
• Imagine that-Styl-Plus
• Angel of My Life-Paul Play Dairo
• Adara- Sasha P
• For Instance-2baba
• Olori Oko-Infinity
• Swo- Marvellous Benjy
• Why Me- D’banj
• Ijoya- Weird MC
• Kerewa-Zule Zoo

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The artist-producer duos have been an essential part of the Nigerian music industry. Many of our favourite Afropop hits were crafted from the prolific relationships formed through frequent collaboration by artists and their producers.

When you listen to a certain artist’s song, you can almost guess the producer of the song, this is what an artist-producer relationship can lead to.

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Don Jazzy and D’banj

These two held the Music Industry for almost a decade in their palms. The story of how they came to start from the UK where Don Jazzy was a producer working for JJC and D’banj was a security guard with dreams of becoming a superstar.

The story goes that after becoming friends, the two came back to Nigeria to pursue their music careers with D’banj as the frontman and Jazzy as the magic fingers. Their first release was “Tongolo” which was a smash hit.

Over the years, their partnership churned out more hits than any artist in their time could boast of. The two were also founders of one of the biggest labels at that time, Mo’hits records that gave artists like Wande Coal, D’Prince, Dr Sid and the rest a platform to shine.

It also birthed great international acclaim and one of their songs, ‘Scape Goat” caught Kanye West‘s eye who decided to sign them to G.O.O.D Music. But what should have been the beginning of new things in their partnership led to the end of a decade long fruitful collaboration.

ID Cabasa and 9ice

In the early 2000s, 9ice was the poster boy for ID Cabsa’s Coded Tunes record that also housed artists like Seriki, 2Phat, Reminisce, Lord of Ajasa.

9ice and ID Cabasa’s relationship is more of a brotherhood than an artist-producer relationship. 9ice’s first two albums, Certificate and Gongo Aso were produced by ID Cabasa.

“Gongo Aso” was however the album that showed more launched both of them’s career to another phase. The album remains one of Nigeria’s best albums to be released.

Although the two of them rarely collaborate on projects, their relationship still remains great. 9ice named his seventh album after ID Cabasa.

Olamide and Pheelz

Just like Don Jazzy and D’banj’s story, Olamide and Pheelz became friends while under ID Cabasa. Olamide released his first album, “Rapsodi” under Coded Tunes while Pheelz was an interning producer in the label.

When Olamide left coded tunes to establish YBNL, he took Pheelz with him. Their relationship can be described as Mutualism (A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.

The both of them became a major driving force in each other’s career. As Olamide’s popularity rose, so did Pheelz’s own too.

As a matter of speaking, Pheelz has produced almost 80% of Olamide’s songs. Olamide’s third album, “Baddest Guy Ever Liveth” was entirely produced by Pheelz.

For every Evolution process, Olamide achieved, Pheelz was there in charge of the soundboard and sonic directions.

2Baba and OJB Jezreel

One would argue that OJB Jezreel is Nigeria’s best producer to ever exist and they won’t be wrong. OJB was a versatile producer and an artist at the same time, of which many many music producers apart from Don Jazzy can’t boast of.

His music relationship with 2Baba would always remain relevant given the impact it had on the industry, and they were a perfect fit.

From 2baba‘s classic “Face to Face” album that produced hits like “African Queen“, “Ole“, “Nfana Ibaga” to the ever-flourishing, “Grass to Grace” album, these two had us feeling every emotion possible.

This is one relationship that had a strong impact on contemporary pop even with the arrival of Don Jazzy and D’banj.

Dagrin and Sossick

Dagrin and Sossick were like Batman and Robin. These two would have made more impact on the Hip-Hop scene if not for the death of Dagrin.

Sossick started working with Dagrin in 2006 but it wasn’t until 2009 that their partnership produced fruit with the release of “Pon Pon”

Although Sossick didn’t entirely produce Dagrin‘s popular album, “CEO,” one can’t deny the impact he had on it.

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Burna Boy and Leriq

Burna Boy and Leriq have been partners back from their days in Aristokrat label. In fact Leriq produced the whole of Burna’s debut album, “L.I.F.E” which produced hits like “Like To Party“, “Run my Race“, “Yawa Dey.”

Although Leriq hasn’t produced a full album for Burna after “L.I.F.E”, he produced Burna’s “Redemption” EP.

He is also responsible for the production of some of Burna’s hit songs like “Rockstar”, “Monsters You Made“, “Way Too Big“, “No Fit Vex“.

Davido and Shizzi

Shizzi is Davido’s most credible and dependable producer. The first time the two worked on a project was on “Dami Duro” which was initially produced by Davido himself until Shizzi came on board and made changes.

This move would be the beginning of their fruitful relationship which would see the birth of hit songs like “Overseas”, “Skelewu”, “Gobe”, “Ekuro“, “Tchelete (Good Life)”, Fans Mi”, “The Sound”, “Gbagbe Oshi”, “Like That”, “Blow My Mind”.

Wizkid and Sarz

The reason why these two are on the list isn’t about the number of songs they have worked on but because of the magic they always make whenever collaborate.

While Samklef was the main guy on Wizkid’s first album, “Superstar“, Sarz made his entrance into Wizkid’s second album, “Ayo“, producing just two songs off the album.

The biggest fruit to come out of their partnership was Drake’s “One Dance” song which was initially produced by Sarz and written by Wizkid.

Though it could be argued that Wizkid’s “Sound From The Other side” is one of their best collaboration.

Masterkraft and Flavour

Flavour popularized Afro Highlife with his songs and Masterkraft was one of the major driving force behind this.

These two have together crafted quality album that has gone to become cult classics. Despite the fact the Nigerian industry has unofficially seen Lagos as its capital, these have managed to break into the mainstream scene.

Falz and Sess

Falz and Sess relationship started with Falz’s second album, “Stories that Touch” and continued unto “27” and “Moral Instructions” which is the highest point of their relationship so far.

The two have undeniable chemistry when it comes to songs. Their synergy is easy to spot with the ease at which Sess matches Falz tempo by tempo.

Reminisce and Sarz

Reminisce and Sarz have come a long way. Although Sarz is yet to produce an album for Reminisce, the longevity of their working relationship is a cause for envy.  The first song they collaborated on was on Jahbless‘ Joor Oh. “Kako Bi Chicken” was their second partnership.

In their 10 years of working relationship, the two have churned out hits like “Asalamalekun“, “Oja“, “Instagram“, “Ogaranya”

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Naira Marley and Rexxie

While their relationship is still one of the youngest on this list, their less than five-year relationship has managed to establish both of them in the limelight.

Although Rexxie was a result of Chinko Ekun‘s “Able God” and Naira Marley‘s popularity was as a result of “Issa Goal“, their partnership in songs helped established them in the street-hop scene.

This partnership has birthed songs like ‘Am I a Yahoo Boy?’, “Soapy“, “Tesumole“, “Pxta“, “As E Dey Go’, “Idi Oremi“, “Chi Chi“, e.t.c

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Notable Mentions

• Olamide and Young John
• Burna Boy and Kel P
• Wizkid and Legendary Beatz
• Phyno and Major Bangz
• Mr Eazi and Juls
• Wizkid and Samklef
• Asa and Cobhams
• Don Jazzy and Wande Coal
• Davido and Kiddominant
• Niniola and Sarz

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Known as Mavingrandpa on Instagram, Enebeli shared a throwback photo with JJC and accompanied it with a sweet message in his he described JJC as a legend without whom the success story of Don Jazzy wouldn’t be complete.

According to him, the actor and producer is a legend who contributed to the success story of his son.

He wrote;

“Throwback: Meeting of gifted and futuristic minds. The story can not be complete without name of this legend in his own rights @jjcskillz resonating timelessly.

As he marks his special day today, I want to use this medium to wish him a happy birthday with many happy returns. May God bless his new age abundantly. Congrats and warm regards from @mavingrandpa SMD worldwide. “

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Back in the days before the fame and money, Don Jazzy had signed a contract he signed with JJC 20 years ago. However, they fell out and this led to Don Jazzy’s return to Nigeria.

 

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Popular and controversial Nigerian singer Naira Marley has been scheduled to appear in court today after disobeying Federal government social distancing order.

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It will be recalled that popular Nigerian movie star Funke Akindele was arrested alongside her husband JJC after she threw a surprise birthday party for him despite social distancing and lockdown order.

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following their arrest, the duo was subjected to a 14 days community service and to pay a sum of 100,000 naira each for fronting lockdown orders.

However, Naira Marley who was arrested and locked behind bars at Panti police station in Yaba was after surrendering himself to questioning alongside former governorship candidate at the Lagos state governorship election will appear before the court today to be served his own share of punishment for breaking FG and Lagos state stay at home order.

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The video is an amazing short story about a Mother and daughter struggling to make a dream come true. Written and staring the popular Nollywood actress FUNKE AKINDELE.

Music produced and Video directed by @JJCSKILLZ and dedicated to his late Mother MRS FAUSAT BELLO BUHARI Born 15th march 1933 to 18th Jan. 2014. Survived by 12 children, 39 Grand children and 52 Great grand children. May her soul forever rest in peace.

Enjoy!

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Produit par Puffy Tee et vidéo réalisé par Mr. Moe Musa . garder le Last Dance tend la main à la génération plus âgée et plus jeune , anciennes relations nouvelles et de réaffirmer leur amour et l’engagement .Donc cette année se il vous plaît prendre un moment et garder la dernière danse pour quelqu’un que vous aimez vraiment.

Connu pour ses singles classiques , «Nous sommes des Africains ” , “African Skank », « Eru » et « My Life », entre autres , le chanteur / compositeur / musicien est toujours loué pour ses performances sur scène en direct . Actuellement en tournée au Royaume-Uni à l’appui de son prochain album SKILLZ.

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JJC returns in 2014 with a new dance hit titled “YOLO” which are acronyms for You Only Live Once and it has Darey art Alade on it. Another tune! Produced by Mr. Green.

Listen and Enjoy!

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