In the beginning was the jollof wars. To be fair, there first was Ghana must go. Then the jollof wars came along.  And it raged for a while, until Zuckerberg settled it once and for all. There’s now a new battle to win, brought onto our shores by none other than the musician, Mr Eazi- a Nigerian with a deep seated love, apparently, for all things Ghanaian. It all started when he tweeted the following below:

https://twitter.com/mreazi/status/819266629196509184

The reactions were swift and brutal

What is a Ghana? 

Mr Eazi for don tweet that kind tweet before the "Life Is Eazi" concert.

E for import his Ghanaian influence come sell out the tickets.

— Blvck Unicorn (@Mhorackz) January 12, 2017

the same Ghanaians that did not nominate you for the Ghana awards cos you are not a Ghanaian. Smh.

— Ifedayo Adekeye (@IfedayoAdekeye) January 11, 2017

.@mreazi "after the Life is Eazi concert, no one is talking about me. Let me yamayama the place. Zagadat." pic.twitter.com/f9AeBfrIH7

— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) January 12, 2017

Ghana music influenced Nigerian sound, but this is a Ghanaian artiste ????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/BplYH8ULEn

— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) January 12, 2017

Tuface
PSquare
DBanj
Wizkid
MI
Don Jazzy
Olamide
Phyno
Davido
Tekno
Kiss Daniel
Flavour

Living, breathing the Naija vibe. What is a Ghana?

— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) January 12, 2017

I may have missed some, but these have been Nigeria's biggest acts in the last decade.

Pure Naija sound. Since we want to distinguish.

— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) January 12, 2017

Apart from Wizkid's Azonto and Olamide's first of all (not even close to their best songs) which other Ghanaian sound influenced these guys?

— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) January 12, 2017

But Mr Eazi Kofi, formerly known as Tosin believes Nigerian music is revolving around the sound that influenced him. Yamayama thinking.

— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) January 12, 2017

Wanted to say my mentions are very dark right now, but people will say I'm racist. So let's just say, I can't see insults coming from Ghana. pic.twitter.com/cMHwH8UI7V

— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) January 12, 2017

And since we're talking about influence, tell any Ghanaian you know that the only influence they had that cannot be overemphasized is Jake.❤ pic.twitter.com/xh0qRx7ihD

— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) January 12, 2017

https://twitter.com/SubDeliveryMan/status/819334960251179008

https://twitter.com/SubDeliveryMan/status/819339106480066560

https://twitter.com/SubDeliveryMan/status/819339814868684800

https://twitter.com/SubDeliveryMan/status/819357810353786880

https://twitter.com/SubDeliveryMan/status/819515266149142530

Some others reckon he has a point.

Supporters Club

Some naija soundz is azonto inspired, alkaida inspired,hi-life inspired,even if u hear "mad over u" u go tink 8s a Ghanaian singing @mreazi

— Juliet Ibrahim (@julietibrahim) January 12, 2017

No disrespect, he made a valid point. Listen to likes of Daddy Lumba, VIP, fuse ODG etc ..well we bit off their sound but we popularized it

— Dotuncoolfm (@iamDo2dtun) January 11, 2017

Ghana has had a solid influence on Naija music. So has sukous, American R&B, Reggae, Makosa, etc. The only original genre is Fuji.

— T. Rankïn' ∆ (@AfroVII) January 12, 2017

 

https://twitter.com/mreazi/status/819495653873221633

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