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
FlavourLiving, 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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