Hip hop music developed in Nigeria in the mid-nineteen seventies. At that time it was mostly viewed as an ephemeral trend that was for fun and catch enough to inspire take-offs and reply records from around the globe, Nigeria was not left out of the dialogue (Abati 2009). By 1991, there was a spectacular transformation with the introduction of a caste of Nigerian artists who developed their type of music by introducing local blends with foreign beats. The duo, Junior and Pretty and the four-man, Pretty Busy Boys’ were known for rhyming in the West African patois of Pidgin English, instead of mimicking American accents. These groups became popular for fitting their verses to musical accompaniment informed by afrobeat and highlife. Junior & Pretty
