Musicians
- Fela Kuti (1938–1997), pioneer of Afrobeat music, and Political Activist
- Aṣa, Singer and songwriter
- 9ice
- Femi Kuti
- I.K. Dairo
- Sir Victor Uwaifo
- King Sunny Adé
- Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio
- Sade Adu, singer of Sade
- Dr. Alban, Sweden-based musician and producer
- Tunde Baiyewu (B-), former member Lighthouse Family now solo musician
- Adé Bantu
- Patti Boulaye
- Shirley Bassey
- Banky W.
- Naeto C, Stormz Rekords.
- Timi Dakolo, winner Idols West Africa, 2007, singer, song-writer, record producer
- D'banj
- Edoheart, singer, poet, butoh dancer, visual artist and performance artist
- 2Face Idibia
- Nneka (singer), Nigerian-German hip hop/soul singer and songwriter
- Lagbaja Afrobeat Singer-Songwriter, Instrumentalist, Producer, Multi-Award Winner
- Lemar Obika, Nigerian-British R&B singer and songwriter
- Ezebuiro Obinna, Leader of Oriental Brothers
- Kele Okereke of Bloc Party
- Ogbogu Okonji
- Orlando Owoh
- P-Square
- Seal (musician) two-time Grammy Award-winning English/Nigerian Soul Vocalist and
- Wunmi (Nigerian-British) singer; former dancer with Soul II Soul
- Taio Cruz (Nigerian-British) singer
- Jude Abaga M.I.
- Wale (rapper) (Nigerian-American) rapper
- Tinie Tempah (Nigerian-British) rapper
- Skepta (Nigerian-British) rapper
- JME (Nigerian-British) rapper
- Onyeka Onwenu
- Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe
- Sikiru Adepoju, Musician
- Tyler the Creator (Nigerian-American) rapper
- Ruggedman
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Famous quotes containing the word musicians:
“How are we to know that a Dracula is a key-pounding pianist who lifts his hands up to his face, or that a bass fiddle is the doghouse, or that shmaltz musicians are four-button suit guys and long underwear boys?”
—In New York City, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“We stand in the tumult of a festival.
What festival? This loud, disordered mooch?
These hospitaliers? These brute-like guests?
These musicians dubbing at a tragedy,
A-dub, a-dub, which is made up of this:
That there are no lines to speak? There is no play.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
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—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)