Celebrating Ndi-Igbo

One to Watch Kashmere aka Iguana Man is a versatile hip hop artist with a discography of some 32 commercially available appearances. Born Obiesie Adibuah on 22 January 1980 in London, Kashmere came blasting into the psyche of the UK hip-hop fraternity in 2002 with his EP Raw Styles, released under the Iguana Man moniker on Receptor Records. The track had a lo-fi dirty delivery much like the US group Gravediggaz, and gained much airplay on London's many pirate radio stations. Mixing with critically acclaimed hip-hop producers Braintax, Mr. Thing, and Breakin' Bread helped Kashmere to hone his production skills. This culminated with the release of his 2004 debut album, Technical Illness/Back Hand Slap Talk, on Low Life Records. The album was produced by Braintax, and had his signature raw style akin to a live mix, with the scratching on the album executed to perfection by Mr. Thing, and additional beats performed by Kashmere and Ghost giving it a truly home-grown sound. Th...

Olisa is one of the founding partners of Storm Media Group . Storm group is made up of five arms, including Storm Records . Since 1991, they have been responsible for top-notch music productions including the Top of the Pops, Lekki Sunsplash, Nokia Face of Africa, Big Brother Africa, 100% Naija on Channel O and The Apprentice Africa. Storm records has in her stable artists like 2Shotz, Alay, Dare, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Eldee, GT, Ikechukwu, Jazzman, Naeto C and Sasha. Olisa has also been a host of Big Brother Nigeria and is an inductee into Hip Hop World Awards Hall of Fame. He is one of the most consistent custodians of the hip-hop genre in Nigeria, and right from his days at Clapperboard TV, he has been passionate about breaking new talents into the music scene. Olisa was a popular broadcast presenter with Cool FM he anchored the ‘road show’ - a Monday to Friday evening programme designed to keep listeners’ company as they drive home from work. He also anchors the MTN-sponsored Top 10 Ja...