Lami Philips
Lami is more popular on social media than
on stage. She has been lucky to be invited to
one or two not- so- popular gigs but even
her performance at such gigs, isn’t
earthshaking but almost boring.







The singer made her debut into the Nigerian
music scene with the release of her debut
album, Intuition, in November, 2009.
Some may excuse her since her songs are
mostly love songs and not dancehall;
however, she has not been able to repeat
what she did with her ‘Know’song, which
kind of topped charts for a while. Some
people feel that the song was acceptable
because of MI’s input (she featured him in
the song).
She may have felt featuring another known
person in another song would earn her
some kudos in her career but then, the
Kotobata, which featured Olamide, made
little or no impact in her career.
Presh
Presh may be wondering which god he
offended; since he and his former Best
Friend Forever (BFF), KC broke up, Presh’s
career has almost gone into oblivion.
As a group, their (KCPresh) career wasn’t
even fantastic as they didn’t have a great hit
that could earn them fantastic points even
after they had won at the Nigerian
Breweries sponsored music reality show,
Star Quest. However, they had performed on
stage for so many years (all thanks to
Nigerian Breweries sponsored concerts and
gigs) with other A list international and
Nigerian musicians.
Interestingly, they broke up and KC started
dishing out club bangers back to back while
Presh is…just Presh.
When it looked as if his career was at a zero
level, Okwudili Umenyiora’s Eric Manny
Records came to the rescue and even went
as far as ‘packaging’ Presh with exotic cars
and other incentives.
Presh tried… he actually tried to make a
comeback. His song, Say Dem, featuring
Davido, could have earned him a place but
oops, Presh has yet to deliver songs his fans
would die to listen to.
2shotz
Once upon a time, 2shotz was the man of
the moment. That time is quickly fading in
the minds of many; so many people may not
even recall what songs shot him to the
limelight.
His song, ‘Superman,’ which was released in
2012, would have put him back on track
because it gained a lot of public acceptance
but that did not seem to be enough as he
still wasn’t able to top charts
Apart from allegedly battering his girlfriend
Beverly Osu and later on, his wife, and the
stories making headlines, nothing more has
been heard from the talented guy who used
to make so many fans dance with the great
songs he put out back then.
K Switch
Well, K Switch is popular; after all, he is
D’banj’s biological brother. But that may be
the only gene they share because musically,
they are certainly world apart!
He was a member of the defunct Mo’hit
group but even back then, K Switch was just
there, he wasn’t so spectacular.
His peculiar style of music, which tilts
towards reggae, could have got him a
breakthrough but the likes of Patoranking
(who sing similar genre) came on the scene
and practically chased him out of the league
with their hit songs.
But K Switch could be pardoned a bit, his
‘Obimo’, featuring D’banj may not have
topped so many charts but it is a good song.
‘His’, For Example featuring Olamide and
Wizkid and Jaburata could not be said to
have done great.
Styl-Plus
Who remembers Styl-Plus again? This group
of boys held sway so many years ago and
their song, Olufunmi, was a big hit. Sadly,
that was many, many years ago.
Back then, the lads stormed all the
happening gigs, jumping from one point of
the stage to another and so many fans,
especially the females, went wild just at the
sight of them. They were even dubbed
Nigeria’s Westlife.
In 2006 when they launched their album, it
was alleged that the star-studded event in
Abuja and Lagos cost over N10 million
making it one of the most expensive album
launch in Nigerian history.
They may have felt they could do better than
they did in their first album as they released
their sophomore album, ‘Back and better’.
But that effort wasn’t so good and that was
how the boys gradually faded.
Now, Styl Plus might need to reintroduce
themselves to a lot of people if they should
make a comeback as so many talents have
come and overtaken them in the music
business.
Sasha P
Thank God Sasha P got another calling. Her
musical career became practically dead and
so many people felt that in order to remain
relevant, the one-time rap queen switched
to clothing and shoe business.
But there was a time the pretty babe was a
rap queen. Yes, Sasha ruled, at least the
female musicians’ scene. But it looked as if
the babe couldn’t stand the competition
when other female singers came on the
stage.
By the way, Sasha broke into the Nigerian
entertainment scene with the defunct hip-
hop group, Trybesmen in 1994 when the
first members, Eldee, Kaboom and Freestyle,
met in Lagos. The group later broke up and
everyone went their separate ways.
In 2002, she sang, ‘Oya’ and ‘Work’ it but she
did not gain prominence till she released
‘Emi le gan’, which was widely accepted,
ditto for her ‘Adara’, which she released in
2008.
In 2012, she sang, ‘Bad Girl P’ and the babe
decided to go back and face what may likely
be a better career, her clothing business.