In 1980, Ayers released Music Of Many Colors with the Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti.

Smooth jazz saxophonists Kenny G, Jay Beckenstein, Dave Koz, Grover Washington, Jr .; and Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Fela Kuti.

Afro-juju is a style of Nigerian popular music, a mixture of Jùjú music and Afrobeat.

Babatunde Odufuwa ( of Oke-Aye in Ijebu North East Local Government, Off Senbora ), Chairman of Lagos City Polytechnic, Ikeja and corporate giants like Afeez Ajibowu, the Nigeria Sales Director of the American Multinational SC Johnson, Ayo Komolafe, the Director, Membership services of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria and Kunle Adebiyi, Sales Director, Visafone Nigeria, Peter Olawale Odetayo, Artist-CEO Artwithinme Media Concept, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti ( Afrobeat Creator, Music Legend, Political activist ) Rtd Rear-Admiral Adebimpe Adewunmi ( Nigerian Navy ) among others

* 1968 – Saffron, Nigerian singer and dancer ( Republica and N-Joi )

Christianity plays an important role in Bakweri regions, where music played over the radio is as likely to be the latest from Nigerian gospel singer Agatha Moses as it is the latest hit by an American hip hop star.

* GT da Guitarman, Nigerian soul and R & B singer and guitarist

However, a few performers kept the style alive, such as Yoruba singer and trumpeter Victor Olaiya ( the only Nigerian to ever earn a platinum record ), Stephen Osita Osadebe, Sonny Okosun, Victor Uwaifo, and Orlando " Dr. Ganja " Owoh, whose distinctive toye style fused jùjú and highlife.

* Lil Jojo, Nigerian rapper, singer and songwriter

Tunde Baiyewu ( born Babatunde Emanuel Baiyewu, 25 November 1968 ) is a British singer of Nigerian descent and is a member of the easy listening duo, Lighthouse Family.

Salawa Abeni ( born May 5, 1961 ) is a popular Nigerian singer.

Aleksandra Szwed ( aka Ola Szwed ; 8 August 1990, Warsaw, Poland ) is a Polish actress and singer, born to a Polish mother and a Nigerian father.

KEM Owens ( born July 23, 1969 in Nashville, Tennessee ), professionally known as "' KEM '", is an ( Nigerian ) American R & B / soul singer, songwriter, and producer.

* Tope Alabi ( born 1970 ), Nigerian gospel singer

In 1984, Nigerian singer Onyeka Onwenu covered the song for the album In the Morning Light.

It was made popular by Alhaja Batile Alake from Ijebu, who took the genre into the mainstream Nigerian music by playing it at concerts and parties ; also, she was the first waka singer to record an album.

* D ' banj, Nigerian musician, known for his 2012 single Oliver Twist

* Lágbájá, Nigerian musician

* Funsho Ogundipe, Nigerian musician

* Femi Kuti, Nigerian musician, son of Fela Kuti

* Seun Kuti, Nigerian musician, son of Fela Kuti

* Weird MC, Nigerian musician

* May7ven, Nigerian born UK based musician

* 1962 – Femi Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and musician

* 1938 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and political activist ( d. 1997 )

* June 24 – Prince Nico Mbarga, Nigerian highlife musician, 47

* August 2 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and composer, 58 ( Kaposi's sarcoma )

The former was released in 2002 by the Red Hot Organization on MCA / Universal Records as a compilation album that paid tribute to the music and work of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti.

In 2002, dead prez contributed to Red Hot + Riot, a compilation album created by the Red Hot Organization in tribute to the music and work of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti.

* Independent ( Faze album ), a 2006 album by Faze, a Nigerian R & B musician

The most popular and well-known performer, indeed the most famous Nigerian musician in history, is undoubtedly Fela Kuti.

When talking about reggae music in Nigerian, this brand of music was started by a musician simply called " Terakota ".

Sowande was also an organist and jazz musician, incorporating these and elements of Nigerian folk music into his work.

In 2002, she appeared on the Red Hot Organization's Red Hot and Riot, a compilation CD in tribute to the music of fellow Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti.

In one particular instance, the compound of Nigerian musician and political activist Fela Kuti was raided and burned to the ground after a member of his commune was involved in an altercation with military personnel.

* Turning Point ( Dr SID album ), an album by Nigerian musician Dr SID

Controversy was caused by a song by Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti.

Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti ( born 16 June 1962 ) popularly known as Femi Kuti, is a Nigerian musician and the eldest son of afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti.

Ebenezer Obey ( born 3 April 1942 ), nicknamed the " Chief Commander ", is a Nigerian jùjú musician.

Niyabinghi rhythms were largely a creation of Count Ossie, who incorporated influences from traditional Jamaican Kumina drumming ( especially the form of the drums themselves ) with songs and rhythms learned from the recordings of Nigerian musician Babatunde Olatunji.

Its main creator was the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who gave it its name, who used it to revolutionise musical structure as well as the political context in his native Nigeria.

1980's Remain in Light, heavily influenced by the afrobeat of Nigerian bandleader Fela Kuti, to whose music Eno had introduced the band, explored West African polyrhythms, weaving these together with Arabic music from North Africa, disco funk, and ' found ' voices.