Earlier in the taxi from Port Harcourt to Yenagoa I got introduced to the popular Nigerian music; the taxi driver couldn’t do without music. Since it was a very bumpy road the cd/mp3 player got stuck a hundred times, but especially at one particular song: "Screen saver" by Wizboy ft J martins. I guess it was about six times I heard the song just partly; another bump, it quit and started again from the beginning (after the driver hit the cd/mp3 player again). Perhaps you'll be able to watch the whole clip in once:

Nigerian music is big business. An article about "Nigeria's music industry improving, booming and growing" explains why. Some important reasons: the Nigerian music industry is technically well equipped, and the Internet offers new musicians a springboard to a major audience. Innumerable clips are available on You Tube and music channels.

What once started as a (poor) copy of US hip-hop has developed into its own Nigerian style. They still use the structure, but the musicians switched to different languages such as pidgin English, Yoruba and Nigerian slang as they rhyme and sing.

Guess the daily exposure to Nigerian music here has changed my perception. I only knew about Angelique Kidjo (Benin), Youssou N'Dour (Senegal), and Fela Kuti (Nigeria) amongst others - labelled as 'world music'. Although Fela Kuti is still considered great here, the Nigerian music scene is now mostly based on hip-hop and R&B. And they don't need the European and American distribution labels that possess the world music anymore.

Check out the history of music in Nigeria on Wikipedia.