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Chocolate City set to release M.I.'s debut album 'Talk About It' |
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008 |
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M.I won the Best Rap Single award at the 2008 Hip Hop World Awards also represented Nigeria in the Bring the Noise world tour in 2007/8 which took him to over 12 countries around Africa as well as the United Kingdom.
The album titled TALK ABOUT IT is easily one of the most anticipated albums of 2008 and features hit songs like Crowd Mentality, Blaze Featuring ace producer and brother Jesse Jags and protégé Ice Prince and the monster chart buster Safe which featured NMA award winning artist Djinee.
M.I was born to Pastor and Mrs Abaga, both active members of the local Church choir in Jos, Plateau, Nigeria . His mother taught the basic music notations and later bought him 7-key mini piano, which launched him early into the world of music.
M.I's encounter with Hip-Hop started with sampling the works of DMX and Lauryn Hill in 1998. He later delved into writing poetry. In 1999, MI left for Calvin College, Michigan, USA to pursue a degree in business and economics. There he interacted with the budding Michigan hip-hop community. He performed at all the major hip-hop and R&B shows and concerts in school and later came third in the Calvin College “Hip hopera” 2003.
M.I returned to Plateau, Nigeria in 2005 to find the local music industry on the verge of a revolution and was set to take African Hip-Hop to new heights. A proficient producer, lyricist, songwriter and instrumentalist, M.I has been described by DIV as the future of African Hip-Hop. He has produced and featured on the works of artists like, Don Jazzy,Kel, Djinee, Shifi (Style Plus), Jesse Jags, Ice Prince,Ruby, Lindsy , Leone e.t.c.
Crowd Mentality – the first single off his album “Talk About it” has topped every major chart in and around Nigeria and is currently number one on the Creative economy website. Soundtrack, besting music from Nine other countries around the world! The video is enjoying tremendous airplay and has topped every major video chart in Nigeria.
There will be an exclusive listening party to be held in Lagos on the 1st of November 2008 which will draw top personalities people from the TV, Radio and Print media as well as music industry big wigs in and around Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
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