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'''Òpátàmèdù''' is a [[Nigerian]] [[Afrobeat|folk]] musician, singer-songwriter and percussionist. |
'''Òpátàmèdù''' is a [[Nigerian]] [[Afrobeat|folk]] musician, singer-songwriter and percussionist. <ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/lagbaja-takes-afropop-in-many-different-directions-at-howard-theater/2015/05/19/5b329408-fd65-11e4-8b6c-0dcce21e223d_story.html</ref> |
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==Name and mask== |
==Name and mask== |
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| Lagbaja | |
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| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, founder of Opatradikoncept |
| Instrument(s) | Percussion and vocals |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Opatradikoncept |
Òpátàmèdù is a Nigerian folk musician, singer-songwriter and percussionist. [1]
Name and mask
According to Òpátàmèdù (pronounced Òpá tàmèdù), his mask is used as an identity .[2] Tàmèdù is a Yoruba word that means "nobody in particular". And the Òpá identifies Talking Drum Stick.[3] He deprived from an icon called Lágbájá. And named himself Òpátàmèdù as a symbol of being majorly an African Traditional performing artist that based mostly on African Talking drums.
Awards
- 2006 Channel O Music Video Awards – Best Male Video ("Never Far Away")[4]
Discography
- 'Ikira', 1993
- Lagbaja, 1993
- Cest Un African Thing, 1996
- ME, 2000
- WE, 2000
- We and Me Part II, 2000
- ABAMI, 2000
- Africano... the mother of groove, 2005
- Paradise, 2009
- Sharp Sharp, 2009
- 200 Million Mumu (The Biiter Truth), 2012
References
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/lagbaja-takes-afropop-in-many-different-directions-at-howard-theater/2015/05/19/5b329408-fd65-11e4-8b6c-0dcce21e223d_story.html
- ^ AJAYI, SEGUN (11 February 2008). "LWHY I DON'T ACCEPT PEANUTS – Lágbájá". ModernGhana.com. Modern Ghana Media Communication. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (11 August 2001). "Mining a Musical Diaspora, From a Yoruban Beat to Jazz". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ BBC: Channel O Spirit Of Africa Music Video Awards 2006
External links
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Categories:
- Nigerian male musicians
- Nigerian saxophonists
- Nigerian songwriters
- Yoruba musicians
- Living people
- Musicians from Lagos
- 20th-century Nigerian musicians
- 21st-century Nigerian musicians
- English-language singers from Nigeria
- Yoruba-language singers
- 20th-century saxophonists
- 21st-century saxophonists
- 20th-century male musicians
- 21st-century male musicians