Umu Obiligbo, Fireboy DML and the Cavemen: Meet the new faces … – Legit.ng

Triptych image featuring Umu Obiligbo and the Cavemen posing outdoors, Fireboy DML striking a pose in an urban street, and two men posing against a dark backdrop. All wear stylish and varied outfits.

  • Over the last few years, many people have come to associate highlife music as a genre synonymous with the South-Eastern part of Nigeria
  • This belief, when it held sway, it led to the decline of highlife in the mainstream of Nigeria’s music industry until a recent resurgence and a fusion of its form into Afrobeats
  • In this article, Legit.ng would take a critical look at the origin of highlife music in Nigeria; It’s come back and the young new artists leading its resurgence

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