MTN Loud in Naija musical concert rocks Lagos... As Tiwa, Iyanya, Wizkid, Davido, others wow

  Paul Okoye, the CEO of Upfront & Personal; Kola Oyeyemi, the General Manager, Consumer Marketing, MTN; Iyanya Mbuk, MTN Project Fame's Season one winner and Sound Sultan, one of Nigeria's most consistent artistes, during MTN 'Loud in Naija' musical concert in Ikeja, Lagos, last weekend.

With KCEE, Tiwa Savage, Iyanya, Davido, Wizkid, Banky W., Sound Sultan, Don Jazzy and Patrick Mathias, the ace producer’s new mentee and  MTN Songstar Porsche Cayman’s winner on parade, at the biggest musical tour in Nigeria, Ikeja, the capital of Lagos city, was thrown into a wild musical festival, over the weekend. The crowd of young people and fans of Nigeria’s biggest musical superstars was treated to current songs like KCEE’s top-of-the-chart single, ‘Pull Over’ and Sound Sultan’s ‘Orobo’. At the SkyPower Ground, located in GRA, Ikeja, it was another great night that clearly stated MTN’s intention to continually entertain its customers.

Don Jazzy made a rare appearance to support his Mavin superstars. With that the over 15,000 crowd went wild, dancing and singing such duets like ‘Surulere’ and Eminado. There was also Banky W. Who replicated the outstanding performance he had in Abuja a couple of weeks ago.

Patrick Mathias, a dark-complexioned young man, stated unambiguously, with an outstanding performance that showed clearly that he was destined for greater things. Having emerged the overall winner of Nigeria’s first musical app competition, he seized the moment with a masterful rendition.  Nicknamed ‘Password’, Patrick is an artiste who has continued to aspire to hit the limelight. He, originally, wrote and recorded the song ‘Gobe’ which was later made popular by Davido. Indeed, MTN has given him a platform to finally fulfil his dreams.

Tiwa Savage, fresh from her honeymoon, thrilled her fans with singles such as ‘Love Me’ and ‘Eminado’. Like her Don Jazzy, D’Prince did justice to the growing profile of Mavin Records after the split from friend and partner, D’Banj.

Iyanya, who just returned from a musical tour, had new tunes for Lagos. Muscular and talented, the MTN Project Fame winner justified his current rating, among Nigerian hip hop artistes, with such songs as ‘Your Waist’. In addition to an admirable performance during the MTN-sponsored Corporate Elite Nite, the Calabar-born artiste left the audience asking for more.

Wizkid and Davido, two of the most sought-after hip hop artistes in Nigeria had a field day. The former performing immediately after the latter, they left a lasting impression of how MTN values its customers on the excited crowd.

Other artistes, with exceptional performances were Chidinma, Praize and Sound Sultan, one of the most consistent artistes West Africa has ever produced. Apart from the exceptional performances, Lagos youths also had the rare opportunity of sharing the stage with MTN’s musical superstars and performed a Karaoke for special prizes of ipad and blackberry mobile phones.

The MTN ‘Loud in Naija’ musical concert started over a month ago and had been held across the major cities in Nigeria, including Abuja and Port Harcourt. After Lagos, the concert train of musical superstars will proceed to Owerri before berthing in Ilorin, shortly before Christmas.