American rapper Rick Ross first made his mark on Nigerian music in 2011 when he collaborated with the renowned duet P-Square on their hit song “Beautiful Oyinye.”
Rick Ross is now recognizing a new generation of musicians pushing the boundaries of Nigerian and African music, amid the expansion of Afrobeats in the West. In addition, Rick Ross made an appearance at the Rhythm Unplugged performance in Nigeria and even recorded a music video while there.
In the video posted on his social media, Rick Ross gave a shout-out to Nigerian award-winning rapper Odumodublvck who rose to mainstream prominence in 2023.
The rapper also gave a shout-out to Portable who rocketed to commercial success in 2021 following his collaboration with Grammy-nominated Nigerian hip-hop legend Olamide.
Both Odumodublvck and Portable are set to appear on Skepta’s upcoming album with the former appearing on the already released ‘Jangrova’ alongside Edris Elba while the latter is set to appear on ‘Tony Montana’.
In the video, Rick Ross also gave shout-outs to Ghanaian sensation Amaarae and Estiwani’s international DJ & artist DJ Waffles.
Rick Ross earlier shared that he wanted to make an African album and listed Ghanaian Dancehall star Stonebwoy and Tanzanian superstar Diamond as some of the artists he’s working with.
