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Has Naira Marley Defeated The Hypocrisy?

“Marlians represent a growing number of many disillusioned young Nigerians plagued by the failure of the country.”

Carl Terver
Nov 30, 2019
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Photo Credit: SoundCloud
Naira Marley Photo Credit: SoundCloud

The glorification of the lascivious, the hedonistic, the sybaritic, the wanton and vainglory in Nigerian music keeps crossing the uncrossable lines, that the Nigerian Censors Board might lose its morality marathon to police it. We had “Diet”—one of the best songs of 2018 by the crazy beats of DJ Enimoney—banned by th…

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