Nigerian hip-hop artiste, Jude Abaga, popularly known as M.I, said that his colleague, Ice Prince, deserves recognition as one of the top three greatest Nigerian rappers of all time.
In a recent episode of the Tea With Tay podcast M.I expressed his belief that Ice Prince’s contributions to the hip-hop genre in Nigeria often go unnoticed.
The rapper highlighted Ice Prince’s global impact on hip-hop, citing his dominance from the ‘Oleku’ era to collaborations with international artists like French Montana.
He praised Ice Prince for achieving hip-hop success on a global scale, winning a BET award, and making significant contributions to the genre and the Afrobeats movement.
M.I attributed Ice Prince’s underrated status to his laid-back personality, noting that Ice Prince doesn’t boast about his achievements and prefers to stay in his lane.
The rapper emphasized that Ice Prince’s impact on Nigerian hip-hop, alongside artists like Wizkid and Davido, positions him as a key figure deserving of recognition among the greatest Nigerian rappers of all time.
He said, “When people talk about who I regard as some greatest rappers of all-time, I feel like Ice Prince always gets neglected in the conversation for his real impacts.
“We have to remember what Ice Prince did for us. Ice Prince was the guy that had global hip-hop dominance. From ‘Oleku’ period to South Africa. It was just hit after hit. When we started doing collaborations with international artists, Ice Prince was one of the first [to collaborate with them]. We was doing song with French Montana, going to the U.S. He won BET award.
“I think it’s because he is just a chilled guy. He doesn’t blow his trumpet. He stays in his lane. So, people don’t rate him. I think he should be in the top 3 greatest Nigerian rappers of all-time conversations.
“He is really that impactful. He made such a diffrent to the genre [Nigerian hip-hop], and to Afrobeats and that movement forward. Ice Prince was there the whole time with Wizkid, Davido, all those guys.”
KanyiDaily recalls that MI Abaga claimed that the Nigerian Afrobeats industry does not respect hip-hop artistes in the country.
