HISTORY OF JUJU MUSIC Jùjú is a style of Nigerian popular music, derived from traditional Yoruba percussion. The name comes from a Yoruba word juju or jiju meaning throwing or something being thrown. Juju music did not derive its name from juju, which is a form of magic and the use of magic objects or witchcraft common in West Africa, Haiti, Cuba and other South American nations. Juju music has a tail of magic,it was the style of music mostly used by the Yoruba people to invoke the powers of there gods while worshiping in there shrine with local African percussions.They use it in prasing there gods in other to get the favor of the gods. That why Juju music is been used till this present day to praise people during ceremonies and make them spray money when they are properly praised. It evolved many years ago but was modernize in the 1920s in urban clubs across the countries for the pleasure of the listeners in the club. Which resorted to taken away the magic charting and all magic tail along all the percussions use in playing the songs. There were lot of people who have sing juju music for the pleasure the people,they sing in ceremonies in pamwine joint and some do it from house to house to praise the rich,kings,powerful men and chiefs. Juju music was believed to have been created by AbdulRafiu Babatunde King, popularly known as Tunde King. He was not the creator of Juju music but the first jùjú recordings were by Tunde King and Ojoge Daniel from the same era of the 1920s when Tunde King pioneered it. The lead and predominant instrument of Jùjú is the Iya Ilu, talking drum. Some Jùjú musicians were itinerant, including early pioneers Ojoge Daniel, Irewole Denge and the blind minstrel Kokoro.[1] Afro-juju is a style of Nigerian popular music, a mixture of Jùjú music and Afrobeat. Its most famous exponent was Shina Peters, who was so popular that the press called the phenomenon Shinamania. Afro-jujus peak of popularity came in the early 1990s. Following World War II, electric instruments began to be included, and pioneering musicians like Ernest Olatunde Thomas, aka, Tunde Nightingale, Fatai Rolling-Dollar, I. K. Dairo, Dele Ojo, Ayinde Bakare, Adeolu Akinsanya, King Sunny Adé, and Ebenezer Obey made the genre the most popular in Nigeria, incorporating new influences like funk, reggae and Afrobeat and creating new subgenres like yo-pop. Some new generation juju artistes include Oludare Olateju and Bola Abimbola. Although Juju music, like apala, sakara, fuji, and waka was created by Muslim Yoruba (NOTE: Tunde King was a Muslim and an alhaji until his death in the 1980s); however, the music itself remains secular. King Sunny Adé was the first to include the pedal steel guitar, which had previously been used only in Hawaiian music and American country music. Performance Jùjú music is performed primarily by artists from the southwestern region of Nigeria, where the Yoruba are the most numerous ethnic group. In performance, audience members commonly shower jùjú musicians with paper money; this tradition is known as spraying. One of the centres of the performance of Jùjú music is in Ibadan. Most jùjú musicians are based in the zone of market forces, and most of these are in an area of immigrant neighbourhoods. There are several contexts in which jùjú music is performed. On of these contexts is ‘The Hotel’. The Hotels are concentrated in the immigrant areas and they serve as taverns, dance halls and brothels. They range from very small wooden structures to clusters of two or three building with a stage in the middle. Most activity takes place after nine pm and the hotels are the centre of Ibadan’s nocturnal economic structure. One of the economic activities associated with the hotels is the sale of drinks and food and also prostitution. The Hotels are seen as places of relaxation, where patrons, mainly men, come to escape every day life. They are places where people can come to do things that they might not want to be seen doing at home. The Jùjú music performed is not the focus of the venue but most patrons prefer live music to records. The bands that perform do not have a guaranteed wage; instead they rely upon donations from patrons. Most bands will only perform during the weeknights, leaving the weekends free for more lucrative gigs. Another context in which Jùjú music is played is at celebrations called àríyá. These celebrations are parties which celebrate the naming of a baby, weddings, birthdays, funerals, title-taking, ceremonies and the launching of new property or business enterprises. These events are sponsored so the musicians are guaranteed payment. The wealth of the hosts and the guests is shown through their reward to the entertainers. It is customary to press the contribution to the musician’s forehead so that everyone can see how wealthy they are. The musicians will often return good payment with praise songs to the donors. Live music is crucial to the proper functioning of an àríyá. Juju music in English language was first done by Shade Arewa, in the year 2008 he came out with the first juju music in English language single on television, song titled LEPA with some blend of Macossa and Hip Hop, in which he called Maccojujupop a brand of his own to modernize juju music . In the year 2010 Shade Arewa release the first juju music album in English which was title MY FANS soled over one million copies according to sales report, by Jahs Will Muzik&Entertainment,the recording label that release the album. About;SHADE AREWA Folasade Akinboboye John (born December 24th,1986),better known by his stage name shade Arewa he was formally known as (sade j1)but latter change his stage name to Shade Arewa, he is the first to sing juju music in English language is one of the fastest growing Nigerian Music Artist and Song Writer,has won several awards home and international like the Charlotte music awards USA and more [charlottemusicawards.org/sade%20j1 charlottemusicawards.org/sade j1] .Born in Ondo town, Ondo state. He grew up in Lagos at Ajangbadi, OKokomaiko area of Lagos State. He attended Satellite town Primary School, and later proceed to Ajangbadi secondary school where he had his secondary education. He went further to The Polytechnic, Ibadan where he had a national diploma in banking and Finance. Shade Arewa cut his teeth in music while he was growing up singing for his fellow students while they beat their school tables and chairs to give him beat during his formative years.Music is in his lineage but history had it that his maternal lineage has some basic Mystical Bata associated with there music,which is given to them an Elephant turn human. His great grand father got married to the elephant and the elephant wife of his great grand father was named Ewatomi by his great grand father name Akingboju his ancestor in the accent days before the days of Shade Arew. The bata drum used by Akingboju the first musician in his family is the same bata drum Shade Arewa use in making good music now who is a 3th generation musician . His parents were against him doing music while growing up rather prefer him to be a successful banker but later accepted his fate when they got to know about his God-gifted talents.His music icons are King Sunny Ade, Michael Jackson and King David.He has partook in many music concert and festivals,like MARE,AIM....... African International Music Festival and more He was formally signed under JahsWill Music & Entertainment which is being managed by Adept Zico. With his first album titled MY fans, soled over 1.3million copies across the world.Shade Arewa just signed for Gra records/The Normal Bean show LLC USA,where he will be releasing his second album. Shade Arewa is the first musician to sing Juju music in English language,with a blend of macossa and hip hop towhich he name his kind of music maccojujupop. Maccojujupop is basically juju music in English language with a modern rhymed and dance hall vibe. charlottemusicawards.org/sade%20j1
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