Cyrus tha Virus has condemned what he termed the lack of diversity of sounds in the works of new generation of Nigerian artists.

The rapper in a series of tweets described the Nigerian music industry as non-existent adding that what was trending in the country was “only Lagos Music Industry”.

He said that all the musical elements that was supposed to form the basis of Nigerian music was lost in the “Lagos sound”, noting that most artists from other parts of the country had ignored the sounds peculiar to their parts for a sound that was peculiar to Lagos. 

“The elements that separate Idoma music from Edo music, from Ikwerre music, from Ngwa music is blurred. Lagos is the sound of Nigeria.”

The rapper said that the artists were often in a difficult position to create their own unique sound because of the preference of radio stations in their locality.
“If you take your music and it doesn’t sound “lagos-ey”, chances are it won’t get played. There is no sound versatility in Nigerian anymore.”

He said radio houses often preferred the Lagos sounds compared to their own local sounds. 

“But to be honest, Radio stations in other states apart from Lagos, don’t even play their sound, they prefer anything Lagos before their own.”

Cyrus tha Virus claimed that this was the reason why most artists now sounded the same way, adding that they had lost their ability to create creative music.

He argued that what the audience regarded as Nigerian sound was Ghanaian and new wave American music which has recently encroached  airwaves of radio stations across the country.

“Nigerian artistes are headlining shows. But Nigerian Music is dying. in Copying Ghana Music, Ghana is infiltrating our radio systematically.”

“The new wave and new vibe yall are hailing is just Nigerian Versions of Trap Music, Bryson Tiller Music,and Juls Ghana Beat Music. What else?”

Cyrus also called out Nigerian DJs, too, saying that they have ignored their role in the evolution of artists.

“Nigerian DJS used to break Out new artistes. Ask your favourite DJ today, who you discovered?Which artiste can you say ONLY you 1st played?”

Lastly, he added that journalists should start asking artists hard-hitting questions instead of focusing on the insignificant parts of their private life.

Read his tweets below: