Jude started his music profession when he returned to Nigeria in 2003. Finding his place in an trade dominated by the likes of Modenine,
Ruggedman and
Eedris Abdulkareem, he shortly commenced the manufacturing of mixtapes together with his pal Djinee. This led to the critically acclaimed single “Safe”, (a track which he parodied fashionable Nigerian songs in its lyrics) which gathered spectacular airplay by African radio and music video stations comparable to MTV Vibe. The observe additionally earned him awards on the Nigerian Music Video Awards, City People, N.E.A amongst others.
The hype surrounding the discharge of
Safeled to the essential acclaim given to his first studio album titled
Let’s Talk About It and was rated 8.5/10 by Oye Akideinde of 360nobs
[8][9] The album gathered awards comparable to Musician of the Year (Modemen Awards in 2008), Best Hip Hop Artist (City People Awards).
[10] His first mixtape was PYERIBOY. He later went on to deliver out a pattern mixtape titled: ILLEGAL MUSIC in 2009, through which he absolutely exploits his lyrical prowess.
[11] The mixtape was adopted by Illegal Music II which was launched in 2012.
Back in Jos Nigeria, he teamed up together with his brother,Jesse Jagz, IcePrince, Ruby, Threadstone, Lindsay, Moses (Elbulk),E kelly to type LOOPY MUSIC. M.I was later signed to the
Chocolate City firm, a famend music label in Nigeria, which made him transfer from Jos metropolis to the nation’s capital Abuja and in addition influenced the start of his profitable profession within the Nigerian music trade. He has additionally obtained worldwide recognition in South Africa from the favored Channel O music Award, MTVbase Awards and in addition the American BET Awards. A proficient producer, lyricist, songwriter and instrumentalist, M.I has been described by DIV[
who?] as the way forward for
African hip-hop.
[7]He has produced and featured on the works of artists like,
Don Jazzy, Threadstone (Nigeria’s first rock band[
citation needed]),Kel, Djinee, Shifi (
Styl Plus), Jesse Jags, Ice Prince, Ruby, Lindsey, Leony, Wizkid and so forth. He additionally runs a manufacturing firm, Rytchus Era Productions together with his brother Jesse Abaga (Jesse Jagz). In 2013 he was appointed by Nigerian telecommunication firm
Glo Mobile as a model ambassador alongside different Nigerian artistes like Omawunmi, Burna Boy and so forth. He was additionally a choose in
Glo X-Factor, the Nigerian model of the fact singing present in 2013.
Illegal Music 3 – The Finale, M.I’s newest work was launched on February 29, 2016. The ten observe combine tape was made out there on-line at no cost gathering over 400,000 downloads in simply three days.
The third observe on the Illegal Music Three combine tape launched a brand new rap sensation; KhaliGraph Jones on the track Black Bill Gates.