Lord of Ajasa Banned From The UK For 10 Years

Lord of Ajasa has been banned from entering the UK for 10 years. The Nigerian rapper, who grew into prominence in the mid 00's, has stayed relevant since then in the Nigerian music scene. I remember first hearing Lord of Ajasa back in college, i think 2005 or so. I thought he was brilliant, rapping in Yoruba. But, i think the heights he was meant to get to was attained by the late Nigerian rapper, Da Grin.

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Apart from a perplexing dip in rating, indigenous hip hop act, Lord of Ajasa whose real name is Olusegun Osaniyi, is now confronted with another major problem that threatens to leave his career in the doldrums. The Akure, Ondo State native has reportedly been banned from entering the United Kingdom for the next 10 years! E-Punch sources say the artiste was banned when the British High Commission discovered that he presented fake travel documents when he first applied for a visa some time back but was denied.


A source close to the singer told E-Punch that a London-based music promoter had invited him over for a series of shows. They agreed terms and the unnamed promoter sent some documents which the singer was to present at the embassy. Sadly, he did not know the papers were fake. “When they denied him visa, he did not bother to appeal. He just took it philosophically that the trip was not meant to be. However, when he went back recently to apply for another visa, the embassy officials now brought out his file that he presented fake documents the first time. He was really very furious because he was innocent. It was the person in London that should be banned, not Ajasa.”


When E-Punch got across to the singer who burst into the music scene with his free-flowing, laidback lyrics delivered in unadulterated Yoruba language, someone who did not want to be named picked the call. He said it is true that Ajasa was banned from entering the UK but that he was working on getting a lawyer to appeal the ban. “If he had appealed the visa denial that first time, they would have told him his documents were fake but he didn’t and that is why this is happening. He has missed so many shows in London and that is the painful part. We will get a good lawyer to help us reverse the ban,” he says. Several attempts made to reach Lord of Ajasa on phone were futile.


By Adeshina Oyetayo
For E-Punch

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RAP CATEGORY IN THE UPCOMING HIPHOP WORLD AWARDS.

The rap category in the upcoming hip hop world awards comprises of four album nominations, and i can tell you it is not going to be an easy pick. The four rap albums nominated for album of the year are, "lord of ajasa's" "second turning to the left", modenine's "paradigm shift", m.i's "talk about it", and naeto c's "you know my p" album. I have personally listened to this four albums, and i can say they are all classic material.
All the four artist killed it in their on zone, or accomplished what they had in mind when they set out to make the album, perfectly. Naeto c is the swagger rapper, with songs you can bump in your car(good production all through the album). Lord of ajasa brought that yoruba mixed with english rap style, and i can say he killed it with the stories he has on the album, and catchy choruses(i actually thought i was going to get bored listening to the album, but i did not skip one song.). M.I, Mr Incredible, came with the lyrically proficiency all through the album mixed with a lot of whitty rhymes. You would wonder how he manages to cook up so much lyrics in such a short verse. And each song has that high point where you would want to shout WHAT!!! Last, but definately not the list, Modenine, the lyrical messiah of rap in Nigeria. You would know this guy had fallen in love with words early in life. It's like he has a dicionary in his head. Mr lyrically, KRS ONE of our Generation, the metephorical genius. The album achieves what i felt he had lacked on his previous albums, he had interesting topic matters, and he utilized his lyrically ability better than ever.
The awards are not untill May, so we still have some time to analyze this albums untill then. So i am going to review the four albums one after the other starting with naeto c's album. That would probably be tomorrow.