Selected Comments From The Discussion Thread For The 2016 Official Video Of The Nigerian Song "Foreign" by Simi & Falz

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about the Nigerian Afropop/Hip Hop song "Foreign" by Simi & Falz.

Part II showcases the official video of "Foreign" by Simi & Falz and presents some comments from that video's discussion thread. I'm particularly interested in comments that about the song's lyrics and the video's concept and/or comments that include Nigerian Pidgin English or African American Vernacular English.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/06/nigerian-singer-simi-nigerian.html for Part I of this series. Part I showcases the official video for the Nigerian song "Foreign" by Simi & Falz. The song's lyrics are included in this post along with standard English translations of some of this song's Yoruba or Nigerian Pidgin words. Information about Simi and information about Falz is also included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, linguistic, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to for their creative legacies. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post, thanks also to all those who are associated with this embedded video and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Simi & Falz - Foreign - Official Video – YouTube



X3M Music, Published on May 4, 2018
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Here's my (very unofficial) summary of this song [Additions and corrections are welcome] :
Simi & Falz's song "Foreign" is a comedic/serious take on Nigerians who exaggerate or completely lie about their experiences with foreign cultures, particularly American cultures, and change their natural accents, fashion sense and food preferences to support those exaggerations and lies.

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
(I've added numbers for referencing purposes only; I've also added a few explanations about some of these words/references.)

2018

1. James Oyugi
"Simi can sing for days o... shaaa! Issa hit o!"

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2. Melvin King
"What in God's name is Simi wearing? 😂😂😂😂"

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3. Onomma dax
"Lol, the lie battle ....hilarious"

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4. Abby Oba
"I 've been waiting patiently for the video. Thank God the video is wonderful. I love the collaboration of these two artists. Kudos to you two great guys"

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5. Phrankleen
"lmfao Falz is mad funny... catchy tune 👊🏾 😂
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This comment was written in bold font.

"mad funny" = African American Vernacular English, with "mad" here meaning "very".

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6. Imagbe Cynthia92
"Wow what more can I say..... dopest"

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7. Tangi
"This song is more than dope🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"

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8. Damilola Adedeji
"lmaooo ewa agoyin is not my style im into burger"

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9. lentina lum
"The funny or sad thing is that pepo still lie like this and actually think we don't know say one kobo no dey pocket😂😂. Plix aunty and uncle,don't come and kill urself"

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10. Vincent Sarah
"simi dress non be here ooh😂😁😂😂😂😂"

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11. Francisca De Souza Darmanie
"I love you two!!!! 😘And Falz your accent gets me all the time😂😂"

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12. Udom Dennis
"......but I can't go because of 'jet slack'. Fall is hilariously insane"

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13. Udom Dennis
"*falz"

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14. HorizonTee King
"Lmfao..😀😀😀!!! This video just made me love Simi for once💕💕💕💕 and Falz is just another breed of a clown. What a song to relieve the day stress. Keep it up G'"

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15. favour okunbi
"Old song tho. Should have released the video since. But anyways sha. The video still deserve some accolades. Its nice🔥🔥"

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16. Wilson Masuku
"funny brilliant and creative song.. champagne(shampagine).lol"

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17. Zaza Hazza
"The falz i dey feel u baba"

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18. Slim Ted
"2:25 Simi: You know I don't believe in downfall....
Her tail-pimp trousers: Hold my beer 😹😹😹"

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19. Now now
"You know I don't believe in danfo na helicopter dey carry me go

means I don't believe in bus rides, I fly in private jets."
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"Hold my beer" is a short cut American saying that means that the person is (or in this case the long pants are) literally asking someone to hold the beer that he or she is drinking to show that he (or she) can do what the other person said couldn't be done or can do it better.

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20. Paul Egbele
"Falz! Criminally underrated and 1 of the best emcees in Naija... and with a voice like that Simi could sing me the damn phone book and I'll still be like 😍😍😍"

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21. Afri Media
"Who directed this vid??? Kudos to them! I loved all the activities of the “waka pass” in the background, they made the setting lit!"

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22. En Ehron
"Simi killed the jam 🔥🔥🔥"

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23. BookSeatNG
"Nice track. LOL.... Simi ran for her Life leaving Falz behind. Wicked Geh!!!"

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24. Sana Iqbal
"Eyyy this is fire 🔥"

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25. anuoluwa adewale
"Ha Simi must you stole all of me? your voice is giving me joy.God bless your hustling and a big shout out to mr Falz the bad guy.Respect"

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26. Iyare Joy
"Simi falz always on point"

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27. Stephen Chibuzom
"This music shouldn't've ended abeg😍"

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28. Khafi Kareem
""Emi ti mo ti de Mexico baby!" oh my gosh whoever wrote these lyrics is a genius!!!! 🙌🏾"
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Google translate from Yoruba to English: "emi ti mo ti" - Yoruba = I am
"De" = Spanish = from

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29. MaryClare Aroh
"Yaaaass great job guys"

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30. Lena lea Sebastian
"Los Akheli. Pizzard. Hazzent. Champagni. This dude is funny. But i love Simi flow."

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31. Edward Campbele
"Simi lies was the best, na really 5-2 win against falz, that shows how women lie more than men...nice video..."

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32. Hopeof Glory
"All this false life men/women, that fooling some people's with lies. Always be wise of those people that talk too much about themselves. Thanks bro for your message!"

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33. Tunbie temi
"The message in this jam is now clearer with this video. More than just comic, it's the story of two local alakadas topping their lying games. Mesef foreign, lool. theratels.com"

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34. Ndubuisi Gideon
"Tunbie temi true talk"

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35. Nsong Antoine, 2019
"what is alakada?"

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36. Naija guy, 2019
"@Nsong Antoine liars lol. People who live fake lives"

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37. Mr Jenaz
"I love so much Simi, alongside ur man this song is a bomb"
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"a bomb" is from African American Vernacular English (meaning "very good"), although African Americans would say "the bomb" and not "a bomb".

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38. Tess Oluchi Ume
"Where is tha location of this Amala joint😢"
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"Amala"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amala_(food)
Àmàlà is a Nigerian food made out of yam and/or cassava flour.[1] Yams are peeled, sliced, cleaned, dried and then blended into a flour, also called elubo. Yams are white in colour but turn brown when dried; this gives àmàlà its colour.[2][3] Àmàlà is from Western Africa and eaten mostly by the Yoruba people in Nigeria.[4] It could be served with a variety of ọbẹ (soups), such as ẹfọ, ilá, ewédú, ogbono or gbegiri (black-eyed beans soup)[5].
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Amala joint (presumably) a "roadside" place that sells amala and other traditional Nigerian food

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39. Kenneth Uyabeme
"You know the funniest thing, after Nigerians stay abroad for a while they no dey take eye see Nigerian good. At a Nigerian party aboard they will pack all the amala, pounded yam and rice to take home. 😂😂"
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What does "no dey take eye see Nigerian good" mean? They now consider Nigerian (food/culture) much better than they did before?

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40. FK 2nd
" "This is Nigeria" brought me here.
We'll always have our dilemmas, but I'm so proud to be Nigerian at this moment. This is so litttt. You guys are awesome.
Yoruba for the win! AHahah.
Falz killed it,and Simi brought that melody.damn!!!
BTW, someone put subtitles on. I already understand it, but for those who have trouble, this will grant wider exposure."

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41. Chris Vino
"( falz) islike this people dont really know my true character (simi) am foreign baby"

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42. Slim Ted
"Hehehe Falz made me believe everything was english sung in a dialect 0:20 Excuse me what is all dis emba-rize-ment? Why will you give me pounded yam, its for razz men. Are u guys not having la-sag-ne then i can wash it down with cham-pag-ne" so oga +Now now What of Shynist rize or pizzard, i don't do mainlinde only FeeHi.."
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The words written in bold were written that way in the original comment

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43. Usman Ayobami
"I like this video... Very nice concept...

As usual, I'm expecting concluding part o... @falsimi"

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44. TheRealist
"😂😂😂😂 the sad part is that we likely all actually know people like these..."

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45. Khadijah Bala
"" I travel so much am building a airport ""

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46. Tono. S
"Asking for Chinese rice in mama put"
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Is a "mama put" the same as an "amala joint" that was referred to by an earlier commenter?

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46. coco hustler
"That pot of stew mehn I miss Nigerian food with their pepper....Nice song very funny😂😂😂😂🙋"

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47. Bessem Ashu Mbeng
"I die here for simi outfit,am a foreigner tho"

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48. Prosney Clock
"everything is on point ...excluding fashion
...... shutdown their stylist"

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49. Azizi Powell, 2019
"@prosney clock, I'm African American (so I really am foreign) but I think Fatz's & Simi's outfits are that way on purpose to emphasize their wannabe foreigness- as if non-Nigerians/non-Africans coming to Nigeria or Nigerians pretending to be foreign think we'd wear clothes like fake fur in Africa or those outrageously styled pants ...but I think the clothes are extra because they are part of the comedy/serious points the video is making."
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"extra" = (probably African American slang origin) meaning being "over the top", "excessive", (doing or acting) way too much (this is at least mildly negative) https://www.bustle.com/p/what-does-extra-mean-this-slang-term-is-for-the-drama-queens-in-your-life-34530

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50. Azizi Powell, 2019
"BTW, I'm not sure how I happened upon this video. This is my first time watching a video of Simi or Fatz and they've both got a new fan. I plan to check out more of their music and tell others in the states about them."

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51. Azizi Powell, 2019
"Sorry correction: Falz"

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52. Yomi Mosbol
"Simi dey lie menh! "I no too like winter, so I dey travel for December" Lmao! Gotta love simi tho :)"

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53. Precious Nwachukwu
""They Simi rolling, they hatin' " I'm ded😂😂😂😂😁😂😂"
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This is a clever play on the first line of the hit 2005 American Hip Hop song "Ridin" by Chamillionaire". That line says "They see me rollin'". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridin%27
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"I'm ded" ("I'm dead") = probably African American Vernacular English origin, from "I'm dying" meaning you're laughing so much (so hard) that you feel like you're dying (from laughter).

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54. Jenrola Monisola
"this video is on point. Love you Simi"

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55. Joanna Aderibigbe
"The lyrics (including the hilarious rapping (awi) by Falz) is absolutely killing it. Very well done guys!"

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56. Ronny Injeni
"I can't go becauase of jestlag (
jet lag)"

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57. oLeKo
"2:51 Last last after d foreign dem nor fit pay bill she say na "I wee pay it" 😂 nice job guys"

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58. onaolapo lawal
"Ewa goyin's not my type oh I'm into Burger."
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewa_Agoyin "Ewa Agoyin [1] (also spelled Ewa Aganyin) is a street food commonly eaten in Lagos and other southern states of Nigeria.[2] The beans are made to be extremely soft or mashed.[3] It is commonly eaten with barely ground pepper and tomato sauce which is very spicy,[4] but peppery."...

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59. FK 2nd
"lasag-nay
Cham-pag-nay
I'm dead ! XD

This intro was tha bomb meen!"

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60. Ann-Marie K
"I can wash it down with "sham pag ne" lol and he meant champagne 🍾"

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61. Kazeem Tunde, 2019
"Ann-Marie K thanks for that. I never knew that’s what he meant."

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62. Ogechi Omorhienrhien
"I no too like winter, so I travel for winter. Loool😂😂😂😂 and December is actually winter"

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63. hez tope
"Oh! Why did you explain it na?!"

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64. Obey Always
"Everything is funny!.....What is Los Angeli???"

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65. Ms Namkuru
"Obey Always you didn't here champagne 🥂 and lasagne"

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66. Michael Douglas
"Los Angeles 😁😂"

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67. I might need security
""Im into burger" hahahahah too funny"

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68. j kish
"Whenever Falz and simi team up, it's always lit 🔥... Funny video(Nice concept)"
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"lit" African American Vernacular English term meaning "very good" (hot, the bomb, fire)

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69. P. T. Asare
"The hand sanitizer on SIMI killed me. hahaha nice one guys"

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70. Dodoandyam forever
"Haters will say its photoshop😂😂😂😂"

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71. Fehintola Da-Silva
"Who’s Simi’s tailor, please you need to be arrested 😭😭😭😭.."

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72. Glorypink Esther
"You guys are really funny"

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73. F W
"Simi won the fake foreign competition. Her BS got her food. then she ran off at the end. lol...Falz still foreign and hungry"

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74. Lateefah Sanni
"I just love these two they are one of the best collaboration artist in Nigeria seriously. They have such a great musical chemistry seriously and this song is really awesome 😍😍😍"

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75. flaviah kayose
"Whoever wrote those lyrics deserves all the accolades....leme go die,,,,lol...Simi and Fals combo issa goal..."

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76. Toyosi Akerele
"loooolll especially at 2:57 d girl in red holding her amala TIGHT and watchin feem show"

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77.
Stephanie Amanda
"The video and lyrics are so funny. Falz and Simi at it again 🙌🙌. BTW I'm also foreign."

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78. Ese Ibane
"I was almost concluding that Nigerian music these days is all about booty, money and weed until i watched this song. This is the true African setting. Love everybit. Awesome music!"

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79. Tolu merlin
"Am i the only one whose eyes were on the Red Buka Stew....Roundabout...Shaki and Amala😂😂😂😂😂😂...from the beginning to the end😂😂😂😂.....Salivating af😂😂😂"

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80. okoli Joseph
"Tolu merlin chai bro u like food oo lol 😂"

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81. DJ Mannie ENtw
"Tolu merlin I promised, my mouth was watering, i don't even listen to the music 🤣🤣"

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82. Kemi Jibril
"Tolu merlin lol 😂"

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83. TheRealist
"Tolu merlin 😂😂😂 na u sabi better bro"

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84. Sisi Royale
"AS IN, ME TOO, I NO GO LIE!!!"

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85. Hand Drew
"Tolu merlin guy that stew was on point"

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86. id s, 2019
"Bro I miss dose food i swear😋"

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87. Mayokun
"1. What is that tie that Falz is wearing lmaooo
2. Falz is always eating buka food and running away"
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Here's information about the word “buka”
From https://www.voanews.com/usa/nigerian-restaurateur-nyc-buka-taste-home
For Nigerian Restaurateur in NYC, Buka is a Taste of Home
By Carolyn Weaver
June 16, 2015
[Restaurant owner Lookman Afolayan Mashood ]“ called [the restaurant’s name] Buka an "ironic" name. "It’s a Hausa word, and it means on the side of the road, or local joint, where you can take friends, where everybody knows you can get good food.”...

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88. Lekan
"And why are this guys not getting huge views😬😬😬Nigerians like quantity pass quality ooo🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

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89. Ojaix, 2019
"Nothing to do with quantity or quality, except you are saying Nigerian videos are low in quality. Nigerians are not very big on streaming videos. We have very weak piracy controls in Nigeria and somewhat expensive data, so many people only watch a youtube video a couple of times and find ways to download the audio or video for free. However, if you attend any of their shows then you'll see how popular these guys really are. Simi is becoming the leading female voice because her songs are not only awesome, they are also very relatable"

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90. Butterfly Heart
"Cham....pag...ne and pizzatttttt😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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91. lolly Parkside
"Fake nigerians that travel and become americanized (with the fake accent) overnight...too good for ordinary nigerians."

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92. AdemolaVictorTv
"0:19 Pipu didn't really understand my Hazent 😂😂😂😂"

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93. emmanuel chukwudi
"lol...that line got me"

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94. Akinkoye Ayode
"AdemolaVictorTv what is your hazzent"

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95. Godwin Ojukwu
"Hahahahaha"

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2019
96. Martina Silver
"Hahaha, I love this... too many people act like that."

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97. Leo A
"He took out a credit card to pay for pounded yam...she was like, wetin be dis?"

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98. Seun Elesaodo
"The best clowns I know
Very creative and hilarious
...embarraisment, azdent
I no too like winter
So I travel for December"

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99. Sotonye Chukwu
"I am not sure if non naija will get this, other Africans perhaps. Very sarcastic!!!"

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100. Giovane Rasta 2kc
"I travel so much am living in airport 😂😂😂"

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101. Lauren Oelambom
"Simi pant cleaned 🧹 the whole city of Lagos 😂😂😂"

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