Michael Ugochukwu Stephens, known by his stage name Ruggedman, born on September 20 (year unidentified) in Ehem, Abia State, is a Nigerian rapper. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 430 × 136 pixelsFull resolution (430 × 136 pixel, file size: 44 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Source - Cropped from image found on official website This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is an airport located about 8 miles from downtown Austin, Texas. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Hip hop music has been popular in Africa since the early 1980s due to widespread American influence. ... Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg performing for the US Navy For information on rap music, see hip hop music. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Bold textA stage name, or a screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers (such as actors, comedians, musicians, clowns, and professional wrestlers. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. ...

A graduate of political science from Lagos State University, Ojo, he started loving music in 1989. He had his own songs done in 1991 and released a CD, which had two tracks. The two songs got massive air play, but in 2002, Ruggedman felt Nigerian rappers (such as Rasqie, Eedris Abdulkareem, Maintain and many others) lacked talent and he needed to do something about it. He was the most controversial musician at that time and that won him a lot of awards. One of his controversial tracks is Big Bros. This diss track was attacking the CEOs of Kennis Music Keke Ogungbe and [D1] Dayo Adeneye. He was also hit harder than anyone could have imagined when he said "the fact that you have (got) money doesn't mean you can toil with me". He did not attack rappers such as Modenine or 2-Shotz. He is from the Ibo tribe in Nigeria. His first true album was titled 'THY ALBUM COME' He was influenced by KRS-One, Dr. Dre, DMX, Eminem and many others. He released an album entitled Thy Album Come, and is now recording an album with Afro hip hop artist Faze .He's also been around the world including Dublin and Durban South Africa where He says he had the time of his life hanging out with his old time friend, Deji of Soundcity at the 2005 KORA Awards. He is still considered by a larger proportion of Nigerians to be the best rapper ever to emerge from West Africa. Eedris Abdulkareem, born Eedris Turayo Abdulkareem Ajenifuja, is a Nigerian hip hop artist. ... A controversy is a contentious dispute, a disagreement over which parties are actively arguing. ... In the hip-hop genre, a diss song is a song which has the main purpose of verbally assaulting and insulting a person or a group of people. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Kennis Music is a record label, specializing in R&B, pop and hip-hop music, founded by popular Nigerian radio DJ Kenny Ogungbe in the early 1990s. ... Economics offers various definitions for money, though it is now commonly defined as any good or token that functions as a medium of exchange that is socially and legally accepted in payment for goods and services and in settlement of debts. ... Mode 9 is a Nigerian rapper often regarded as one of the best rappers in Africa. ... IBO can stand for: Independent Business Owner - an owner of a franchise, especially in a multi-level marketing business. ... KRS-One (born Lawrence Krisna Parker on August 20, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York. ... André Romell Young (born February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California), better known by stage name Dr. Dre, is an influential Grammy Award-winning American record producer, hip hop producer, rapper, actor and record executive. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known as Eminem, is an American Grammy and Academy Award Winning rapper, record producer, and actor from Detroit, Michigan. ... Hip hop music has been popular in Africa since the early 1980s due to widespread American influence. ... Faze is the third member of Nigerian hip hop group Plantashun Boyz. ...

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• Listen to Ruggedman's Album: Thy Album Come