Danfo driver singers: Meet Nigerian artists behind popular hit street song in the early 2000s

• Danfo Driver singers precocious Mad Melon and Mountain Black were portion of the fashionable figures that shaped the Nigerian euphony manufacture successful the aboriginal 2000s
• Mad Melon and Mountain Black's deed song, Danfo Driver, was truthful fashionable that it was 1 of the 2 Nigerian songs that paved the mode for Afrobeats songs to beryllium featured successful Hollywood movies
• Legit.ng successful this article, goes down representation lane connected Danfo Driver by the precocious Mad Melon and Mountain Black

For the caller generations of Nigerians, Danfo Driver is simply a section parlance, usually utilized for drivers of the fashionable yellowish buses successful Lagos, amended known arsenic 'Danfo'

However, the older procreation volition easy relate Danfo Driver to a deed opus released successful 2006 by Mad Melon and Mountain Black, whose signifier sanction is besides Danfo Drivers.

Mad Melon and Mountain Black released Danfo Driver successful 2006. Credit: madmelondanfodriver
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The 2000s were considered the epoch that birthed what is present known arsenic Afrobeats successful the Nigerian euphony industry. It was the epoch erstwhile the likes of 2Baba, precocious Sound Sultan, Eedris Abdulakareem, and different pioneers made names for themselves with deed songs that went beyond the shores of Nigeria.

Who are Danfo Driver singers?

Mad Melon, whose existent sanction Oghenemaro Henry Azubuike Emeofa and Jimoh Olotu, aka Mountain Black, jointly known arsenic Danfo Drivers were portion of the popular stars that ruled the Nigerian music country successful the precocious 1990s and the aboriginal 2000s.

Danfo Drivers, who came from the ghetto successful Lagos, were contemporaries with the likes of Daddy Showkey, African China, Stereoman, Daddy Fresh, Marvelous Benji and galore others.

Danfo Driver singers nexus up with Tekno aft calling him retired for utilizing their opus without permission. Credit: madmelondanfo
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Before they opted to marque music, Mad Melon and Mountain Black were commercialized autobus drivers who plied from Ajegunle to different parts of Lagos.

They soon adopted their vocation's sanction arsenic their signifier sanction and adjacent utilized it arsenic the rubric of their debut song, Danfo Driver.

At the tallness of their career, Mad Melon and Mountain Black performed successful Greece, Sweden, the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland, among others.

Details astir 2006 Danfo Driver song

Danfo Driver was 1 of the deed songs connected the streets that near Nigerians singing and dancing.

Aside from the verses successful the songs that elaborate Mad Melon and Mountain Black's acquisition arsenic autobus drivers successful Lagos, the song’s catchy chorus was the captivating part.

“Shebi you beryllium danfo driver, suo! I americium a danfo driver, suo!” Nigerians from that procreation happily sang the lyrics arsenic they showed disconnected the creation moves known arsenic 'Suo,' besides made fashionable by Mad Melon and Mountain Black.

Danfo Driver opus was besides 1 of the archetypal 2 songs, alongside 2Baba’s African Queen, that was selected arsenic the soundtrack successful the Hollywood movie, Phat Girlz, paving the mode for the usage of Afrobeats successful overseas movies.

Unlike galore of their contemporaries from their era, who were one-hit wonders, Mad Melon and Mountain Black had different deed songs similar Kpolongo, which earned them their archetypal European circuit successful October 2006.

Danfo Drivers' different fashionable songs see Iya Mi O, No Matter What I Do, and Tinini, among others.

Listen to Danfo Driver by Mad Melon and Mountain Black, released successful 2006, below:

Tekno samples Danfo Drivers' Kpolongo

In 2018, vocalist and euphony shaper Tekno was called retired by Danfo Drivers for sampling their song 'Kpolongo without approval.

According to the duo​,​ Tekno ​stole a portion of their opus successful 1 of his deed singles titled ‘Jogodo’ released successful 2018.

Reports claimed Tekno aboriginal apologised to his elder colleagues and gave them a important magnitude of money arsenic compensation.

Danfo Drivers' Mad Melon died successful 2019

In 2019, calamity deed the Nigerian euphony manufacture aft the absorption of Mad Melon and Mountain Black, aka the Danfo Drivers, announced that 1 fractional of the duo from Ajegunle, died aft a conflict with an ailment suspected to beryllium tuberculosis.

Mad Melon’s death was a large stroke to Nigeria’s popular civilization past arsenic his contemporaries similar Daddy Showkey and Mountain Black reacted to his demise.

Legit.ng recalls reporting that Nigerians trooped to societal media to stock condolence messages arsenic they celebrated Mad Melon's beingness and music.

Meet Gbenga Adeboye who reportedly died twice

Legit.ng earlier shared the communicative of the precocious Elijah Oluwagbemiga Adeboye, amended known arsenic Gbenga Adeboye, who was the pioneer of stand-up drama successful Nigeria.

Adeboye was versatile and was known for speaking much than 5 languages.

The precocious comedian and broadcaster was reported to person died twice.

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