Afrobeats hall of fame will not be complete without Yahoo boys – Joey Alan spills

Multi-award-winning journalist, Joey Akan, has averred that the Nigerian music industry’s success and history are built by cybercriminals, AKA Yahoo boys.

Taking to the micro-blogging platform, Twitter Joey Akan has stated that cybercriminals and online fraudsters, popularly called Yahoo boys funded and kept for so long, the music industry,

Tagging the music industry as one with no institutional or corporate funding, he stated that Afrobeats Hall of Fame will never be complete without acknowledging the cybercriminals.

In his words,

“Afrobeats Hall of Fame will never be complete without honourary mentions to Yahoo boys who funded and kept alive an industry with no institutional or corporate funding. It’s a reality we hate to admit, but huge parts of Nigerian music history and success were built on cybercrime.”

In other news, TopNaija reports that popular comic actor, Mr. Ibu who is currently on medication at a kidney center in Abuja, has said that the rumors claiming he is in a critical health condition and in need of urgent financial assistance are false.

The actor alongside his wife noted that he’s recuperating, as he can walk and do other basic activities, apart from running.

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