Eedris Abdulkareem
Eedris Turayo Abdulkareem Ajenifuja (born December 24, 1974), popularly known as Eedris Abdulkareem, is a Nigerian singer and rapper. He was the lead rapper of the defunct Nigerian hip hop boy band The Remedies. He is one of the pioneers of Nigerian hip hop and he is regarded as one of the most influential Nigerian Rappers of all time.
He was born in a polygamous family in Kano, Nigeria. His father was from Ilesha in Osun State, and his mother was from Ogun State, all in the south western part of Nigeria, but he adopted Kano State as his state of origin. He lost his father at the age of two and eight of his elder siblings as time went by.
Abdulkareem is married to Yetunde and they have children.
In 2000, Abdulkareem was among the personalities voted for by the Nigerian public to carry the Olympic torch in a relay through the country.
In June 2024, Eedris Addulkareem was in the limelight after he released a new song titled "Emi Lokan". In the song, he was critical of the current and past administrations of Bola Tinubu and Mohammed Buhari respectively following the high cost of living as well as what he perceived as "hypocrisy" of popular religious leader EA Adeboye for not speaking out.
My Love
- 2006-09-11T00:00:00.000000Z
Jaga Jaga
- 2004-09-10T00:00:00.000000Z
Mr. Lecturer
- 2003-02-13T00:00:00.000000Z
Pass
- 2001-07-09T00:00:00.000000Z
EMILOKAN
- 2024-06-16T00:00:00.000000Z
Can't Bully Me
- 2023-10-06T00:00:00.000000Z
Sex-For-Marks
- 2022-01-08T00:00:00.000000Z
Ramadan Kareem
- 2021-04-16T00:00:00.000000Z
Country Hard
- 2020-11-03T00:00:00.000000Z
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