The past 5 years, only Falz has dared the system to make a change, incorporating rap into the realm of comedy and movie making. Who will be next? Popular culture or pop culture is the entirety of ideas, perspectives attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid-20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century. Heavily influenced by mass media, this collection of ideas permeates the everyday lives of our society. The most common pop culture categories are: entertainment (movies, music, TV), sports, news (as in people/places in news), politics, fashion/clothes, technology, and slang. Technology and the availability of internet has opened Nigeria’s society up fully and created a permeable barrier to Western ways. Pop culture has become a collective way of life with our music contributing its quota to the society. At this point in time, the Nigerian yout...
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