He Was A Judge On MTN Project Fame For Four Years- Femi Aderibigbe Shares His Lagos Hustle
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Femi Aderibigbe popularly known as “Kwameh”

I came back to Lagos in 1999, 27 years old, with 12k in my savings account, a few tokunbo electronics and a few shirts and trousers to my name, home and abroad.

If you told me to declare my assets back then, it wouldn’t have taken me more than a minute to do so.

I remember we used to sleep on the floor of Star FM studios for the first few months and take our bath very early at the security post’s tiny bathroom.

If you woke up late for whatever reason, you would probably just wash your face, brush your teeth and hope not to smell badly. 😁

Despite all these challenges, we stayed focused and passionate and we were able to take a brand new radio station to number ONE in the 18 – 24 years category in just 6 months!

I created the one hour Naija music belt, 3 times a day, every single day and that became a platform for so many Nigerian artistes to attain fame and fortune.

This initiative, in which Chris Adeniyi aka DJ Xmax, Oxyjay Adenekan, Seun Jewel, and many others featured prominently, helped jumpstart the Naija music movement that is now globally called “Afrobeats”.

I also won several awards for radio and TV presentation and production, starting with the Best Radio Presenter award in 1999, at the prestigious Fame Music Awards which took place at the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu Lagos, beating the then radio greats, Steve Kadiri (Raypower FM), JAJ (Rhythm FM) and Ebele (Cool FM).

I started writing for the Benson and Hedges Gold and Tones Show which aired on 22 radio stations across Nigeria, became one of the top male Voice Over Artistes for that period, started Global Sounds, with immense help from the legendary Ola Fajemisin, who allowed me to use NTA studios for free for 2 years, then Nigezie (Nigeria’s first 24 hour music and lifestyle channel), was a judge on MTN Project Fame for four years and many more incredibly diverse creative ventures than I can remember.

Lagos has been good to me!

Feel free to share your own “Lagos Hustle” stories if you are so led.

It would be nice to read your backstory and hopefully, some younger people may be inspired by them.

God bless our individual hustles and make our individual dreams come true, sooner than later.

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