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=== Music === Lagos is famous throughout Africa for its music scene. Lagos has a vibrant nightlife<ref name="nightlife" /><ref name="post">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lxfu5WGlJ7kC|page = 16|title=Post Report|publisher =United States Department of State|year=1992|author=The University of Michigan}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper = The Guardian|title = A Peep into The Glamour, Glitz of Lagos Nightlife|first = Omiko|last = Awa|date = 21 June 2015|access-date = 26 March 2016|url = http://guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/newsfeature/a-peep-into-the-glamour-glitz-of-lagos-nightlife/|archive-date = 9 April 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160409215101/http://guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/newsfeature/a-peep-into-the-glamour-glitz-of-lagos-nightlife/|url-status = live}}</ref> and has given birth to a variety of styles such as [[Sakara music]], [[Nigerian hip hop]], [[highlife]], [[jùjú music|juju]], [[fuji music|fuji]] and [[Afrobeats]].<ref name="MUSIC">{{cite web |url=http://www.arterialnetwork.org/uploads/2011/12/Ayodeles_Presentation.pdf |title=The contribution of the Creative Economy to African Cities: ''A Case Study of Lagos Creative Sector & Its Potential'' |first=Ayodele |last=Ganiu |year=2011 |access-date=4 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509091659/http://www.arterialnetwork.org/uploads/2011/12/Ayodeles_Presentation.pdf |archive-date=9 May 2013 }}</ref> [[James Brown]] performed in Lagos in 1970.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xzcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57|page=57|date=1 October 1970|volume=38|number=26|issn=0021-5996|magazine=Jet|title=James Brown tours Africa for U.S. State Department Company}}</ref> With his band ''[[Paul McCartney and Wings|Wings]]'', [[Paul McCartney]] recorded his fifth post-[[Beatles]] album, ''[[Band on the Run]]'', in an [[EMI]] studio in Lagos in August and September 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/pas10007.html|title=Band on the Run: ''Paul McCartney and Wings''|first=Mark|last=Lewisohn|year=2001|access-date=8 April 2012|archive-date=28 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328131901/http://www.jpgr.co.uk/pas10007.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Other foreign musicians who have also performed in the city include [[Sean Paul]], [[Snoop Dogg]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omL5460steUC&pg=PA51|title=Nigeria|first1=Lizzie | last1=Williams|first2=Mark | last2=Shenley|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|year=2012|isbn=978-1-841-6239-79|page=51}}</ref> [[50 Cent]], [[Akon]], [[Jarule]], [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]], [[Usher (singer)|Usher]], [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200201020296.html|title=Nigeria: The Shaggy Thriller in Lagos|website=All Africa|date=2 January 2002|access-date=25 April 2017|archive-date=31 January 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020131044739/http://allafrica.com/stories/200201020296.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[R Kelly]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/11/r-kelly-storms-nigeria/|title=R Kelly storms Nigeria|access-date=25 April 2017|date=11 November 2010|publisher=The Vanguard|archive-date=26 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426061959/http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/11/r-kelly-storms-nigeria/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cardi B]], [[Migos]] especially during the [[Star Mega Jam]]; [[Shakira]], [[John Legend]], [[Ludacris]], [[Busta Rhymes]], [[Boyz II Men]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200706110591.html|title=Nigeria: Shakira, Legend, UB40 to Star at Thisday Festival|website=All Africa|access-date=25 April 2017|archive-date=27 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827072724/http://allafrica.com/stories/200706110591.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[T-Pain]], [[Brian McKnight]], [[JayZ]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/jay-z-coming-to-nigeria/|title=Jay-Z coming to Nigeria|publisher=The Vanguard|first=Opeoluwa|last=Ogunjimi|access-date=25 April 2017|archive-date=26 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426150927/http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/jay-z-coming-to-nigeria/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mary J. Blige]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/mary-j-blige-rocked-lagos/|title=How Mary J. Blige rocked Lagos|publisher=The Vanguard|first=Anozie|last=Egole|date=5 October 2013|access-date=25 April 2017|archive-date=18 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418191954/http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/mary-j-blige-rocked-lagos/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Beyoncé]], [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]], [[Ciara]], [[Keri Hilson]] and [[Lauryn Hill]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thenet.ng/how-7-us-celebs-have-visited-nigeria-in-six-months/|title=How 7 US celebs have visited Nigeria in six months|date=15 June 2016|publisher=Nigerian Entertainment Today|access-date=25 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426060521/http://thenet.ng/2016/06/how-7-us-celebs-have-visited-nigeria-in-six-months/|archive-date=26 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200211010070.html|title=Nigeria: Usher Raymond is Star of the Mega Jam|website=All Africa|access-date=25 April 2017|archive-date=22 December 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021222195213/http://allafrica.com/stories/200211010070.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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