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Highlights of the best moments at Day 5 of event

A passionate crowd of music lovers gathered to witness the best of Afrobeat sounds as can only be given in the New Afrika Shrine.
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Day 5 of Felabration 2016, the night of October 14, 2016 saw a mixture of the old school and new school of artistes thrill the crowd with their hir songs.

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From the unfamilar faces to the familiar names, the night was full of pleasant moments to cherish.

Here are major highlights of event.

Shola Golden Boy dazzles crowd with rap skills

Painting a mental picture of what a Da Grin would have looked like rapping at a tender age, Shola Golden Boy had his brief moment of fame when he took to rap to an audience who cheered him on, doing quite well on the mic for his age.

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Godwin Strings left the crowd in awe

The talented violinist showed his gift using the violin as he gave the audience an entertaining experience with his violin-stringed cover of the popular songs within and out of Nigeria, including Davido's 'Dami duro', Tekno's 'Pana', Rihanna's 'Work', Drake and Wizkid's 'One dance', Ycee's 'Alhaji' and more.

Sound Sultan thrilled the audience with his evergreen songs

From 'Ajo dabi ile' to 'Jagbanjantis' 'Very good bad guy' and more, to his new collection of songs including 'Hello baale', the Naija ninja was nothing short of a delight to the crowd. The singer also had Femi Kuti join him on stage doing his thing with the sax.

Simi's breathtaking vocals

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The singer's admirable self and lovely aura endeared even the hardest of hearts to her amazing voice and showmanship, taking the audience gently through a journey and delivery of her hit songs 'Soldier' and 'Jamb question'. Also her mash up of her sing 'Thief' with Fela Kuti's 'International thief thief' was simply brilliant.

Di'ja makes a welcome back  appearance

The Mavin singer who had been off the radar for months returns to the stage pleasing her fans with her latest song comeback song '''Sowemo' alongside her earlier singles 'Awww', 'Amin' and 'Adaobi' with Reekado Banks which saw the fans go wild with excitement.

Reekado Banks literally owned the crowd

The crowd obviously was in love with the Mavin act. Seeing where he was coming from and where he is now, it wasn't hard to understand why the average person in the crowd could relate.

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The singer made his grand appearance in style joining his fellow beautiful Mavin singer Di'ja on stage to perform 'Adaobi' which left the crowd ecstatic.

He of course took over to perform his notable hit songs - 'Oluwa ni', 'Katapot' and 'Standard' among others. Banks also had ladies perform a booty shaking competition, dancing to 'Problem' a song off his debut album "Spotlight".

Falz The Bahd Guy

Man of the moment equally raised the roof at the event performing his hit number of songs to the cheer of the crowd.

Femi Kuti and Daddy Showkey

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Daddy Showkey took fans back memory lane performing with his signature long dreadlocks his popular old and evegreen anthems 'Somebody call my name', 'Diana' and more.

Femi Kuti then joined him on stage which was a one-of-a-kind sight to behold two legendary singers  from slightly different musical era share the same stage and blend ever so well. What a rare privilege it was!

Dremo was fan favourite for crowd

The DMW rapper owned the crowd performing 'Ojere', and his tribute song to Fela titled 'Fela'.

The talented rapper showed great artistry as he owned the stage with his swag, presence and dance moves, leaving fans excited as he made his way out of the stage.

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Eedris Abdulkareem revisited his politically motivated and dance songs

'Obasanjo jaga jaga' was a memorable line in his politically charged performance, while he took the audience back memory lane with his song ‘Oko asewo’ among many others.

Small Doctor had the crowd go crazy for him

Starting up with a sober prayer for fans thanking them for their support, the energetic and lively singer thrilled the crowd with his many songs including ‘Mosquito’.

Other notable performances came from GT da Guitarman, Ex-Chocolate City rapper Milli, The Calypso band, Trademark from Ghana, Viktoh YBNL, Ichaba of DMW, Danagog, Qdot, Elegushi spender and many more.

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