| | Eedris Abdulkareem
Label: Blue Pie Productions
Artists Genre: Urban
Eedris Abdulkareem AKA Eddy Remedy is an MGN
Productions Nigeria, Blue Pie and Perfect Pitch
artist. Eedris is out now on Blue Pie at all leading
digital retailers on the planet.
Eedris Abdulkareem AKA Eddy Remedy comes from
Saskatchewan Nigeria and is regarded as one of the
coolest in the Pop, RandB circles. Eedris Abdulkareem
AKA Eddy Remedy was born 1974 in Northern Nigeria,
Kano State.
As a young boy his passion was Table Tennis (ping
pong) and he loved music. In 1989 Eedris represented
Nigeria in the cadet division of the All African Games
held in Nairobi Kenya which he won the bronze medal.He
was later to bag other trophies in the 1991 Coca-Cola
open in Lagos, 1992 Pepsi open in Kano and the
elephant cement open oluyole held in Abeokuta (All in
Nigeria in 1994).
Eedris while enjoying a budding table tennis career
could not ignore his lust for music. He finally
succumbed to his old passion, music in 1997 when he
formed the mega hit boy band: The Remedies” the
remedies was the first major Afro hip-hop band in West
Africa selling over 2.2million copies world wide.
Owing to extreme individual talent and a need to
express himself, Eedris went solo in 1999.
In 1999 however the Artist Eedris was reborn. He was
irked by the situation in the country Nigeria and
wordwide issues, issues like sexual harassment, child
abuse, brain drain and outsourcing, environmental
care, infidelity and HIV /AIDS, Political stability
etc. Eedris used his popularity as a platform and
spewed this message forth to the hearts of men in
Nigeria and beyond. Solely the management company does
the funding of these projects presently. The company
is saddled with the responsibility of managing the
Artiste. The first album titled “pass” sold almost 3
million copies while the second album “Mr. Lecturer”
sold 1.4 million copies.
Presently there are 29 released songs spanned through
two albums. The latest album is 90% done with ten
tracks therein.
Eedris was overwhelmingly voted as a touch bearer for
the up coming Olympic games in a Coca-Cola sponsored
event. The Olympic touch is passing through African
for the first time in June on the 11th in Cairo Egypt.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Nation wide tour in Nigeria severally
- Eedris Abdulkareen and Usher Raymond in Nigerian
Breweries sponsor event (2002)
- Eedris, Eve, Kc and Jojo (Jodeci) sponsored by
Econet Wireless telecom and Nigerian Breweries (2001).
- Eedris and Gangster Guru 2001 – sponsored by MTN
2001 – Sponsored by Obato (2001)
- Eedris and Magic system in Portharcourt and Benin
Nigeria
- The Battle of hope HIV/AIDS concert featuring DMX
and Ashanti 2004, Abuja Nigeria
- Eedris and Everyday People and DMX in Dusseldorf,
Germany
- Eedris and Femi Kuti, British council sponsored 2000
- Numerous collaborations with top Nigerian Artist
like Orits Wiliki, Pasuma Wonder, Wale Thomson etc.
- Collaborations with international Artiste like Ann
Marley (Bob Marley’s daughter), unreleased songs with
Buster Rhymes and Everyday People, a Germany based
band.
SOME OF THE AWARDS
• Black disc Magic Award 2003 South Africa
• “Gbedu” Awards 2003 in London
• Artistes of the year Fanta/Flame 1999 Lagos, Nigeria
• Artiste of the year Fanta/Fame 2003 Lagos, Nigeria
• Hip-Hop Artist of the year AMEN Awards Lagos,
Nigeria
• Fresh weekly best hip-Hop Artist of the year 2004
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ABOUT EDDY REMEDY A NEWS STORY BY THE SUN - NIGERIA "
I’m the new king of African pop "
By EMMANUEL ABANAH, Abuja
Friday, November 26, 2004
High rising hip-hop sensation, Eedris Abdulkareem
recently said he is eyeing the future for a more
fulfilling career in music. The musician who last
October teamed up with Maintain for a major
performance tour of Britain hinted that his ambition
is to become an international artiste and a worthy
ambassador of Nigeria.
He also chastised his former musical partner, Eddy
Montana of the defunct Remedies, saying that Eddy
belongs to the past and that he is all for the future.
In an encounter with Daily Sun at Abuja, Eedris
reacted to Montana’s recent allegation that he
(Eedris) betrayed him by signing on Kenny’s Music
after they had both agreed to reject the offer.
Focus on the future
Now I got a focus, I have a future, I am heading
somewhere. I have a whole lot of people to influence
and people watching me. They depend on me because God
made it so. So I don’t want to talk about the past, I
want to talk about the future, I want to see things
happening in my own family.
Future of African hip hop
You cannot even see the future. It is beyond what you
can see because God brings the future. We have not
started yet. We are talking about African hip-hop
here. That is the future of hip-hop and Eedris
Abdulkareem represents African hip-hop. Rap music is
for the black man, the black man is for Africa, Africa
is Nigeria, Nigeria is Lagos and Lagos is Eedris
Abdulkareem.
Remedies
I prefer to address myself to the challenges of the
future. Remedies is of the past and I don’t want to
bring myself into that controversy. I heard that Eddy
Montana said I betrayed him. He said we both agreed to
shun an offer by Kenny’s Music to wax our record but
there is no such thing. If he wants to contend this,
let him come out with proofs of his allegation.
Between Lagos and Abuja
Abuja is for those who “chop” all the money. Abuja is
a city of connections. Here you have rich kids just
sitting at home and their parents giving them money
but in Lagos you see boys on the streets dying of
hunger and intellectual poverty. When we find the
little money we can and rush to the studios to work,
piracy takes over everything and our sweat goes to
people who do not share our creativity.
Women and Mr Lecturer
I know it could be the dream of some ladies to drag me
into relationships, but I want to say that I am in a
Are you in a relationship ?
I am in a relationship with somebody.
In accordance with the African hip-hop message that I
pass to people, I love African fabrics and my
favourite designer is Ashebi. Although the name is for
a local Nigerian textile, I love anything indigenous
particularly those things that originate from Africa.
Nigerian youths
I respect Nigerian youths, they are intelligent and
resourceful. For example, I’ll like to commend the
organisers of a recent show we had at the National
Stadium, Abuja. Although there were foreign musicians
in attendance, but the organisers gave us maximum
support in such a way that some of us competed
favourably with our foreign counterparts.
London Independence show
Yes, Maintain and I were in London for the celebration
of Nigeria’s 44th independence annivesary in Britain.
One of our promising youths, Ayo Sonaiya who is based
in America was behind the show. He is one of the
youths I described as being intelligent and well
focused. We had a beautiful show in England and the
entire black community and our kinsmen in Diaspora
felt proud to receive us. We really had a nice outing
as people were asking for more even after our
performances. African music has a lot of promise even
in the international market. This is why we musicians
in this part of the world must try and improve on our
skills and promote what belongs to us.
Me and my fans
I love Nigerians for believing in me, appreciating me
and buying my CD. Without my fans, there will be no
me. The Abuja concert was a way of encouraging people
living with HIV/AIDS to know that they won’t just die
because they are also relevant to the society.
Albums
My CDs include Mr Lecturer, You Promise to Marry Me
and Oko Omoge
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