Nigerian music history and success were built on cybercrime – Joey Akan

Nigerian entertainment journalist, Joey Akan has stated that Nigerian music history and success were built on cybercrime.

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In a tweet he shared, the journalist averred that yahoo boys (online fraudsters) funded and kept alive an industry with no institutional or corporate funding.

 

Joey tweeted;

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Afrobeats Hall of Fame will never be complete without honourary mentions to Yahoo boys who funded and kept alive an industry with no institutional or corporate funding. It’s a reality we hate to admit, but huge parts of Nigerian music history and success were built on cybercrime.

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