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Jude Lemfani Abaga (born 4 October 1981), better known as M.I Abaga, is a Nigerian rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence in 2006 when his song “Crowd Mentality” became popular in Jos, Nigeria. His debut studio album Talk About It was released in 2008. The LP was succeeded by MI 2: The Movie (2010). Four years later, he released The Chairman as his third studio album. Abaga released the playlist Rendezvous in February 2018. In August of that year, he released his fourth studio album A Study On Self Worth: Yxng Dxnzl.[2]
Abaga was CEO of Chocolate City from 2015 to 2019.[3] In March 2020, he announced his exit from the label and launched his own record label Incredible Music.[4]
He won Best Hip Hop and Best New Act at the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards,[5] and was nominated in the Best International Act category at the BET Awards 2010. He has done work with African musicians like AKA, Khaligraph Jones, El, Naava Grey of Uganda on “Nteredde remix”, a melodic rap song.
