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| associated_acts = [[Eldee]], [[Sasha P]], [[2Shotz]], olaDELe, [[Banky W]]
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| website =
| current_members = [[Eldee|eLDee The Don]] <br />[[olaDELe]] <br />T.K.O
| current_members = [[eLDee|eLDee The Don]] <br />[[olaDELe]] <br />T.K.O
| past_members = Freestyle <small><br />KaBoom <small>}}
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Trybesmen
Also known asThe Run DMC of Africa
OriginLagos, Nigeria
GenresHip hop
LabelsDa Trybe, Storm Records
MemberseLDee The Don
olaDELe
T.K.O
Past membersFreestyle
KaBoom

Trybesmen (also known as Da Trybe) is an African hip-hop group from Lagos, Nigeria. The Nigerian newspaper NEXT describes them as "one of the pioneers of hip hop in Nigeria"[1] and the BBC called the group "legendary" in 2005.[2]

The three original members, known as Eldee, Kaboom and Freestyle, first met in 1994 in Lagos.[3] Their first album, L.A.G Style Volume 1., was released in 1999 to positive reviews.[4] Their hits included "Trybal Marks" and "Shake Bodi."[5] Two members, eLDee and Freestyle, recorded solo albums after the group broke up.[1] They reunited to perform at an awards ceremony in Abuja in 2009.[6]

Members

Current members

Former members

  • Freestyle
  • KaBoom

Trybesmen Solo Label

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • Trybal Marks
  • Shake Bodi

Notes

  1. ^ a b "XFiles: From Boys to Men". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  2. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet/hosts/jjc/17929.shtml [dead link]
  3. ^ TRYBESMEN (Former homepage at MSN Groups with band biography, copy at the Internet Archive)
  4. ^ "RATED X THROWBACK: L.A.G Style volume 1". Archived from the original on 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  5. ^ "A prize to die for". Archived from the original on 2009-10-11. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  6. ^ "The Sun News On-line| Showpiece". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2009-10-22.