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In a recent interview on the Big Talk 108 podcast, Jesse Jagz describes his brother MI Abaga as the greatest rapper from Africa

MI Abaga is Africa's greatest rapper but I'm better - Jesse Jagz | Pulse Nigeria

Adeayo Adebiyi

<h2>In a recent interview on the Big Talk 108 podcast, Jesse Jagz describes his brother MI Abaga as the greatest rapper from Africa. </h2>

<p>Speaking on the legacy of his older brother MI Abaga, Jesse Jagz described him as an artist who pushed him to become the best version of himself. </p>

<p><em>"MI is the greatest MC ever in Africa,"</em> Jesse said on the Podcast where he also shared details of his early days as an artist. </p>

<p>Jesse Jagz's high estimation of MI Abaga is popular among many hip-hop fans, who view the multi-award-winning rapper as <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/celebrating-10-years-anniverasry-of-mi-abagas-the-chairman/lwrn3ts">a dominant force who popularised Nigerian hip-hop</a>. </p>

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;M.I is the greatest MC ever in Africa but I pass am 😁&quot;<br><br>- Jesse Jagz <a href="https://t.co/1waJL02Y4y">pic.twitter.com/1waJL02Y4y</a></p>&mdash; @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) <a href="https://twitter.com/OneJoblessBoy/status/1853046704787857640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<p>While Jagz considers his older brother Africa's greatest rapper, he also believes he's the better rapper of the two, a claim even MI has echoed in the past by describing Jagz as Nigeria's greatest lyricist. </p>

<p>In the interview, Jesse Jagz shared that he owes a big part of his success to MI Abaga who taught him how to be Jesse Jagz. </p>

<p><em>"It was MI who taught me how to be Jesse Jagz...MI taught us Ice Prince and me how to become an MC that will be respected forever."</em></p>

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;M.I taught me how to become Jesse Jagz. When we went to Lagos, M.I made us pay him rent. Nobody owes you sh!t&quot;<br><br>- Jesse Jagz <a href="https://t.co/6JRLGaJOcX">pic.twitter.com/6JRLGaJOcX</a></p>&mdash; @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) <a href="https://twitter.com/OneJoblessBoy/status/1853001763894247540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<p>Nigerian music fans will always fondly remember the impact of Jesse Jagz, MI Abaga, and Ice Prince for their success as solo artists and as the <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/pulse-album-review-the-indestructible-choc-boi-nation-shows-that-choc-city-is-ready/s9y4g2v">famous Choc Boiz group</a>.</p>

MI Abaga is Africa's greatest rapper but I'm better - Jesse Jagz

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