All You Need To Know About CocoIce; Nigeria's Female Answer To Dagrin..

Cocoice

No disrespect comparing her to Dagrin.

Dagrin may be dead but if you rap in Yoruba in my opinion,you gotta stand up! as in pay allegiance..

Dagrin was and still is the best Yoruba rapper Nigeria has had and still has because his music still lives on..

So when I heard Cocoice sometime last year I was like who is this person?and then I listened again and I was like, if Dagrin was a girl he would have probably rapped like her or well maybe or maybe not lol..

Cocoice, real names Sarah Mojisola Sowole, has got flows with penetrating punchlines done mostly in Yoruba and with capivating and catchy chorus'..

She recently had an interview with Tribune where I got to know who CoCoIce really is and how she came about her stage name which I assumed was coined from the Couple Coco and Ice from Ice Loves Coco well thank GOD that wasn't the case #Rme...

CocoIce is fresh,new,urbane and Current! Get to know her below...

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Foray into music. 

I have always liked to listen to music ever since I was a kid. I later stumbled upon rap music and discovered it was a call. I took it up and started memorising the lyrics of some rap songs that I liked. Not long after, I started writing poetry, which greatly helped me to become a lyricist. Though I started out miming to hit rap songs, I went  professional in 2005 and recorded my first single titled “Get Nutty,” where I featured May D. The single got a massive airplay and carved a niche for me in the industry.

Challenges in the industry.

It has not been easy. I was disappointed and let down. I went through the ups and downs, but to me, it is all part of the journey to my success story, and I give thanks to God, my family (the CoCoIce team) and fans for their support all the way.

My works.

I just released a new single entitled “Mr player” Aside the two videos “If You Don’t Know” and “It’s Me” that brought me into limelight, I have some singles to my credit. I have done a few collaborations and at present, I am working on new songs also. I had another single on the way with May D entitled: “Get Nutty” when I was under the Mo’Blaq.

How I came about my stage name.

(Laughs...) CoCoIce was derived from two words, ‘Coconut and Ice’. The coconut stands for what I have gone through but I’m still able to deliver good music because as we all know, the coconut is rough on the outside and pure in the inside, while the ice stands for breaking of the ice which is an idiomatic expression and in my definition- “getting over the initial phase of my career.” When I was trying to beat the odds and come out on top. 

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