‘FUJI MUSIC IS DYING’ – SMALL DOCTOR URGES IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION

April 30, 2025

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Nigerian singer Adekunle Temitope, popularly known as Small Doctor, has raised concerns about the declining state of fuji, a popular Yoruba music genre.

He stated that fuji music is “dying” and called for immediate action to revive it.

According to him, since the rapid rise of Remi Aluko and his peers in the early 2000s, no new fuji artist has emerged to take the spotlight.

On his X handle, he wrote, “I stand to be corrected.

“I feel Fuji music is dying and something needs to be fixed urgently..

After the blowing up of Remi Aluko and the likes in 2001 Or 2002, I gaven’t heard nor seen another Fuji artist blow up.”

Fújì emerged in the 1960s, evolving from the improvisational wéré music, also known as ajísari, which was performed to awaken Muslims before dawn during the fasting season of Ramadan.

The genre was named after the Japanese stratovolcano, Mount Fuji, by Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, the pioneer of wéré. Other renowned Fuji artists include K1 De Ultimate, King Saheed Osupa, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma, and Obesere.

Pop artists like 9ice, Lord of Ajasa, Olamide, Small Doctor, Asake, Naira Marley, Qdot, and Seyi Vibez have also drawn inspiration from Fuji.