If the tale of music in the “south south” region of Nigeria is to be told, if the fable of artistic originality is to be spread, one name of worthy mention is Cyrus tha Virus. Born Damon Joseph Momoh, in Edo state, he attended Edo college before graduating with a degree in microbiology from Ambrose Alli university.
Cyrus started honing his lyrical skills in the streets of benin and later aligned himself with Maccabeez and Knighthood. His first single and video: “we dey come”, topped the MBI Top 10 countdown and stayed at the top for 4 weeks, a feat that was hitherto achieved by any Edo state artiste before him and to this day. Subsequently, he released another single titled “Shelenge”. Following this success, he signed on to Hex records and dropped his first solo album titled “The Infection” in 2008. The lead single: “1000 naira” got him a nomination in next-rated category at the HipHop World awards. Likewise, he got nominated for MTV Base – Zain advance warning in 2009. He’s now set to release his sophomore and highly anticipated album “Rebellion” which drops October 10, 2010. Here are some tracks from the upcoming album. The video for “Busy body” is already in the works as well. Listen, download and enjoy!
Listen to “Busy body”
Listen to “Earthquaker”
Listen to “I am”
Cyrus don reach here,thats whats up.Dude is back and i believe him so much.Good Job on the Singles “Infection” still dey Infect us dey go,now na “Rebellion” things…no wahala..u 2much..Bengazi all the way