A Study of Code-Mixing And Code-switching Nigerian HIP HOP RAP Music

Abstract

This research explored the roles of code switching and mixing in Nigerian hip hop Igbo rap music. It is aimed at extracting the effects such techniques have in the music industry and how they are being appreciated by the target audience. In order to carry out this research, two of Nigerian Igbo rap artistes were selected as they are known to either combine two or more languages in their music. It was discovered that cultural, individual, as well as other sociopolitical and linguistic factors might have necessitated the mixtures and the subsequent appreciation by the audience. In conclusion, it's clear that the code-mixed and code-switched utterances are triggered by some situations that are necessary for the artistes to suit the taste and reach the communicative end of their pleasure-loving target audience.