{"id":41207,"date":"2018-01-02T15:07:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T14:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/?p=41207"},"modified":"2018-01-02T15:07:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T14:07:45","slug":"ten-nigerian-artistes-m-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/ten-nigerian-artistes-m-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Nigerian Artistes Who Were M.I.A. In 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WpS32F_PrMA\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n2017 was a generally a great year for Nigerian music: several records were broken and\u00a0new ones set.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-quote fb_iframe_widget\"><\/div>\n<p>However, a number of popular stars were missing in action.<\/p>\n<p>Watch video above.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Source: TheNet.NG<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2017 was a generally a great year for Nigerian music: several records were broken and\u00a0new ones set. However, a number of popular stars were missing in action. 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