Trybesmen

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title: "Trybesmen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["musical-groups-established-in-2000", "nigerian-hip-hop-groups", "musical-groups-from-lagos"] description: "Nigerian hip-hop group" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trybesmen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Nigerian hip-hop group ::

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Field	Value
name	Trybesmen
background	group_or_band
alias	The Run DMC of Africa
origin	Lagos, Nigeria
genre	Hip hop
label	Da Trybe, Storm Records
associated_acts	Eldee, Sasha P, 2Shotz, olaDELe, Banky W
current_members	eLDee The Don
olaDELe
T.K.O
past_members	Freestyle
KaBoom
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Trybesmen (also known as Da Trybe) is a Nigerian hip-hop group from Lagos, Nigeria. The Nigerian newspaper NEXT describes them as "one of the pioneers of hip hop in Nigeria" and the BBC called the group "legendary" in 2005.

The three original members, known as Eldee, Kaboom and Freestyle, first met in 1994 in Lagos. Their first album, L.A.G Style Volume 1., was released in 1999 and it received positive reviews. Their hits included "Trybal Marks" and "Shake Bodi." Two members, eLDee and Freestyle, recorded solo albums after the group broke up. They reunited to perform at an awards ceremony in Abuja in 2009.

Members

Current members

• Eldee
• OlaDELe
• TKO
• 2 Shotz

Former members

• Freestyle
• KaBoom

Trybesmen Solo Label

• Eldee: Trybe Records

Discography

Albums

• 2000: L.A.G Style

Singles

• Trybal Marks
• Shake Bodi

Notes

References

1. "XFiles: From Boys to Men".
2. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet/hosts/jjc/17929.shtml bbc.co.uk]{{dead link. (September 2025)
3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20021020130159/http://groups.msn.com/TRYBESMEN/homepage1.msnw TRYBESMEN] (Former homepage at [[MSN Groups]] with band biography, copy at the [[Internet Archive]])
4. "RATED X THROWBACK: L.A.G Style volume 1".
5. "A prize to die for".
6. "The Sun News On-line| Showpiece".

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