Show Dem Camp

Show Dem Camp
Background information
GenresRap
Members
  • Tec
  • Ghost

Show Dem Camp (SDC) is a Nigerian rap duo composed of Wale Davies (Tec) and Olumide Ayeni (Ghost)[1]

Personal lives

The duo were born in Nigeria but lived and grew up in European cities and the United States before returning to Lagos to pursue a career in music. Tec was working in finance in Amsterdam prior to moving to Nigeria.[citation needed]

Career

Tec and Ghost were solo rap artists, till they met at a battleground only to discover they had the same stage name "Golden Child". They soon came together afterward to form a rap duo with evolving stage names Loose Cannonz, BlackBoysDown, Third Eye Renegades and they eventually settled for Show Dem Camp. They have transitioned from being not just only rappers but to being a record label owner.[2] Their first mixtape titled Clone Wars Vol. 1 dropped in the year 2010.[3] They have since then released a number of albums under the Clone Wars Series and Palm Wine Music.[2]

They have worked with a lot of Alté artists such as Tems, BOJ, Odunsi The Engine, Cruel Santino, Buju, Ladipoe, Wani and others.

Discography

Studio Albums

  • 2010: Clone Wars i[3]
  • 2011: The Dreamers Project[4]
  • 2012: Clone Wars II (The Subsidy)[5]
  • 2016: Clone Wars III (The Recession)[6]
  • 2017: Palmwine Music 1 [7]
  • 2018: Palmwine Music 2 [8]
  • 2019: Palm Wine Express [9]
  • 2019: Clone Wars IV (These Buhari Times) [10]
  • 2021: Clone Wars V (The Algorhythm)[11]
  • 2022: Palmwine Music 3[12]
  • 2024: No Love In Lagos.[13]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee/Work Result Ref
2018 The Headies Best Rap Single "Up to You feat Funbi" Nominated
2019 Best Rap Album Clone Wars IV Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Show Dem Camp". Music In Africa. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Show Dem Camp, Rebels With A Cause". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Show Dem Camp - CLONE WARS Vol. 1 (Mixtape)". NotjustOk. 26 December 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Album Review: Show Dem Camp - The Dreamer Project". Jaguda.com. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ^ "BN Download: Show Dem Camp – The Clone Wars 2: The Subsidy". BellaNaija. 26 December 2012.
  6. ^ Akin-Bankole, Feyikemi (2017-01-05). "Music: Clone Wars 3 – Show Dem Camp". The Culture Custodian (Est. 2014). Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  7. ^ "Show Dem Camp – Palm Wine Music (Vol. 1) « tooXclusive". tooXclusive. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  8. ^ "Show Dem Camp is back with new project, Palm Wine Music 2". PAM - Pan African Music. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  9. ^ "Show Dem Camp's mainstream venture The Palmwine Express". PAM - Pan African Music. 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  10. ^ "With 'Clone Wars IV', SDC reinforces their artistic growth and rising legacy". Pulse Nigeria. 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  11. ^ "In The Algorithm, Show Dem Camp Documents Pains Of 2020". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  12. ^ Native, The (30 September 2022). "Our first impressions of Show Dem Camp's 'Palmwine Music 3'". The NATIVE.
  13. ^ Native, The (9 August 2024). "Review: No Love In Lagos". The NATIVE.