Three Naija Artistes Who Keep Shaku Shaku Dance Alive

The viral Shaku Shaku dance is indeed a favourite among Nigerians and many artistes have helped keep it alive. Shaku Shaku dance is sweet whether guiltlessly or shame faced, we all vibe to it or have attempted it one time or another. For some of us, it looks good when we get it right, for others it is a no for the future.
The dance has been bent in different directions and is no longer restricted to the streets of Agege where it supposedly gets its origin from, it now includes artistes from around the world, footballers, celebrities. And even the new basket ball video game 2K19 has caught the bug.
Maleek Berry recently had UK rapper chief dancing to Shaku Shaku while Nigerians got upset after the Super Eagles failed their moves following their win over Iceland at the World Cup and even governors have joined in the act.
The viral dance has not lasted this long simply because of its catchy nature, of its simplicity or otherwise. But a certain number of artistes have consistently ensured the survival of the dance in their music video or viral instagram chips.
This is the last quarter of the year 2018 and one can convincingly say that yes, galala no dey do us again. Konto or makoba have faded, but Shaku Shaku remains the new dance that reigns. Here are the five Nigerian artistes that have kept Shaku Shaku dance alive.
Olamide: Olamide lays some claim as one of those household artistes who brought the Shaku dance to the majority of music audience from the moment he released “Wo”, he had unceashed a street an theme that concided with the early virality of the dance.
Olamide’s music does not exactly come of energy especially when he is keeping it street. You should definitely take a look at his video for ‘Wo’ or “science student and see both the kids and elders digging the dance to their best.
Wizkid: The starboy’s videos are incomplete adds his own swagger to dance. Wizkid adds his own swagger to it that makes feel like you are missing out on something special. His steps in the video for mu4ty’s commando “Sent twitter into an over drive and when you see him on stage, you can be sure that his set is, incomplete with the dance as part of the package.
His songs ‘soco’ and ‘fake love’ are tailor made records to help you properly enjoying the dance.
Tiwa Savage: Easily the gueen of the game, from ‘Codenine Dief to the closing part of ‘Lova Lova’ Tiwa was oozing diva status as she dropped some of her unque dance steps.