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from

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. The group consists of Kruddz, OGD, Papii Abz, Dope, Mxjib, and Mojo. They released two mixtapes, ''Grown Up'' and ''Roots'', the latter includes their most successful single "

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" featuring

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. NSG is acronym that has multiple meanings such as: Nipple Sucking Gang, Non-Stop Grinding, Never Stop Growing, No Sleep Gang, New Sound Group, and Nigeria Slash Ghana.

History

NSG are a collective of childhood friends who grew up in

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, attending the same high school at

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. Some of the members were students at

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. The group consists of three artists from Nigerian heritage and three artists from Ghanaian heritage. Two of the members, Kruddz and OGD, are the younger brothers of producer

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. OGD is also part of a production team named 4PLAY. NSG released their first single "Whine and Kotch" in December 2013, and collaborated with English rapper

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in 2015. In 2017, NSG released their debut mixtape, ''Grown Up''. In 2018, they released the single "

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. In 2019, it became their first single to reach the

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at number 7. On 19 June 2020, NSG released their second mixtape, ''Roots''. On 9 December 2021, they released an EP titled, ''Headliner'', ahead of their Roots Africa Tour.

Members

* Kruddz * OGD * Papii * Dope * Mxjib * Mojo

Discography

Mixtapes

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted songs

Guest appearances

References

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