During the '80s, while King Sunny Adé was bringing juju music to the world, the popular fuji sound surged to squeeze out an equal share of Nigeria's massive pop market. All percussion and vocals, this Yoruba pop came dramatically to prominence with another great Nigerian musical rivalry, this time between bandleaders Sikuru Ayinde Barrister and Kollington Ayinla. Barrister, who remains on the leading edge, started out in 1965 singing were--songs used to rouse Muslims early in the morning during the holy season of Ramadan. He went on to mix in aspects of apala percussion and vocal songs and brooding, philosophical sakara music and emerged with a new style of music he dubbed fuji. Barrister cemented his preeminence with his "fuji garbage" song series. The term played on black American slang where "bad" means "good." It also deflated his critics by insulting the music before they could. Nigerians loved it. Barrister has toured internationally, but mostly plays to all Nigerian crowds. Nigerian audiences often venture onstage to present musicians with bills, or even fistfulls of cash, a practice called spraying or dashing. At Barrister shows, spraying reaches new heights of showmanship, and the take can be as high as $10,000--impressive, but still not up to King Sunny Adé's level. Barrister toured extensively in 1994, reportedly out of fear that he might be detained if he went home. His feisty cassette "The Truth" recounted the story of the annulled 1993 elections, and offered a harsh critique of the Nigerian military, which has ruled the country for 24 out of 34 years since independence. Lately, Barrister has been dividing his time between Nigeria and Staten Island.