-Sayo Johnson
An upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of the state said Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, was guilty of committing blasphemy for a song he circulated via WhatsApp in March.
Mr Sharif-Aminu did not deny the charges.
Judge Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani said he could appeal against the verdict.
States across Muslim-majority northern Nigeria use both secular law and Sharia law, which does not apply to non-Muslims.
Only one of the death sentences passed by Nigeria’s Sharia courts has been carried out since they were reintroduced in 1999.
Yahaya Sharif was alleged to have committed blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad.
At the court on Monday, the presiding judge, Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani, found Aminu guilty and sentenced him to death by hanging, Daily Trust reports.
The musician is said to be a member of the Islamic Tijjaniya sect and Faidha group.
Aminu was arrested after a protest by Muslims in the state where they threatened to take laws into their hands.
The angry youth had earlier set ablaze the family house of the musician in Kano municipality.
This comes weeks after a humanist, Mubarak Bala, was arrested by the police in Kano and issued death threats over a Facebook post said to be blasphemous against Prophet Muhammad.
His whereabouts remain unknown despite a court order mandating the police to release Bala.
