Category: Entertainment – Music
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Asa, real name, Bukola Elemide, was born 1st September 1982, in Paris France to her Nigerian Parents. The Nigerian French singer and song writer has been able to fuse the Nigerian Yoruba language and English together perfectly, bringing out a wonderful style that falls between pop and soul. After being born in 1982, she spent…
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Adewale Ayuba, the popular fuji musician was born 1966 as last child into a close knit family, in Ikenne Remo Ogun State. Closing his eyes to the examples of his well-read older siblings, Ayuba prioritized music which he started at the age of seven. Soon, he got discovered by Mr. Sunday Olojuanu, a man who…
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Dapo Oyebanji is the multiple award winning Nigerian entertainer whose Oliver Twist dance song topped African and UK charts between 2010 and 2011. Dapo Oyebanji, stage name D’banj, was born 1980 in Zaria where his father served as a military officer. Oyebanji was after his secondary school education at a Naval school in Ogun state…
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Shinamania was the creation of Juju musician, Shina Peters, whose genre is mixed with very fast and upbeat with a lot of funky bumps and grinds. This pop phenomenon came to head in 1990 with the release of Shina Peter’s sophomore album, and his music and following developed to such a feverish height that he…
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Susan Olabimpe Filani (Goldie), was a colourful Nigerian hip artist known for bizarre costumes and strong stage personality. Stage named Goldie, Olabimpe was born 1983 and grew in a family where music was the only bright spot in a three-way life that revolved round home, school and church. Her mum was a managing director of…