Chidinma Ekile (26) was born blind to the family of Martha Ekile who she calls ‘Iya Lucky’. Like some other artistes on our list, Chidinma gained her spotlight after winning musical talent show, MTN Project Fame Chidinma won the third season of the MTN Project Fame in 2010 after which she released
her first single, “Jankolikoko” which features music veteran, Sound Sultan. She has won so many awards and she is highly recognised as a very talented songstress in the industry.
Starboy Wizzy was born Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (24) on the 16th of July. The artiste is most definitely one of Nigeria’s favourite entertainers. The artiste rose to Stardom when he was still signed to the Empire Mates Entertainment Music Group and released the track “Holla at Your Boy”. The song and its video made waves the year it was released, Wizkid, after the release of the Visuals of Holla at Your Boy was said to be theone who brought the ‘Jerk’ dance to the country. He was then called “Africa’s “Justin Bieber”.
Wizkid is still making it big in the entertainment industry and in the hall of fame. He is reported as the first Nigerian to have over 1 million followers on Twitter.
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