Highly energetic Bisola Aiyeola is a Nigerian-British actress, singer and presenter born in 1986.
She rose to fame after emerging runners-up at the 2017 edition of the big brother naija reality show.
360dopes.com brings you 8 more interesting facts about Bisola:
1. Bisola studied business managment at National Open University of Nigeria.
2. She contested in thr 2008 edition of MTN project fame West Africa along with the now “Temple music star” Iyanya.
3. She is also a mimic with lots of comedy skits on instagram.
4. She is also a voice over artist and a one time Tv host of Billboard Nigeria aired on Silverbird television from 2011- 2013.
5. The beautiful and delectable actress has also delved into the Nollywood industry already featured in movies such as “Forever with us”, “The life of a Nigerian couple”, “Picture Perfect” and many more which are still upcoming.
6. She also have a daughter.
7. She has a large following on instagram with more than 964,000 followers.
8. She got nominated for Revelation of The Year at the City People Movie Award.
Helen Folasade Adu popularly known as Sade Adu is a British Nigerian singer, song writer and record producer who came to limelight with her soul inspired song ‘Smooth Operator’ and also gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the English band, Sade.
Sade Adu Profile (Key)
Real Name: Helen Folasade Adu
Date Of Birth: January 16, 1959
Place of Birth: Ibadan, Nigeria
Nationality: British, Nigerian
Residence: Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England
Parter(s): Carlos Scola Pliego (m. 1989 – 1995), Ian Watts (2007 – Present)
Genres: R&B, Soul
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10 Facts About Sade
1. She was born on January 16, 1959 in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria but raised in London.
2. She recorded her first album, Diamond Life in 1984.
3. She got married to a Spanish film maker, Carlos Scola in 1989 before they later sepearetd.
4. She had a daughter, Ila Morgan with a Jamaican producer, Bobby Morgan.
5. Her father, Adebisi Adu is a Nigerian lecturer in Economics and her mother, Anne Hayes and English district nurse.
6. At age 18 she completed her education at Clacton County High School before she moved to London to study Fashion design at Saint Martin’s School of art.
Awards & Nominations
Sade as fondly called was appointed officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2002 for services to music.
She was also promoted to Commnader of the order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours, also for services to music.
Net Worth
Sade is said to have an estimated net worth of $70 million.
Mavin records boss, Don Jazzy bio, real age, life history, endorsements, awards and nominations.
Facts About Don Jazzy (Key)
Real Name: Michael Collins Ajereh
Date of Birth: November 26, 1982
State Of Origin: Unuahia, Abia state
Nationality: Nigeria
Genres: R&B, Pop
Occupation(s): Music producer, Singer, Song writer, Entrepreneur
Who Is Don Jazzy?
Michael Collins Ajereh better known as Don Jazzy is arecord producer, singer, song writer and business man born on November 26, 1982.
He co-founded the defunct record label “Mo’hits” along with D’Banj before they officailly went their separte ways and he is currently the founder of the Mavin records which includes the likes of D’Prince, Dr Sid, Tiwa Savage, Reekado Banks, Korede Bello, Di’ja, DNA Twins, LadiPoe and Johnny Drille.
Early Life & Background
Don Jazzy was born in Umuahia, Abia state part of Nigeria before his family moved to Ajegunle area of Lagos state where he was brought up.He attended Federal government College, Lagos and also studied Business management at the Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma in Edo state.
Music Career
Michael who started playing drums at the age of four, developed a passion for the guitar at the age of 12.
He did various odd jobs including working as a security guard before he decided to build on his musical knowleged, finding like-minded people such as JJC & 419 squad, Kas, D’Banj and Solek.
Don Jazzy ventured into a full time career in music when he patnered with the koko master, D’Banj to set up the Mo’Hits label.
Just within two years, both had produced two albums “No Long Thing” and “Rundown/funk You Up”, while still working on the third.
That time marked the beginning of Don Jazzy’s fame where he was already becoming a household name with the trademark intro – “It’s Don Jazzy Again!”.
At that time, Don Jazzy also repeated the magic on Wande Coal’s Mushin to Mo’Hits album which was described as the best album to ever come out of Nigeria.
Awards
Ever since he rose to fame, he has received numerous awards which includes:
1. Nigerian entertainment award for Music producer of the year.
2. The Headies award for producer of the year for Over the Moon, Mr Endowed and Pop something.
3. The Headies 2014 – Producer of the year for Dorobucci.
4. City People entertainment award 2015 – Special recognition award.
Production discography
Albums
D’Banj – No Long thing (2005)
D’Banj – RunDown/ Funk You Up (2006)
D’Banj – The Entertainer (2008)
Mo’Hits All stars – Curriculum Vitae (2007)
Wande Coal – Mushin 2 Mo’Hits (2008)
Mavins – Solar Plexus ‘Mavin records” (2012)
Endorsements
The prolific record producer already enjoys a number of numerous mouth watering endorsements with the likes of Samsung, Loya Milk and MTN.
He has also grown to become one of the most respected ambassadors in the Nigerian show biz.
Net Worth
Don Jazzy who lives an extravagant lifestyle, has a lot of houses and expensive cars such as Porsche 911, Bentley Continental, flying Spur, Cadillac Escalade, Range Rover sports among others.
Elizabeth Omowunmi Tekovi Dasilva popularly known as Liz Da Silva is a Nigerian actress and producer who is known for intriguing role in Yoruba movies.
She’s quite fun to watch and has been able to showcase her talent in the movie industry.
Here are 10 interesting things about her.
1. She’s born in Obalende to a Togolese parents.
2. Her parents were seperated and her mother died before she started acting.
3. She proceeded to Lagos state university (LAS) to further her education after her secondary school.
4. She started acting in 2014.
5. She was introduced into the industry by Iyabo Ojo to Muka Ray who she claims has been her mentor.
6. She released her own movie “MAMA INSURANCE” in 2012, a movie that featured the likes of Lanre Hassan, Ayo Mogaji, Iyabo Ojo, Ronke Ojo, Doris Simon and many others.
7. She converted to Islam for the sake of her baby as the baby’s father was a muslim. She changed her name to “Aishat Olaoye”.
8. She has also featured in movies with the likes of Regina Chukwu, Adediwura Adesegha and others.
9. She runs an annual event “Ankara day” which is used to promote Africa unity and also to help the less priviledged through donations.
Johnny Drille is a Nigerian singer, song writer, record producer and sound engineeer born on July, 1990 in Edo state.
Johnny Drille Profile (Key)
Real Name: John Ighdaro
Date of birth: July 5, 1990
State of Origin: Edo state
Genres: R&B, contemporary
Background & History
Johnny Drille who was born and raised in Edo state, is the first of the five children of his parents.
He graduated from the University of Benin, Edo state where he studied English and Literature.
READ ALSO: Don Jazzy Biography, Profile, Net Worth & Life History
Music Career
The talented singer who started doing music at a very tender age in church, was a contestant at the MTN project fame season 6.
Ever since then, he has been churning out songsuntil he caught the attention of the Mavin boss, Don Jazzy when he did a superb cover to Di’ja’s hit song “Awwww”.
He followed it up with his own personal song “Love don’t lie” and later released another song “Wait for me” which topped Nigerian charts at that time.
He also released the folky love song “beautful love”, a celebration of true love.
The
singer revealed that he had tried his hands at multiple genres of music
including high life and hip hop but didn’t work out for him as expected
until he figured out a way to stand out when he came across the music
of the American folk bnad, Mumford & Sons.
According to him,
his musical includes; Mumford & Sons, Owl city, Phillips, Passenger,
Jon Bellion, Laura Muula and the Nigerian sesnsation, Cobhams Asuquo.
READ ALSO: Reekado Banks Biography, Age, Endorsement & Net Worth
Net Worth
Johnny Drille who makes money from his music and as a producer, currently stand at an estimated net worth of $105,000.
Awards & Nominations
In 2015, Johnny Drille was nominated for the best producer award at the South South Music Award (SSMA)
In 2016, he was nominated for the best alternative song award at the Headies.
Yemi Olatunji well known as Yemi Blaq and film maker born in Ondo state.
Yemi who started showing great talent for acting since school days, came to prminence with the movie “Lost to Lust” which features the beautiful star actress, Mercy Johnson and ever since then he has benn able to boast of over 250 movies.
The prolific actor is married to his lovely wife, Remi Ibinola Olatunji who is also a writer, having written many stories for the Nollywood.
Yemi Blaq has also won several awards which includes; AMVCA, NEA, City people and also signed a multi milion naira endorsement deal with Gulder in 2015.
9ice with the names Alexander Abolore Adegbola Adigun Alapomeji is a Nigerian singer born on 17th January 1980.
9ice Profile (Key)
Real Name: Alexander Abolore Adigun
Date of birth: 17th January 1980
State Of Origin: Ogbomosho, Oyo state
Genres: Hip hop
Occupation(s): Singer, Song writer, Instrumentalist
Early Life & Background
9ice who was born in the South west region, Ogbomosho, Oyo state part of Nigeria was raised in the district of Bariga in Lagos state.
He attended Aule Okuta primary school and CMS grammar school for his primary and secondary education.
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He attended Lagos state University to study Law but later dropped out to pursue a career in music.
He grew up in a polygamous home of five wives and nine children.
Music Career
9ice who started to his own songs at the age of 14, draws inspiration from the likes of Pasuma wonder, Ebenezer Obey, King Sunny Ade, Tatalo Alamu and the late Alhaji Haruna Ishola.
9ice released his first single “Little Money” in 2000 but had to wait five years more before gaining recognition in the Nigerian music industry.
His collaboration with several top Nigerian artist gave rise to the release of hit single “Ganja man” produced by I.d Cabasa.
His style of music which is a perfect blend of Yoruba proverbs and English soon create a unique identity for him. 9ice compares himself to Youssou N’Dour and Yvonne Chaka Chaka who embraced their mother tongue.
9ice first album “Certificate” did quite well especially when it comes to hit songs like Little Money, Ganja Man, Make Dem Talk and Music Daddy.
One could possibly say that was the beginning of success for the singer when he released another hit single “Gongo Aso” which became street anthem among fans an a party starter for DJ’s at various clubs.
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His “Gongo Aso” album which is his second, is centered on his success, originality, partying and women. It gave birth to the rise of the hit single “Street Credibility” featuring 2face Idibia.
In 2017, 9ice dropped another single “Living Things” which caused sevearl controversies online with singer Falz pointing to it as promoting yahoo boyz, an accussation that 9ice denied.
9ice Albums
Certificate (2007)
Gongo Aso (2008)
Tradition (2009)
Bashorun gaa/Versus (2011)
CNN/GRA (2004)
ID Cabasa (2016)
Awards and Nominations
The talented singer is notable for the following awards:
MOBO best african act 2008
Nigerian Music awards, Best Act 2008
Nigerian Entertainment Awards for most indigenous act 2007
Future Awards
MTV Base best hip hop act 2008
LTV/Eko Fm Awards
Hip Hop world awards for best voal performance male 2008
Kizz Daniel Biography, age, songs, net worth & Pictures
Anidugbe Oluwatobiloba Daniel better known as Kizz Daniel is a Nigerian singer, song writer and performer who came to limelight with the hit single “Woju”.
Kizz Daniel Profile
Real Name: Anidugbe Oluwatobiloba Daniel
Date of Birth: June 27, 1992
State of Origin: Ogun state
Nationality: Nigeria
Genres: Afro-pop
Occupation(s): Singer, Song writer
Net Worth: $2 million
Instagram: @iamkizzdaniel
Twitter: @iamkissdaniel
Early Life & Background
Kizz Daniel who was born on June 27, 1992, hails from Abeokuta North, a local government area in Ogun state.
He studied Ogun international montessori nursery and primary school and studied Water Resources Management and Agrometeology at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB).
Music Career
Kizz Daniel who started doing music at an early age, had the full support of his father.
With musical influence from the likes of Danfo Driver, Zulezoo, Oritse Femi, 2face Idibia, 9ice, W4, Wande Coal, Owl city and Ed Sheeran, he kicked off his career professionally in 2013 when he was signed by Emperor Geezy into G-Worldwide Entertainment.
He released his first official single “Shoye” produced by Beatburx on May 1, 2014 which was accompanied with a music video directed by MEX.
The singer didn’t get that much recognition until he released a heart warming single titled “Woju” as produced by DJ Coublon and the video shot on a location in Lagos as directed by Adasa Cookey.
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He dropped the remix of “Woju” featuring Mavins diva, Tiwa Savage and DMW boss, Davido.
In May 2015, Kiss Daniel drops his third single “Laye” along with a music video which features cameo appearance from label mate, Sugarboy, as directed by Ani James for AJE FILMWORKS.
Kizz Daniel photo
Kiss Daniel parted ways with G-worldwide in November 2017 and floated his own record label, FLY BOY I.N.C.
He released his first song “No Do” under his new imprint in December 2017.
Awards & Nominations
Kizz Daniel has won numerous awards such as:
Won Next rated artist of he year at the Extra awards.
Won Revelation of the year at Maya awards.
Won Best new act of the year at Nigeria Entertainment awards
Won hip hop world revelation (2015) at Headies awards.
Won best R&B/Pop album “New Era” at Headies awards.
He has also got nominations such as:
Nominated for single of the year “Woju” at Nigeria entertainment awards.
Nominated for most popular song “Woju” at City people entertainment awards.
Nominated for next rated (2015) at Headies awards.
Nominated for pop single of the year “Woju” (2015) at the headies awards.
