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My favourite musician is no other person than the king of Nigeria R&B, born on the 18 September 1975. Innocent Ujah Idibia
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popularly known as 2Baba, is a Nigerian singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, humanitarian, and activist. Prior to July 2014, he went by the stage name 2face . He is happily married to Annie idibia with four children from different mother's.
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Who will talk about 2baba without mentioning plantashun boiz made up of 2face (as he was known then), blackface and faze. In 2000, Plantashun Boiz released their debut album “Body and Soul” on Dove Records. The album was a monumental success. After the release of a second album “Sold Out” in 2003, 2Face opted out of the group and went solo later that year
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2face released his debut solo album, Face 2 Face in 2004, which established him as a viable solo artist. 2Face teamed up Kennis Music on the album and by the time the first single “Mfana Ibaga” hit the airwaves, a mega star was born thanks to the classic song “Africa Queen”. 2face featured BlackFace on the album. In the same year, he became the first winner of MTV Europe Best African Act Award in 2005.The video for the song “African Queen” was also the first ever video to be played on MTV Base Africa. The track was also featured as one of the soundtracks of the 2006 Hollywood movie, Phat Girls starring Monique.
After two years of worldwide tours and concerts, 2Face released his second album titled “Grass 2 Grace” in 2006. The album, which had hit tracks like “One Love”, “See Me So”, “E Be Like Say” and “True Love”.
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He is one of the most decorated and successful Afro pop artists in Africa. 2Baba is the first winner of MTV Europe, Best African Act Award in 2015.
According to Wikipedia 2Baba has received one MTV Europe Music Award,one World Music Award, five Headies Awards (Hip-hop award), four Channel O Music Video Awards and one BET award for his musical work, four MTV Africa Music Awards, one MOBO award, one KORA award, 3 Afrima Awards and numerous additional nominations.
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My top 10 songs by 2baba
- Ihe meme (2012)
- Man unkind ( 2011)
- See me so (2006)
- If love is a crime(2006)
- Enter the place ft sound sultan(2009)
- Mfana ibaga(2004)
- Only me(2010)
- Oya come make we go ft sauti Sol (2016)
- E be like say(2009)
- And my song of all time is AFRICAN QUEEN(2004)
Personality
The artiste embodies grace and strength and humility. He doesn't like to be a public space for the wrong reasons. He connects with his fans both online and offline.