1. Wale
Born Olubowale Victor Akintimehin on September 21, 1984
to Nigerian parents, rapper Wale is signed to the Maybach Music Group. He is an
award winning artiste with awards like 2012 BET Best Collaboration Award and
2011 BET Hip Hop Awards Best Club Banger Award to his merit.
2.
Chamillionaire
Hakeem Seriki, born November 28, 1979, is better known by
his stage name Chamillionaire. He is an American rapper and entrepreneur from
Houston, Texas. He is the CEO of Chamillitary Entertainment. Chamillionaire was
born to a Muslim Nigerian father and an African-American Christian mother in
Washington DC.
3. Taio Cruz
Jacob Taio Cruz best known by his stage name Taio Cruz is
a British singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper and
entrepreneur. The singer was born in London, to a Nigerian father and a
Brazilian mother on April 23, 1985.
4. Tinie Tempah
Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu popularly known as Tinie
Tempah is an English rapper from South London born on November 7, 1998 to
parents from Ibusa, Delta State, Nigeria. He has been signed to Parlophone
Records since 2009, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. He created his own
record and fashion label Disturbing London (DL Records) in 2007 along with his
cousin, Dumi Oburota. He has won several awards including
the 2011 BET Awards for Best International Act UK and the 2013 MOBO Awards for
Best UK Hip Hop/Grime Act.
5. Nas
Born Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones on September 14, 1973 to a
Nigerian, Olu Dara, and an American mother Frannie Ann (Little), Nas is an
American rapper, songwriter, record producer and actor. His father is a jazz
and blues musician. Nas has released eight consecutive platinum and
multi-platinum albums and has sold over 25 million records worldwide. He is
often named as one of the greatest hip-hop artistes. MTV once ranked him at No
5 on their list of The Greatest MCs of All Time.
6.
Sade
Adu
Helen Folashade Adu is a British-Nigerian singer,
songwriter, composer and record producer born on January 16, 1959. She was born
in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria to Adebisi Adu, a Nigerian lecturer in Economics
and Anne Hayes, an English district nurse. Her parents separated and her mother
moved to England when Sade was four years old. Sade Adu has received several
honours including six Grammy Awards. The Grammys include 1986 Best New Artist
Award, 1994 Best R&B Performance by Duo or Group with Vocals and 2002 Best
Female Pop Vocal Performance.
7.
Seal
Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel, popular known as Seal, is a
British soul and R&B singer and songwriter born February 19, 1963. He has
sold more than 30 million records worldwide. Seal has won several awards
including Brit Awards Best British Male Award in 1992. He received
the British Academy’s Ivor Novella Award, for Best Song Musically and Lyrically
for ‘Killer’ in 1990 and ‘Crazy’ in 1991. ‘Kiss from a Rose’ from the Batman
Forever Soundtrack won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Grammy Award
for Song of the Year in 1996, becoming Seal’s best performing single on the US
market (it topped the Billboard Hot 100 in late August 1995) and hit number
four in the UK.
8.
Jidenna
Jidenna Theodore Mobisson was born April 5, 1985 in
Wisconsin to an American mother, Tama Mobisson, an accountant, and a Nigerian
father, Oliver Mobisson, a professor of computer science at Enugu State
University. In 1995, the family moved from Nigeria to the United States.
Jidenna’s name in the Igbo language means to “embrace the father”. He is signed
to Wondaland Records and in 2015 released his single ‘Classic Man’
9.
Lemar
Lemar Obika was born in Tottenham, North London, England
to Nigerian parents of Enugu State, South Eastern Nigeria. He
grew up listening to R&B and soul music. He used to sing at
home with his brothers and sister, pretending to be The
Jacksons.
He was 17 when he had his first concert at the Junior Jam at
'The Temple' in Tottenham supporting Usher. [Citation needed]
Later on he gave up an opportunity to study pharmacy at Cardiff
University to pursue a musical career. Lemar had some success
supporting various artists such as Destiny's Child, Total, Uncle
Sam and Usher Raymond on their UK club tours and after some
years, managed to secure a recording contract with BMG.
Following this, he released his debut single “Got Me Saying
Ooh ". His record deal with BMG fell through in less than a year
due to restructuring at the record label. [3] He had to eventually
take a job working as an accounts manager at NatWest in
Enfield, North London.
to Nigerian parents of Enugu State, South Eastern Nigeria. He
grew up listening to R&B and soul music. He used to sing at
home with his brothers and sister, pretending to be The
Jacksons.
He was 17 when he had his first concert at the Junior Jam at
'The Temple' in Tottenham supporting Usher. [Citation needed]
Later on he gave up an opportunity to study pharmacy at Cardiff
University to pursue a musical career. Lemar had some success
supporting various artists such as Destiny's Child, Total, Uncle
Sam and Usher Raymond on their UK club tours and after some
years, managed to secure a recording contract with BMG.
Following this, he released his debut single “Got Me Saying
Ooh ". His record deal with BMG fell through in less than a year
due to restructuring at the record label. [3] He had to eventually
take a job working as an accounts manager at NatWest in
Enfield, North London.
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