Innocent Ujah Idibia is an R and B artiste from Nigeria. He is popularly known as 2Face (Tuface) Idibia and also goes by 2Baba. He grew up in Jos with a love of music but didn't get into the act seriously until he moved into Lagos in 1997. 2Face signifies the inside and outside of people - outside being the first impressions and the inside being what a person is once you get to know him/her.

He became part of the Nigerian RnB group, Plantashun Boiz, together with Faze and BlackFace.

2Shotz, real name, William Iroha started rapping in 1992. He hooked up with another upcoming artist, 2Ply and they started the group, Foremen in 1999. Foremen later met eLDee of the Trybesmen and signed onto Trybe Records in 2000. Their first album was titled Men at Work and featured hit single For the Men. The duo split later that year leaving 2Shotz to carry on as a solo artist under Trybe Records. He joined the group, The Trybe which was a collection of all the artists under record label.

Abolore Akande, popularly known as 9ice, is one of the most wanted singers in Nigeria. He has been called nice/9ice due to his reputation as a brother's keeper growing up. The 9 signifies how he tries to compose a new song every nine days. He is an Afro-hiphop artiste and his music is influence by Bob Marley, Ebenezer Obey, Fela Kuti, Wyclef Jean, Miliki Maestro, among others. He has been called the Nigerian Akon.

He started writing and composing his own songs at 14. His first demo was Risi De alagbaja in 1996.

Acho, whose full name is Onuoha Iheanacho hails from Otulu Amumara in Ezinihitte Mbaise Imo State, Nigeria. The Pop artist, who is also a Petroleum Engineer by trade, inked a licensing & recording deal with Got Beats Records in March, 2005.

Acho started singing at the age of 13 & successfully recorded his first demo, Dark Morning, at the age of fourteen. He is a singer, songwriter, & music composer in the genres of Pop, R&B Ballad and Soul.

Acho has written well over eighty songs and recorded over twenty-five.

Amplifyd Crew is a hip-hop group made up of Biola Pedro (B-Eazy), Muyiwa Olorunfemi (Mr. Muyo and Myth), Titi Williams-Davies (Titi and First Lady), Temie Olley (DJ TnT). They are mostly known for their hit single called Naija Until I die featuring Eldee da don.

Yung-B or B-Eazy is Lagos born and bred. He considers himself a veteran lyricist. Myth or Mr. Muyo is rated as one of Nigeria's hottest lyricists. He began rapping at age 12 entering many local hip-hop tournaments in Lagos and by the age of 18, he was well known for his metaphors and ridiculous armory of punch lines.

Asa (Asha) is a Nigerian musician and has been hailed as one for the future. Her sound is Afro-pop and reggae and she has garnered rave reviews. Her real name is Bukola Elemide.

Asa was born in Paris. Asa means 'little hawk' and she was nicknamed so because when she was young she often ran away and changed directions like a hawk. She returned to Nigeria with her family when she was 2, living in Lagos (which she considers the New York of Nigeria).

Ayọ (born as Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin on 14 September 1980 in Frechen near Cologne, Germany) is an Afro-German singer-songwriter. She uses the Yoruba translation Ayọ or Ayo. of her first name Joy. The name has to be written with a dot below or behind the o – without it, it would refer to a pitted board game[1] popular among the Yorubas.

Her debut album Joyful, which was first released in 2006, reached Double-Platinum status in France, Platinum in Germany and Poland, Gold status in Switzerland and Italy and Greece.

Olubankole Wellington, a.k.a Banky W, is an American born-Nigerian R&B artiste.

His father is from Badagry while his mother is from Calabar in Cross River State. When he was five, we moved back to Nigeria and lived here for 12 years and attended Corona Primary School, Home Science Association Secondary School and Ajao Secondary School all in Lagos. He sang in a lot of choirs.

There is something very exciting and amazing about the sound that is emerging from Black Jermaine. Real name’s Joshua Olajide Olasunkanmi Mc.Simmone Akilo, born and bred in Lagos, Nigeria on the 5th of March***. He truly stands as a hardcore rapper, a very good singer, songwriter and a producer. Black Jermaine loves God and he love life and it show in anything he do, his energy and passion for music is not only inspiring but also infectious.

ChiiDo is a hip-hop emcee, and musician from Nigeria. His real name is Chinedum Nnochiri. He is considered by some the future of Afro-beat and known as the Pidgin mixtape king. He hails from Lagos in Nigeria. Growing up, his father would spin vinyls of Nigerian legend Fela Kuti. His music is influenced by afrobeat, hip-hop, hiplife, among others.

He is based in the UK and has been able to get airplay for a stream of hits on Channel U and MTVBase and Channel O which are Africa-wide channels.

D'banj's real name is Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo. He is a hip hop artist from Nigeria, resident in London, popularly known as the "koko master" after his debut hit, Tongolo. He is also a harmonica player.

Dapo always wanted to enter the military like his father but found music instead - the harmonica. He played the harmonica in church and also plays the piano. He performed with his school band and took part in various talent shows.

His first major recording was a collaboration with Nigerian hip hop star, Ruggedman on 'Kiss me again' where he played the harmonica.

DJ Jimmy Jatt is a Nigerian deejay. His real name is Jimmy Adewale Amu and he was born in Lagos Island. He grew up listening to a lot of blues, soul, jazz and indigenous genres like juju, apala, fuji, highlife, funk, R&B, pop, disco and hip-hop as per the likes of people in his family. He happened to collect a lot of early rap albums from the 70's and 80's and developed an interest in hip-hop and rapping.

Jimmy Jatt started his entertainment career as a rapper, known as Master J.

Dare Art Alade was born Oluwadamilare Dare Art Alade and is an R&B musician from Nigeria. Oluwadamilare means "The Lord has vindicated me". He is the son of the famous Nigerian entertainer called Olapeju Art Alade and Modupeola Afolabi Art Alade. He grew up surrounded by all types of music and was heavily influenced by it. He sang soprano and bass in church choirs as well. He has also been exposed to jazz, classical music, hip hop, among others.

He studied music and theater in school and sang in jazz clubs as a teen. He joined the National Troupe of Nigeria and performed with them.

De Indispensables AKA (IND) is a Nigerian music duo made up of Bilekipiri Lenny Worufah (Lenny B) and Paul Betto Indikoro (Tick Lips). Their music is influenced by hip hop, rhythm and blues, among others and represent Afro Urban music.

They are on the Grafton Records label, a UK and Nigerian recording label founded by Tonye Ibiama.

Osayamwen Nosa Donald aka Djinee, is a Nigerian musician and TV presenter/veejay. A native of Edo State, he grew up in Lagos. He grew in a family of ardent music lovers and sang in the school choir.
His music is influenced by pop and classical music as well as rhythm and blues.

Born and bred in Nigeria started music at home by partaking in the early morning ritual of listening to Fleetwood Mac, Smokie Robinson, Abba, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Rogers, Don Williams and the likes. The Chief Priest being his father, was an avid music lover and Djinee went on to forge a career in music.

Eedris Turayo Abdulkareem Ajenifuja is a Nigerian hip hop artist who was raised in Kano. Eedris first featured in a popular Nigerian hip hop group called the Remedies, together with Eddy Montana and Tony Tetuila. The name Remedies was adopted from Eedris' stage name in school, Mr. Remedy. The group disbanded when some differences arose on a nationwide tour.

On the Kennis Music label, Eedris Abdulkareem's debut, P.A.S.S. ("Pains And Stress = Success") was released in 2002. He followed this with the controversial Mr.

Lanre Dabiri is known as Eldee da don. He is a rapper and producer, handling Trybe Records. He is also a qualified architect.

Lanre ”Eldee” Dabiri grew up in northern Nigeria where he went to high school in Kaduna. There, he met Adekunle “KB” Bello and Mfon ”Freestyle” and they formed the group Trybesmen.
They released their first single called 'Trybal marks' in July 1999 and then 'Shake bodi' later in September. Their debut album, 'L.A.G style' was a hit and established them as a premier group in Nigeria. They once staged a staggering 78 shows in the space of a year.

Evi Edna Ogholi-Ogosi is widely known as "Queen of Nigerian Reggae", the first woman to play reggae in Nigeria. She mostly sang in her native language, Isoko. Some of her hit songs include Jealousy, Ririovara (Dry your tears), Obaro, Oghene me, Ujiro, Look before you cross, One kilometre, among others.

Richard Chibuzor Orji, also known as Faze, was an original member of the Nigerian R&B group, Plantashun Boyz with 2Face Idibia and Blackface who have all started pursuing solo careers. His music has a flavor of jazz, ragga, soul, rap, hip-hop, soul.

He has been singing since a tender age of five. He attended Nazareth Primary School and Festac Grammar School, Festac Town, Lagos before he went to the Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma.

Fela was born in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria,[2] to a middle-class family. His mother, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, was a feminist active in the anti-colonial movement and his father, Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, a Protestant minister and school Principal, was the first president of the Nigerian Union of Teachers. His brothers, Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti and Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti,both medical doctors, are both well known in Nigeria.

Fela was sent to London in 1958 to study medicine but decided to study music instead at the Trinity College of Music.

Femi Kuti is the son of the famous Afrobeat musician, Fela Kuti. He has carved his own international success, even garnering a Grammy nomination. His music style is close to Afrobeat as well and triumphes in concert and live-band situations. He led his father's band once and formed his own called the Positive force. He sings about politics just like his father and has a performance house called the 'Shrine' in Nigeria.

Genevieve Nnaji is a Nollywood (Nigerian movie) superstar. She has a fan base all over the world.

Inifinity is a male gospel group from Nigeria. It is made up of Kehinde Akinbode (lead vocalist) David Akintayo Adebiyi Thomas, Samson Uzodinma Nwagwu, Joseph Roberts Okogun and Sunny Steven. They met through a fellowship in high school and became friends. They joined the mass choir initially and then formed an accapella group. Sunny joined them later after which they started fusing their accapella with sound. Their original name was "All For Christ" which ultimately got changed to Infinity.

Jahbless emerges from the streets of Lagos, born Olatunde Owoloye Olumoroti popularly known on stage as Jah-Bless (God Bless, He who God has blessed), was born in Lagos but he's ancestors hails from Ondo State. He has been doing what he knows to do best for almost a decade now although the face was invisible to many people but the brand has been a household name ever since.

Grace Okoduwa, popularly known as Jahdiel, is a Nigerian gospel musician. Jahdiel is a Hebrew word of a Greek origin belonging to the Manasseh family according to Nible history. Jahdiel actually means ‘Jehovah gives joy’ or ‘Jehovah makes me rejoice’.

She started singing as young as five when she joined her church's choir and started playing the piano/keyboard at thirteen. She attended Aunty Ayo primary and secondary schools and ahe was senior prefect in her final year.

Jeremiah Gyang was born in Jos, Plateau State in Nigeria to a musically inclined family. He wrote his first song at the age of 7. By observing his father who was an accomplished vocalist as well as an instrumentalist, he learned how to play both the guitar and keyboard proficiently by the age of eleven.

Jeremiah worked in the Sheraton Hotels and Towers in Abuja for 3 years as a keyboardist, percussionist and vocalist. He left thereafter to join Quest Media Studios in 2002, where he worked for two years as a songwriter and producer.

Song Writer/Rap Artist/Performer Drenco was born in the "Coal City", South East Nigeria. He has been in the game for over 8yrs now. First ever recording "Funktion" featuring zeilo. Amazing hit, but due to inefficient promotion, the track never made it on air. However, He remained focused "running things" till 2003, after school, when he joined forces with a group of artists - now known as D.O.Beez(Diz Otha Brothaz) - in making their first ever album titled "Pick Am Keep Am (Cosmopolitan)", which will soon hit the market. Drenco is a uniquely gifted artist of extraordinary versatility.

Queen Chinyere Onokala is a soul and R&B musician from Nigeria. She is a native of Abia state and she speaks fluent Igbo, Yoruba and English

She started singing in a church choir in Abeokuta when she was then. She grew up listening to thelikes of Erykah Badu, Toni Braxton and Whitney Houston. She went on to perform in several clubs, concerts and special occasions all over Nigeria

She also enjoys modeling, owns Kweens fashions and enjoys interior decoration.

She is managed by Ruffsounds productions.

Bisade Ologunde is an Afro-beat musician from Nigeria. Lagbaja is a Yoruba word that means somebody, nobody, anybody or everybody.

He is mostly identified by his mask. The mask and the name (common man) symbolize the faceless, the voiceless in the society, particularly in Africa. Lagbaja's mask reminds you of your own facelessness. Other artistes have followed this mask concept and symbolism

Bisade sings a lot about social issues, primarily in Yoruba and English. His debut album (Lagbaja) was in 1993.

Babatunde Olusegun better known as Mode 9 (Modenine) is a Nigerian rapper and hip hop artiste.

He was born in England where he was influenced by a lot of hip hop, particularly Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. He came back to Nigeria in 1979. He studied Building Technology at Bida Polytechnic. He met Ayo Animashaun, a publisher who eventually introduced him to Solo Dee, a quantity surveyor who mentored him and introduced him to real hip-hop.

Marvin Obinna Richie Akuba Chieme Chidera Junior, popularly known as Morachi, is a hip hop artiste from Nigeria. He hails from Imo State.

He spent his childhood at Bariga in Lagos and Ejigbo. He has finished secondary school and gained admission to study Music and Theatre Arts at the Minnesota State University, USA. He is a poet as well. His father is a pastor in the US who works with Bishop T. D Jakes.

New on the horizon and bringing more flavour to the music mix is a young female artiste known as Nikki Laoye. The granddaughter of a professional musician and raised in a family atmosphere of notes and tunes, Nikki has always been surrounded with opportunities to hone and develop her musical genes. Throughout high school, she found herself playing in the school band or participating in musical ensembles and started off professionally with the female group, Soul Sistas, while studying Computer Science at the University of Ibadan in 1999.

Nkem Owoh is a popular Nigerian movie actor, famous for his role especially in Osuofia in London (parts 1 and 2). He released an album that doubled as the soundtrack for a movie he was involved in called 'The Master'. I go chop your dollar, one of the songs, stirred a lot of controversy as it was seen to promote fraud, bribery and corruption. The soundtrack also had songs like Susana, Agreement and Know me when I am poor.

Some of his songs include Barrister, Olomma, Kiss me quick, Marry me, etc

Nigerian RnB musician Obiwon was born Obiora Nwokolobia-Agu and grew up in Enugu (the coal city). His father, Sir Humphrey Nwokolobia-Agu, is a renowned Folk/Classical music composer and arranger from Eastern Nigeria. At 5, he started singing along to HipHop and RnB recordings from by elder brother's tape deck. He started writing songs and performing at 15. He is also known as the Black Prince.

He calls his music African RnB or Jdimusic, which is also the name of his independent production outfit.

Olumide Edwards Adegbolu aka Olu Maintain is a Nigerian Afro hip-hop musician. His father (medical doctor with the Nigerian army) plays the guitar and his parents also encouraged him to take up music. He liked to mimic the songs of Bobby Brown and M.C. Hammer.

His first demo was done in 1992. He was a member of the hip-hop trio called Maintain (Olu, Tolu and Bamo) which had hits like I Catch Cold and Ni Bo La Wa Gbe Lo. After six albums between 1998 and 2004, he split from the group in 2005.

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, popularly known as Omotola or Omosexy, is a Nigerian actress and musician. She is also involved in extensive charity work in her home country of Nigeria.

Omotola is regarded as Nigeria's Beyonce due to her heavenly figure.

Outta Town Entertainment is a Naija music group based out of the UK

November 2007, the waters of the nigerian music industry have been disturbed by the resultant force of the collision between pure talent in music and entrepreneurship. sometime in 2004, from a confusion of wannabe stars in the midlands of the United Kingdom, a common goal was identified by a number of individuals who were pulled together by the force of creativity.

P-Square is made up of Peter and Paul Okoye and is a rhythm and blues group.

They are influenced by Usher, Bobby Brown, MC Hammer, R Kelly and Michael Jackson among others. Their Afrocentric music encompasses urban/R&B songs, hip-hop jams, dancehall, soul, etc

They hail from Ifite Dunu LGA in Anambra State but were born and brought up in Jos, Plateau State – Nigeria. They both attended Tempest Private School, Laranto, Jos; St. Murumba College, Jos, Plateau State; and are both graduates of Mass Communication and Business Administration respectively at the University of Abuja - Nigeria.

Resonance is a gospel duo based in Enugu, Nigeria. It is made up of Esther Olaedo Ebigbo aka E-star One and Uche Ozoigbo aka "Guchiano".
They sing in Igbo and English.

Resonance released their debut album in 2006 called Chinwe Ike. They became very popular and their singles received major airplay

The seven-tracked album was released by Resonance records and marketed by Ahbu Ventures.

The group disbanded in 2008 after some misunderstandings. Uche has gone on to release a song called Oruola as part of building his own solo career.

Rooftop MCs consists of two artists – Adekunle Adeyoola (a.k.a. Soulsnatcha) and Olaitan Hughes (a.k.a Sokleva).
Adekunle Ayoola was born on the 16th of June 1979 and hails from Oyo state, in the western part of Nigeria. He is the 6th of 7children. He is single. His hobbies are Go-Kart racing, Watching movies and reading.
Olaitan Hughes was born on the 16th of October 1977 and hails from Lagos State, in the western part of Nigeria. He is the 1st of 3 children. He is single. His hobbies are watching movies and reading.
Rooftop MCs is one of the leading hip-hop groups of our times.

Michael Ugochukwu Stephens goes by the music name, Ruggedman and is an Igbo native. He is seen as a very controversial, no-nonsense Naija hip hop artist.

He initally released a couple of songs in 1991 which got a lot of airplay. He resurfaced in 2002, releasing a nunber of songs that criticized the flagbearers of Nigerian hip hop for their lack of talent while attacking a number of music producers. He finally debuted with Thy Album Come which had tracks like Baraje, Wetin Dey, Big bros, French Connection among others.

Samson Uche Mogekwu (Samsong) is a talented and gifted gospel artiste from Nigeria with a difference. The young singer who hails from Ibuzo in Delta State studied Accounting at Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma in Nigeria and is based in FCT Abuja.

Samsong has been singing since he was eight years old. While in secondary school, there were three people bearing Samson. The poet became Sampoet, the dramatist Samdrama and he became Samsong.
He then joined a group called Praise Creation (PeeCee) in 1991 while he was in university. They were into Accapela music.

Sasha's real name is Yetunde Omotanwa Antonia Alabi. She's a hip hop artiste from Nigeria and is regarded as the First Lady of Hip hop in Africa as well as Naija's Female MVP. She is known as Nigeria's Missy Elliott. She got the name Sasha for her mum's Russian friend in 1998. Sasha means victory in Russian. She likens her family to the Vontrapps from the "Sound of music" and she was Grettle and when she was five, she was performing at family gatherings. She also rapped with some boys in a group.

She studied law at the University of Lagos, Akoka (Unilag).

Olanrewaju Fasasi, aka Sound Sultan is an R&B artiste from Nigeria. He is also called Naija Ninja which embodies exuberance and energy. His music is influenced by rap, rhythm and blues, afro-pop, etc. He classifies his style as Jagbanjantis.

He has always been into music and acted in his secondary school days. He also did a lot of work with poets which reflects in his rich lyrics.

His debut album made a great impression in the listening audience.

STYL-Plus was formed in 1997 as a gospel quartet by Shifi Emoefe, Tunde Akinsanmi, Yemi Akinwonmi and Lanre Faneyi (their first names formed STYL). Zeal Onyecheme's joining created Styl-Plus. Shifi, Tunde and Zeal make up Styl-Plus now and are one of Nigeria's biggest groups. They do mostly rhythm and blues and hip hop songs.

They have released three albums; Call my name (2003), Expressions (2006) and Back and better (2008).

Sunny was born in Lagos to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Neji, Sunny, the youngest of five kids (three boys, two girls) had his primary education between 1972 and 1978 in Ogoja,Cross River State, his home town. He completed his secondary education at Government College,Ikorodu, Lagos in 1984 and proceeded to Yaba College of Technology where he obtained a Diploma in Fashion Design.

Sunny Neji’s active involvement with music began at an early stage. As a boy he participated in cultural performances while in School.

Alfred Odom, popularly known as Timaya, was born in the southern part of Nigeria, Niger delta Precisely Bayelsa in Odi.He is the last child in the family of fifteen children. His father is a retired banker and his mother a hardworking business woman who had a bakery that they were living on till the Odi crisis. The bakery was burnt to ashes living them with nothing.

He had his Primary and Junior Secondary School education in the South, precisely
Port Harcourt, then moved over to the west-Lagos, where he completed his senior
secondary school education with a (WAEC) certificate.

Tony Tetuila was born Anthony Olanrewaju Awotoye Awosanya and is a hip hop artist. He was a member of the Remedies which also included Eedris Abdulkareem and Eddy Montana. He has enjoyed a lot of airplay in West Africa on the back of records like Ego better, Call my name, Iseju Akan, Your kind of woman, Fefe n'efe with Ghana's Tic Tac, My heart go jigi, Morning Time and Omo Eko.

Tosin Martins is a Nigerian musician

Toyin (Ty) Shokefun Bello is a Nigerian musician. Her music is eclectic: urbane, groovy and soulful; and is laced with hip hop, jazz and R&B.

She is a University of Lagos economics graduate. She was a member one of Nigeria’s most celebrated urban gospel band- Kush made up of her, Emem and Lara.

Her debut album, Green Land, took over two years to write. The video for Green land has been hailed as one of the best ever from Nigeria. She shot the video herself. She wrote the title track, for her countryfolk to levitate from a place of despair to a place of hope.

Adesola Adesimbo Idowu is popularly known as Weird MC the Rappatainer. She is a hip-hop emcee from Nigeria. She hails from Ogun State but was born in the UK. She took up the name Weird MC after a group she was part of, the Weirdos, split. She was inspired by the music of people like Brenda Fassie, Lagbaja, Outkast, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Janet Jackson, Fela Kuti, Jimi Hendrix, Lauryn Hill, Lenny Kravitz, etc. She listens to a lot of Afrobeat, neo soul hip-hop, alternative vibes, jazz, and classical music.

X-Project is an Afrobeat and hip hop group. Majeed Akinwunmi Akinwoye (Majeed) is from Nigeria while Aziz Mohammed Kamara (Slez), and Salieu Umaru Sindi (Saal) are from Sierra Leone.

The group was formed in 2000, with Majeed as band leader. Initially, the group had an additional group member Moses Kamara (Shack).