My family finally forgave me for becoming a musician after 40 years – King Sunny Ade

King Sunny Ade is one of the most successful, widely celebrated and well-known African entertainers of all time.

Sunny Ade, whose real name is Sunday Ishola Anthony Adeniyi Adegeye, has proven in over five decades of artistry that traditional Nigerian music, made in indigenous languages can gain global recognition and win hearts of fans from all over the world.

The multiple Grammy Awards nominee revealed, in an interview on Accelerate TV’s The Maverick show, how being from a royal family in Ondo State nearly deterred him from becoming a professional musician.

According to KSA, his family was not in support of the idea of a becoming musician – believing that princes and kings should be praised and not be beggarly ‘praise singers’, as musicians were known back in the days.

King Sunny Ade also told Accelerate TV how he had hoped to become an engineer and a doctor because he wanted to help people when he was younger.

However, KSA, who would be performing alongside top international pop acts such asBeyonce, Kendrick Lamar and others at the upcoming Coachella Music Festival in America this April, has gone on to become an undisputed legend in the Nigerian music industry.

Wizkid gets 1st ever Grammy nomination for featuring on Drake’s Album ‘Views’

• Drake’s 2016 album ‘Views’ is nominated for ‘Album of the Year’ along with Adele ('25'), Justin Bieber ('Purpose'), Sturgill Simpson (‘A Sailor’s Guide To Earth’), and Beyonce (Lemonade).

Nigerian pop star, Wizkid has received his first ever Grammy awards nomination.

Most people expected Wizkid to get several nominations for ‘One Dance’, but his ONLY selection is for featuring on Drake’s rap album, Views.

Drake’s multi-platinum album is nominated for Album of the Year.

The category also include Adele‘s 25, Justin Bieber‘s Purpose, Sturgill Simpson A Sailor’s Guide To Earth, and Beyonce‘s Lemonade.

Wizkid is credited as a featured artiste and producer on Drake’s hit single ‘One Dance’.

Views was named Spotify’s most streamed album of 2016, and his hit ‘One Dance’, which features the Nigerian superstar and Filipino R&B singer, Kyla, was named the most streamed track of 2016.

In November, Wizkid missed out on a number of chances to get his first ever American Music Awards despite three nominations for ‘One Dance’ including Favourite Pop/Rock Song, Favourite Soul/R&B Song, and Collaboration of the Year.

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READ: What You Dont Know About The Reggae Star,Majek Fashek

Majek at the young age of 10 joined the choir in his local church with his cousin and future band mate Amos McRoy Gregg.

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Majek Fashek at Afropolitan Vibes

 

Majekodunmi Fasheke, aka Majek Fashek, is a Nigerian reggae singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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Majek Fashek at Tyme Out With Tee A

Known as the Rainmaker following his 1988 hit "Send down the rain", Majek has worked with various artists including Tracy Chapman, Jimmy Cliff, Michael Jackson, Snoop Dogg, andBeyoncé.

Majek at the young age of 10 joined the choir in his local church with his cousin and future band mate Amos McRoy Gregg and learned to play the trumpet and guitar whilst composing songs for the choir.

In the early 80s Fashek, who at the time went by the stage name Rajesh Kanal, joined the group Jastix with cousin McRoy Gregg. They were best known as the in-house band on the show Music Panorama on NTA Benin, and toured with fellow reggae group The Mandators.

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Majek Fashek at the Felabration 2015

In 1988, he began a solo career by releasing the album "Prisoner of Conscience" quickly becoming Nigeria's top reggae artist after the song "Send Down The Rain" became the most popular song of the year, and in 1989 he won six PMANawards which includes: Song of the Year,  Album of the Year and Reggae Artist of the Year.

Fashek was married to Rita Fashek who inspired the song "Without You", the couple had four children together, but have since divorced.

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Majek Fashek at Tyme Out With Tee A

It was revealed in 2015 that Majek's career was plagued with drug addiction. After admitting that he needed help, he was admitted into a drug rehabilitation centre in Abuja and has since moved towards a journey of recovery.