Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye MFR (born 22 September 1946), known professionally as King Sunny Adé , is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. [1] He is regarded as one of the first African pop musicians to gain international success, and has been called one of the most influential musicians of all time. [2] For his longevity, fluid moves, boundless stage energy and vast collaborative variety, he is Africa's Mick Jagger. In March 2017, he was appointed ambassador for the "Change Begins With Me" campaign by the Nigerian minister of Information Lai Mohammed . [3] Background Adé was born in Osogbo to a Nigerian royal family from Ondo and Akure , thus making him an Omoba of the Yoruba people . [4] [5] His father was a church organist, while his mother, Maria Adegeye (née Adesida), was a trader. As a member of the Adesida dynasty, his mother's relati...
Ebenezer Obey (born 3 April 1942 as Ebenezer Remilekun Aremu Olasupo Obey-Fabiyi , MFR in Idogo , Nigeria), nicknamed the " Chief Commander ", is a Nigerian jùjú musician . [1] Early life Obey is of an Egba – Yoruba ethnic background. He is of the Owu subgroup of the Egba. Career He began his professional career in the mid-1950s after moving to Lagos . After tutelage under Fatai Rolling-Dollar's band, he formed a band called The International Brothers in 1964, playing highlife – jùjú fusion. The band later metamorphosed into Inter-Reformers in the early-1970s, with a long list of Juju album hits on the West African Decca musical label. Obey began experimenting with Yoruba percussion style and expanding on the band by adding more drum kits, guitars and talking drums . Obey's musical strengths lie in weaving intricate Yoruba axioms into dance-floor compositions. As is characterist...
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