6. D’banj.
D’banj, also known as the Kokomaster or Bangalee, was born in 9 June 1980 in Zaria, the northern part of Nigeria to a military officer who commanded an artillery regiment and a devout church dignitary businesswoman who hailed from Shagamu in Ogun State .
Due to his father’s profession he moved several times within Nigeria and later moved to England. D’banj was expected to follow his father’s military career and was enrolled to the Nigerian Military School at age eleven.
However, D’banj resisted the system and disenrolled from the school after three years. While at the Military school he was a member of the elite drum corp of the Nigerian Army.
From the Nigerian Military School he proceeded to another military owned institution Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Ibara, Abeokuta where he was a church worker. There he completed his secondary school education.
7. 9ice
Abolore Adegbola Akande known as 9ice attended Abule Okuta Primary School and
CMS Grammar School, and dropped out from his law course at the Lagos State University due to lack of funds and decided to concentrate on his music.
He grew up in a polygamous home of five wives and nine children. His parents found about his singing career a year after it started around 2000. Before then, 9ice wrote his own songs, beginning at age 14.
As a big fan of Pasuma Wonder, he kick-started his singing career with
Fuji music . He derives his inspiration from his environment, and music from the likes of
Ebenezer Obey , King Sunny Adé , Tatalo Alamu, the late Alhaji Ayinla Omowura, and the late Alhaji Haruna Ishola.
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