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You know I always thought it was very Odd. That Don Jazzy and the rest of the Mavin Crew had a record deal with MTN, It was so odd. But now we heard that Wande just got signed by GLO Nigeria 
 
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Since Don Jazzy Didn't Get Wande An MTN Ambassador Deal, He Is Now A GLO Ambassador

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In a season when some artistes are dropping out of school to embrace 
music, others have proved they could combine development of their 
talents with schooling, writes CHUX OHAI Many years ago, parents 
didn’t like children who preferred a career in music to medicine, law or
 engineering. Musicians were generally regarded as occupying the lowest 
rung of the social ladder and, so, they were hardly respected. Although
 they worked hard at their chosen vocations and sometimes, travelled far
 beyond these shores, many musicians were hardly seen as useful members 
of the society. Most of the time, they were dismissed as social misfits. Unfortunately,
 time has not completely changed this perception. Nowadays, there 
appears to be an increase in the number of youths dropping out of school
 to take up a career in music. While some of them have always said their
 passion for music was the reason why they quit the classroom for the 
recording studio, others put the blame on poverty and other challenges. But
 a courageous few have managed to resist the temptation to push aside 
their education and embrace the glamorous life style of music artistes. 
With some now armed with Master’s degrees in various disciplines, they 
have emerged as successful and highly respected artistes with a wide fan
 base across the country. 
 
 
 
 
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 Banky W Olubankole 
Wellington, aka Banky W, is one of the most popular music artistes in 
Nigeria today. He was born and educated in the USA. By the time he was 
eight years old, his musical talent had started to manifest. But his 
parents wanted him to pay attention to his education first. A few years 
later, he won a scholarship to attend college in New York and 
afterwards, bagged a degree in engineering at the Rensselaer 
Polytechnic. While he was at the institution, Banky W kept 
pushing his dream to become a successful musician someday. Back home in 
Nigeria, he won the hearts of many music fans with his exceptionally 
smooth voice and, in due course, succeeded in winning a loyal 
followership. Over the past years, the velvet-voiced singer has 
recorded a number of albums. He founded the Empire Mates Entertainment, a
 records label, as a platform to promote his music and to get it across 
to his fans in the country. Apart from distinguishing himself as a
 charismatic musician, Banky W is a philanthropist and a civil rights 
activist. During the last nationwide protests against the removal of 
fuel subsidy, he played a key role in mobilising the youths to take part
 in the protest in Lagos. Somehow, this talented artiste, whose 
career is on the rise, has managed to keep out of trouble. Till date, he
 has not been associated with any major scandal. 
 
 
 
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<a href="http://dailyindependentnig.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p-square.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> Tiwa Savage Tiwa
 Savage is currently signed on to Mavin Records. She attended Berklee 
College of Music where she studied Jazz and took a degree in music 
business. Also, she has a degree in business administration from the 
University of Kent in the United Kingdom. She began her music 
career n the UK, touring as a background singer for the likes of Mary J.
 Blige, Sting, George Michael, Kelly Clarkson and the Spice Girls. 
Before then, she had worked briefly as a trainee accountant in a 
commercial bank in London. A successful artiste in her own right,
 Tiwa co-wrote Fantasia Barrino’s ‘Collard Greens and Cornbread’, which 
was nominated for the American Grammy Award. This is perhaps, one of her
 most important achievements. Apart from that, she has released two 
single albums titled Love Me and Kele Kele Love. Last February, she got 
married to her long time business partner, Tee Billz. 
 
 
 
<a href="http://www.ynaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Naeto-C.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://www.ynaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Naeto-C.jpg" width="640" /></a> Naeto C Naetochukwu
 Chikwe is the son of the Nigerian Ambassador to Ireland, Mrs. Kema 
Chikwe. He graduated in 2004 from the George Washington University with a
 Master’s degree in Biology and still nurses the desire to become a 
medical doctor. In 2008 and 2009, he was named Best New Artist at the 
MTV Africa Music Awards. 
 
 
 
 <a href="http://gidilounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/darey-title-plate-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://gidilounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/darey-title-plate-2.jpg" width="640" /></a> Darey Art-Alade Darey 
Art-Alade is the son of the legendary Jazz musician, Art Alade. He is 
what you may call a ‘chip off the old block’. Obviously, he had taken 
after his father at an early age singing in church choirs and was a 
member of the National Troupe of Nigeria Choir at a point. Darey 
has been a disc jockey, TV presenter, entertainment consultant, 
voice-over artist and performing/recording artist at different times, 
before hitting it big on the music scene. His break finally came in 2004
 at the Project Fame Academy. He participated in that edition of the 
reality TV talent hunt show and had the opportunity to perform in front 
of millions of viewers. He emerged third in the contest. Unknown 
to many music fans, this talented artiste graduated from the University 
of Lagos where he studied Music. In 2011, he was the host of both the 
Gulder Ultimate Search and Glo Naija Sings reality. So far, he has three
 albums to his credit. 
 
 
 
 
 <a href="http://dailyindependentnig.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p-square.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="http://dailyindependentnig.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p-square.png" width="640" /></a> P-Square Apart from music, Peter
 and Paul Okoye, the twins known as the P-Square, had a burning desire 
to be educated. They had always made it clear to close friends and 
associates that they wanted to go back to school. So in 1999, they 
applied to the University of Abuja to study business administration. 
Fame and money could not dissuade them from this goal. Just as they 
continued to hone their skills and to improve on their performances, 
they were focused on their educational needs. The group is easily
 one of the most successful in the country, having won several awards 
and a huge fan base across Africa. They are listed among the 10 richest 
musicians in the continent. 
 
 
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 Dr. Sid From an early age, 
Dr. Sid (real name is Sidney Esiri), had his heart set on becoming a 
singer. However, his life took a different course when he graduated from
 the Nigerian Air Force Secondary School in Lagos and went on to the 
University of Ibadan to study dental surgery. After graduating from the 
institution, he joined the defunct Mo’Hits Records. <a href="http://music.sturvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/wande-coal-400x255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="http://music.sturvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/wande-coal-400x255.jpg" width="640" /></a> Wande Coal Oluwatobi
 Wande Ojosipe, aka Wande Coal, attended Federal Government College, 
Ijanikin, in Lagos State and the University of Lagos where he studied 
Curriculum Studies. He got signed to Don Jazzy’s Mo’Hits Records in 
2006. He featured on D’banj’s Rundown/Funk you up album on singles like 
Loke, Tonosibe and Why Me. Being signed to Mo’ Hits Records, he is also a
 member of the Mo’ Hits Allstars and played a major role in the released
 CV(Curriculum Vitae) album. His first single of the cv album ololu fe 
has been described as one of the greatest love songs ever written by a 
Nigerian. 
 
 
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 Mo Cheddah In an age when most Nigerian 
artistes pride themselves in leaving the classroom for the entertainment
 scene, she has managed to complete her degree programme at the 
University of Lagos. She is, no doubt, one of the youngest educated rap 
artistes in Nigeria at the moment.

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