Nick Name: 2 Face Idibia
Date of Birth: 9/18/1976
Birth Place: Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Gender: Male
Occupation: Hip hop musician and songwriter
Horoscope: Virgo
BIOGRAPHY
2 Face Idibia, whose real name is Innocent Ujah Idibia is a Nigerian
hip hop musician and songwriter. He was born in September 18 1976 in
Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Idibia was a member of the R&B/hip hop
group Plantashun Boyz.
One of his most memorable tracks African Queen was part of the sound
track of the 2006 comedy film, Phat Girlz. In 2008 he released his
promotion album called The Unstoppable, which did very well on the
charts. He also recorded a single with Mary J. Blige.
Tuface, as he is fondly called, hails from the Okpokwu LGA of Benue
State and he is from the Idoma tribe.
He completed his Secondary school educationin Makurdi at Mt St
Gabriel's School and later moved on to IMT in Enugu where he completed
NDC, a diploma course in BA. However, he didn't finish his college
education.
On the 2nd of May, 2012 Tuface who has been in several relationships
with different women in the past made a firm decision to marry his
first lover, Nigerian Actress Annie Macaulay who was the mother of his
first child.
He has a child with Annie and 5 other children with 2 other women.
He escaped death after a close encounter with death at 3 separate
times and locations which includes gun shots.
Though, he didn't finish but would hone his skills in music by
performing in shows and parties organised by the IMT and some other
schools like Enugu State University of Science& Technology, Enugu
(ESUT) and University of Nigeria Enugu Campus (UNEC).
His major breakthrough in the IMT was composing and singing the
jingles in the famous radio show GB Fan Club in Enugu State
Broadcasting Services (ESBS) in 1996. He then relocated to Lagos and
joined up with his ex-IMT mate BlackFace to form Plantashun Boyz. He
started calling himself "2Face" in 1996.
"The name to me just refers to the outside and inside: when you first
seeme you see the outside but when you get to know me, you see the
inside" he said in an interview with the BBC.
His award winning hit track "African Queen" was used as the sound
track of the 2006 comedy film, Phat Girlz. This made him even more
recognized internationally.
The Plantashun Boyz came together briefly in 2007 to record an album
which they titled 'Plan B'.
He also released a promotion album in 2008 which has spawned a hit
Enter the Place which was written by Churks though one of his least
successful hits ever, did well in some charts.
The Promo CD is said to have faced distribution and sales problems,
going unnoticed in some areas of the country. It has led to the shift
of the release date of the album from 2008 to 2009 instead of the
proposed release date announced in 2007.
Tuface previously released two lead off singles from the international
version of his Unstoppable album and is the first Nigerian artist to
have an appropriately priced. He is also reported to have recorded a
single with Mary J. Blige in 2010 with his Unstoppable Album (The
Intl. Edition).
He won two Awards at the 2010 SMVA, he also won the Chanel O Most
Gifted Western African and theMTV African Music Awards ( Best Male and
Artist of the year) making him the most successful Pop Singer in
Africa. He is the leadvocalist of the Sony All African 08 Project
alongside 7 other stars across Africa recording their first singles
with R.Kelly titled 'Hands Across The World'.
Awards Won
* MTV Europe Awards 2005 - Best African Act
* MOBO Awards 2007 - Best African Act
* Channel l Music Video Awards 2005 - Best Male Video and Best African
Video (both for"African Queen")
* KORA Awards 2005 - Revelation of the Year
* Hip-Hop World Awards 2006 - Special Recognition Award
* 2006 Channel O Music Video Awards - Best African Pop ("Ole")
* 2006 Channel O Music Video Awards - Best African West ("Ole")
* Nigeria Entertainment Awards 2006 - Special Recognition Award.
Nigeria Breakthrough Artist of the Year
* Nigerian Music Awards 2008 - Album of the Year and R&B Song of the Year
* World Music Awards 2008 - Best Nigerian Act [10]
* MTV Africa Music Awards 2009 - Best R&B[11]
* Channel O Music Video Awards - Most Gifted West African Video
* 2010 SoundCity Awards [ Best Pop Video ( Implication ) & Best Western ]
* 2010 Channel O Music Video Awards [ MostGifted Western African ]
* MTV Africa Music Awards 2010 [ Best Male& Artist Of The Year]
Nominated
* 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards - Artist of the Year & Best Male & Best
Video ("Enter thePlace")
* MOBO Awards 2005 - Best African Act
Give it up for one of Africa's finest musicians. Keep the flag flying bro.
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