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  • Nigerian rapper, M.I Abaga and Eniola Mafe hold traditional wedding

    Nigerian rapper, M.I Abaga and Eniola Mafe hold traditional wedding

    Nigerian rapper and record producer, Jude Lemfani Abaga, aka M.I Abaga, has tied the knot traditionally with his partner, Eniola Mafe.

    Eniola is a strategist and international development leader involved in the Women In Africa (WIA).

    M.I Abaga on Thursday took further in convincing his partner that he wants to spend his lifetime with her.

    Photos and videos from the traditionally wedding ceremony were posted by the couple on Instagram.

    A friend of the groom identified as Vanjaydee also posted a video from the event with the caption: “The Guy is taken. M.I Abaga and Eniola, happy married life.”

    Nigerian rapper, M.I Abaga and Eniola Mafe hold traditional wedding

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the 40-year-old rapper announced his engagement in an Instagram post on April 3.

    “So.. Wanted to share that I’ve gotten engaged to @EniolaMafe I’m generally very private with things like this but I wanted to share my joy with you guys. Pray for us… we will need it! Thank you for your support,” he wrote.

    Fellow celebrities and fans congratulated the couple in the comment section of the post.

    M.I Abaga rose to prominence in 2006 when his song “Crowd Mentality” became popular in Jos, Nigeria.

    His debut studio album Talk About It was released in 2008. The LP was succeeded by MI 2: The Movie (2010).

    Nigerian rapper, M.I Abaga and Eniola Mafe hold traditional wedding

    Four years later, he released The Chairman as his third studio album. Abaga released the playlist Rendezvous in February 2018. In August of that year, he released his fourth studio album A Study On Self Worth: Yxng Dxnzl.

    M.I. Abaga was CEO of Chocolate City from 2015 to 2019. In March 2020, he announced his exit from the label and launched his own record label Incredible Music.

    He won Best Hip Hop and Best New Act at the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards,[5] and was nominated in the Best International Act category at the BET Awards 2010.

    The rapper was born in Jos, Plateau State. His parents, Pastor and Mrs. Abaga are from Takum, Taraba state, both of Jukun-Nigerian descent.

    He attended Baptist High School, Jos where his mother purchased basic music notations and later, a 7-key mini piano which launched him into the music world.

    Nigerian rapper, M.I Abaga and Eniola Mafe hold traditional wedding

    M.I. Abaga’s venture in the hip hop world started with the sampling of musical works from DMX and Lauryn Hill as early as 1998.

    After his stint at Calvin College, Michigan, US, he delved into poetry while pursuing a career in Business and Economics. There, he performed regularly at the school’s major hip hop shows and concerts.

    His impressive rap flows and attitude gained him a third-place finish at the Calvin College show tagged ‘Hip Hopera’ in 2003, which was the only “hip hop show” that Calvin College ever had.

  • Nigerians need opportunities- M.I

    Nigerians need opportunities- M.I

    Popular rapper, Jude Abaga a.k.a M.I says Nigerians need more opportunities to thrive. The revered entertainer noted that lack of structure in the Nigerian music industry has forced local musicians to sign publishing deals with foreign firms, thereby, causing them to pay their taxes to foreign jurisdictions and hire foreign staffers.

    M.I stated this at a virtual symposium organized by the Harvard Kenny School Alumni Association of Nigeria on Friday.

    Speaking at the symposium with the theme, ‘The Africa Policy Dialogue Series: Harnessing Africa’s Demographic Dividend for Peace, Security and Productivity through Investments in Youth’, M.I said the modern music industry began in 2000 but it took many years before musicians could begin to benefit.

    “Nigerians are among the best sub-minorities in the US. We conquered basketball, we have conquered music globally, and we have conquered film. We are doing amazingly well. All we need in Nigeria is opportunity

    “In 2000, there was no music industry and the first people that started had no structure around them and literally even today as we speak, that structure is being built every day and unfortunately, what we find out is that our top artistes, if you take the top 10 Nigerian artistes, majority of their taxes are being paid to foreign countries, majority of their workforce will be people that are outside of the country.

    “There are some investments in the music business but the real big investments are coming from outside and those catalogues, gradually, we are selling them off. As Europe is returning some of our artefacts, we are giving them our artefacts for the next 100 years.

    “The bulk of my catalogue is now domiciled under some company that is owned by someone else there (abroad). It is almost like the burden to prove that their ideas and capabilities are viable is on the young Nigerians.”

     

  • RAP BATTLE :Vector agrees to face MI as Willie XO, Hushpuppi offers N40m

    Finally, Vector has accepted the challenge of facing Jude Abaga, aka M. I in a rap battle as popularly demanded by music lovers.

    Recall that a London based-Nigerian singer, Jocey Joseph Ekwuazi popularly known as Willie XO had earlier offered 20 Million Naira for the Face-off between the two iconic rappers buy non of them yielded his call. However, Vector accepted Willie Xo increased the offer from 20m to 30m and Hushpuppi supported with 10m that’s 40 million Naira for the rap challenge.

    In a recent video posted on his social media handle, Vector disclosed to his fans that he is ready for the battle; he stressed that Willie XO had called him on phone and said Hushpuppi also pledged his support on the N40m rap challenge.

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  • I am a virgin, I am waiting on the lord- M.I

    Jude Abaga fondly called M.I in the Nigerian music space needs no introduction. The Chocolate City Music chairman has won laurels and written his name in gold .

    The self-proclaimed ‘Yung Denzel’ stunned his fans recently when he confessed that he is still a virgin, stating that he is waiting on God to send the right woman his way.

    M.I made this known during a chat with Flytime TV.

     

    When asked to state the age he was deflowered, he said:” It’s tough for me answering this question because I don’t want people to know my real age because I am still a virgin there is no way for me to know that.

    “I am waiting on the lord and I believe that anytime soon there is going to be someone for me. If you are out there I want to say hold yourself, as I have held myself”.

     

     

    Like M.I, Nigerian songstress Adokiye has said on countless occasions that she is a virgin.

    In a chat with TheNewsGuru, the songstress revealed that she sacrificed her sex life for her career.

    “I have sacrificed my first professional career as an architect for my music career. I have sacrificed my sex life also, by staying away from sex or having anything to do with sex.Sometimes I get vexed, pressured and depressed, but when I think of how far I have come! My brother, I get a grip back and snap out. Off course as a grown woman, I feel some type of way, but I just snap out after a long thought”.