2face Idibia
2Face has received one MTV Europe Music
Award, one World Music Award,
five Headies Awards (Hip-hop award), four Channel O
Music Video Awards and
one BET award for
his musical work, four MTV Africa Music
Awards, one MOBO award,
one KORA award, and numerous additional
nominations.
Early
life
Innocent Idibia was born in Jos,
Nigeria. He is from the Idoma ethnic
group in the southern part of Benue State, in central Nigeria.He attended
Saint Gabriel's Secondary School in Makurdi, Benue State. He enrolled at
Institute of Management & Technology, Enugu (IMT), where he did his preliminary
National Diploma course in business administration and management. While
attending IMT, he performed at school organised shows and parties, as well as
other regional schools such as the University of Nigeriaand Enugu State University of Science & Technology.
He eventually dropped out to pursue his music career. While attending IMT,
2face Idibia started composing and singing jingles at
the GB Fan Club at Enugu State Broadcasting Services (ESBS) in 1996.
Also in 1996, he adopted the stage name "2Face" (Tuface). He cited the reason as "trying to demarcate my personal life with my business life.
In
Plantashun Boyz
He moved to Lagos and
started performing with rapper BlackFace Naija. He had met BlackFace while
attending IMT. With Blackface
(Ahmedu Augustine Obiabo) and with musician Faze (Chibuzor
Oji), he went on to form the trio band Plantashun Boyz.
Plantashun Boyz
released two successful albums: Body
and Soul (2000) and Sold Out (2003) under the Nelson Brown's owned
Label (Dove Records) before
disbanding in 2004. Relations were marred for many years during which the band
broke up and started their solo careers. Long after the break-up known as the
"Faze vs Tuface" beef, the band came back together in 2007 for the
purpose of recording a third and final album entitled Plan B (2007).
Solo
career
After the disbandment
of Plantashun Boyz in 2004, all band members sought separate musical careers.
2face Idibia released his debut solo album Face 2
Face (2004), which
established him as a viable solo artist.
Following the release
of his debut album, he released his second album Grass 2 Grace in 2006, which contained hits
"One Love", "True Love, "4 Instance". He is the
founder of Hypertek Entertainment.
In 2006, his song "African Queen"
was used in the soundtrack for the film Phat Girlz, which was released
internationally.
Upon leaving the music
label Kennis Music, he set up his own record label
known as Hypertek Entertainment.] He is part of the Sony All African One8 Project alongside
seven other musicians across Africa recording a single with R. Kelly and Prince Lee titled
"Hands
Across the World". He
is the first non-Liberian to become an honorary member of the Liberian music
society in recognition for his outstanding contribution to the growth of music
in Africa. He has been named Red cross ambassador society of Nigeria. 2face has
several collaborations all over the globe, giving his collaborators the
opportunity to win awards for each duet such as street credibility by 9ice,
possibility by p-square and lots more. He is adored by his colleagues and every
entertainer in Nigeria music industry as a role model. 2face and heavy weight
American Rapper Jay Z met in NYC 2014.
2face Idibia has also
been an ambassador for quite a number of brands including Guinness, Nigerian
Breweries e.t.c He is also the
brand ambassador for National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and
Control.
Personal
life
On 2 May 2012, 2Face
Idibia and Annie Macaulay married in Lagos, Nigeria in
a private ceremony. 2face
announced his marriage via his Twitter page. Annie Macaulay and 2Face had their
traditional wedding on 8 March 2013 in Eket, Akwa-Ibom State Nigeria. The
couple also had a white wedding in Dubai, on Saturday 23 March 2013 with
Nigerian and Ghanaian celebrities all present to see the long term couple tie
the knot.
His wife, Annie
Idibia, August 17, 2015, announced that she has opened a beauty salon in
Atlanta called BeOlive Hair Studio.
Philanthropy
Discography
Albums
·
2004: Face 2
Face
·
2006: Grass 2 Grace
·
2008: The Unstoppable
·
2012: Away & Beyon
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