By Prince Chime
Almost everyone who is a lover of music within Nigeria and elsewhere is familiar with the new sensation in town, Chike. Chike has been thrilling his fans and music lovers with beautiful tunes since he shot into the limelight. The musician whose strong influence is on vocals focuses on Soul and RnB genres of music.
Here are certain things that you need to know about this promising artiste in this article.
Date of Birth And Upbringing
The singer, actor and songwriter that we popularly know as Chike was born Chike Ezekpeazu Osebuka on the 28th day of January, 1993. He hails Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. He has three siblings.
Details about his Primary and secondary school education is not available at the moment but it’s widely known that he had his tertiary education in Covenant University where he bagged a degree in Computer Engineering .
Music career: In the beginning
Chike actually came from a family that loved music and thus was influenced early enough to go into it properly.
His first public music performance was when he contested Project Fame West Africa. After some stellar performance in the show, he was eliminated in the Top 10.
He was still determined to make his mark in the music industry in the country and not quite long he auctioned for the Voice Nigeria, playing a cover of James Arthur’s “Roses”, a performance that saw all the four coaches turning their seats for him.
After that round, he decided to pair with team Patoranking. Chike performed Mario’s “Let me love you” with another Patoranking contestant in the battle stages which saw Chike being chosen to move to the next round.
Chike’s wonderful revelation didn’t stop there as he performed the song, “Not The Girl” by Dare Alade who was one of the four coaches. This earned him a save to progress on to the next stage during the live shows. Chike’s performance of the Weekend’s “Earned It” led to his being saved by the public’s vote in the second week of live shows.
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Chike also performed other wonderful songs during his run to the final of the show. He performed ‘Pull over’, a song by Kcee and Wizkid in the semi-final and then Bob Marley’s “No Woman No Cry” and Kizz Daniel’s ‘Mama’ in the finale. Chike emerged as the runner-up of the season behind Arese from Team Waje.
Later on…
Chike’s performance opened up lots of opportunities for him as he was signed by the Universal Republic record label along with other top four contestants. Under the record label, Chike released his first single “Fancy U” in December 2016 and released the video in the early months of 2017.
Chike and the other seven final contestants of the show were all made Airtel ambassadors.
In 2017, Chike ended his contract with the Universal Republic and became an independent singer, and released his first song independently in 2018 when he sang “Beautiful People”‘.
2020 can be called the year of Chike as he released his first album, a 14 track thriller named “Boo of the Booless” that waxed strong across the country.
Career in Nollywood
Not many are aware of the Thespian side of Chike. He is an actor and a good one at that. In 2017, he was part of the main cast of Africa Magic Original “Battleground” and its sequel which was a marriage with “Hush” – “Battleground: Final Showdown”.
Chike played the role of Mayowa Badmus the spoilt son of the crooked billionaire Badmus. His character took a deeper role as the show progressed and he owned this second personality.
Relationship status and net worth
From what we know of him and we may be wrong, Chike is currently single. While there might be rumours of his dating or relationships, it is to be known that Chike has not made any public acknowledgment of his relationship and we are yet to catch him. So he remains single until proven otherwise.
Chike is currently doing well for himself and is among one of the richest upcoming artistes. He currently has a net worth in the approximation of about 500,000 dollars. This is not a bad figure if it’s converted into our local currency.
But we must warn that this figure has no proven backing and is not something you should swear on in a shrine.
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