It is widely known, that 2Baba is a legend in the Afro music industry. He is exceptional, handsome, versatile, has awesome vibes for entrepreneurs. He is one of the most influential and popular male musicians in brands, technology, Television shows, and lots more. He has a unique vibe to welfare lots of young talents in Nigeria and within African nations.
I’m sure you would want to know more about this music legend which is the reason why you’ve clicked this article. Trust me, 2Baba has collaborated both nationally and internationally. He has gone far even more than those he started the journey with. But how has the journey been so far? How did he get there? How were things like before his name was mentioned as a legend and what is his real name?
Seat and relax as I’m here to answer all your questions and unveil what you seem not to know or didn’t even know you were looking for.
2Baba is his official stage name. His real name is Innocent Ujah Idibia. He is widely known by the name Tuface Idibia both nationally and internationally. He is a Nigerian born in Jos from the Idoma ethnic group in the southern part of Benue State in Central Nigeria. The Afro legend bagged his preliminary National Diploma course in Business Administration and Management at the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu where he performed at school-organized shows and parties with the name, Lord Elly But he eventually dropped out of school to pursue his music career.
The Afro-music star is multi-versatile. He is a songwriter, a record producer, an entrepreneur, and a philanthropist who started his music career in the early 1990s with the stage name “Lord Elly”. With the music passion in him, he moved to Lagos where he met his fellow Benue singer Blackface Naija (Ahmedu Augustine Obiabo) who was his secondary school colleague, and Faze (Chibuzor Orji) where he went on to form the trio band called Plantashun Boiz
The Plantashun Boiz were able to build a name for themselves. It released two successful studio albums; “Body and Soul” in 2000 and “Sold Out” in 2003 under Dove Records before disbanding in 2004 as a result of a misunderstanding between Faze and Tuface and its members started their solo careers. Long after the beef, the band came back together in 2007 to record a third and final album titled “Plan B” in 2007, which is used to settle the scores between themselves.
Before the reconciliation of the band, BlackFace on numerous occasions claimed that 2Baba solely performed songs co-written by both of them without remitting revenues to him. After a long legal and media battle, the matter was finally laid to rest amicably.
2Baba released his debut solo album Face 2 Face in 2004 which was touted as one of the biggest hits to come out of Africa and serve as the soundtrack to the 2006 Hollywood movie Phat Girlz. Following the release of his debut album, he released his second album Grass 2 Grace in 2006, which contained hit tracks like “One Love”, “True Love, “4 Instance”.
The Award winner is widely regarded as one of Africa’s greatest musicians of all time. He is one of the most influential music artists for the rise to fame since late 1990s and his solo debut has ushered in a new wave of awareness and reverence for Nigerian music among Africans and the world at large. He is the first winner of MTV Europe Music Africa Best African Act category in 2005, one World Music Award, five Headies Hip-Hop Award, four Channel O Music Video Awards, and MTV Africa Music awards, three Afrima Awards, and numerous awards and additional nominations.
2Baba is also academically sound, In May 2016, he received an honorary Master of Arts in Music degree from Igbinedion, Okada, Edo state, and was awarded an honorary fellow of the School of Music by the Music Department, Obafemi Awolowo University. He has signed lots of deals with different companies and he is an ambassador for the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).
Hey, in case you are falling in love already, back off because 2Baba is married to Nigerian award-winning actress, movie producer, and serial entrepreneur, Annie Idibia on the 2nd of May 2012, and they’ve given birth to two girls Olivia Idibia and Isabel Idibia. He fathered two children with Sumbo Ajala and Three with Pero Adeniyi. He has a total of seven children with his other wives.
Remember his love for welfare and entrepreneurship; he collaborated with other well-known artists like Timi Dakolo, Cohbams, Teni, Chidinma, and others to release a song for awareness of the rights of children in 2019. 2Baba has established an NGO called the 2Baba Foundation, whose motto is “service to humanity”.
Since then, 2Baba has continued to amaze us with sounds pleasant to the ears and he has successfully carved his name in gold because he has and will continue to influence people with his vocal range, lyrical depth, and longevity.
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