P-square (Nigeria)
P-square
is made up of twins Paul and Peter Okoye. In 2001 they began their professional
music career and released their debut album.
Their
last three albums went platinum and their fan base has greatly increased over
the last couple of years and they have received numerous awards including best goup for channel O's music award and Artist of the year at the Kora award.
They
have collaborated with local artists like 2face and international artist such
as Akon.
They
recently got signed to Akon’s record
label , Konvict music.
Their
charity work includes working with orphanages. Their philosophy on charity is “giving
secretly”, They believe when they give its between them and Gid kind of like
fasting they say…
Lucky Dube (South Africa)
Lucky Phillip Dube was a South African reggae musician. He sang in English, Zulu, and Afrikaans. He is said to have been south African’s most successful artist. He started his music career sing Mbaquanga also known as Zulu pop music, before switching over to reggae. He continued with reggae because of the positive response he got from his fans, and because of the socio political messages he was able to convey through reggae. He won several awards such as the international artists of the year, best selling African recording artists amongst many others. In October of 2007 he was murdered, therefore a tragic end to such a talented individual.Angelique Kidjo (Benin)
Angelique Kidjo is a one in a lifetime gem. Today she is one of the most famous African musicans out there. She is multi talented and fluent in multiple Languages. She has collaborated with other international musicians such as Alicia Keys, Joss Stone, Carlos Santana and many more. She was born in Benin West Africa, where she continues to give back. Her foundation, Batonga, promotes education for girls in Africa and is a UNICEF Goodwill ambassador. This Grammy award musician has managed to break the barriers and spread the goodwill of African Music around the world. We love you Angelique, keep up the good work.
ELDEE "The DON" (Nigeria)
Eldee is a Nigerian musician that uses his talent and influence in finding solutions to the social problems in his country. He is also the owner and C.E.O of the record label Trybe Records 2.0