Four Nigerians among Forbes top 10 RICHEST African musicians
Four Nigerians, Don Jazzy, Jidenna, Wizkid and Davido are among Forbes top ten richest African musicians.
The artistes came in fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth on the list which was drawn up collating information about their endorsement value, popularity, show rates, sales, awards, YouTube views, newspaper appearance, investment, social media presence and influence among others.
THE NIGERIANS ARE: DON JAZZY:
Don Jazzy is ranked fourth richest in Africa and also first in Nigeria. Like many artists, his real name is Michael Collins Ajereh, and he started playing music as a child in church before moving to the UK to pursue his career.
JIDENNA, NIGERIAN-AMERICAN:
By the age of 10, Jidenna Theodore Mobisson knew he wanted to do music but was afraid to tell his father who wanted him to be an engineer. He is ranked sixth according to Forbes Africa.
Wizkid occupies the seventh position and is arguably the current uncrowned king of African music. Grammy Award-winning artist, Alicia Keys and husband Swizz Beatz, danced to his songs Ojuelegba and Caro, with Keys posting a video on her Instagram account.
He has claimed a high status in just five years. He said it was people like P-Square and D’Banj who made him believe this was possible. He became famous for his
WIZKID: DAVIDO:
widely acclaimed 2012 debut album “Omo Baba Olowo”.
In the priority list, AKON was ranked first. He has over 35 million albums sold worldwide. He has won numerous awards including five Grammy Award nominations and has 45 Billboard Hot 100 songs under his belt. He tops the list according to Forbes Africa.
BLACK COFFEE, SOUTH AFRICA:
His real name is Nkosinathi Maphumulo. He was born in South Africa’s house music province, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and raised in the Eastern Cape province, where Nelson Mandela hailed from, before moving back to KZN to study music.
HUGH MASEKELA, SOUTH AFRICA:
Hugh was born in Witbank, east of Johannesburg. He has released more than 43 albums and performed with Marvin Gaye, Dizzy Gillespie, The Byrds, Fela Kuti, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and Miriam Makeba.
TINASHE, ZIMBABWE-AMERICAN:
Tinashe was a child model by the age of three. The twenty-four-year-old sang before she could talk and made her first appearance in 2000 in the film Cora Unashamed.
SARKODIE, GHANA:
Michael Owusu Addo started out as an underground rapper and through the help of Duncan Williams, his former manager, his career was launched. Staying true to his identity, he is a big advocate of Azonto, a Ghanaian genre that is said to have been born out of Kpanlogo, a traditional dance. He was also the first Ghanaian to win a BET award.
OLIVER ZIMBABWE: MTUKUDZI,
He has 65 albums under his belt, more than the legendary Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. It’s a remarkable career stretching back 41 years with songs that have enlivened parties all over the world. He is ranked 10th richest musician in Africa. Young Isa who is of the Mada Tribe of Unguwan Zaria in Akwanga Local Government of Nasarawa State have deformed legs caused by polio affliction since his childhood.
Rather than begging, the youngster opted to go to school and also learn a trade with support from his parents. His father enrolled him into primary two when he was 10 years old and this made his classmates to laugh and mock him being a big boy in the midst of kids. They nicknamed him ‘Baba Class Two’, but it never discouraged him.
Through this, Isa has finished primary and junior secondary schools with flying colours and he is now a student in Government Senior Secondary School, Garki in Abuja.
He had an amazing result after his JSS examination, scoring seven credits in English, Mathematics, Agricultural Science, Science, Islamic Religious Knowledge, Technology, Social Science, and passes in Physical and Health Education, and Economics.
Isa said, “From my first result to date, I have been in the first position, and the worst result I have had is fourth position. I once overheard a visitor to my school lamenting to a teacher that how can a disabled cope