about 2face (Innocent Ujah Idibia) Nigerian musician,songwriter and record producer

Name: Innocent Ugah Idibia
Stage Name: 2FACE, 2 BABA
Date of birth: September 18, 1975
Place of birth: Jos
State of origin:Benue state (okpokwu LGA,from Idoma)
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2Face (later 2baba) had his early life and education at Mount Saint Gabriel's Secondary School in Makurdi, Benue State. He later went on to pursue a National Diploma course at Institute of Management & Technology, (IMT) Enugu.  he ended up not  graduating from the Institution, but rather took his strenght and passion to engage in singing and performing at various shows and concerts within and outside the state.

in 1996, He relocated to Lagos, where he was later to make fame and be on top of his game as a Musician, song writer, music composer and Producer. On coming to Lagos he joined forces with his then friend at Institute of management and Technology, IMT, Enugu, BlackFace (Ahmedu Augustine Obiabo) to form Plantashun Boyz, they were later joined by Faze(Chibuzor Oji) and did quite well working together as a group, expecially at a time Nigrian music was beginning to pay off, where artist started getting some form of recognition.

In 2004, the plantashun Boyz music group went their separte ways and 2face released his debut solo album under Kennis music recording label, which contains hit tracks, African queen. 2Face has since released 6 Music albums since the beginning of his solo career in 2004 till 2014

Albums title/released year
Face 2 Face 2004
Grass 2 Grace 2006
The Unstoppable 2008
The Unstoppable International Edition 2010
Away & Beyond 2012
The Ascension 2014 (source: wikipedia)

although the plantashun Boyz (2Face, BlackFace, Faze) later reunited in the year 2007 to release their joint album "Plan B",  it did not make commercial success and the group was again disbanded.

2face has worked along side numerous artist since the beginning of his solo musical career,artists like 9ice, R.Kelly,Mary J. Blige,Prince lee,D'banj,P-Square,Sound sultan among others.

His controversial life as father of many kids from close to 5 different ladies cannot be over looked, though he addressed the issues in some interviews saying his kids are blessings to him and he's happy they came to this World through him. on 15th of February, 2012 2Face finally proposed to his long time girl friend of 13 years Annie Macaulay. they both had an elaborate wedding in Dubai and Uyo in Nigeria.

2Face is considered among the most successful recording Nigerian musicians/artists in recent times, having won many deals and endorsements.

AWARDS

Best Male Vocalist 2002 Affinity Awards
Music of the Year 2004 Excellence Recognition Awards
Outstanding Contribution to the Entertainment Industry 2004 Award for Excellence
Best Male Vocalist 2004 A.M.E.N Awards
Song of the Year 2004 A.M.E.N Awards
Best New Act Male 2004 A.M.E.N Awards
Best Video 2004 A.M.E.N Awards
Song of the year for "African Queen" 2004 Nigeria Entertainment Awards New York
Best Album of the year 2004 Nigeria Entertainment Awards New York
Best Hip Hop and R&B Artiste 2004 Nigeria Entertainment Awards New York
Musician of the Year 2004 City People Awards for Excellence
Best Male Video 2005 Channel O Music Video Awards
Best African Video of the year 2005 Channel O Music Video Awards
Best African Act 2005 Channel O Music Video Awards
Best African Act 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards[29]
Best African Act 2005 Kora Awards[30]
Best Musical Artiste 2005 Afro Nollywood Awards
African Song of The Year (Non Ghanaian) 2005 Ghana Music Awards
Special Recognition Award 2005 Hip Hop World Awards
The Outstanding Musician of the Year 2005 Black Heritage Awards for Excellence
Best Song of The Year 2005 G.C.E International Awards
Musician of The Year 2006 The Future Awards
Africa Break Through Artist of the Year 2006 Nigeria Entertainment Awards New York
Best Album of the Year 2007 Nigeria Entertainment Awards New York
Best African Act 2007 MOBO Awards[31]
Song of the Decade 2007 Nigerian Music Awards
Best R'n'B / Pop album 2008 Hip-Hop World Awards
Best African Act 2008 Australian African Awards
Best selling Nigerian Artist 2008 World Music Awards, Monaco, Spain[32]
Best R&B MTV Africa Music Awards 2009[33]
Artist of the Year MTV Africa Music Awards 2010
Best Male MTV Africa Music Awards 2010
Most Gifted West African Video 2010 Channel O Music Video Awards[34]
Best Pop Video for "Implication" 2010 SoundCity Awards
Best Western 2010 SoundCity Awards
New Champions for an Enduring Culture 2011 16th edition of the Annual THISDAY Awards presented by former US President Bill Clinton and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger[35]
Best International Act: Africa BET Awards of 2011[36]
Album of the Year 2011 Hip-Hop World Awards – "The Headies"[37]
Artist of the Year 2011 Hip-Hop World Awards – "The Headies"
Best R'n'B / Pop album 2011 Hip-Hop W
orld Awards – "The Headies" (source: wikipedia)


 2face (Innocent Ujah Idibia) during a stage performance 



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