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2face Idibia
Mmádu
ụdịekerenwoke Dezie
mba o sịNaijiria Dezie
Aha ọmụmụInnocent Ujah Idibia Dezie
Aha enyereInnocent Dezie
aha ezinụlọ yaUjah Dezie
aha pseudonym2baba Dezie
Ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya18 Septemba 1976 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụAbaji Dezie
Dị/nwunyeAnnie Macaulay-Idibia Dezie
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye akaBekee, pidgin Naịjirịa Dezie
ebe agụmakwụkwọInstitute of Management and Technology Dezie
oge ọrụ ya (mmalite)1994 Dezie
agbụrụNdị ịdoma Dezie
ngwa egwuolu egwụ Dezie
akara ndekọHypertek Digital Dezie
Ihe nriteMTV Europe Music Awards Dezie
webụsaịtịhttp://2faceonline.com/ Dezie
nnọchiaha nkeonweL485 Dezie

Innocent Ujah Idibia (Amụrụ na 18 Septemba 1975), nke a maara site n' aha egwu ya 2Baba, bụ onye egwu Naijiria, onye na-agụ egwu, onye na'ede egwu, onye mmepụta ndekọ, onye ọchụnta ego, onye ọrụ ebere, onye ọrụ enyemaka, na onye na-eme ihe ike.[1][2] A maara ya maka ụda olu ya, omimi okwu ya, na ogologo ndụ ya, a na-ewere ya dịka otu n'ime ndị egwu kachasị ukwuu na Naịjirịa n'oge niile.[3][4] Ọ bụ onye kachasị emetụta maka iri elu nke ewu ewu nke egwu egwu egwu Naijiria na afọ 2000, na abọm izizi ya bụ Face2Face (nke nwere egwu "African Queen") butere mmata ọhụrụ na nsọpụrụ maka egwu Naijeria n'etiti ndị Afrịka nọ na kọntinent ahụ na ndị bi na diaspora.[5] Tupu Julaị 2014, ọ gara site na aha egwu 2face Idibia. 2Baba bụ onye mmeri mbụ nke MTV EMA "Best African Act category na 2005", ọ bụkwa otu n'ime ndị egwu Naijiria kacha nye onyinye n'akụkọ ihe mere eme.[6][7][8][9]

N'afọ 2019, 2baba, na mmekorita ya na ndị ọzọ a ma ama dịka Cohbams Asuquo na Timi Dakolo, wepụtara abụ maka ịmara ikike ụmụaka.[10]

Oge ọ malitere[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

A mụrụ Innocent Ujah Idibia na Jos, Nigeria. Ọ si n'agbụrụ Idoma dị n'akụkụ ndịda nke Benue State, n'etiti Naịjirịa.[11] Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Mount Saint Gabriel na Makurdi, Benue State. Tuface debanyere aha na "Institute of Management & Technology, Enugu" (IMT), ebe o mere ihe ọmụmụ National Diploma ya na Business Administration na njikwa. Mgbe ọ na-aga IMT, Idibia rụrụ ọrụ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ haziri ihe ngosi na oriri, yana ụlọ akwụkwọ mpaghara ndị ọzọ dị ka Mahadum Naịjirịa na Mahadum Sayensị na Teknụzụ nke Enugu. O mechara hapụ ụlọ akwụkwọ iji gaa n'ihu n'ọrụ egwu ya. Mgbe ọ na-aga IMT, 2face Idibia malitere ide ma na-abụ abụ na GB Fan Club na "Enugu State Broadcasting Services "(ESBS) na 1996.[12]

N'afọ 1996, ọ nabatara aha egwu "2Face" (Tuface). O kwuru ihe kpatara ya dịka "ịgbalị ịkewapụ ndụ onwe m na ndụ azụmahịa m".[13]

N'afọ 2016, ọ gbanwere aha ya site na Tuface gaa na 2Baba.[14]

Na Plantashun Boiz[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Ọ kwagara Lagos wee malite iso onye na-agụ egwu Benue Blackface Naija. Ọ zutere Blackface n'oge ọ na-agụ akwụkwọ sekọndrị.[15] Ya na Blackface (Ahmedu Augustine Obiabo) na onye egwu Faze (Chibuzor Orji), ọ gara n'ihu mepụta otu egwu atọ a na-akpọ Plantashun Boiz.[16]

Plantashun Boiz wepụtara abọm abụọ na-aga nke ọma: "Body and Soul" (2000) na Sold Out (2003) n'okpuru akara Nelson Brown (Dove Records) tupu ha agbasa na 2004.[17] Mmekọrịta mebiri ọtụtụ afọ mgbe òtù ahụ kewara ma ndị otu ya malitere ọrụ ha n'onwe ha. Ogologo oge mgbe nkewa a maara dị ka anụ ehi "Faze vs Tuface", ndị otu ahụ laghachiri n'otu na 2007 maka ebumnuche nke idekọ abọm nke atọ na nke ikpeazụ akpọrọ Plan B (2007).[18]

N'ọtụtụ oge, BlackFace kwuru na 2Face na-eme egwu ha abụọ dere ma ghara ịnye ya ego. Mgbe ogologo oge nke ikpe na mgbasa ozi agha gasịrị, e mechara kwụsị okwu ahụ n'udo.[19]

Ọrụ onwe onye[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Mgbe a gbasara Plantashun Boyz na 2004, ndị otu niile chọrọ ọrụ egwu dị iche iche. 2Baba wepụtara abọm mbụ ya Face 2 Face (2004), nke ọtụtụ akwụkwọ depụtara dị ka abọm izizi Naijiria nke narị afọ nke 21 site n'aka onye na-ese egwu.[20] Abọm ahụ jụrụ egwu dịka "Nfana Ibaga", "Ole", na "African Queen" (nke a na-akpọ otu n'ime egwu kachasị egwu si n'Afrịka pụta ma bụrụ egwu egwu na ihe nkiri Hollywood nke afọ 2006 Phat Girlz).

Mgbe a tọhapụrụ abọm izizi ya, ọ wepụtara abọm nke abụọ ya Grass 2 Grace na 2006, nke nwere egwu dịka "One Love", "True Love, "4 Instance".

Ihe osise na-enweghị atụ Star studded of Idibia gosipụtara na ihe ngosi Visual Collaborative pop-up nke isiokwu ENCORE na Disemba 2013

2Baba wepụtara abọm nnwale na 2009 nke akpọrọ The Unstoppable nke gụnyere otu "Enter the Place". Nsogbu na nkesa abọm na 2007 mere ka mgbanwe nke ụbọchị ntọhapụ nke abọm ahụ site na 2008 ruo mmalite 2009. N'afọ 2010, 2Baba wepụtara "International Edition" nke otu abọm ahụ nke aha ya bụ The Unstoppable International Edition na-eme ka ọ bụrụ onye na-ese ihe na Naijiria mbụ nwere abọm mba ụwa dị ọnụ ala. 2face wepụtara egwu abụọ ọzọ site na mbipụta mba ụwa nke abọm ya The Unstop pable.[21][22] Mbipụta mba ụwa nke abọm ahụ meriri ihe nrite abụọ na 2010 SoundCity Music Video Awards. 2Baba merikwara Channel O Music Video Awards, Best African Western award na MTV Africa Music Awards maka Best Male and Artist of the year.[23][24]

Mgbe ọ hapụrụ akara egwu Kennis Music mgbe a tọhapụrụ abọm nke abụọ ya, o guzobere akara ndekọ nke ya nke a maara dị ka Hypertek Digital.[25] Ọ bụ akụkụ nke Sony All African One8 Project n'akụkụ ndị egwu asaa ndị ọzọ gafee Africa na-edekọ otu egwu na R. Kelly na Prince Lee nke akpọrọ "Hands Across the World".[26]

Nkwekọrịta nkwado[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

2Baba, n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 2016, ghọrọ onye nnọchi anya Afrịka mbụ nke mmanya na-aba n'anya nke Ịtali Campari.[27][28] N'afọ 2005, a kpọrọ aha ya dị ka onye nnọchi anya biya Guinness.[29] Ọ bụkwa onye nnọchi anya akara maka "National Agency for Food and Drug And Administration and Control". [30] N'afọ 2010, 2Baba bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta nkwado na Airtel Nigeria.[31] Mgbe nkwekọrịta ya na Airtel gwụrụ, ọ bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta nkwado ọhụrụ na Globacom telecommunication na Mee 2019. 2Baba ghọrọ onye nnọchi anya Pazino Homes and Gardens, ụlọ ọrụ ụlọ, na Julaị 2019.[32][33] A họọrọ Tuface n'akụkụ Wizkid dị ka ihu nke oge nka Hennessy na 2014.[34] Na afọ 2019, 2Baba ghọrọ onye nnọchi anya mbụ na nke gọọmentị maka Oraimo.[35]

2Baba bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta nkwado ya na akara ala, ụlọ pazino na ogige dị ka ọ bụ onye nnọchi anya akara ugbu a.[36]

Egwuregwu otuto kpakpando niile e mere ka ha nwee obi ụtọ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

The FORTYfied All-Star Tribute Concert, nke a na-akpọ #FORTYfied, bụ ihe ngosi ụtụ kpakpando niile nke 2Baba haziri iji mee emume ncheta ọmụmụ ya nke afọ 40 na mmetụta na egwu nke Naịjirịa.[37] N'ịbụ nke Basketmouth kwadoro, emere egwu STAR Lager Beer na 20 Septemba 2015 na Eko Hotel and Suites Convention Centre.[38] Ndị isi na-abịa na kọntaktị ahụ ma gosipụta ihe ngosi sitere n'aka ndị egwu ama ama gụnyere Wizkid, Burna Boy, Timaya, D'banj, Sound Sultan, Patoranking, Vector tha Viper, Wande Coal na Seyi Shay.[39]

Ọ bụkwa onye nwe Buckwyld na Breathless concert.[40]

Ndụ onwe onye na alụmdi na nwunye[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

2Baba lụrụ onye Naijiria na-eme ihe nkiri, onye na-emepụta ihe nkiri, ihe nlereanya na onye ọchụnta ego Annie Idibia (née Macauley). Na 2 Mee 2012, 2Baba na Annie Macaulay lụrụ na Lagos, Nigeria n'ememe nzuzo.[41][42] E mekwara emume obodo na Dubai, UAE na 23 Machị 2013 ma nwee ọtụtụ ndị ama ama.[43][44]

Di na nwunye a ma ama bụ nne na nna ụmụ nwanyị abụọ: Olivia Idibia na Isabella Idibia.[45]

Mgbe ya na enyi nwanyị ya n'oge ahụ bụ Annie Macaulayīdibia, 2Baba mụrụ ụmụ abụọ na Sumbo Ajala na atọ na Pero Adeniyi. 2face nwere ngụkọta nke ụmụ asaa.[46][47]

2Baba lanarịrị ihe omume ndị fọrọ nke nta ka ọ nwụọ, gụnyere ịgba égbè site na ohi na nso Oshodi, Lagos.[22][48]

Ọrụ ebere[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Guinness World Record maka "Longest Dance Party" Kaffy na ọtụtụ onye na-agụ egwú 2baba na onye na-emepụta My Funky Birthday TV Nig na PadMan Initiative crooner na nnọkọ iji soro onye a na-arụ ọrụ na ọrụ ebere

2Baba eguzobewo otu NGO a na-akpọ 2Baba Foundation. nke ụkpụrụ ya bụ "ijere mmadụ ozi".[49] A maara ya dị ka 2Face Reachout Foundation, na n'ikpeazụ 2Face Foundation, ntọala ahụ gbanwere aha na Septemba 2016, a makwaara ya ugbu a dị ka 2Baba Foundation. Ọrụ ntọala ahụ na-elekwasị anya n'iwu mba, ibi n'udo, na ịza ajụjụ na ọchịchị.[50]

N'afọ 2009, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) họpụtara 2Baba dị ka onye nnọchi anya.[51] O weputara egwu "Man Unkind" iji mee ka a mara egwu nke nri na ọgwụ ọjọọ adịgboroja na nke na-adịghị mma na Naịjirịa.[52] N'afọ 2009, e nyere Idibia onye nnọchi anya ndị ntorobịa mba ụwa maka Peace Summit na Nigeria Youth Merit Award site na National Youth Council of Nigeria iji kwado onyinye ya maka mmepe ndị ntorobịa na Naịjirịa.[53]

Na Jenụwarị 2017, 2Baba kwupụtara mmekọrịta ya na "United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). O nyere onyinye mbụ nke ihe karịrị US $ 11,000 na UNHCR maka ndị IDP na ndị laghachiri.[54] N'ọnwa Juun afọ 2017, ọ wepụtara egwu IDP raara onwe ya nye nke akpọrọ Hold My Hand iji mee emume ụbọchị ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ n'ụwa, ma kwe nkwa pasent 60 nke ego sitere na abụ ahụ maka ihe kpatara IDP. Ya na ndị NGO ndị ọzọ dịka The Nigerian RedCross Society, Enough is Enough (EiE)(Office of the Citizen campaign), Youngstars Foundation na National Democratic Institute (maka Vote Not Fight campaign).[55]

2baba na Tuesday meghere ọtụtụ nde Naira music studio ma nye ya na Mahadum Obafemi Awolowo.[56]

N'abalị iri abụọ na atọ n'ọnwa Juun afọ 2020, a họpụtara Idibia dị ka onye nnọchi anya mpaghara ọhụrụ nke United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNCHR).[57] Ọ bụ onye Naijiria mbụ natara ụdị nhọpụta a site na UNHCR.[58]

Mgbalị ọha na eze na ime ihe ike[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

2Baba enyewo olu ya n'olu ndị a na-emegbu emegbu site na iji ọnọdụ ya dị ka onye ama ama iji mee ka a mara okwu gbasara ọchịchị na mba ya na n'Africa n'ozuzu ya.[59] N'ọnwa Eprel 2021, ọ baara ụlọ ọrụ Naịjirịa Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) mba maka ịkpasu ndị njem iwe site n'ịnakọta ego iwu (ihe dị ka N50,000 - puku naira iri ise) maka ule mbata COVID-19 na ọnụ ụzọ NCDC na ọnụ ụzọ ahụ na-enyeghị koodu QR dị mkpa maka ule a. Ọtụtụ ndị njem tọrọ atọ n'ihi nke a.[60]

Arụmụka[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Tuface abụwo akụkụ nke ọtụtụ esemokwu n'oge ọrụ ya niile. N'afọ 2004, ọpụpụ Tuface n'òtù Plantashun Boiz dugara na nkewa nke otu ahụ, na-akpata esemokwu ya na ndị otu ya bụbu ndị boro ya ụta maka nkewa ahụ.[61] Tuface na onye bụbu onye otu egwu Faze gbanwere ụta n'egwú dị iche iche na abọm ha.

Egwú a na-akpọ "African Queen" ghọrọ isiokwu nke esemokwu n'etiti Tuface, ụlọ ọrụ ndekọ ya bụ Kennis Music, na onye bụbu onye otu egwu Blackface, bụ onye boro Tuface ebubo n'ihu ọha na ọ na-ezu ya egwu ahụ; na-azọrọ na o dere egwu ahụ mgbe ha ka bụ otu egwu.[62][63] Kennis Music mechara kweta inye Blackface ederede maka abụ ahụ, ma kweta ịkwụ ya iguzosi ike n'ihe site na ego nke abụ ahụ.[64]

Na 25 Jenụwarị 2017, Tuface mere ọkwa site na Instagram ya na ọ ga-eduga ngagharị iwe mba niile na 5 Febụwarị 2017; ngagharị iwe ahụ megidere iwu ndị ọchịchị Muhammadu Buhari mere.[65][66][67] N'ụzọ iji kwụsị ngagharị iwe ahụ, gọọmentị site na kọmishọna ndị uwe ojii nke steeti Lagos Fatai Owoseni, wepụtara nkwupụta na a machibidoro ngagharị iwe na steeti ahụ, na-ekwu na ndị omempụ ga-eburu ya ma jiri ngagharị iwe mee ihe iji kpatara ọgba aghara, a jụrụ nkwupụta ahụ ma leghara anya n'ihu ọha ihe mere mgbasa ozi nke ngagharị iwe ji gaa n'ihu na mgbasa ozi mmekọrịta.[68][69]

Na 4 Febụwarị 2017, Tuface wepụtara vidiyo na ọ na-akagbu ngagharị iwe ahụ n'ihi ihe nchekwa mana asịrị gbasara na mgbasa ozi mmekọrịta na-ekwu na nchịkwa, site na DSS jidere ya na mbido ụbọchị ahụ ma nye ya nsogbu ịkagbu ngaezughachi ahụ, ọ bụ ezie na o mechara mee usoro tweets site na akaụntụ Twitter ya iji gọnahụ nkwupụta ahụ.[70][71][72]

Nkọwapụta[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Abọm[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

  • 2004: Ihu 2 Ihu
  • 2006: Grass 2 Grace
  • 2009: Ihe a na-apụghị ịkwụsị ịkwụsị ịkwụsị
  • 2010: The Unstoppable International Edition
  • 2012: Away & Beyond[73]
  • 2014: Ascension
  • 2020: Ndị agha

Onyinye[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

2Baba enwetala otu MTV Europe Music Award, otu World Music Award, ise Headies Awards (Hip-hop award), anọ "Channel O Music Video Awards" na otu BET award maka ọrụ egwu ya, anọ MTV Africa Music Awards, otu MOBO award, otu KORA award, 3 Afrima Awards, na ọtụtụ nhọpụta ndị ọzọ.[74]

N'ọnwa Mee afọ 2016, 2Baba natara nzere Master of Arts na Music site na Mahadum Igbinedion, Okada, Edo State, Nigeria.[75][76]

N'ọnwa Machị 2019, Ngalaba Egwú, Mahadum Obafemi Awolowo nyere ya onye nsọpụrụ nke ụlọ akwụkwọ egwu. Nke a mere ka ọ bụrụ onye ọsụ ụzọ natara onyinye ahụ nke e nyere ya na nkuzi ihu ọha mbụ na onyinye mkpakọrịta, nke emere na 20 Machị 2019.[77]

N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 2019, a họpụtara 2Baba dị ka onye nnọchi anya ezi ihe maka ụlọ ahịa Naịjirịa (NSE).[78]

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