Dr. Prince Chijioke Mbanefo
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Dr. Prince Chijioke Mbanefo was born in Onitsha 10th October 1983 into the Royal Family of Umuoniha, of Abilibaose Village Atani in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. Many of Dr. Prince Chijioke Mbanefo songs become very popular and trendy online with a great number of streaming and downloads on Boomplay.
Happily married to his wife Mrs Ngozi Francisca Mbanefo, a leading gospel singer and chorister in popular Nigerian church; Mountain of Fire Ministeries. It is safe to say that the music gene runs in the family as the union produced His first son, Prince Ebuka, a budding highlife musician with his first album soon to be released. Dr. Prince is blesssed with 7 illustrious children; 4 sons and 3 daughters. Dr. Prince Chijioke did his primary education in his hometown Atani before moving over to Nnewi where he did his secondary schooling. An accomplished academic guru, Dr. Prince Chijioke made all distinctions in his scholarly results. Due to his family's financial constraints, he left to Lagos where he learnt a trade. He was awarded a honorary doctorate degree by the Institution of Chartered Economics, Kaduna in 2016.
CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Like most musicians of his time, his early days in music was very tough. In an interview he recollects "After my studies in Nnewi, I went to Lagos to learn a trade. I did business for a while but in my innermost man, I knew music was my calling and passion. In 1999, one day i woke up and told myself that i must face my destiny which is my musical career. I had to sell all my properties and goods in my shop and invested the money in music".
He continues, " In the studio i met some men that worked with Late Chief Osita Osadebe, I did the recording of my first album with them in 1999". "You want to know the two things that really inspired me? Love and Boredom," Chijioke declares. "I was looking at the music industry in Nigeria and I was absolutely bored by the highlife genre. Everyone is doing the same thing. It's all about dance-able beats and microphone. That's why Osadebe came out and blew the world up because he brought back the entertainment and inspiration factor. He gave me something to be inspired by other than a person standing on stage singing a song with a bunch of sexy dancers. What Osadebe has done for the High-Life community is what I'm hoping to continuing doing for the HighLife world and music in general."
Dr. Prince Chijioke concludes. Elaborate concepts aside, at its core, artists that influence his music, beautiful melodies and a voice that's as supple as it is powerful: "I like listening to a lot of old school Osadebe," he says. "Musicians like Ali Chukwuma, Captain Mudibe, Celestine Okwu, Sunny Ade, and Ebenezer Obe. Osadebe didn't just make songs.
He made inspirational songs and that's what I'm always striving to do." Dr. Prince Chijioke Mbanefo asserts about other artists that influenced him. His style of music is highly influenced by the Highlife Legend, Late Chief Osita Osadebe who is coincidentally also from his hometown. In several interviews, Dr. Prince Chijioke has acknowledged that Late Chief Osita Osadebe is his role model.
After recording his first album "Eziafakaego" in 1999,he went to his mentor Osadebe for blessings. Late Chief Osadebe gave him his blessings and prayers to succeed in his music career. But despite, the fatherly anointing and local acceptance, Dr. Prince Chijioke still couldn't find a marketer willing to market and distribute his album because he was just an upcoming artist. Between this period he was performing underground.
In 2005,during one of his underground performances, Dr. Prince Chijioke met with Nigerian Popular Music Duo of mega superstar status; Danfo Drivers. His lifeline came when he performed after Danfo drivers in a show and he thrilled the crowd. After then, Dr. Prince Chijioke started getting shows and calls from different quaters. He later got acquainted with late Mr. Chigozie Okoye who introduced him to the CEO of Sunny General Music, Mr Sunny Ibe. Sunny General Music marketed Dr. Prince Chijioke's second album "Ije Nwa Ogbenye na ogaranya" which he released in 2005. The 4-track album was an instant hit nationwide. He later released the video for the album in 2007.
This was when his career was propelled to high echelon. When asked how he's evolved as an artist, Prince Chijioke's answer was simple: "I'm not afraid anymore," he said. "When you're first starting out you try so hard to get in the business and get noticed and when you finally do get in, you don't want to step on anybody's toes. You're afraid you might get kicked out and locked out." "I really want to drive home the fact that I'm a true artist. I'm done playing in the junior league and graduated to the big time, 100 percent an expression of myself, with no apologies made and no more playing it safe".
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Happily married to his wife Mrs Ngozi Francisca Mbanefo, a leading gospel singer and chorister in popular Nigerian church; Mountain of Fire Ministeries. It is safe to say that the music gene runs in the family as the union produced His first son, Prince Ebuka, a budding highlife musician with his first album soon to be released. Dr. Prince is blesssed with 7 illustrious children; 4 sons and 3 daughters. Dr. Prince Chijioke did his primary education in his hometown Atani before moving over to Nnewi where he did his secondary schooling. An accomplished academic guru, Dr. Prince Chijioke made all distinctions in his scholarly results. Due to his family's financial constraints, he left to Lagos where he learnt a trade. He was awarded a honorary doctorate degree by the Institution of Chartered Economics, Kaduna in 2016.
CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Like most musicians of his time, his early days in music was very tough. In an interview he recollects "After my studies in Nnewi, I went to Lagos to learn a trade. I did business for a while but in my innermost man, I knew music was my calling and passion. In 1999, one day i woke up and told myself that i must face my destiny which is my musical career. I had to sell all my properties and goods in my shop and invested the money in music".
He continues, " In the studio i met some men that worked with Late Chief Osita Osadebe, I did the recording of my first album with them in 1999". "You want to know the two things that really inspired me? Love and Boredom," Chijioke declares. "I was looking at the music industry in Nigeria and I was absolutely bored by the highlife genre. Everyone is doing the same thing. It's all about dance-able beats and microphone. That's why Osadebe came out and blew the world up because he brought back the entertainment and inspiration factor. He gave me something to be inspired by other than a person standing on stage singing a song with a bunch of sexy dancers. What Osadebe has done for the High-Life community is what I'm hoping to continuing doing for the HighLife world and music in general."
Dr. Prince Chijioke concludes. Elaborate concepts aside, at its core, artists that influence his music, beautiful melodies and a voice that's as supple as it is powerful: "I like listening to a lot of old school Osadebe," he says. "Musicians like Ali Chukwuma, Captain Mudibe, Celestine Okwu, Sunny Ade, and Ebenezer Obe. Osadebe didn't just make songs.
He made inspirational songs and that's what I'm always striving to do." Dr. Prince Chijioke Mbanefo asserts about other artists that influenced him. His style of music is highly influenced by the Highlife Legend, Late Chief Osita Osadebe who is coincidentally also from his hometown. In several interviews, Dr. Prince Chijioke has acknowledged that Late Chief Osita Osadebe is his role model.
After recording his first album "Eziafakaego" in 1999,he went to his mentor Osadebe for blessings. Late Chief Osadebe gave him his blessings and prayers to succeed in his music career. But despite, the fatherly anointing and local acceptance, Dr. Prince Chijioke still couldn't find a marketer willing to market and distribute his album because he was just an upcoming artist. Between this period he was performing underground.
In 2005,during one of his underground performances, Dr. Prince Chijioke met with Nigerian Popular Music Duo of mega superstar status; Danfo Drivers. His lifeline came when he performed after Danfo drivers in a show and he thrilled the crowd. After then, Dr. Prince Chijioke started getting shows and calls from different quaters. He later got acquainted with late Mr. Chigozie Okoye who introduced him to the CEO of Sunny General Music, Mr Sunny Ibe. Sunny General Music marketed Dr. Prince Chijioke's second album "Ije Nwa Ogbenye na ogaranya" which he released in 2005. The 4-track album was an instant hit nationwide. He later released the video for the album in 2007.
This was when his career was propelled to high echelon. When asked how he's evolved as an artist, Prince Chijioke's answer was simple: "I'm not afraid anymore," he said. "When you're first starting out you try so hard to get in the business and get noticed and when you finally do get in, you don't want to step on anybody's toes. You're afraid you might get kicked out and locked out." "I really want to drive home the fact that I'm a true artist. I'm done playing in the junior league and graduated to the big time, 100 percent an expression of myself, with no apologies made and no more playing it safe".
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Dr. Prince Chijioke Mbanefo Biography
Dr. Prince Chijioke Mbanefo was born in Onitsha 10th October 1983 into the Royal Family of Umuoniha, of Abilibaose Village Atani in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. Many of Dr. Prince Chijioke Mbanefo songs become very popular and trendy online with a great number of streaming and downloads on Boomplay.
Happily married to his wife Mrs Ngozi Francisca Mbanefo, a leading gospel singer and chorister in popular Nigerian church; Mountain of Fire Ministeries. It is safe to say that the music gene runs in the family as the union produced His first son, Prince Ebuka, a budding highlife musician with his first album soon to be released. Dr. Prince is blesssed with 7 illustrious children; 4 sons and 3 daughters. Dr. Prince Chijioke did his primary education in his hometown Atani before moving over to Nnewi where he did his secondary schooling. An accomplished academic guru, Dr. Prince Chijioke made all distinctions in his scholarly results. Due to his family's financial constraints, he left to Lagos where he learnt a trade. He was awarded a honorary doctorate degree by the Institution of Chartered Economics, Kaduna in 2016.
CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Like most musicians of his time, his early days in music was very tough. In an interview he recollects "After my studies in Nnewi, I went to Lagos to learn a trade. I did business for a while but in my innermost man, I knew music was my calling and passion. In 1999, one day i woke up and told myself that i must face my destiny which is my musical career. I had to sell all my properties and goods in my shop and invested the money in music".
He continues, " In the studio i met some men that worked with Late Chief Osita Osadebe, I did the recording of my first album with them in 1999". "You want to know the two things that really inspired me? Love and Boredom," Chijioke declares. "I was looking at the music industry in Nigeria and I was absolutely bored by the highlife genre. Everyone is doing the same thing. It's all about dance-able beats and microphone. That's why Osadebe came out and blew the world up because he brought back the entertainment and inspiration factor. He gave me something to be inspired by other than a person standing on stage singing a song with a bunch of sexy dancers. What Osadebe has done for the High-Life community is what I'm hoping to continuing doing for the HighLife world and music in general."
Dr. Prince Chijioke concludes. Elaborate concepts aside, at its core, artists that influence his music, beautiful melodies and a voice that's as supple as it is powerful: "I like listening to a lot of old school Osadebe," he says. "Musicians like Ali Chukwuma, Captain Mudibe, Celestine Okwu, Sunny Ade, and Ebenezer Obe. Osadebe didn't just make songs.
He made inspirational songs and that's what I'm always striving to do." Dr. Prince Chijioke Mbanefo asserts about other artists that influenced him. His style of music is highly influenced by the Highlife Legend, Late Chief Osita Osadebe who is coincidentally also from his hometown. In several interviews, Dr. Prince Chijioke has acknowledged that Late Chief Osita Osadebe is his role model.
After recording his first album "Eziafakaego" in 1999,he went to his mentor Osadebe for blessings. Late Chief Osadebe gave him his blessings and prayers to succeed in his music career. But despite, the fatherly anointing and local acceptance, Dr. Prince Chijioke still couldn't find a marketer willing to market and distribute his album because he was just an upcoming artist. Between this period he was performing underground.
In 2005,during one of his underground performances, Dr. Prince Chijioke met with Nigerian Popular Music Duo of mega superstar status; Danfo Drivers. His lifeline came when he performed after Danfo drivers in a show and he thrilled the crowd. After then, Dr. Prince Chijioke started getting shows and calls from different quaters. He later got acquainted with late Mr. Chigozie Okoye who introduced him to the CEO of Sunny General Music, Mr Sunny Ibe. Sunny General Music marketed Dr. Prince Chijioke's second album "Ije Nwa Ogbenye na ogaranya" which he released in 2005. The 4-track album was an instant hit nationwide. He later released the video for the album in 2007.
This was when his career was propelled to high echelon. When asked how he's evolved as an artist, Prince Chijioke's answer was simple: "I'm not afraid anymore," he said. "When you're first starting out you try so hard to get in the business and get noticed and when you finally do get in, you don't want to step on anybody's toes. You're afraid you might get kicked out and locked out." "I really want to drive home the fact that I'm a true artist. I'm done playing in the junior league and graduated to the big time, 100 percent an expression of myself, with no apologies made and no more playing it safe".
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Dr. Prince Chijioke
Happily married to his wife Mrs Ngozi Francisca Mbanefo, a leading gospel singer and chorister in popular Nigerian church; Mountain of Fire Ministeries. It is safe to say that the music gene runs in the family as the union produced His first son, Prince Ebuka, a budding highlife musician with his first album soon to be released. Dr. Prince is blesssed with 7 illustrious children; 4 sons and 3 daughters. Dr. Prince Chijioke did his primary education in his hometown Atani before moving over to Nnewi where he did his secondary schooling. An accomplished academic guru, Dr. Prince Chijioke made all distinctions in his scholarly results. Due to his family's financial constraints, he left to Lagos where he learnt a trade. He was awarded a honorary doctorate degree by the Institution of Chartered Economics, Kaduna in 2016.
CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Like most musicians of his time, his early days in music was very tough. In an interview he recollects "After my studies in Nnewi, I went to Lagos to learn a trade. I did business for a while but in my innermost man, I knew music was my calling and passion. In 1999, one day i woke up and told myself that i must face my destiny which is my musical career. I had to sell all my properties and goods in my shop and invested the money in music".
He continues, " In the studio i met some men that worked with Late Chief Osita Osadebe, I did the recording of my first album with them in 1999". "You want to know the two things that really inspired me? Love and Boredom," Chijioke declares. "I was looking at the music industry in Nigeria and I was absolutely bored by the highlife genre. Everyone is doing the same thing. It's all about dance-able beats and microphone. That's why Osadebe came out and blew the world up because he brought back the entertainment and inspiration factor. He gave me something to be inspired by other than a person standing on stage singing a song with a bunch of sexy dancers. What Osadebe has done for the High-Life community is what I'm hoping to continuing doing for the HighLife world and music in general."
Dr. Prince Chijioke concludes. Elaborate concepts aside, at its core, artists that influence his music, beautiful melodies and a voice that's as supple as it is powerful: "I like listening to a lot of old school Osadebe," he says. "Musicians like Ali Chukwuma, Captain Mudibe, Celestine Okwu, Sunny Ade, and Ebenezer Obe. Osadebe didn't just make songs.
He made inspirational songs and that's what I'm always striving to do." Dr. Prince Chijioke Mbanefo asserts about other artists that influenced him. His style of music is highly influenced by the Highlife Legend, Late Chief Osita Osadebe who is coincidentally also from his hometown. In several interviews, Dr. Prince Chijioke has acknowledged that Late Chief Osita Osadebe is his role model.
After recording his first album "Eziafakaego" in 1999,he went to his mentor Osadebe for blessings. Late Chief Osadebe gave him his blessings and prayers to succeed in his music career. But despite, the fatherly anointing and local acceptance, Dr. Prince Chijioke still couldn't find a marketer willing to market and distribute his album because he was just an upcoming artist. Between this period he was performing underground.
In 2005,during one of his underground performances, Dr. Prince Chijioke met with Nigerian Popular Music Duo of mega superstar status; Danfo Drivers. His lifeline came when he performed after Danfo drivers in a show and he thrilled the crowd. After then, Dr. Prince Chijioke started getting shows and calls from different quaters. He later got acquainted with late Mr. Chigozie Okoye who introduced him to the CEO of Sunny General Music, Mr Sunny Ibe. Sunny General Music marketed Dr. Prince Chijioke's second album "Ije Nwa Ogbenye na ogaranya" which he released in 2005. The 4-track album was an instant hit nationwide. He later released the video for the album in 2007.
This was when his career was propelled to high echelon. When asked how he's evolved as an artist, Prince Chijioke's answer was simple: "I'm not afraid anymore," he said. "When you're first starting out you try so hard to get in the business and get noticed and when you finally do get in, you don't want to step on anybody's toes. You're afraid you might get kicked out and locked out." "I really want to drive home the fact that I'm a true artist. I'm done playing in the junior league and graduated to the big time, 100 percent an expression of myself, with no apologies made and no more playing it safe".
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