The music makes people happy and I feed on other people’s happiness and that’s what makes me to continue doing this kind of music that I am doing.
The following months saw tours in France, Italy and Portugal, while she also supported Lenny Kravitz on his French tour in April 2009.
Strangely, I felt the guitar was probably a burden she had to carry around because her destiny was somehow tied to it.
Hip-hop is the basis of my music.
Sometimes, I don’t even sleep and then I come back to Nigeria and you see people doing karaoke and they are cashing in N5 million!
Your style of music is not the conventional stuff we hear everyday but you have been so fortunate to come this far. [3] The lead single from it, "Heartbeat", became her first song to break into the German Top 50.
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More about Nneka (singer) Less about Nneka (singer) Discussions Have your say Be the first to make a comment >> Recommended Recommended. Your email address will not be published. Maintaining my standard has a lot to do with my belief in God.
Oluchi Onweagba. Nneka was nominated in three categories for the 2009 Channel O Music Video Awards,[6] and won an award for Best African Act at the 2009 MOBO Awards. Let’s look at the young girl who came into music eight years ago and the confident woman before me today. [12], Even though Nneka sings more than she raps, she names hip hop as her primary musical root and most important source of inspiration, while citing artists such as Fela Kuti and Bob Marley as well as contemporary rappers Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Lauryn Hill as key influences in her own pursuit of musical recognition.
Best African Act at the 2009 MOBO Awards. The title of the album is taken from a novel of the same name by Chinua Achebe and reflects the lyrical content of the record. 11 issue (with Bodega Girls and J. Cole on the cover), as well as an exclusive Q&A for the magazine's site.[7]. So, MI came to my show because he wanted to come. Nneka has also worked with Reebok and her track "Shining" topped global charts in 2013. He is more than what people think. Her career started officially when she met DJ Farhot who is a German-Afghansitan and she insists that Farhot brought Hip Hop into her life as she had never actually seen herself becoming a musician, music had found her. Best indigenous artist in Nigeria at the Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA) 2010, NEA award for best international artist several times. What struck me about her that first time was the large guitar in a large black bag back-strapped to her petit frame. She finished recording her first album in the autumn of 2005. Tell us the challenges you have faced building your own sound and coming this far? What struck me about her that first time was the large guitar in a large black bag back-strapped to her petit frame. Sometimes, I earn money sometimes I don’t. Nneka was also on the Nigerian drama film "Relentless", co-produced and directed by Andy Amadi Okoroafor; it also stars Gideon Okeke, Halle Mordu, Jimmy Jean-Louis and Tope Oshin Ogun. It was released on 13 October 2010 at the BFI London Film Festival.
She agreed to go on tour with Nas and Damian Marley to help them promote their Distant Relatives (2010) album.
2010 Indigenous Artist of the Year and Best/Neo-Soul Act of the Year for the 5th annual Nigerian Entertainment Awards.
Writing reviews may help others know more about this person. After graduating from high school, Nneka studied Ethnology, Anthropology and African studies while making music on the side.
It takes a lot of courage to maintain this reality, which is the person I am. I will never give you medicine that is not good for you because I will quench before you quench so, it’s a spiritual process, which has taken root. Furthermore, she was a special guest on The Roots Jam session.
He is my friend. Entitled Victim of Truth, it was released not only in Germany but also in England, France, Netherlands, Nigeria and Japan. She sings in English, Igbo and Nigerian Pidgin. These are people who maintain very high standards, people who have longevity in the industry; people who for a life time you could listen to and be inspired. She is the youngest of four. Outstanding work . [13], Her lyrics reflect much of her history and life in Nigeria as well as her time spent in Western Europe.
That was before she began making the hits.
She sings in English, Igbo and Nigerian Pidgin. Yet to hear her song, but love her spirit. I will not lie to the world and myself because I am a realistic person. The same goes for Asa. [4] In September 2009, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number twenty.[5]. there she performed her single "Gypsy" while the group performed their dance routine they had worked on specifically for the song gypsy. On this show, I am not earning a penny but I love my country and I love to spread my message. Jan 10, 2013 – Nigerian-German Singer Nneka Egbuna: Marriage Is Not My Priority Now.
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