King Wadada
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King Wadada | |
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| Birth name | Austin Peter |
| Born | 1975 (age 49–50) Edo State, Nigeria |
| Origin | Nigerian |
| Genres | Reggae |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician |
| Instruments | Vocalist guitarist congas |
| Labels | Enorecords LLC |
| Website | enorecordsllc |
King Wadada, also known as Austin Peter, (born on 6 August 1975) Nigerian reggae musician, singer, and songwriter. In 2010, he won the Kora Awards as Africa's best reggae artist of the year. He is best known for his song "Holy Holy."[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Biography[edit]
King Wadada was born in Urhonigbe, in the Orhionmwon local government area of Edo State in Nigeria.[10]
Music career[edit]
In 2008, he signed a management and record deal with Enorecords Snc[11] , now known as Enorecords LLC, where artists, such as Lucky Dube Daddy Fresh and Ebenezer Obey previoulsy bagged music distribution contract.In October 10,2017 he released his debut album "Ominipoent God"[12] under Enorecords LLC imprint, to be distributed by VP Records arms VPAL, the album was submitted by VPAL for Grammy consideration in 2017 -2018 [13]
Awards[edit]
In 2010, he won the Kora Awards as Africa's best reggae artist of the year, In 2018, King Wadada won Obaland Awards for Best Gospel Reggae 2018 (Honor),[14] in 2020, he received the prestigious APCN Humanitarian Awards of Excellence, hosted by Africa's queen of Reggae Evi Edna Ogholi [15]
References[edit]
- ↑ http://www.punchng.com/feature/midweek-revue/kora-hasnt-paid-me-a-dime-king-wadada/ Archived 15 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine – The_Punch Nigerian newspaper
- ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201305220451.html – AllAfrica.com
- ↑ http://www.punchng.com/entertainment/arts-life/majek-wadada-on-mission-to-rebrand-reggae/ Archived 25 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine – The_Punch Nigerian newspaper
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Dont Take Advantage of The Public With Vulgar Songs.King Wadada Warns". nigeriafilms.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ http://www.modernghana.com/movie/2932/3/i-smoked-igbo-indian-hemp-heavilyreggae-act-king-w.html – Modernghana.com
- ↑ http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/people-are-jealous-that-im-taking-care-of-majek-fashek-king-wadada/ – National_Mirror Nigerian newspaper
- ↑ +KORA Awards. "WINNERS 2010". KORA.
- ↑ https://www.nollywoodgists.com/news/45519/singer-kinger-wada-signs-new-record-deal.html/ – Nollywoodgists
- ↑ http://www.nigerianobservernews.com/10082014/news/news18.html#.VWNgF1JmJT4 – Nigerian_Observer newspaper
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/artist/6004339-King-Wadada
- ↑ https://musicbrainz.org/release/ba70a06b-cbcb-4da0-8691-41cec3027660
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/letter-of-nomination-60th-grammy-award-consideration-confirmation
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20201217155403/https://obalandawards.com/2018/02/23/obaland-royal-awards-2018-list-of-honorees/
- ↑ "APCN Humanitarian Awardees - 2020", YouTube.
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