Nikki Laoye
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Haihuwa |
Oyenike Laoye 19 Disamba 1980 Lagos, Nigeria |
Aiki |
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Shekaran tashe | 2005–present |
Yanar gizo |
reverbnation |
Oyenike Laoye, wacce aka fi sani da Nikki Laoye, yar Najeriya ce mai yin rikodin rikodi, mawaƙa, ɗan adam, marubuci, ƴan rawa kuma ƴan wasan kwaikwayo lokaci-lokaci, shahararriyar kalamanta na kiɗa da wasan kwaikwayo. A matsayinta na mai yin rikodi, waƙar Laoye ta sami lambobin yabo da yawa da suka haɗa da lambar yabo ta Headies a 2013 don Mafi kyawun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Mata da Kyautar Kyautar Waƙoƙin Afirka (AFRIMA) a cikin 2014 don Mafi kyawun Mawaƙin Mata a Afirka Inspirational Music . Ta kuma yi fice a waƙar 2006 da ba ta taɓa jin haka ba, 2013 dance single " 1-2-3 ", the soulful ballad " Only You ", wanda ta sake yin remix a 2016 tare da Seyi Shay da waƙar soyayya Onyeuwaoma featuring. Banki W.[1] [2][3]
Sha'awarta ga ayyukan jin kai ya ja hankalin Hukumar Kula da 'Yan Gudun Hijira da Muhawara ta Najeriya (NCFRMI), wacce ta bayyana ta a matsayin shahararriyar 'Voice of Refugees' a Kudu maso Yammacin Najeriya a 2013.
Salon kiɗanta sauti ne na zamani na birni tare da haɗakar madadin dutsen, R&B, hip hop, pop, rai, funk, jazz da Bishara .
An haife shi a Legas, Najeriya, Laoye ya fito ne daga zuriyar kade-kade na almara mai magana - Late Oba Adetoyese Laoye (daga Ede, Jihar Osun-Nigeria), Mawakin, wanda ake kira da farin ciki, ƙaramin mai babbar murya, ya tashi. Ya shahara a cikin 2006 tare da waƙar da aka buga, "Kada Ka taɓa jin Wannan Hanya Kafin" daga kundi na farko na studio, Angel 4 Life (2008), wanda kuma ya fito da wasu fitattun wakoki, gami da haɗin gwiwar Hip-Hop tare da Rooftop Mcs da ita. ɗan'uwa, Rap2Sai - "Taka Sufe"; ballad soyayya "Wani wanda zai so" tare da R&B crooer Jeremiah Gyang [7] da sauransu.[8] [9] [10]
Rayuwar farko
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Laoye a Legas, Najeriya; diyar daya tilo ga Yarima Olushola Isaac Laoye & Olori Christiana Yetunde Laoye. Laoye tana da alamomin gauraye daban-daban kamar yadda mahaifinta, Olushola dan Turawa ne (Yaren mutanen Holland), Ghana da kuma zuriyar Najeriya. Ita ce 'yar'uwa ga 'yan'uwa uku: [11] Femi, Bola da Ade, wanda kuma aka sani da Xblaze, matashin matashin mai shirya kiɗa / Hip Hop [12] a Lagos, Nigeria. Ta shiga cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa da raye-raye tana da shekara biyar.
A cikin 1998, Laoye ya shiga ƙungiyar matasa na Ikoyi Baptist Church kuma abokina kuma darektan kiɗa, Reginald Bassey ya gabatar da shi ga bishara ta yau da kullun kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mawaƙin soloist/jagorancin shekaru biyu. (Daga baya Laoye ya shiga Cocin House on the Rock kuma ya kasance jagoran mawakan mawakan Ibadan da Legas sama da shekaru 10. )
A shekara ta 2000, wani taro na dama a gefen hallways na St. Anne, wani masauki na mata masu zaman kansu, a Jami'ar Ibadan ya haifar da kirkirar ƙungiyar 'yan mata, Soul Sistas, wanda ya hada da Laoye, Debola Kester da Aboyowa Tene . [13] 'Yan matan sun hadu a lokacin maraice na kiɗa, nishaɗi da wasanni a cikin ɗakin dakinsu kuma sun buga waƙoƙi a zahiri. Sun fara yin aiki tare, kawai don ƙaunarsa kuma a ƙarshe sun ɗauki sunan "Soul Sistas" bayan sun raira waƙa a wata ƙungiya ta harabar kuma Fasto, Dele Osunmakinde (yanzu Fasto na Cocin Baftisma, Legas) ya yi magana da farin ciki "waɗannan matan suna raira waƙa ga ranku". A shekara ta 2003, wata mawaƙiya mace, Funmi Ojo, ta haɗu da 'yan mata a takaice, amma ta koma cikin uku a cikin wannan shekarar.
Tare har tsawon shekaru biyar, Soul Sistas ita ce mace ɗaya tilo a ƙungiyar cappella a Jami'ar kuma sun shahara saboda haɗin kai da suka haɗa da fassarar waƙar cappella na gargajiya "Ƙaunarka Ya Fi Rayuwa". A cikin 2005, 'yan matan sun bi hanyoyinsu daban-daban bayan kammala karatunsu a Jami'ar tare da Laoye suna yin sana'ar solo kuma Debola da Aboyowa sun ɗauki ayyukan yau da kullun. A cikin 2007, 'yan ukun sun dawo don yin rikodin remix don buga su, "Baba L'oke" don kundi na farko na Laoye, Angel 4 Life . A cikin 2010, Debola ya yi takara a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na gaskiya na kiɗan Najeriya, Project Fame Season 3 [14] kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan takara 10 na ƙarshe tare da Ochuko, Yetunde Omo'badan, Chidinma Ekile (wanda ya ci nasara).
Ilimi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Laoye ta fara karatunta ne a Makarantar Yara ta Grace, [11] Gbagada, Legas. Ba da daɗewa ba, malaminta na kiɗa ya zaɓe ta, wanda ya lura da iyawar kiɗanta a irin wannan shekarun kuma ya ba ta darussan piano kyauta a ƙarshen kowace rana ta makaranta. Laoye ta kara inganta fasahar waka a lokacin da take karatun sakandare a Kwalejin ’Yan mata ta Gwamnatin Tarayya, Sagamu [11] (daga inda ta kammala a 1998) da Jami’ar Ibadan bi da bi yayin da ta yi wasa da mawakan makaranta tare da hada kai da wake-wake da raye-raye. ƙungiyoyin da suka haɗa da Exousia, Soul Alliance da ƙungiyar 'yan mata uku, Soul Sistas. [15]
Sana'a
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Laoye ta fara aikinta ne a matsayin mai fasaha na solo a cikin 2006, tare da fitar da waƙarta ta farko, "Ba ta taɓa jin haka ba", [15] wanda furodusan kiɗan Najeriya Cobhams ya shirya. Mawakiyar ta ji daɗin wasan kwaikwayo a gidajen rediyo na yau da kullun a Najeriya kuma ya sami karɓuwa sosai a duk faɗin ƙasar, don haka ya sa Laoye ta zama ɗaya daga cikin ƴan mawakan Kirista na zamani a masana'antar kiɗan Najeriya tare da jan hankali. Sakin haɗin gwiwarta na HipHop guda ɗaya, "Taka Sufe" wanda ke nuna Rooftop Mcs da Rap2Sai ya ƙara ƙaunarta ga matasan Najeriya tare da samar da dandalin bayyanawa ga ɗan'uwanta, Xblaze wanda ya shirya waƙar. (Xblaze Ade Laoye ne ya samar da mafi yawan wakokin da ke kan kundi na farko na Laoye da kuma waƙar rawa ta 2013, " 1-2-3 ". .
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A cikin 2008, Laoye ta biyo baya tare da fitar da kundi na farko Angel 4 Life - tarin sautunan zamani da jerin manyan mawakan Najeriya ciki har da Rooftop Mcs, Blaise, Jeremiah Gyang da sauran su. Ba da daɗewa ba mawakiyar ta yi kaurin suna yayin da a hankali waƙoƙin da ta yi aure suka tashi zuwa matsayi na ɗaya a cikin jadawalin jadawalin Najeriya na tsawon makonni; kuma ta kasance babbar alama a kan MTV Base Rockumentary show- Gargaɗi na gaba . A cikin 2009, Laoye ya yi tare da masu fasahar bishara na duniya Kirk Franklin, Cece Winans da Donnie McClurkin ga masu sauraron 500,000 a The 2009 Experience Concert a Lagos, Nigeria. Laoye ya kuma taka rawar gani a wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo na Nigerian-Broadway wasan kida, OLURONBI a watan Oktoba 2009 kuma ya kasance daya daga cikin mata masu fasaha guda biyar a 2009 Tetmosol Girl Power Tour, wanda ya kasance yawon shakatawa na kasa baki daya a fadin jihohi daban-daban na Najeriya.
Fitar da waƙar "Kada Ka taɓa jin Wannan Hanya a Gaba" ya kawo sabon sauti na Kirista na zamani ga masana'antar kiɗan Najeriya. Wannan lambar yabo ta sau bakwai da aka zaba, (2009 Hip Hop World Awards- Mafi kyawun Ayyukan Vocal (Mace) da Wahayin Duniya na HipHop (Mafi kyawun Sabuwar Mawaƙi); Kora Awards -Mafi kyawun Ruhaniya da Mafi Tsari; 2009 City People Entertainment Awards - Mawaƙin Shekara (Mace); lambar yabo ta Nishaɗi ta Najeriya ta 2009 a cikin Amurka -Mawaƙin Linjila na Shekara & 2009 SoundCity Music Video Awards-Mafi kyawun Bidiyon Mata), ya sami manyan yabo kuma ya ba Laoye kima a matsayin Mafi kyawun Kwarewa na 3 a 2009 HipHop World Awards a Najeriya ( Darey Art Alade da Tuface suna zuwa na 1 da na biyu, daga cikin wasanni 10 da aka bayar a lambobin yabo).
Laoye ita ce mace daya tilo da ta fafata tare da manyan Mawakan Najeriya maza – MI, Banky W. da Naeto C na HipHop World Revelation (Mafi kyawun Mawaƙi) na 2009 HipHop World Awards .
A cikin 2009, Laoye ya yi tare da Kirk Franklin, CeCe Winans, Donnie McClurkin ga masu sauraro na 500,000 [16] a The Experience Concert a Legas.
Waƙar Laoye ta sami karɓuwa fiye da Afirka, saboda tana ɗaya daga cikin mawakan Najeriya uku na farko da aka yi hira da su a tashar nishaɗin Amurka, BET a 2009 [17] kuma ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin alkalan farko na BET's Sunday Best Auditions wanda wanda aka yi a Lagos, Nigeria a watan Disamba 2009. A cikin 2011, an nuna rayuwar Laoye da aikinta a wani yanki na musamman akan BET, mai taken "BET Spotlight - Nikki Laoye".
A cikin 2013, mawakiyar ta sake dawowa cikin fagen waka bayan ta kasance cikin hutu sakamakon rashin mahaifinta a 2011. [18]
An umurci Laoye da ta yi nadin nata nata nata na rera wakar ta Najeriya ga Mawallafin TV na Najeriya, Mo Abudu 's Ebony Life Television a watan Yuni 2013. Bidiyon ya shahara a matsayin faifan kida na farko na waƙar Najeriya. Tun lokacin da aka sake shi a watan Yunin 2013, an gayyaci Laoye don yin waƙar waƙar shugaban ƙasa [19] a Aso Rock, Abuja da sauran ayyukan hukuma. Kamar yadda a 2013, ta fito da waƙoƙin "Babu Beans" tare da ɗan wasan Hip Hop na Yoruba Base One; rawar rawa " 1-2-3 "; da Rotimi Keys ta fitar da [20] ballad " Kai kaɗai ", waƙar da aka sadaukar don tunawa da mahaifinta marigayi, wanda ta sami lambar yabo ta Mafi kyawun Ƙwararru (Mace) a 2013 Headies Awards a Legas. Najeriya.
Laoye ta kuma ba da sa hannun ta a rediyon jingles wasu daga cikinsu sun haɗa da "0809aija 4 Life" na Etisalat, wanda ya ƙunshi mawaƙin R&B Banky W, MTN na "Duk inda Ka tafi" jingle da Fidelity Bank's "Babu Babban Ji". Mawakin ya yi wasan kwaikwayo na fina-finai don manyan shirye-shiryen Nollywood irin su Bent Arrows, Inda Zuciya ta kwanta, [21] Ofishin Jakadancin 2 Babu inda [21] da kuma fim ɗin Tafiya zuwa Kai
Laoye kuma mutuniyar iska ce a talabijin da rediyo. A cikin 2005 ta dauki nauyin Nunin TV New Breeze Show akan Gidan Talabijin na Nishaɗi na Silverbird kuma har zuwa 2013, ta shirya shirinta na rediyo, Girls Rock tare da Nikki Laoye a gidan rediyon bisharar intanet na Najeriya mai suna Praiseworld Radio. An kuma bayyana ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin masu masaukin baki don gasar TV ta gaskiya ta bishara, Taurari 4 Kristi .
A watan Agustan 2013, Laoye ya ba da taken Nigerian Corner a bikin Nottinghill Carnival a Burtaniya, taron da ya jawo dubban 'yan Najeriya mazauna fadin Burtaniya. A cikin wannan shekarar, Laoye ta tafi yawon shakatawa na coci a Ingila, wanda ya kai ta London, Manchester, Loughton da Warrington. A watan Satumba na 2013, Laoye ya yi wasa tare da fitacciyar jarumar R&B Mary J. Blige a wurin wasan kwaikwayo na "Sisters with Soul" a Lagos, Nigeria.
Laoye ya ba da taken lambar yabo ta Headies na 2014 da kuma bikin cika shekaru 10 na wasan kide-kide na Rhythm Unplugged a cikin Disamba 2014.
A cikin Janairu 2016, Laoye ya ba da labarin taron Maraice na Butterscotch, tare da Superstar American R&B Brian Mcknight a Eko Hotels and Suites a Lagos, Nigeria. A ranar 12 ga Fabrairu, 2016, kwana biyu ya rage ranar soyayya, Laoye ya fitar da wani Dut din soyayya tare da mawakin R&B na Najeriya Banky W mai suna Onyeuwaoma, wakar ta ji dadin sake dubawa kuma an saki bidiyon hukuma a ranar 14 ga Afrilu 2016.
Rayuwa ta sirri
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A ranar 11 ga Disamba, 2011, Laoye ta auri Alexander Oturu a Legas, Najeriya. Su biyun sun rabu bayan shekaru bakwai da yin aure saboda bambance-bambancen da ba za a iya daidaita su ba. Ma'auratan ba su da yara tare. [22]
Tallafawa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A cikin Disamba 2010, Laoye ta kafa "Angel 4 Life Foundation", [23] kungiya mai zaman kanta ta hanyar da take ba da jagoranci da kuma taimakawa wajen bunkasa fasahar kirkire-kirkire na ƙwararrun matasa masu ƙalubale na jiki da kuma taimakawa wajen gudanar da aikin Kiɗa. Asibitin Gidan Modupe Cole na Masu fama da Jiki da Tunani, a Lagos, Nigeria.
A watan Oktobar 2012, gidauniyar Laoye's Angel 4 Life, tare da hadin gwiwar kungiyar makafi ta Najeriya (Lagos Chapter, Nigeria) sun gudanar da bikin ranar farar fata ta duniya ta shekarar 2012, taron ya kunshi wani shiri na waka ga makafi da ba a kwance damarar kudi na tara gig a harabar gidan ba. Cibiyar Siyayya ta dabino a Lekki tare da tallafi daga masu shahara irin su Sammie Okposo, Funke Kuti, Tiwa Savage, Dipp, Lamboginny da Kiki Omeili ; Tattakin Wayar da Kan Farin Rake da liyafar cin abincin rana domin murnar nasarori da samun 'yancin kai na dukkan masu nakasa a jihar Legas.
A ranakun 25 ga Disamba 2012 da 2013, gidauniyar ta dauki nauyin bikin ranar Kirsimeti tare da Laoye da ke ba da tafiye-tafiye na yini da kuma jinya a cikin birnin Legas ga matasa masu fama da nakasa. Har ila yau, gidauniyar tana gudanar da aikin The Art in Me, wani yunƙuri na ƙarfafawa ga matasa masu ƙalubalen jiki. Tare da taimakon saitin makarantar horar da bankin Guaranty Trust, Angel 4 Life ya taimaka wajen gina cikakken aikin rikodin kiɗa don furodusa ƙalubale, Akeem a Modupe Cole Home, Yaba, Legas.
A cikin 2013, an ba Laoye lambar yabo ta 234mai bayarwa don bayar da shawarwari da gudummawarta ga ci gaban zamantakewa da ilimi na ƙalubalen jiki a Najeriya. Kamfanin 234Give ne ya bayar da wannan lambar yabon, wani dandali ne na tara kudade ta yanar gizo na farko a Najeriya – kamfani da ya sadaukar da kansa don karfafawa daidaikun mutane da kamfanoni don tara kudade don ingantawa da kuma daukaka al’ummarsu.
Hotuna
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Albums na Studio
- Angel 4 Life (2008)
- The 123 Project (2014)
Year | Title | Choreographer | Director |
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2016 | "Onyeuwaoma"[24] | Nikki Laoye/Banky W | Frizzle and Bizzle Films |
2015 | "African Dance"[25] | Temisan/Nikki Laoye | Frizzle and Bizzle Films |
2014 | "123"[26] | Temisan/Nikki Laoye | Frizzle and Bizzle Films |
2013 | "Only You"[27] | Nikki Laoye | Shabach |
"Nigerian National Anthem" | EbonyLife Television | ||
2010 | "Taka Sufe (Remix)"[28] | Nikki Laoye | Frizzle and Bizzle Films |
2007 | "Never Felt This Way Before" | Nikki Laoye | Clarence Peters |
Ganewa da kyaututtuka
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Ayyukan Laoye sun sami lambar yabo da yawa da yabo da suka hada da lambar yabo ta KORA Awards, HipHop World Awards (yanzu Headies), Kyautar Kyautar Bidiyo na Music na Soundcity, City People Entertainment Awards, NEA Awards (US), Nigeria Kyautar Bidiyon Kiɗa (NMVA); Africa Gospel Music Awards (Birtaniya), Crystal Gospel Awards, Nigeria Gospel Music Awards (NGMA), da fasali na musamman akan MTVBase Advance Warning Reality TV Show. An sanar da ita a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan jakadu na shahararrun agogon hannu, Ice Watch, a Najeriya.
A ranar 26 ga Disamba, 2013, an bayyana Laoye a matsayin wadda ta lashe lambar yabo ta Best Vocal Performance (Mace) don ballad ranta mai rai "Only You" a cikin wani fili mai karfi wanda ya hada da mawaƙa Waje, Niyola, Seyi Shay da Zaina, a The Headies 2013 Bikin bayar da lambar yabo a birnin Lagos na Najeriya.
A cikin Afrilu 2014, an bayyana Laoye a matsayin 'Muryar 'Yan Gudun Hijira' [29] a kudu maso yammacin Najeriya, ta Hukumar Kula da 'Yan Gudun Hijira ta Kasa (NCFRMI). A wani bangare na rawar da take takawa a matsayinta na mashahuran mutane, ta fito a wasu tarurrukan da hukumar ta shirya domin fadakar da jama’a irin halin da ‘yan gudun hijira ke ciki da kuma ‘yan gudun hijira. Haka kuma ta bayar da gudunmawa ga wannan fanni da kuma taka rawar gani a lokuta da dama na goyon bayan wannan harka.
A ranar 21 ga Mayu, 2014, an zaɓi Laoye a cikin rukunin don Mafi kyawun Mawaƙin Bishara a Kyautar Mujallar Muzik ta Afirka (AFRIMMA) 2014. Bikin lambar yabo da aka gudanar a Cibiyar Eismann a Dallas, Texas akan 26 Yuli 2014. [30] Daga baya a wannan watan, Laoye kuma an zabi shi a matsayin Mafi kyawun Mawaƙin Bishara na Shekara ta Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA).
A ranar 20 ga Yuli, 2014, Laoye ya karɓi lambar yabo ta Crystal don Kyautar Waƙar Bauta don " Kai kaɗai " a lambar yabo ta 2014 Crystal Awards a Lagos, Nigeria. An kuma zabe ta a matsayin gwarzuwar jarumar shekara da mafi kyawun mawakan mata a kyaututtukan. A ranar 24 ga Agusta, 2014 a Fairfields Hall-Croydon, a London, Ingila, Laoye ta lashe lambar yabo ta 'Mace Na Shekara' a 2014 Africa Gospel Music Awards (AGMA). Har ila yau, an zabe ta a matsayin 'Dan wasan kwaikwayo na shekara' (Afirka ta Yamma) a daidai wannan lambar yabo.
A ranar 19 ga Agusta, 2015, Gidauniyar Hope ta Duniya ta ba Laoye lambar yabo ta Humanitarian of the Year don girmama ayyukanta na jin kai da kuma tunawa da ranar jin kai ta duniya ta 2015.
Ganewar jin kai da kyaututtuka
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Year | Organization | Award |
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2013 | 234Give | 234Giver Award for Advocacy and contribution to the Social and Educational Development of the Physically Challenged |
2015 | World Hope Foundation | Humanitarian of the Year |
Project ASHA, UK | Honorary Award for Service to the Less Privileged | |
Exquisite Lady of the Year (ELOY) | Special Recognition Award for Ladies who inspire in the Humanitarian/Charity /Community Work |
Duba kuma
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- List of Nigerian gospel musicians
Nassoshi
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