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Chidinma, MC Galaxy are a year older today

Born May 2, 1991, Chidinma Ekile is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, recording artist and stage performer.

Chidinma Ekile

Born May 2, 1991, Chidinma Ekile is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, recording artist and stage performer.

She rose to fame following her winning the third season of MTN Project Fame West Africa.

Following the release of the music video for her 'Emi Ni Baller' single, she became the first female musician to peak at number 1 on the MTV Base Official Naija Top 10 chart.

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In 2011, she released her first solo single 'Jankoliko' featuring Sound Sultan. 'Chidinma', her self-titled debut studio album, was released through the music platform Spinlet. It was supported by the singles 'Jankoliko', 'Carry You Go', 'Kedike' and 'Run Dia Mouth'. The album features guest appearances from Sound Sultan, Tha Suspect, Olamide and Muna.

In 2012, Chidinma won the Best Female West African Act category at the 2012 Kora Awards.

Innocent Udeme Udofot a.k.a Mc Galaxy born on the 2nd of May in Uyo, started as a comedian and dancer.

His career kicked off in the comedy scene starting with winning GLO Rock and Rule competition in 2009.

In early 2012, he took part in the Davido dance competition and won the 500k naira prize. Later on he created the 'Kukere' dance that got an amazing 10 million views all over the world.

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In early 2013 he teamed up with Africa’s biggest Star Davido to release the hugely popular Ibibio song titled ‘Nek Unek’ and got an incredible 9 Million views.

He released a monster Hit Single coupled with a Viral dance that took the Nation by storm titled ‘Sekem’ which had several Celebrities doing the Sekem dance globally.

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