Nollywood
actress Bukky Wright, Shan George and Toyin Adewale are among the most
respected actresses in the Nigerian movie industry with decades of hard-work
and experience.
Apart from
being multi-award winning role interpreters, do you know they all have sons who
have also ventured into music?
In this
piece, NET profiles their musician kids.
Ojay Wright
BUKKY WRIGHT
AND HER SON, OJAYY
OJayy Wright
(Olugbenga Amu-wright) is the first child of famous Nollywood actress, Bukky
Wright. Ojayy is pop artiste who describes his style of music as a fusion of
pop and afrobeat.
A pharmacy
graduate of Rutgers University, New Jersey, U.S.A, Ojayy has churned out
several songs which include Kritical 265, Hello among others.
Jagaclyde
SHAN GEORGE
AND HER SON JAGACLYDE
Rising
singer-cum-rapper, Jagaclyde is the second son of star actress Shan George.
Jaga as he’s fondly called started his music career as an undergraduate of
University of East London.
Upon
returning to Nigeria after his graduation in 2014, he released his debut single
titled Summer Rose. The video of the song features a cameo appearance from his
actress mother.
Mayorkun
TOYIN ADEWALE
AND HER SON MAYORKUN
Davido‘s
HKN’s new act, Mayowa Adewale popularly known as Mayorkun is the first child of
top Yoruba actress, Toyin Adewale. Interestingly, his dad is a songwriter and
film director, who has been in the entertainment industry for over 25 years.
The ‘Eloko’
singer got signed on to Davido’s label after the HKN co-owner saw a video of
him singing on Instagram.
A University
of Lagos graduate, Mayorkun who started singing at a very young age, left his
banking job to pursue a career in music.
Nice one where is Shan?
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