2face Idibia

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2face Idibia
2face at the Channel O 2005 Awards
Background information
Birth name	Innocent Ujah Idibia
Origin	Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Genre(s)	R&B, African hip hop
Occupation(s)	singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Voice
Years active	1996–present
Label(s)	Kennis Music
Website	http://www.2faceidibiaonline.net/

Innocent Ujah Idibia best known as 2face Idibia is a recording artist from Jos^[1], Plateau State, Nigeria. He was a member of the defunct R&B/hip hop group Plantashun Boyz.

One of the most internationally recognised celebrities Nigeria has produced in recent years, his massively popular song African Queen was the first ever video to be played on Pan African channel MTV Base. 2face was the recipient of such awards as the 2005 Channel O Best Male Music Video award and the first award given for Best African at the MTV Europe Awards held in Lisbon, Portugal in November 2005.

2face's song African Queen has been featured as one of the soundtracks of a movie called Phat Girlz.

1 Early Life
2 Discography
3 Awards
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Early Life

Innocent Idibia started calling himself 2Face in 1996. "The name to me just refers to the outside and inside: when you first see me you see the outside but when you get to know me, you see the inside" he said in an interview with the BBC. In 1997, 2Face together with Blackface and Faze formed the group 'Plantashun Boyz'. The group was brought to the lime light when they were featured on Tony Tetuila's song, "Omode meta". ^[2]

[edit] Discography

Album Cover	Album Information
	Face 2 Face Released: 2004 Label: Kennis Music Chart Positions: N/A Sales: Over 2 million sold

Album Cover	Album Information
	Grass 2 Grace Released: 2007 Label: Kennis Music Chart Positions: N/A

[edit] Awards

Solo

MTV Europe Awards 2005 - Best African Act
MOBO Awards 2005 - Best African Act (Nominated)
Channel O Music Video Awards 2005 - Best Male Video and Best African Video (both for "African Queen")^[3]
KORA Awards 2005 - Revelation of the Year
Hip Hop World Awards 2006 - Special Recognition Award
Nigeria Entertainment Awards 2006 - Special Recognition Award. Nigeria Breakthrough Artist of the Year: