2face Idibia

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2face Idibia
Birth name	Innocent Ujah Idibia
Also known as	2 Baba
Born	Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Origin	Otukpo, Benue State
Genre(s)	R&B, Nigerian hip hop
Occupation(s)	singer-songwriter
Years active	1996–present
Label(s)	Kennis Music
Website	http://www.2faceidibiaonline.net/

Innocent Ujah Idibia (born in Jos, Plateau State) best known as 2face Idibia is a Nigerian hip hop musician and songwriter. He was a member of the defunct R&B/hip hop group Plantashun Boyz.

1 Early life
2 Discography
3 Awards
4 External links

[edit] Early life

Idibia hails from Idoma tribe in the southern part of Benue State, in central Nigeria. He schooled briefly in the Institute of Management & Technology, IMT, Enugu, one of the country's foremost higher institute of learning where he did his preliminary National Diploma course in Business Administration. Though, he didn't finish but would horn his skills in music by performing in shows and parties organised by the IMT and some other schools like Enugu State University of Science & Technology, Enugu (ESUT) and University of Nigeria Enugu Campus (UNEC). His major breakthrough in the IMT was composing and singing the jingles in the famous radio show GB Fan Club in Enugu State Broadcasting Services (ESBS)in 1996. He then relocated to Lagos and joined up with his ex-IMT mate BlackFace and Faze to form Plantashun Boiz^[1] He 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. The Plantashun Boyz came together briefly in 2007 to record an album which they titled 'Plan B'.^[2]

[edit] Discography

Album Information
Face 2 Face Released: 2004 Label: Kennis Music Chart Positions: N/A Sales: Over 2 million sold^{[citation needed]}
Grass 2 Grace Released: 2006 Label: Kennis Music Chart Positions: N/A Sales: N/A
Mine 2 Yours Released: 2008 Label: Hypertech Chart Positions: N/A Sales: N/A

[edit] Awards

Solo

MTV Europe Awards 2005 - Best African Act
MOBO Awards 2005 - Best African Act (Nominated)
MOBO Awards 2007 - Best African Act (Won)
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

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