Movie and music have at some point intersected in Nigerian pop culture with several of our movie stars briefly abandoning acting for the studio.
From Patience Ozokwor widely called Mama G’s who dropped the famous cover ‘Make We Jolly’ and national moi-moi to Osuofia’s hit album I go chop your dollar, to Jim Iyke’s rap flows, nollywood has some memorable adventures with music.
Let’s take a look at six Nollywood stars who made music
1. Genevieve Nnaji
Genevieve Nnaji made waves in Nigerian music when she appeared as the vixen in the music video of D’banj’s hit single, Fall In Love. The award-winning actress crafted a hit of her own when she released her album One Logologo Line in 2004 which had the lead single, No More.
2. Patience Ozokwor, aka Mama G
Legendary and famous actress Patience Ozokwor aka mama G, G for general, held Nigerians spellbound with her Mama G album which spurned the hit singles, National Moi Moi, Make We Jolly, Iyo Nwgo Nwgo, which featured actor, Charles Awurum, and a young Tonto Dikeh.
3. Tonto Dikeh
The Nollywood actress turn politician first made her music debut on Mama G’s Iyo Nwgo Nwgo. She later ventured into music a few years later when she was signed to D’banj’s DB Records. Although she had some popular songs in Hi and Sugar Rush, she never quite cracked the level of stardom she enjoyed as an actress
4. Nkem Owoh, aka Osuofia, aka Ukwa
Seasoned thespian and comedian Nkem Owoh enjoyed nationwide success when he dabbled into music. His hit single, I Go Chop Your Dollar, is cut from the same cloth as Olu Maintain’s Yahooze and it enjoyed equal nationwide success.
5. Jim Iyke
Nollywood bad boy Jim Iyke took the swagger with which he stuns viewers in his movies to the studio where he crafted his 2007 album, Who Am I? which had the lead single featuring Nigerian music superstar 2Baba, aka 2Face.
6. Segun Arinze
Aside from appearing on Sir Kay’s Na Wetin, Arinze had a full career as a musician starting in the early 90s. In 1992, he released the album, Dreams, distributed by the then-foremost record label, Premier Records.
