NLZ Know Your Celebrity: M.I Abaga's Biography

Popularly known as: M.I

Also Known as: Mr. Incredible,
Short Black Boy

Height: 5ft 3inches

In a relationship with: Erica
Okundaye

Hometown: Jos, Nigeria

Fun fact: M.I tried his hand in
comedy. He is an Arsenal football
Club fanatic.

Popular songs:
»Action film
»Teaser
»Anoti
»Number one
»One naira
»Beef
»My head my belle

Biography of M.I:

Born Jude Abaga on the 4 October
1980 in Umuahia, Abia state is a Nigerian Hip Hop Rap Artist and
brand ambassador. He was born to
Pastor and Mrs. Abaga and grew up
in a family of three boys; himself,
Jesse Jagz and Jason. His quest into
the world of music began when his
mother bought him 7-key mini piano.
M.I attended Baptist High school then
went to study Business and economics in Calvin College in
Michigan, USA. While in America he
had an interest in poetry and pursued it, M.I was a regular when it came to performing at hip hop shows in his school and his commendable lyrics got him a third place position at the Calvin College 'HipHopera'. While
in Jos, M.I and his brother Jesse Jagz,
Ruby, Ice Prince and others formed a
record label called LOOPY records and performed every Sunday at an open bad. M.I finally broke onto the
Nigerian rap scene on his return to
Nigeria in 2003 with hit track 'Safe'
featuring his friend Djinee which
spread like wild fire across the nation. The song earned him a Nigerian music video award as well as a Nigerian entertainment award.
He also runs a production company
with his brother Jesse Abaga (Jagz)
Rytchus Era Productions.
Best known for: M.I's debut album
'Lets Talk About it' sold 30,000
copies in the first 30 minutes of
release and sky rocketed him to be a
Nigerian rap artist of great success.
In 2009, he released a mix tape called 'illegal Music' where he took a huge step by sampling works of several artists including Jay-Z, Gnarls Barkley, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne and D'banj.
The talented rap artist is currently
signed to the Chocolate City records
since 2006 alongside Ice Prince. M.I
has bagged several award recognitions such as Mode men award for musician of the year, best hip hop artist, BET awards, MTV awards, Channel O awards, Future Awards and many others.
M.I is currently one of the brand
ambassador for Nigerian telecoms
giant Globacom, he was also a judge
on Nigerian version of X-factor. M.I
along Naeto C were the power duo
chosen to produce Hennessey theme
song 'Bartender'. He was appointed
as a United Nations Goodwill
Ambassador in 2012 and also
supports the Jostified campaign
which aims at promoting peace in
Plateau state.
M.I commonly referred to as
Nigeria's 'Hip Hop Messiah inspired
the success of other artists like Ice
Prince, Brymo, Pype and Jesse Jagz.

Personal life of M.I:
Mr. Incredible is currently dating ex-
beauty queen Erica Okundaye. He
has been involved in rivalry with
Nigerian artist Kelly Handsome in
which he made tracks which had
direct and indirect reference to him.

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