Personality Of The Week: Chinedu Okoli a.k.a. Flavour N'abania

Chinedu Okoli a.k.a. Flavour N'abania who is well known for his ability to sing fluently in the Igbo language, was born in Enugu State, Nigeria on the 23rd of November 1983. His family is originally from Umunze in Orumba South LGA, Anambra State, Nigeria. He is currently signed to 2nite Entertainment Music Label and in 2010, released his second album, Uplifted which contains some of his biggest hits including the popular track Nwa Baby (Ashawo).

Flavour kicked off his music career at the age of 13 when he started playing the drums for his church choir in Enugu. The resident pastor in his church introduced him to a friend, Chris I Ordor, the CEO of SoundCity Communications. Mr Ordor had then just launched a musical company aimed at training young musicians on the basics of music and nurturing them all the way to a professional level. In 1996, Flavour was invited to join the company on an educational scholarship to study music. After 3 years, he became a professional drummer. In 1999, he then moved on to playing the keyboard as well as providing back-up vocals for other musicians at SoundCity.

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