Orezi At Chrisland’s 40th Anniversary Celebration
Orezi has performed at different shows around the world but there’s one in particular that will tug your heartstrings.
Afro hip hop artiste Orezi outdid himself at Chrisland’s 40th anniversary celebration early this month. The anniversary celebration took place at Chrisland College, Idimu, Egbeda and featured Orezi who performed some of his hit songs.
Considered one of the best secondary schools in Nigeria, Chrisland students couldn’t hide their excitement at the arrival of the Gehn Gehn Master Orezi.
The superstar concluded his performance with these words “this has been an amazing experience for me, thank you all”.
ABOUT OREZI
Esegine Orezi Allen is a Nigerian Afro hip hop, Dancehall and Reggae recording artiste currently signed to Sprisal Entertainment. Born and raised in Isoko Delta State, he grew up with his family and is the first of five children.
Orezi graduated from the University of Lagos with a degree in Urban and Regional planning and majored in Landscape Architecture. In 2009 Orezi kick started his music career with the release of his first single titled ‘I no fit lie’ and this has made him work with some of Nigeria’s top music producers. It later became Radio Continental’s theme song. Afterwards, he headlined a show named after the song. In 2010, he released ‘High BP’ then subsequently released ‘Jamilaya’ and both songs got great reviews.
Orezi released his fourth single ‘Booty bounce’ and it climbed up the top ten African chart on Trace Urban, Channel O and MTV. The success of his single ‘Booty Bounce’ earned Orezi a nomination in the Reggae/Dancehall category at the Channel O Music Video Awards 2012. Orezi has performed at major concerts and tours, including Emoti tour, Star Trek musical concert tour 2010, Trace Urban tour and Nigeria’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebration.
In 2014, Orezi released another single “Shoki” as well as the music video for his song ‘You Garrit’. Orezi debut album’ Ghen Ghen’ was released in 2015 and it featured high profile Nigerian artistes Wizkid, Davido, Flavour, M.i Abaga, Timaya, 9ice and Ice Prince. The album had 21 songs including his mega hit songs ‘Rihanna’, Shoki, Ogede and Shuperu.
The success of these singles earned Orezi various awards including Best new act Unilag Awards, Best Club Banger Abuja Meritorious Music Award (AMMA), Best Reggae and Dancehall Artist Nigeria Music Video Awards ( NMVA ), Best Reggae and Dancehall ArtisteSouth Side Music Awards ( SSMA ).
He also has various nominations including Best Reggae Dancehall Song Headies 2013, Reggae/Dancehall song Channel O Music Video Awards, Dancehall Reggae act of the yearCity People Entertainment Awards and Best new act of the year Nigeria Entertainment Awards.
Following his 2015 ‘Ghen Ghen’ album, Orezi released a controversial artwork for his song Call the police. Despite the backlash, the video was eventually released in 2016 and received rave reviews.
In 2017, Orezi carved a niche for himself with the afro beat sound in his song ‘Cooking Pot’produced by TymG shot by Adasa. The song and video channeled Afro beat Legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti and addressed social vices like Alcoholism, Rape, Domestic Violence and advocates for consensual sex. The video has now been nominated for Best video AFRIMA 2017.
Orezi’s pace and consistency in the music scene has kept his relevance and net worth growing at a spontaneous rate.
ABOUT CHRISLAND COLLEGE
Chrisland College exists to provide excellence in all facets of learning, ensuring outstanding professional teaching and classroom motivation, in order to attain a commendable level of scholastic and academic achievement.
Through our curriculum, we aim to develop the full potential of each learner as a citizen of a dynamic world. At the end of the day, we hope to produce a life-long learner who is compassionate, confident, independent, literate, and multi-skilled. A critical learner that has respect for the environment and is able to make a desirable impact on the society.
At Chrisland College, we value our learners and in return expect them to uphold the vision and mission of Chrisland.
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