Biography Of M.I Abaga

by **Adminkunlex** Mon Nov 25, 2019 4:40 am

Jude Abaga (born 4 October 1981), better known as #M.I Abaga, is a Nigerian hip hop recording artist and
record producer. He was CEO of Chocolate City from June 2015 to 2019. He won Best Hip Hop and Best New Act at the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards,
and was nominated in the Best International Act
category at the
BET Awards 2010. He rose to
prominence in 2006 when his song "Crowd Mentality"
became popular in his hometown of
Jos. His critically
acclaimed debut studio album Talk About It was
released on 11 December 2008. The LP was succeeded
by
MI 2: The Movie (2010). Four years after that, he
released The Chairman as his third studio album. M.I
Abaga released the playlist Rendezvous in February
2018. In August of the same year, he released his
fourth studio album
A Study On Self Worth: Yxng
Dxnzl.
M.I
Abaga
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Early life
Jude was born in Jos, Plateau State. His parents,
Pastor and Mrs Abaga are from Takum, Taraba state,
both of Jukun-Nigerian descent. He attended Baptist
High School, Jos where his mother purchased basic
music notations and later, a 7-key mini piano which launched him into the music world. Jude has two
brothers, Jesse Jagz who is also in the Nigerian and
African music scene, and Jason Abaga. During Jude's
adolescence, he would listen to tracks from
Lauryn
Hill, Bob Marley, Sarah Maclachlan, Pablo Neruda, Jay-Z and DMX. Jude's venture in the hip hop world
started with the sampling of musical works from DMX
and Lauryn Hill as early as 1998. After his stint at
Calvin College, Michigan, US, he delved into poetry while pursuing a career in Business and Economics.
There, he performed regularly at the school's major
hip hop shows and concerts. His impressive rap flows
and attitude gained him a third-place finish at the Calvin College show tagged 'HipHopera' in 2003,
which was actually the only "hip hop show" that
Calvin College ever had. M.I. also made some
amateur attempts at comedy, but decided to stick to
music because he was embarrassed when nobody
laughed but him.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I_Abaga