The exclusive biography of Nigerian finest R&b singer Praize
Praiz real / Full name is Praise Ugbede Adejo born 8 March 1984, is a Nigerian R&B songwriter, producer and singer. Praiz’s music career hit the limelight after he finished second runner-up at the
maiden season of Project Fame West Africa. He is best known for releasing hit singles like “Rich and Famous”, “Sisi” and “I Love You”. He contributed guest vocals to Bez’s
2011 single “That Stupid Song”; the music video for the aforementioned
song went on to be the first African video to make a world premiere on BET’s 106 & Park. He is currently signed to X3M Music.
Praiz, a native of Igala in Kogi State was born in Lagos but later relocated to Kaduna in 1992 after his father was transferred there on a missionary work. He is the second child out of four children. He has a National Diploma in Computer Science after graduating from Kaduna Polytechnic
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Praiz has worked with several artites including Awilo Longomba, Cobhams, Wizkid, Seyi Shay, Bez and M.I.One of his many works is a song he collaborated with fellow Nigerian
artiste Bez on the hit single “That Stupid Song” which went on to be the
first African video to make a world premiere on BET’s 106 & Park.
On 22 July 2012, he released the hit single titled “Rich and Famous”
which got positive reviews and massive airplay thus getting him
nominated in several award events. On 14 December 2014, Praiz released his debut studio album titled Rich & Famous.
Known to be a soul and R&B artiste, Praiz also has a diverse style in making other genres of music, switching up from R&B to afropop with commercially appealing songs like “Oshe” and “Mercy”. He cites Barry White, Michael Jackson, Carl Thompson and Boyz II Men as people who influence his type of music.
Praiz is a brand ambassador for network service giants MTN.
He is also involved with some charitable organizations including Safe
Motherhood Foundation and Little Big Souls, an organization geared
towards helping to reduce premature maternal mortality and assisting
women who cannot afford maternal care.
Instagram: Official praiz
