Azeez Fashola, whose stage name is Naira Marley, is a Nigerian Musician and lyricist conceived in Nigeria yet grew up mostly right now additionally in the United Kingdom. The 25-year-old is an adaptable performer whose hip jump melodic style is mixed with tune.
Naira Marley got famous with the arrival of Is A Goal — a hit single where he highlighted Olamide and Lil Kesh. At the 2018 FIFA world Cup in Russia, it was the official tune used to help Nigeria’s Super Eagles. The performer, whose stage name was enlivened by reggae legend Bob Marley, got increasingly well known after his capture by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on claims of Internet Fraud.
Azeez Fashola was conceived May 9, 1994, in Agege, Lagos State. At the point when he timed 11, he moved to Peckham, South London, UK. After numerous years in the European nation, he came back to Nigeria. His stage name, “Naira Marley,” was affected by the regard and adoration he has for reggae legend Bob Marley, with the Nigerian artist’s dreadlocks a tribute to the famous reggae performer.
In a portion of his past meetings with news sources, he uncovered he never had the arrangement to be an artist as he wanted to be a voice-over artist during his adolescence.
Music Career
In 2014, he began sharpening his melodic abilities. Young Azeez — on finding his energy for singing — built up his melodic ability with support from some of his companions, who encouraged him to sing in one of their chronicle sessions in the studio.
In spite of the fact that the entire thing started as a joke; nonetheless, after that day, Naira Marley began having genuine enthusiasm for music.
He used to help a portion of his companions pay for their studio sessions; be that as it may, when he checked out rap in the studio and had a rap session with them, he began paying for himself and sharpening his melodic aptitudes.
Naira Marley continued looking for better approaches for improving his melodic ability. His assurance took care of from the get-go in his vocation as a performer. He released the track, Marry Juana, in 2015 including Max Twigz, one portion of the Cannabis Boyz group.
This melody implanted Naira Marley’s solid Nigerian pronunciation with dancehall rhythms, and it was impressively effective. This melody furnished him with a calm Nigerian following in the UK music industry since its release occurred in the United Kingdom. Likewise, it empowered him to get one of the quick rising rappers of Nigerian plunge in the nation.
A mix of grime, rap, tune and dancehall, Marry Juana’s release spoke to the defining moment of Naira Marley’s music profession just as his ascent to spotlight in the music business. This is on the grounds that, in the wake of the tune, numerous others were released that likewise appreciated monstrous accomplishment in Nigeria.
Naira Marley is the dear of many music sweethearts in Nigeria, who are called Marlians. The performer cum rapper pursued with discussion following his capture by the EFCC on May 10, 2019 for Internet misrepresentation related charges. The episode occurred a day after his 25th birthday celebration.
Azeez Fashola was captured with individual performers Zlatan Ibile, Rahman Jago just as two others. Except for Naira Marley, the other four were released, and Davido was accounted for to have assumed a tremendous job in Zlatan Ibile’s released.
Naira Marley was remanded in jail care and later charged to court because of the earnestness of his supposed wrongdoing, which verges on an eleven-check extortion claim. The troubled rapper was later released on June 14, 2019, in the wake of being allowed a ₦2M bail by a Federal High Court in Lagos.
His bail prerequisites additionally included two sureties, with one of them being a government employee above Grade Level (GL) 10 and the other a person that possesses a landed property inside the court’s jurisdiction. According to media reports, Naira Marley’s arrival of the electrifying hit, Am I A Yahoo Boy, prompted his capture.
Naira Marley Net Worth
Naira Marley net worth is evaluated to lie in the locale, $300,000 – $400,000. The controversial artist could understand this from the offers of his music just as continues from show appointments.
Despite the fact that he doesn’t involve the top spot in the positioning of Nigeria’s most extravagant artists, he’s one of the quickest rising gifts right now industry.
Naira Marley Cars
Naira Marley is a fruitful performer who is accounted for to possess numerous intriguing vehicles, one of which is a fresh out of the box new 2019 Bentley Continental that he as of late purchased.
Naira Marley Lifestyle
According to PUNCH,
Naira Marley said he’s hitched to two ladies and has four youngsters that are for the most part British residents. He made this disclosure in his announcement on promise that he displayed to the EFCC while in guardianship.
Discussing his capture, the up and coming vocalist demanded that he’s not a crook:
“My name is Azeez Fashola. I am hitched to two spouses and I have four children. They are altogether British residents remaining in the United Kingdom,” the 28-year-old artist composed. I contemplated in the United Kingdom, began learning at Porlock Hall, at that point I moved to Walworth School where I got my GCSE.
“My results for my GCSE are English (C), Maths (B) and Science (C). I left Walworth School with my qualification and went further to study at Peckham Academy, where I got distinction in Business.
“At that point, I went further to learn at Crossways College where I completed my Business Law; however I had children around then, so I took a break and began making music till date.”
He was indicted by the commission that discovered some proof of Internet extortion on his PC. Yet, Marley demanded he’d no thought regarding the substance on the PC since one of his companions offered it to him to transfer YouTube recordings:
“I began making music in 2014 exclusively (sic), however now I’m marked to Marathon, a United Kingdom-based record name. I had an arrangement with Coca-Cola for my melody, Issa Goal, in which I highlighted Olamide and Lil Kesh.”
“I likewise had manages Nike to take an interest in the Nigerian sportswear. I’m in control of a MacBook workstation, which I obtained from a companion named Yad Isril in England, on the grounds that while coming back to Nigeria, I realized I was going to require a PC to transfer my music recordings on YouTube and furthermore to keep my elite melodies.”
“I’m in control of the PC however I have no clue what is on it separated from my music recordings. He claims the butcher’s and a hardware shop in England. He is a British resident, however his family is from Iraq. I don’t have an individual workstation right now since I needn’t bother with it.”
“My supervisory group handles all that I have to do on the PC. I just utilize my iPhone X for all that I do,” he kept up.
