Jide Obi

Jide Obi Ibo (an haife shi a shekara ta 1962) tauraron mawakin Najeriya ne na shekarun 1980.

Tarihin Rayuwa

An haifi Jide Obi a Ingila ga wani lauya dan Najeriya na Lincoln Inn na Ingila,kuma malami.

A karshen shekarun 1970 ya karanta fannin shari'a a Enugu campus na jami'ar Najeriya,inda ya zama abokai da wani dalibi Chris Okotie.

Bayan nasarar Okotie,a farkon shekarun 1980 ya fito da kundi na halarta na farko "Labaran Shafin Farko" karkashin lakabin Tabansi Records. Sauran hits sun haɗa da Kashe Ni Da Soyayya,da Labaran Shafin Gaba.Ya yi wasanni da dama a gidajen rediyo da talabijin na Najeriya.

A cikin Nuwamba 1981,lakabin rikodinsa,Tabansi Records,ya ba shi lambar yabo ta zinare ta farko a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na kasa,Surulere.Bayan shekaru biyu,ya zagaya Gabashin Najeriya tare da Bunny Mack na Saliyo,wanda akasari ya samu goyon bayan Comrades na Enugu,Najeriya.

Ya kasance yana da makada da yawa suna mara masa baya, ciki har da mawaƙin Guyana Eddy Grant's Coach House Band,Dukes na Freetown Saliyo,da Manzannin Aba.Kundin sa na Labaran Shafi na gaba da Kashe Ni Tare da Soyayya duka biyun ne suka samar da shi daga ɗan asalin Barbados Bill Campbell.Tsohon Osibisa da Funkees Jake Solo sun yi faifan faifai biyu.A cikin 1984,Obi ya tsara jigon jigon zuwa nunin yara na NTA Tales By Moonlight.

Tare da Dizzy K Falola,Chris Okotie,da Felix Lebarty ya karfafa masana'antar kiɗa ta Najeriya.Ya rera bisharar pop na zamani, kuma an kwatanta shi da pop/blues. Ana ganinsa a matsayin wani bangare na yunkurin kawo canji da adawa da rashin daidaito a Najeriya.

An san Jide Obi yana ba da hirarrakin manema labarai masu sukar lamurkan addini.Misali mafi shahara ya faru a 1989 da 1990,lokacin da ya ayyana addini akai-akai a matsayin abin cutarwa.Labarin ya sanya kafar wando daya da hamshakin attajirin nan na Najeriya MKO Abiola na National Concord.

A cikin 'yan shekarun nan,an ga Jide Obi yana zaune a Biritaniya da Amurka,duk da cewa ba kasafai ake ganinsa a bainar jama'a ba.