Soul E or Soul E Baba REAL NAME: Emmanuel Ifechukwude Okose MUSICAL BACKGROUND:Born into a musical family like the "Jacksons". Started performing as a singer...
Soul E or Soul E Baba REAL NAME: Emmanuel Ifechukwude Okose MUSICAL BACKGROUND:Born into a musical family like the "Jacksons". Started performing as a singer at the age of 8, opening crusades for his father who is an evangelist. Joined a group called Honey Voices at 13, started a group (Soul Brothers) along two friends (Soul T & Soul D). At 21 signed a record deal with a company colossal Entertainment under which his first album titled 'Naija is blessed' was released, with the hit song SOUL E BABA DEY HERE. Now he is solo and in Dec 2007 released 2 albums His Excellency 1 & 2.......
ALBUMS: Niger is Blessed 2005 -SOLD OVER 5MILLION COPIES........ -His Excellency 1 2007 His Excellency 2 2007
AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS:
2008 Gbedu Awards – Most Creative Nigerian Act Kanbitoons special award for Excellence Teens Favouritet Video D'Love Villa Awards Most Inspiring Song writer of the year D'Love Villa Awards Best Male Vocal Dream & Become Int'l Awards Most Versatile Act Dream & Become Int'l Awards Entertainer of the year 2007 Hiphop Revolution Award-2007 Gbedu Awards - Best Music Video-2008 Award for Excellence – Doel Entertainment Teens Video of the year-2008 Amen Awards –Best New Act-2008 Personality Awards –2006 Fastest Rising HipHop Star-2006 Personality Awards –2007
Best Video of the Year Channel O Music of Africa Awards (Nominated for Best special effect Video) Nigeria Music Awards – USA ( Nominated for Best New act – 2007) 2006
Successville Int'l Awards- Best New Act Successville Int'l Awards-Best Video of the year Nigezie – Artist of the month - DEC
INTERNATIONAL COLLABOS Overcomer – Soul E and Wonderous (Houston Texas) 2005 Street Life – Soul E and Ghost Writers (Houston Texas) 2005 E be like say - Tu Face Featuring Soul E (Nigeria) 2006 Rock this party – Soul E and Koldproduck (South Africa) 2007 You got your life – Soul E and Kokoveli (Ghana) 2008 Mona Lisa – Rough and Smooth Feat. Soul E (Ghana) 2008 Ayele – Soul E Feat. Takara (New York) 2006
PERFORMANCES-
2005 National Youth Conference - Main bowl National Stadium Oct 2005 Ibo Cultural Festival- National Arts Theatre Nov 2005 Jeans Carnival - Tafawa Balewa Square – March 2005 Jeans Carnival Abuja – Sheraton Hotel Abuja June 2005 Soul E Live in Eket – Eket Stadium 2005 Soul E Live @ The Vault – June 2006 Cultural Centre Calabar – June 2006 Soul E Live @ The Vault –July 2006 NationalArts Theatre Abuja- July Soul E Live @ The Vault – Aug 2006 Indoor Sports Hall, National Stadium-2007 Lagos Governors Hotel Arena-2008 Ikeja- August Soul E Live @ The Vault – September 2006 Soul E Live @ The Vault – Oct 2006 Soul E Live @ The Vault – Nov 2006 Soul E Live @ The Vault – Dec 2006 Collessium night Club – Feb 2007 Do it All Night Club – march 2007 Basket Mouth Comedy Show March-2007 Swallows night Club – April 2007 Double 4 Night club – May 2007 Kays Place Night Club- June 2007 Planet One - July 2007 Music Africa Concert -2009- July Igbenidion University Concert- July2008 Nigerian/China Sattelite Launch – Aug-2007 Lagos State University Concert – Aug-2009 MTN Campus Tour - Kaduna – September 2008 MTN Campus Tour- Jos _ September 2008 Amen Awards-2008 HipHop Awards Muson Centre Oct-2008 NTA National Concert-2008 AIT Music Carnival-2008 Ikorodu Live Concert Lekki Live Concert-2008 Hogas Club – South Africa-2007 Rivers State Govt Party-2008 FirstInland Bank End of Year Party 2008. D'Love Villa Concert –2008 . Kays Place – Jan3.-2008 Options Night Club-Jan4-2008. Soul E fan Club – Feb5-2008. Dream & Become Int'l Live Show- March6-2007 Swallows Night- March7-2008. Okokomaiko Concert- March8-2008 .Oshodi Carnival-March9
SUMMARY
: Soul E, highly talented , extremely energetic, with a very strong voice and great delivery skills. A competent live band performer. The choice of any focused record label, music agent or artist manager.