Full Name :
Emmanuel Bez Idakula
Stage Name :
BEZ
Date of Birth :
November 10, 1983
Place of Birth :
Plateau State, Nigeria
Highest Qualification :
BEng
Occupation :
Singer
Spouse :
Bolatito Ladoja
Net Worth :
$1.2 million
Social Media Handles :
Instagram: bezidakula
Twitter: @BEZidakula
Education
Emmanuel Bez Idakula was born in 1983, in Jos in central Nigeria. He grew up in a musically inclined family, listening to gospel and country. As a child, he sang in choirs and began playing his father’s guitar at the age of nine. His parents recorded duets, with his mother singing and his father playing the guitar, while Bez and his younger brother, Anyidakula Idakula, and his two sisters, Eunice Chiedu and Lydia Sobogun provided a sing along audience. Growing up Bez spent his time fixing things, and dabbling in painting and sketching.
Bez lost his father, who was a politician and gubernatorial candidate for Nasarawa State in Nigeria, at the age of twelve.
His family’s finances crashed as a result and he could hardly afford to pay the rest of his tuition for high school. An anonymous person paid for his high school education. In college, he received help paying his fees, as well.
Career
Super Sun
Bez’s album Super Sun was released in 2011, and includes the single “That Stupid Song”. The Boston Globe placed this song at number 3 in its top ten world music albums of 2011, calling Bez a “superb alternative-soul singer”. Connect Nigeria called it “unusual and just a perfect blend for a debut album”
In an interview with Vanguard Nigeria, Bez stated “That Stupid Song” was created accidentally when someone entered the studio requesting “a stupid song”. Bez’s producer, the talented songwriter and music producer, Cobhams Asuquo, thought to create a song that was a mixture of different songs they sang while growing up. They invited Praiz to do a collaboration with Bez and they recorded “That Stupid Song” the next day.
Gbagyi Child
In November 2013, Bez premiered the first single off his second album, My Baby also produced by Cobhams Asuquo, that was released in 2014. The title and release date are currently unknown. In the interview of April 2013 with Vanguard Nigeria, Bez stated that his next album will be a slight departure from the sound he is known for, stating he will be putting a more African sound in his music and rock while keeping the soul present in the music. This may make the music a bit more mainstream.
Gbagyi Child was released on 28 November 2016. 360nobs calls the album ‘swirling, expressive, poetic, lush and bursting to the seams with its influences’. It includes the remix track of ‘You Suppose know’ which features acclaimed Nigerian artiste Yemi Alade.
Tours and other career accomplishments
Bez’s music video of “That Stupid Song”, premiered on the renowned BET’s 106 & Park, an American hip-hop and R&B music video show, in January 2012. He was the first African artist to world premiere his music video on BET and the first Nigerian artist to do a solo show at the iTunes store in Soho, New York. He also had a show at the iTunes store in Santa Monica, California for Black Music month in June 2012.
Aside from the TML100 event in Nairobi, Kenya, he also sang for Sol Village at SOBs in Manhattan, New York. Additionally, in March 2012, he played in the
Full Name :
Emmanuel Bez Idakula
Stage Name :
BEZ
Date of Birth :
November 10, 1983
Place of Birth :
Plateau State, Nigeria
Highest Qualification :
BEng
Occupation :
Singer
Spouse :
Bolatito Ladoja
Net Worth :
$1.2 million
Social Media Handles :
Instagram: bezidakula
Twitter: @BEZidakula
Education
Emmanuel Bez Idakula was born in 1983, in Jos in central Nigeria. He grew up in a musically inclined family, listening to gospel and country. As a child, he sang in choirs and began playing his father’s guitar at the age of nine. His parents recorded duets, with his mother singing and his father playing the guitar, while Bez and his younger brother, Anyidakula Idakula, and his two sisters, Eunice Chiedu and Lydia Sobogun provided a sing along audience. Growing up Bez spent his time fixing things, and dabbling in painting and sketching.
Bez lost his father, who was a politician and gubernatorial candidate for Nasarawa State in Nigeria, at the age of twelve.
His family’s finances crashed as a result and he could hardly afford to pay the rest of his tuition for high school. An anonymous person paid for his high school education. In college, he received help paying his fees, as well.
Career
Super Sun
Bez’s album Super Sun was released in 2011, and includes the single “That Stupid Song”. The Boston Globe placed this song at number 3 in its top ten world music albums of 2011, calling Bez a “superb alternative-soul singer”. Connect Nigeria called it “unusual and just a perfect blend for a debut album”
In an interview with Vanguard Nigeria, Bez stated “That Stupid Song” was created accidentally when someone entered the studio requesting “a stupid song”. Bez’s producer, the talented songwriter and music producer, Cobhams Asuquo, thought to create a song that was a mixture of different songs they sang while growing up. They invited Praiz to do a collaboration with Bez and they recorded “That Stupid Song” the next day.
Gbagyi Child
In November 2013, Bez premiered the first single off his second album, My Baby also produced by Cobhams Asuquo, that was released in 2014. The title and release date are currently unknown. In the interview of April 2013 with Vanguard Nigeria, Bez stated that his next album will be a slight departure from the sound he is known for, stating he will be putting a more African sound in his music and rock while keeping the soul present in the music. This may make the music a bit more mainstream.
Gbagyi Child was released on 28 November 2016. 360nobs calls the album ‘swirling, expressive, poetic, lush and bursting to the seams with its influences’. It includes the remix track of ‘You Suppose know’ which features acclaimed Nigerian artiste Yemi Alade.
Tours and other career accomplishments
Bez’s music video of “That Stupid Song”, premiered on the renowned BET’s 106 & Park, an American hip-hop and R&B music video show, in January 2012. He was the first African artist to world premiere his music video on BET and the first Nigerian artist to do a solo show at the iTunes store in Soho, New York. He also had a show at the iTunes store in Santa Monica, California for Black Music month in June 2012.
Aside from the TML100 event in Nairobi, Kenya, he also sang for Sol Village at SOBs in Manhattan, New York. Additionally, in March 2012, he played in the inaugural “Spinlet All African Showcase” at SXSW in Austin, Texas. In December 2012, his Super Sun Concert in Nigeria was a smashing success. Bez performed two tours in 2013: one in the United States in March and the other in Europe in the summer. He was also featured in the Globacom-sponsored Slide and Bounce Tour.
Personal Life
In January 2014, Bez wed Bolatito Ladoja, the child of former Oyo State Governor Rasheed Ladoja. At First City Monument Bank, Bolatito holds a position as a banker. She graduated from Warwick University in the UK with a bachelor’s in international relations and later earned a master’s in management from Imperial College in London. Bolatito frequently attends Bez’s performances and is supportive of his profession. Lagos is where Bez presently resides. His main musical influences include the Beatles, Amy Winehouse, and ’70s soul. He performs on guitar, piano, and drums, among other instruments.
Awards and nominations
Bez received six nominations in the 2012 The Headies, the Nigerian Music Awards: Recording of the Year (single “The Stupid Song”), Best R ‘N’ B Single (“The Stupid Song”), Best R ‘N’ B/Pop Album (Super Sun), Best Collaboration (Stupid Song featuring Praiz), Best Vocal Performance, and Hip Hop World Revelation.
Aside from the TML100 event in Nairobi, Kenya, he also sang for Sol Village at SOBs in Manhattan, New York. Additionally, in March 2012, he played in the inaugural “Spinlet All African Showcase” at SXSW in Austin, Texas. In December 2012, his Super Sun Concert in Nigeria was a smashing success. Bez performed two tours in 2013: one in the United States in March and the other in Europe in the summer. He was also featured in the Globacom-sponsored Slide and Bounce Tour.
Net Worth
According to different multiple sources online, Bez’s net worth is estimated to be $1.2 million.
Personal Life
“Spinlet All African Showcase” at SXSW in Austin, Texas. In December 2012, his Super Sun Concert in Nigeria was a smashing success. Bez performed two tours in 2013: one in the United States in March and the other in Europe in the summer. He was also featured in the Globacom-sponsored Slide and Bounce Tour.
In January 2014, Bez wed Bolatito Ladoja, the child of former Oyo State Governor Rasheed Ladoja. At First City Monument Bank, Bolatito holds a position as a banker. She graduated from Warwick University in the UK with a bachelor’s in international relations and later earned a master’s in management from Imperial College in London. Bolatito frequently attends Bez’s performances and is supportive of his profession. Lagos is where Bez presently resides. His main musical influences include the Beatles, Amy Winehouse, and ’70s soul. He performs on guitar, piano, and drums, among other instruments.
Awards and nominations
Bez received six nominations in the 2012 The Headies, the Nigerian Music Awards: Recording of the Year (single “The Stupid Song”), Best R ‘N’ B Single (“The Stupid Song”), Best R ‘N’ B/Pop Album (Super Sun), Best Collaboration (Stupid Song featuring Praiz), Best Vocal Performance, and Hip Hop World Revelation.
Aside from the TML100 event in Nairobi, Kenya, he also sang for Sol Village at SOBs in Manhattan, New York. Additionally, in March 2012, he played in the inaugural “Spinlet All African Showcase” at SXSW in Austin, Texas. In December 2012, his Super Sun Concert in Nigeria was a smashing success. Bez performed two tours in 2013: one in the United States in March and the other in Europe in the summer. He was also featured in the Globacom-sponsored Slide and Bounce Tour.
Net Worth
According to different multiple sources online, Bez’s net worth is estimated to be $1.2 million.
