SiQTrend: Don Jazzy, Wizkid, Davido Make Forbes List of Richest Africans
1. AKON
Akon has over 35
million albums sold worldwide. He has won numerous awards including five
Grammy Award nominations and has 45 Billboard Hot 100 songs under his
belt. He tops the list according to Forbes Africa.
2. BLACK COFFEE, SOUTH AFRICA
The
multi-award-winning artist's real name is Nkosinathi Maphumulo. He was
born in South Africa's house music province, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and
raised in the Eastern Cape province, where Nelson Mandela hailed from,
before moving back to KZN to study music.
3. HUGH MASEKELA, SOUTH AFRICA
Hugh was born in
Witbank, east of Johannesburg. He has released more than 43 albums and
performed with Marvin Gaye, Dizzy Gillespie, The Byrds, Fela Kuti, Paul
Simon, Stevie Wonder and Miriam Makeba.
4. DON JAZZY, NIGERIA
Don Jazzy is ranked
fourth richest in Africa and also first in Nigeria. Like many artists,
his real name is Michael Collins Ajereh, and he started playing music as
a child in church before moving to the UK to pursue his career.
5. TINASHE, ZIMBABWE-AMERICAN
Tinashe was a child
model by the age of three. The twenty-four-year-old sang before she
could talk and made her first appearance in 2000 in the film Cora
Unashamed. Her voice also starred in the cartoon feature film The Polar
Express alongside Oscar-winning actor, Tom Hanks
6. JIDENNA, NIGERIAN-AMERICAN,
By the age of 10,
Jidenna Theodore Mobisson knew he wanted to do music but was afraid to
tell his father who wanted him to be an engineer. He is ranked sixth
according to Forbes Africa.
7. WIZKID, NIGERIA
Wizkid is arguably
currently the uncrowned king of African music. Grammy Award-winning
artist, Alicia Keys and husband Swizz Beatz, danced to his songs
Ojuelegba and Caro, with Keys posting a video on her Instagram account
with the caption, "This song makes me happy". Kylie Jenner also posted a
video of herself dancing to Wizkid's music on Snapchat.
8. DAVIDO, NIGERIA
Davido has claimed a
high status in just five years. He said it was people like P-Square and
D'Banj who made him believe this was possible. He became famous for his
widely acclaimed 2012 debut album "Omo Baba Olowo".
9. SARKODIE, GHANA
Michael Owusu Addo
started out as an underground rapper and through the help of Duncan
Williams, his former manager, his career was launched. Staying true to
his identity, he is a big advocate of Azonto, a Ghanaian genre that is
said to have been born out of Kpanlogo, a traditional dance.
His first single
off his fourth album, Mewu, sold almost 4,000 copies on the first day of
its release in Ghana. He was also the first Ghanaian to win a BET
award.
10. OLIVER MTUKUDZI, ZIMBABWE
Oliver Tuku
Mtukudzi has 65 albums under his belt, more than the legendary Michael
Jackson and Whitney Houston. It's a remarkable career stretching back 41
years with songs that have enlivened parties all over the world.
He is ranked 10th richest musician in Africa.
