10 Things You Didn’t Know About Waje

Waje was born as Aituaje Aina Vivian Ebele Iruobe on 1 September in Ondo State, Nigeria. She was the first child and the first daughter in her family. She won the Musician of the Year category at the 2013 City People Awards. She is also among the judges for the Voice Nigeria alongside Timi Dakolo, 2Face and Patoranking. She is currently working with the youths of her community through an organisation she calls Waje’s Safe House, where she teams up with other NGOs quarterly to help fight for their cause. There is no doubt that the beautiful vocalist and single mother is definitely putting the bars high for anyone who wishes to compete with her.

Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about the beautiful female vocalist, Waje:

1. Waje was born as Aituaje Aina Vivian Ebele Iruobe on 1 September in Ondo State, Nigeria.

2. She attended the Word of faith Group of Schools and joined the choir.

3. She holds a degree in social work from the University of Nigeria.

4. She listed Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin as her music inspirations.

5. She has a sister named Amaka Iruobe who is an actress and has acted in Tinsel and the movie “First Cut”.

6. She mentioned in an interview that she is a proud single mother.

7. She participated in the remake of P-Square’s “Omoge Mi” and featured as the female voice in the duo’s 2008 hit track “Do Me”. She was also featured on Banky W’s “Thief My Kele” and M.I’s “One Naira”.

8. She is currently working with the youths of her community through an organisation she calls Waje’s Safe House, where she teams up with other NGOs quarterly to help fight for their cause.

9. She is also among the judges for the Voice Nigeria alongside Timi Dakolo, 2Face and Patoranking.

10. She has worked with prominent entertainment stars like Diamond Platnumz, eLDEE, Lynxxx, Banky W, Patoranking and P-Square to mention a few.