User:Stagedking/sandbox

Stage a.k.a king of the south:Arguably one of the biggest Rapper to ever come from Portharcourt, the oil rich city of Nigeria. Loaded with wealth of experience and having been around for more than a decade,he is fully ready to drop his sophomore album titled "Street Recognition". He started music as a singer but as time goes by, his interest towards becoming a rapper developed when he started listening to lots of American rappers such as Tupac, Nas, LL Cool J, The Notorious B.I.G, Heavy D, Rakim Allah, KRS One and others great rappers. Through listening, he started miming, writing his own lyrics and couple of years later ,he became prolific in the game. Full names are Onokpasa Anthony Tive Ovie, an indigene of delta state,Nigeria.He is a graduate of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, armed with a degree in Accountancy,served in Takum Taraba State during his NYSC(A one year scheme for graduates in Nigeria). In 2002,Stage dropped his debut single "life in Phcity" and ever since he's being blazing the airwaves with classic rap joints. Stage relocated from Portharcourt to Lagos in search of a bigger success in his music career. Lagos happens to be the center of entertainment in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. Lots of Nigerian artists abroad relocate back to Lagos to boost their musical careers.His debut video titled "Lojo" was shut in 2007 and the album finally dropped in october 2008.The album however, did not record an impressive success due to poor promotions and awareness but was indeed a classic material. Stage is currently in the studio putting finishing touches on his sophomore album.In an interview with soundcity,he revealed that he has inspirational,emotional as well as hardcore songs in the album. Well delivered in English, pidgin, yoruba and urhobo rap which happens to be his native language. The self acclaimed King of the south stated that he has done couple of tracks with A list artists in Nigeria and fans should expect lots of famous guest appearances .He quoted "If I can dream it then I believe I can achieve it, believe me",Powerful and inspiring words from Stage. He also had collaborations with fresh artists who has got burning desires to break into the mainstream. Even though it has not been easy relocating to Lagos, I will say it is a blessing in disguise because I'm gradually networking with the right people in anticipation of my second album he stated. Stage is not just a rapper but a businessman and a co-owner of Dramateam Entertainment. He loves music with a passion and he is putting a tremendous effort to record a bigger success this time around. Right now,his management is having talks with a reputable company so as to make sure the album is well marketed and distributed across the continent and beyond. You can say what you want to say, take it or leave it, believe it or not, I tell you lyrically and otherwise I am gifted and also grounded(words from stage).