Nne ya mụrụ Jide Obi na England site na onye ọka iwu Naijiria nke Lincoln Inn England, o bukwa onye nkuzi. N'ọgwụgwụ afọ 1970 ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ gbasara iwu n'Enugwu campus nke mahadum Naịjirịa, ebe ya na umu nwakwụkwọ ibe ya bụ Chris Okotie ghọrọ enyi. N'ịgbaso ọganihu Okotie, na mmalite 1980s ọ wepụtara album mbụ ya bụ "Front Page News" n'okpuru akara Tabansi Records . Ihe egwu ndị ọzọ gụnyere igbu m n'ịhụnanya, na akụkọ ihu ihu . Ọ orukwara ọtụtụ ihe gosikwarw na redio na telivishọn Naijiria. Na Nọvemba 1981, akara ndekọ ya, Tabansi Records, nyere ya ihe nrite diski ọla edo mbụ ya na National Theater, Surulere . Afọ abụọ ka e mesịrị, ọ gara eja nlegharị anya Eastern Nigeria na Bunny Mack nke Sierra Leone, nke ndị Comrades nke Enugu, Nigeria kwadoro ofuma. O nweela urodu ndị egwu na-akwado ya, tinyere onye egwu Guyanese Eddy Grant 's Coach House Band, Dukes nke Freetown Sierra Leone, na Ndịozi nke Aba. Ọ bụ onye obodo Barbados bụ Bill Campbell mepụtara albums ya Front Page News na Kill Me With Love .