El Mafrex

El Mafrex (má chẹ bí  Mfreke Obong Ibanga; efu ochu èkélu nolu me'gwale efu ọdọ 1984) ì chẹ óma kù má bì,: kìa kẹlì tẹfu òtìkáda,Nigerian, urban gospel ,kí gwugwu efú ewo Edinburgh, Scotland.

Má Cha du odù wń tefu àbo ku ma gbì àwodū efu àbo kìa check nyọ nyọ efu elì yé Gòspì artì ẹkodu yé ọdọ 2012 kpaì  2013 kú má chẹ́ yé í  (MOBO) Music of Black Origin Awards. ì gbì awódù ẹne kìa artì yé ojì ọdọ kpaì ẹne kìa chì rècordù yé ì Urban efu ọdọ 2012 efú odaa ẹ̀tito kì nì áwód Scottish,ì jẹwń mú du ẹnẹkerẹ edudu eju-odudú kì wìnì SNMA.

Ẹlì-ùn kì kò . "Jehovah", ku ma du odùwn tẹfu yé amì  Christian rock band Royal Foundlings kì  amóne kì tì 500,000 lẹ kì nẹ eju-odudú efì amò‘chu mẹlu kì dù dufu ojì YouTube. kì chẹ dufu"That Man from Galilee"efu ùgberù eju-odúdú ọdọ 2013, which debuted at no 49 on the iTunes UK Chart for Gospel and had over a million hits on YouTube in its first 6 months.

Éfu ochú ẹkẹla nòlu òhwù-ẹgwe efú ọdọ  2012,ì che défu amì  Sunday Mail.Sunday Mail – page 27. 30 September 2012.

Ì dèfu àbo ku ma chùma è ì  ékéjo yé  The Future Awards Africa ọjọ kochu ékẹ́bìe nólu megwe ọdọ 2013.

 Abàkwéné ilẹ wǹ kpaì ùkocha ísakulu kì chẹ. 
Má bì efú Naijẹria kpaì ì ló tì ìsakulu yé  Nigerian Military School efu  Zaria, Kaduna State.

Ì chì ìsakulu unìbàcìtì kpa efú ọdọ  2006 kwì University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, úgbo kí chukocha fhìcìcì kpaí major electronics.efu ọdọ  2010, ì chẹ nì màcìta dìgìrì efu information-systems development kwì ísakulu yé Edinburgh Napier University.

Career
Ẹffu ọdọ  2001, El Mafrex chana kpayì ìbìmòto kù nì bàndì , M.O.D. (Men of Destiny), kpaì òń chẹne kìa chì lìdì yé amì ùjo mẹ̀lu . The band toured and played shows in Nigeria, especially in its south-south region before later expanding from a boy band to a family project. The family project gave birth to the Destiny Kids and MOD dancers.

While in the University of Uyo, he formed another boy band, Da Grooves, made up of Louis and GeePee. Together they played gigs on campus and its environs.

At the end of 2004, he left the band to start his own solo career, which he called the "el MAFREX" project. He was voted Artiste of the year in 2005 by the SUG of University of Uyo, and his songs "Rhythm in the Air" and "Esio Mkpo" were played on radio and television stations in Nigeria. "Rhythm in the Air" won song of the month, on the then Cosmo FM Enugu."elmafrex.com" 

On 21 December 2013, el Mafrex headlined the Sixth edition of the Akwa Ibom State Government Christmas Carol (9999 Carol SIngers) night with other International gospel artists like Israel Houghton, South African gospel legend Lionel Peterson and Nigerian Gospel acts like Frank Edwards, Aity Dennis, Freke' and Nathaniel Bassey."PulseNg"  He led a Reggae praise session in the Guinness book of world records listed event at the Uyo Township Stadium.

 STV interview 
In November 2012, he was interviewed by Scottish television news STV, where he talked about his music and recent MOBO Awards nomination.

 Business interest 
El Mafrex has other interests besides music as he prepares to launch his own line of designers eyeglasses. He told The Scotsman that he had his own personal sunglasses customized specially for himself and has since received compliments from many people who are interested in acquiring them, which has propelled him towards the direction of having a line for his sunglasses. The name of the line would be 3:16 derived from the Bible verse, John 3:16.

 Singles 
 Year  Title 2006  "Rhythm in the Air" 2010  "Ibagaba" 2011  "Thank You" 2012  "Jehovah" 2012  "No Denying" 2012  "Bounce" 2012  "Your Word" 2013  "Since I be Pikin" 2013  "Oh that men will praise the Lord" 2013  "That Man from Galilee"

Awards and nominations
YearCategoryAwardResult2012  Scottish New Music Awards  Artiste of the Year  2012  Scottish New Music Awards  Urban Recording of the Year  2012  Scottish New Music Awards  Video of the year  2012  MOBO Awards Best Gospel Act 2012  2013  The Future Awards Africa Entertainment Talent   2013  MOBO Awards Best Gospel Act 2013   2016  Scepters Award Best Album  

See also

 List of Christian hip hop and rap artists
 List of Nigerian gospel musicians
 List of Edinburgh people
 List of gospel musicians
 List of Nigerians
 List of R&B musicians
 List of reggae musicians
 List of Scottish musicians
 List of singer-songwriters
 Music of Nigeria
 Music of Scotland

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Category:Living people
Category:1984 births
Category:21st-century Black British male singers
Category:21st-century British male singers
Category:21st-century Nigerian male singers
Category:Alumni of Edinburgh Napier University
Category:British gospel singers
Category:Black British male rappers
Category:British male rappers
Category:British performers of Christian hip-hop
Category:British reggae musicians
Category:British contemporary R&B singers
Category:Nigerian hip-hop singers
Category:Nigerian expatriates in Scotland
Category:Nigerian singer-songwriters
Category:Nigerian Military School alumni
Category:Scottish singer-songwriters
Category:Urban contemporary gospel musicians
Category:University of Uyo alumni
Category:21st-century Scottish male singers
Category:British male singer-songwriters