associated_acts years_active |caption label article_title name background genre image origin birth_name occupation
plantashun , african china , mc loph , wyclef jean , boyz sound sultan , akon , busta ryme , ruggedman , tuface , blackface naija 1995 -- present faze his single ` gear one ' on set of the 2010 music video for westside independent entertainment -lrb- 2006 -- present -rrb- records , nigeria -lrb- 2004 -- 2006 -rrb- faze -lrb- musician -rrb-
 faze solo_singer r hip hop & b , pop , reggae , nigerian oji faze.jpg delta state , igbo , nigeria chibuzor oji singer -- songwriter , record producer , actor
faze -lrb- musician -rrb-

chibuzor oji better known by his stage name faze is a nigerian musician and actor .
he is a member of the defunct nigerian hip hop group plantashun boyz , along with blackface naija and tuface -lrb- better known as 2face idibia .
the group split up in 2004 and each member of the group has gone on to launch successful solo careers .
faze is a best-selling nigerian artist .
his first album `` faze alone '' sold over three million copies , while his second album `` independent '' has sold over 7 million copies .
his third album `` originality '' went platinum in its first month in 2011 faze made his acting debut starring in the lead male role of ` lovechild ' in the critically acclaimed nigerian movie `` alero 's symphony '' .
he also provided the movie 's soundtrack for which he won an africa movie academy award in 2012 , in the category of achievement in soundtrack .
