» 5 Reasons Why 2face Idibia is Music’s Oga at The Top

Innocent Ujah Idibia, a.k.a 2face, a.k.a 2baba, a.k.a ABadSharpGuy clocked 40 sometime this year, the legend has had a fairly good 2015 and many have suggested that this might just be his retirement year where he takes a backseat from music and watch the younger ones do their thing, GLtrends present to You 5 major reasons why he is ‘Music’s Oga at the Top’ that his biography may not have captured properly.

1. Longetivity and Relevance: Now, I’m not the type all out for mere longetivity, it’s quite easy to actually claim it, ask Artquake, but when you have been on the scene actively for over 15yrs, released your debut album 11years ago and till date he still features in at least 50% of the shows around the nation, still earns endorsement deals, has outlived his group members, heads a campaign that is quite huge (Vote not fight), point me in the direction of a pop artiste from 15years ago, who still earns half of the respect and relevance that 2face has.

2. Body of Work: 6 Studio albums, 2 anniversary albums, at least 2 cla$$ic albums, over 30 hit records that will outlive him, an artiste is nothing if you cannot point in the direction of his body of work, 2face has enough works that in a normal society will earn him royalties long after he is gone.

3. Ground Breaking feats: Arguably the first new generation superstar, had his song as soundtrack of Hollywood movie ‘Phat girls’, His single ‘African Queen’ was voted on the Top 10 BBC ‘African Songs of all time’ list, Member of the One8 Project which had R.Kelly, first non- Liberian to become a honorary member of the Liberian Music society, first artiste that had his video played on MTVBase, has won over 50 awards locally and internationally.

4. Everybody loves 2face: Tell your favorite artist to do a list of their favorite artist and 2face will feature on 9 of every 10 list, ask for the man that is seen as being humble despite his success, they will point you in 2face’s direction, despite fathering 6 kids from 3 different ladies and now married to longtime girlfriend Annie, 2face remains a ladies’ man and if you have any sister who is in need, 2face is willing to ‘Enter the Place’.

5. A cat with 9 lives: Now we hear stories of the likes of 2pac getting shot 5times but surviving, 50 cent getting shot, all these kinda adds to create a mythical feel to an artiste, such is 2face’s case that he has been in near death experiences on at least two occasions including a hit to the head and surviving a gunshot but 2baba is still here alive today and will def be here for a long while.