Is Flavour the only child of his parents? All you wanted to know about top Nigerian singer but hesitated to ask

By Onoyiwita Pretty Oghale

Since the release of his debut album N’abania in 2005, a Nigerian singer Chinedu Izuchukwu Okoli, popularly known as Flavour N’abania, and his journey to fame have been nothing but remarkable.

In just over a decade of his music career, Flavour has released five solid albums with multiple awards to his name.

How did it all start for Flavour?

As the first son of his father, a lot of responsibilities rested on the shoulder of the 33-year-old Nigerian artiste, but music has always been his passion.

This is perhaps why he is one of the few artistes to have studied music on scholarship, all thanks to the pastor of his church and Chris I Ordor, the CEO of SoundCity Communications.

Flavour began his music career at the young age of 13 after he ran away from home due to his parents' disapproval of a career in music.

He started playing the drums for his church choir in Enugu. The resident pastor at his church introduced him to a friend, Chris I Ordor, the CEO of SoundCity Communications, who had just started a musical company aimed at training young musicians.

In 1996, Flavour was invited to join the company on an educational scholarship to study music.

At the age of 19, Flavour emerged unto Nigeria’s musical scene as a drummer and pianist for a local Enugu band. He then moved on to b bygrooming his singing talent as he regularly performed at local bars. Flavour is presently one of Nigeria's biggest stars.