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dancer, singer-songwriter and model.

Background and education

Obidi is from

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(Ibusa) in Delta State, South-South Nigeria. She was born into a family of three girls and a boy. Her mother is deceased. She was brought up in a deeply religious and conservative

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Christian family that attended Deeper Christian Life Ministry, which made her hid her passion for dancing from her parents while growing up.

Career

Dance

She was the recipient of an AFRIMMA nomination for the ''Best Dancer'' in 2017. She performed in the

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2017/2018 season. She was a contestant in the 2019 edition of the American talent show ''

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'' while heavily pregnant. She started her dance career in 2007, featuring in a song by Nigerian female rapper

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Film

Obidi was a child star in Nigerian

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movies in the late 2000s. After a hiatus, she returned in 2022 as one of the cast of the

movie, ''What If''. The movie also starred

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, Bolanle Ninalowo, Mercy Ima Macjoe and

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. She also featured in TV series Another Ordinary Day; The Flatmates; Lumba Boys alongside

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; and movie Saro, the musical.

Modelling

She has walked the runway at the

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and at the '' GTBank Fashion Week''. She also contested in the Miss Global pageant Nigeria where she was crowned ''Miss Congeniality''. She was the vixen in the music video of American group Black Eyed Peas, titled ''Wings'' as well as of Nigerian musicians Tekno and

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's ''Whine For Daddy''.

Music

Obidi released her debut single in 2015 titled ''Man Like You''. The video was directed by Paul Gambit. She also released the song titled ''Kilibe'' featuring

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, and then she released ''Vibration'' featuring

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. She released two music albums namely ''Woman Power Series (2016)'' and ''Sounds From The Throne Room (2019)''.

Personal life

She married Justin Dean in December 2017 and they have two children together. The couple's currently divorced. She cited her

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as one of the reasons she quit her marriage. Her ex-husband demanded for spousal support after the split. She is based in the

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References

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