For those of you who are very familiar with the tourist haven called Ayia Napa in Cyprus, the name Admiral c4c a.k.a “the pumpum general” should make butterflies dance gangnam style in your bellies.
Born on the 3rd day of June to a Nigerian father, Ihumezie Christian is formally known as Admiral c4c by his colleagues because of his indisputable command of the dance floor. “He is absolutely the craziest Entertainer you might ever set your eyes on. Someone that can tear down any party at any given time with unimaginable fun and positive energy” these are the words of most of his colleagues he has worked with.
He started years ago when he was actually 11 years old. with inspiration from his environment and life experience. After the loss of his father in a ghastly motor accident when he was only 9 years of age in his words he says “being all alone in this world at a tender age with no parent nor guardian I just found myself doing what I do best - which was a way of consoling myself from the pains life brought on me, but never knew my destiny was tied to this.... music...! My life”
The streets of Lagos, Nigeria were his battle ground… “Music and lyrical battle was the order of the day growing up in the musical projects” the dark skinned microphone killer says.
He stood strong and focused. Mentored by great minds like Socrates, Zig Ziglar, Dr.Norman Vincent Peale, Robert Kiyosaki, Myles Munroe, and many of the likes made me a man with a great vision and kept me unbeaten by the pressures of life.
“Musically, Bob Nestar Marley, Cocoe Tea, papa san, Bonnie M, Beenie man, capleton, super cat (Apache indiana), Cool and the Gang, Dolly Parton, Jim Reeves, Kenney Rogers, Shabba Ranks, Yellow Man, Mr. Vegas, Majek Fashek. Ras Kimono, Patty Obasi, Panam Percy Paul and many of the old school reggae artists really got me into the music madness”, he says.
It wasn't long before he dominated his hood and his name was glued to everyone’s lips. His powerful vocal delivery and his ability to flip on any kind of instrumentation with a fusion of Patua and English which are types of English/ slang spoken by Jamaicans and Nigerians respectively added with unimaginable energetic performance which made him very unique among many.
In the year 2000 he recorded his first single, “Show Me Love”. with a band he formed called THE KANAAN-KNGHTZ which was made up of Nuella Ogbeide, Bobby Adichie, Okoh Jane and Emanuel Ihumezie (who happens to be his kid brother).
By 2001 he went ahead to release his first album “P.S 101”, under his independent underground label. The album sold 500 thousand units and was followed by several singles and videos that rocked local radio and television stations in Africa (such as Rhythm 93.7, Ray Power 100.5 Lagos, Star 101 FM, Brilla FM, Sound City and Music Africa, Galaxy TV, Nigezie on Sky 104 U.K and a host of others. Tracks like “Testify Them”, “Show Me Love” and “Olenu” were some of his works.
Many knew him, as “Olenu” was remixed and used as one of the campaign songs for one of the Lagos State Governor candidate, Musiliu Obanikoro.
He later left the shores of Africa to Cyprus to further his education. On this move, he said “I was deprived of too many things when I was growing up due to lack of financial stability and parental guidance of which Education was part of. so the very moment I saw I could achieve it… I went for it because I am fully aware that my youthful vigor won’t last forever and there will come a time when I won’t be able to jump up and down the way I do now, then I will need something to fall back on, and education and appropriate formal learning will be of great advantage to me then”.
He studied Travel and Tourism Management at the American University Nicosia, Cyprus and - like a magnet - he has remained inseparable from his first love (entertainment) which made him one of the most sought-after performing acts in Europe’s great tourist haven (Ayia Napa Cyprus). There he reigned supreme with his brilliant songwriting, composition and event planning skills, garnished with an extremely energetic stage performing expertise, Admiral c4c graced big stages performing with dance-hall legends like Mr. Vegas of the I am bless and bruk it down fame, the king of Dancehall, Beenie Man, Jamaica's biggest dancehall duo, RDX, Baby Cham of the ghetto story fame ft. Alicia Keys, Mohumbi, DJ Jam Jam of Afrobeat show on BBC1 Extra and a host of many others.
In 2012, he was spotted over the internet via facebook by a Romanian female band member who then introduced him to their manager Mr. Stefan Nagy who took contracted him on a club tour in Romania.
on his subsequent tour in Romania, he caught the eyes of the great music management mogul by name Radu Groza who signed him up on some musical music projects which lead to the releases of the single like "Boom- bang" which was signed under the Catmusic Romania and "siddon"in 2013. while on a Tv show performing the song siddon, he again caught the eyes of one of Romania's biggest house production by name Tommo production (the house production responsible for the monster single of 2013 "memories by Nicole cherry" ) who immediately pulled him into his umbrella for some song projects too. This led to the monster Hit single titled O.M.G which under 1 month of release raked a 1.5 million views on Youku and over 800 thousand views on youtube.
“A rough diamond” Loved by the ladies and admired by his peers, his unique pattern of vocal delivery earned him a nomination as best international act in the Befta UK Awards in 2010 and in 2013 he went ahead to win the best Nigerian reggae/dancehall artist in Europe in the Nigerian European based Music Awards in Madrid, Spain - with over 70 recorded songs and 400 written songs to his credit.
Admiral c4c is presently working on an album project of 14 tracks of which 10 of the songs is aready done and also video clips of which 2 is done already and 2 more to go this month of June. This is projected at taking his career to a higher level. Spiced with dance-hall vibes and fused with different flavors ranging from house to electro pop, it is going to see a blend of different international acts from Europe, United Kingdom, Jamaica and Africa.
Rest assured this is one Full and dynamic package your music library/playlist don't want to miss.
Fonte: Sito web artista