Nigerian Artiste To Watch Out For 2015

This year is forecasted to be one of the most vibrant and exciting years for music, with releases from Wizkid, Mavins, Davido, Olamide, Flavour, Iyanya, Yemi Alade, Seyi Shay and many, many others to look forward to. With all these highly anticipated heavyweight releases, it is highly probable for one to overlook content by newcomers in the industry who might be equally — or even more — talented than the current reigning virtuosos. We don’t blame you though; we live in an era where blogs, music platforms, and social media are consistently flooded with new (and often mediocre) artists, as improved technology has allowed everything to be much more accessible than before, including the music creation process. To help you out with keeping on top with up-to-date but relevant music knowledge and exposure, we at House of ACE — after evaluating hundreds of rising artists — present to you “Josh”

Joshua Owhighoakporie Ataobor (born January 9), better known as Josh Rex, is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, musician. Born in okokomaiko, Lagos state. Joshua Owhighoakporie Ataobor hails from Delta state. His family moved to okokomaiko in Lagos state where he was raised, and graduated from Ajangbadi high school Lagos. Joshua had always had a flair for music ,singing and playing the keyboard from the age of four. When he was younger he listened to songs played by his parents. He developed a passion for the bass guitar at the age of 12. Joshua grew up among brothers who were instrumentalists and singers so he listened, learnt and understood the basics of music from them.

Watch Josh Sing “For Your Love” by Stevie Wonder

The young singer who is yet to have an album of himself said that he was aiming at getting to a stage where listeners of his songs will get entertained and inspired

Joshua is currently working on his first mixtape titled “This Is Me”
Here is one of his feature songs titled
L.O.V .E

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