Nigerian recording artist Shoboy is making strong waves within the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DC/MD/VA) areas of the United States of America. Born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, he arrived in Los-Angeles, California in December 1987 and recorded “Super Soul Sister” and “Let’s Dance” in 1996.

 

He later moved to Washington, DC in 1997 to work on an IT contract. Still relentlessly pursuing his music he re-recorded his previous hits “Super Soul Sister” and “Let’s Dance” with the addition of other hit songs “Bad Boy”, “Kickin’ it live”, “Bomb Beats”, and “I L.O.V.E. You”, “My Home”, “Naija Vibes”. With these songs and their remixes compiled into an Extended Play (EP) CD titled “Bad Boy”, the EP CD has been in heavy rotation on the market since December 2003.

 

His song “My Home”, a song about missing his homeland of Nigeria and Africa as a whole, features other Nigerian artists: PA J and Alejo. Five of his songs were included in the highly demanded mix-tape “AM 419 Under G Volume 2”, while “Bad Boy” was used in the trailer of the Nigerian movie “The Impostors”. In addition to his solo career Shoboy also a member of the band Kingdom Vibes, which plays popular Reggae, Zouk, Calypso, African songs at various upscale restaurants and night clubs in the Washington, DC metro area.

 

Shoboy has been featured and performed at various venues across the United States with more cities slated for the year 2005:
Lee Center, Alexandra, Virginia
Cada Vez Night Club, Washington, DC
Mirage Night-Club, Los-Angeles, California
Minneapolis Theatre Garage, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Crystal, Langley park, Maryland
The Market 5 Gallery Washington, DC List of Achievements:

In August 2004, Shoboy received a Certificate of Award from the Tabernacle church and Izora Restaurant /Night Club.
This was given for his performance at the Izora Restaurant /Night Club in Silver Spring, Maryland; during a benefit concert that helped raise funds for a clinic in Akwam Ibom, Nigeria.

Other achievements to Shoboy’s credit, include:
Producing and hosting of a monthly happy-hour live entertainment event called “kicking-it-live Fridays”
Co-founding the African Entertainment Association (AEA)
Performance at the Nigerian Re-union Council (NRC), July, 2005.
Performance at the African Peoples Intercontinental awards (API), June, 2005.
Performance at the Nigerian Soccer League picnic Hyattsville, MD
Performance at Launching Party of NaijaLife Magazine at Gureje, Brooklyn, NY
Ariztos reunion ball on July 4th, 2004 at the Washington Times Ballroom Washington, DC.
Performance at Excellence Magazine’s Launch Party in Baltimore, MD
Opening act for Lagbaja in 2003 at Club 2k9 a leading night club in Washington, DC.
Ariztos reunion ball on July 4th, 2003 at the Washington, DC Convention Center.
2003 Naija Ryders reunion in Chicago & the NEW YORK reunion 2005
Opening act for Soletek, a London based group at the D’Rovans Hotel in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Opening act for The Fulanis, a Sierra Leone based group at Crystal in Langley Park, Maryland.
Opening act for Henry Dool, a Cameroonian artist at Crystal in Langley Park, Maryland
Performance at the NRC Philly Reunion July 4 weekend 2005

Performance at the Naija Festival in MD 2005

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