Birth name Chikezie Ndubuisi Eze Education Santa Monica College Role Singer Name Chikezie Eze | Years active 2007–present Occupation(s) Singer | |
Born September 11, 1985 (age 38)
Inglewood, California, United States ( 1985-09-11 ) Instruments Vocals, guitar, harmonica Genres Rhythm and blues, Soul music Similar People David Hernandez, Ramiele Malubay, Amanda Overmyer, Syesha Mercado, Michael Johns Profiles | ||
Record label Sony Music Entertainment | ||
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Chikezie Ndubuisi Eze (; born September 11, 1985) is an American singer and the tenth place finalist on the seventh season of the television series American Idol.
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- David cook carly smithson fans sing to chikezie
- Early life
- Season 6
- Season 7
- Singles
- Tours
- Post Idol
- Arrest
- Marriage
- References
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Early life
Chikezie was born in Inglewood, California, attended high school at the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies in West LA and Bethel College in Kansas. Before auditioning for American Idol, he was a Transportation Security Administration screener and a cashier. He also attended Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California.
Season 6
He previously auditioned for the show's sixth season and made into the Hollywood Round, where he was cut before the top 40. He was good friends with Danny Noriega, who was also in the Hollywood Rounds for Season 6.
Season 7
Holding number 613, Chikezie successfully auditioned again for Season 7 of American Idol and made the top 24 and then the top 12. He was eliminated from American Idol on March 26, 2008, coming in tenth place. He was in the bottom 3 with Jason Castro and Syesha Mercado, who both made the top 4. According to his AmericanIdol.com profile, his musical influences are Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, John Legend, Sam and Dave and others. While on American Idol he roomed with David Archuleta.
Singles
These are just most downloaded songs and performances from iTunes:
Tours
Post Idol
After his elimination, Chikezie made appearances on Live with Regis and Kelly, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Chikezie completed the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008 which covered over 50 cities from July 1 to September 13, 2008.
Chikezie is mentioned in the skit Metaphor by nerdcore rapper mc chris.
During an interview for LifeScript, Chikezie announced he recently went vegan to avoid future health problems.
He hosted a special called American Idols: Where Are They Now? on TV Guide Channel succeeding Sanjaya Malakar
On March 19, 2009, Chikezie confirmed via interview that he is working on an album that will be released "sometime in the next 3 months". He also stated that he has had various offers from a few labels, but denied them, claiming that they wanted him to be a certain way. He stated that his album is going to be a "culmination of everything I've learned as far as musically and style-wise". He also stated that he has plans to tour for his album's release. As of July, 2014 no album has been released.
During August 2009, Chikezie taped with the soap opera General Hospital playing a singer.
Arrest
Chikezie was reportedly arrested February 25, 2010 at the Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills and charged with felony identity theft. He claimed this was the first time he used this card.
Marriage
Chikezie wed his longtime girlfriend Linda Iruke on July 10, 2011 in his hometown of Inglewood, California.