Origin Tamale, Ghana Years active 2012–present Genre Hip hop music | Genres Hip hop Labels X'treme Music | |
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Birth name Mac-Abubakar Abdul-Nuru Born 29 March 1987 (age 29)
Accra, Ghana ( 1987-03-29 ) Occupation(s) Rapper, Entrepreneur, Publicist Associated acts Ayigbe Edem, Sarkodie, Ice Prince, Cassper Nyovest, AKA, M.I, Joey B, EL Similar Ayigbe Edem, eLDee, Cassper Nyovest, Casper, Raheem Profiles | ||
Nuru (Formerly known as Xtreme GH) is a rapper, publicist and entrepreneur from Ghana, West Africa. He rose to prominence after the release of his single Mali Zani in 2015. Nuru raps in the local Dagbani language, English and Pidgin English. Aside music, he works as a publicist and owns a host of online publishing enterprises.
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Early life
Nuru spent most part of his childhood years in Accra, Ghana and later lived and completed his basic education in Tamale, Ghana; thus, attending three basic schools in total. Sakumono School Complex, Abe Halperin School Complex and Kanvilli Presbyterian School respectively. He proceeded to Prempeh College for his senior high school education and studied for his BSc in Applied Biology at the University for Development Studies in Tamale. After his Undergraduate studies, Nuru continues to seek knowledge by taking up certificate course studies in Marketing, Public Relations and Advertising.
Music
The reason why African artist, Nuru is considered a unique artiste is mainly based on threefold of reasons; Local dialect he raps with, his rhythmic flow and his lyrical inclination. He has been a lot more relevant within the northern parts of Ghana as they commonly speak the local language he raps in. Traditional dance song, Hawa, Hiphop tune, Mali Zani and his collaboration with Ruff N Smooth on Born To Win are some of Nuru's most successful songs. He has since released a couple other singles preceding the release of his debut solo studio album, Lighting. The rapper's first ever music video enjoyed a warming premiere on MTV Base. Nuru's debut with regards to music videos was for his hit single, In A Moment.
Blog
Since 2013, Nuru has been active in the blogging business, running a host of blogs and developing content for other media houses. Operating under the MAC Media Group incorporation niche, the rapper cum social entrepreneur has had the opportunity to work with Efya, Edem, Kwame Yeboah, Sarkodie, Hammer of The Last Two, M.anifest, among others. He also contributes entertainment and music show business related content to several other blogs and news portals.
Distribution
Nuru's own music record label, X'treme Music takes charge of the distribution of Nuru's music across major digital platforms including Deezer, Spotify, Shazam, iTunes, ReverbNation, SoundCloud, among others. X'treme Music is into partnership with SoundExchange in the quest to collect performance royalties on behalf of the label's signees.
Albums
Songs
Zangtimana2016
In a Moment2016
Mali Zani2016