El Mafrex, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

El Mafrex

Nigerian singer

Date of Birth: 14-May-1984

Place of Birth: Nigeria

Profession: singer, songwriter

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About El Mafrex

  • El Mafrex (born Mfreke Obong Ibanga; May 14, 1984) is a Nigerian-born, urban gospel singer-songwriter, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was nominated for Best Gospel Act consecutively at the 2012 and 2013 editions of the (MOBO) Music of Black Origin Awards.
  • He won Artiste of the year and Urban Recording of the year at the 2012 Scottish New Music Awards, making him the first black man to win the SNMA.His song, "Jehovah", which features Christian rock band Royal Foundlings had more than 500,000 hits in the first five months of its release on YouTube.
  • He released "That Man from Galilee" in the first quarter of 2013, which debuted at no 49 on the iTunes UK Chart for Gospel and had over a million hits on YouTube in its first 6 months.On 30 September 2012, he was featured in the Sunday Mail.He was nominated for the Season 8 of The Future Awards Africa on the 10th of July 2013.

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