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Mama Gee Records More Successes …The Chief Zebrudaya Connection
Nollywood veteran
actress, Patience Ozokwor, popularly known as Mama Gee recently celebrated her 56th birthday with over 200 movies to her credit. The super actress has continued to tickle her fans across the globe.
As part of her birthday celebration, the screen diva unveiled her multi million Naira plaza in Enugu. The Nollywood super actress who has carved a niche for herself in both the movie and business enclave has recorded a lot of achievements in both the movie and business circles.
The Nollywood A-list actress came to the lime-light through ace entertainer, Chika Okpala (Chief Zebrudaya of the new Masquerade TV Series).
Chief Zebrudaya wanted Mama Gee to take part in a commercial in which she played the wife of Peter Edochie. The commercial was a mass orientation promo by the Anambra State Government to encourage her citizens to acquire education before venturing into business/trading.
There was a positive reaction from the people and Chief Zebruadaya was so impressed that he introduced her to Nollywood and since then, she has been recording one achievement or the other. The former teacher and broadcaster who also runs a fashion institute, Wendie’s Place, a first class fast food Joint, Bontigue, fashion and designing house in the Coal City is well blessed in both her business and acting career.
The versatile actress who has also bagged several local and international awards lost her husband to a terminal disease, but the marriage is blessed with four adorable children, two boys and two girls.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.