Our star profile for this week is Cynthia Ikponmwenosa Morgan
Cynthia Morgan was born in 23rd September 1991. She’s popularly known by her stage name Cynthia Morgan. She is a Nigerian born songwriter and singer. Her music is a fusion of pop, hip hop, dancehall and rap. She came into limelight following the release of her singles “Don’t Break My Heart” and “Lead Me On”, both of which received significant airplay
Her Early life and education
Cynthia Morgan was born in Benin City, Edo State where she finished her primary and secondary education. She grew around musicians from church choir to a backup singer for her mum’s musical band at the age of 3; she also led her school choir in secondary school.
Her upbringing was a rough and tough one. She was rejected by her father when her pregnant mother was 20 years old.
Her Music career
Cynthia Morgan started composing songs at the age of seven. She recorded her debut single which featured General Pype “Dutty Stepping” at the age of sixteen which started getting airplay and reviews on local radio stations in Benin. She later moved to Lagos, Nigeria in 2008 to further her career.
In 2010, she was featured on the Nigeria Entertainment Awards winning track with Jhybo titled “Ejo le Fe Ro (Run Dia mouth)”. This song gave her instant recognition and fame nationwide. With a re-brand on her image and sound, she released her much anticipated singles in Nigeria on 9 July 2012 titled “High High High” and “Ojoro”. With the release of these songs, Cynthia Morgan trended worldwide for 10 hours and also trended in Nigeria for 48 hours on social network site Twitter.
On 22 August 2013, Cynthia Morgan signed a multi-million recording contract with “Northside Entertainment Inc.” owned by Jude ‘Engees’ Okoye, brother to Nigerian pop singers P-Square. Few months later, she released two chart-topping singles “Don’t Break My Heart” and “Lead Me On” which got positive reviews from fans; the latter went on to be nominated for “Best Reggae/Dancehall Single” at The Headies 2014
In an interview, she said she gets her inspirations from reading good books watching movies and music. She is currently working on her debut album
Controversies
According to reports in the media, a federal high court in Lagos on 29 December 2014 gave an injunction restraining Cynthia Morgan from publishing a song titled “Popori”, which was allegedly a song originally made by Queen Ure, a female Nigerian music act. Queen Ure claimed that Cynthia Morgan had stolen the concept of her “Porpori” song and reworked it to “Popori”.
Discography
Some of her singles includes
“Dutty Stepping” (2009)
“Right Move” (2011)
“High High High” & “Ojoro” (2012)
“Don’t Break My Heart” & “Lead Me On” (2014)
“I’m Taken” (2014)
Popori” (2014)
“German Juice” (2015)
“Come and Do” (2015)
“Simati Niya” (2015)
“Baby Mama (2015)
As A featured artist
“Ejo le fe ro” – Jhybo ft. Cynthia Morgan (2010)
“Bruce Lee” – TK Tycoon ft. Cynthia Morgan & Tipsy (2011)
“Gbogbo Hustling” – Tha Suspect ft. Zee, Bigmaxx, Cynthia Morgan & Tesh Carter (2012)
“Faaji” – Tony Ross ft. Cynthia Morgan & A-Q (2013)
“Money” – KKTBM ft. Yung6ix, Cynthia Morgan, Tesh Carter & SD (2014)
Give Dem” – DJ Prince ft. Dammy Krane, Mac 2 & Cynthia Morgan (2014)
“Shoki [Female Version]” – Lil Kesh ft. Chidinma, Eva & Cynthia Morgan (2014)
“Jamo” – Illbliss ft. Cynthia Morgan (2014)
Number 1″ – Chopstix ft. Cynthia Morgan, Shaydee & Yung L (2015)
Bad Girl Special (Remix) – Mr. 2Kay feat. Cynthia Morgan & Seyi Shay(2015)
Awards and nominations
2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards – Best Female Artist of The Year (Nominated)
2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards – Best Rap Act of The Year (nominated)
2014 South South Music Awards – Best New Artist (Won)
The Headies 2014 – Best Reggae/Dancehall Single (Nominated)
2014 BENTV Awards – Best Newcomer (Nominated)
2014 BENTV Awards – Best Hip-Hop Female Artist (Nominated)
2014 BENTV Awards – Best Reggae/Dancehall Artist]
2014 ELOY Awards – Best Female Artist (Nominated)
2015 Headies Award- Best Reggae/Dancehall Single (Nominated)
2015 Headies Award – Best Collabo (Nominated)
2015 Headies Award – Next Rated (Nominated)
Her official twitter handle is @cynthiamorgan1
Her Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/iamCynthiaMorgan
Website address –
You can watch one of her video below
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