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Chief Onyenze
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Chief Amobi Richard Onyenze, with the stage name Onyenze Nwa Amobi, has a musical heritage that is hard to deny. Although it's assumed that the Ogidi-born highlife musician is a direct son of the late highlife legend Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe Onyenze, but the former is actually Chief Osadebe's nephew. Onyenze Nwa Amobi is also an actor, Nollywood producer, director and CEO of CEO, Crystal Touch Movies. He is said to currently be the richest highlife singer in Nigeria.
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