It was home coming for talented rapper, Ice Prince (real name Panshak Zamani) as he delighted students and staff of Plateau State Polytechnic, Jos with a thrilling performance when the Etisalat Cliqfest train berthed at the campus during the week.
The polytechnic community also got frenzy with live performances by the
Nigerian Idol Season 4 winner, Evelle
(Evelyn Zibili), second
runner-up of the Nigerian Idol Season 5, Nex2 (Ese-Amadasun
Imuetiyan), and
the GRIP Boiz.
For
several hours, the celebrity music acts kept the large community of students
and staff of the polytechnic on their feet dancing
and singing to
popular lyrics as several of them thronged the school’s open field to have fun and connect with friends.
Ice Prince literarily owned the stage, and also
momentarily surged towards the huge army of fans
as he dished out hits such as ‘Superstar’, ‘Aboki, ‘Gimme Dat among other songs. Wild
jubilation rented his popular songs as he also took out time to
encourage students to believe in themselves and their dreams. ‘‘I came out of J
town and went places”, he boomed on stage.
“I
want to use my story to tell you that if I can make it out of J town and sit
with Jay Z, then you can make it. I don’t care about your background or what
you have suffered, you too can make it’’. Interlacing his words with Hausa, he
urged them to embrace peace in the spirit of the Independence Day celebration
saying “Jos is known for swag and carrying bombs or knives is not swag.”
Nex2
also added spark and excitement performing his tracks such as Ring the Alarm and
Mofesterise. Evelle blew them away with her
rich renditions of three of her songs - Kilmanjaro, I’m Naughty and Time to
Shine. She also gave away her fez cap to one of the students.
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