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\"\"<\/a>Nigeria\u2019s Dr Sid of \u2018Pop Something\u2019 fame will have his first major performance in Ghana at the finale of the 2011 Miss Malaika beauty reality TV contest on November 5. \u00a0The Mo Hits star will join a host of Ghanaian stars including Sarkodie, who marked his return to Ghana from the US over the weekend with the premiere of his music video for \u2018You Go Kill Me\u2019 featuring EL on Friday, a performance at the Samini\/Mavado concert on Saturday, as well as the album launch for Ice Prince in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Sid, born Sidney Onoriode Esiri is a singer-songwriter and Dentist hence the name doctor.\u00a0 His mother a successful fashion designer and his father the legendary actor Justus Esiri, famous for his role as the \u2018Village Headmaster\u2019, a Nigerian sitcom popular in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

During his school years his flair for entertainment could not be hidden as he took part in school plays, dance competitions and concerts wining numerous awards along the way. His break finally came in 1999 when he signed on to a fresh new record label Trybe Records (who released the legendary hip hop group Trybesmen) as a choreographer. It took 3 years for SID to get his chance in front of the mic, when he was made a member of Da Trybe, and given a spot on the song that caused a revolution in Nigerian Hip-hop \u201cOYA\u201d in 2002 alongside Sasha, 2-Shotz, Timi, DEL, and the Trybesmen (Eldee, Kb and Freestyle).<\/p>\n

Over the next year SID recorded his Debut Single \u201cDon\u2019t Stop\u201d and had the number 1 video on the MBI top ten for 8 weeks. His music career had to be put on hold as he had to take a year out to finish up his university degree. In May 2004 SID became a qualified Dentist. He to moved to the UK working with the likes of JJC & the 419 squad, Felix Duke, KAS, R70 music group and a then Unknown D\u2019Banj. Returning to Nigeria SID spent the Next year working at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, and then went on to serve his country. Fulfilling his educational and National obligations, he returned to his first love music.<\/p>\n

He has since signed onto Don Jazzy\u2019s Mo\u2019 Hits records alongside D\u2019banj, Wande Coal, Kayswitch and D\u2019Prince and featured on 7 of the 15 tracks on the Mo Hits Allstars CV (Curriculum Vitae Album), and featured in the videos for Move your body, booty call , kpere and Close to you.<\/p>\n

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