{"id":700569,"date":"2019-09-07T07:53:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T07:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/07\/spotlight-interesting-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-naira-marley\/"},"modified":"2019-09-07T07:53:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T07:53:18","slug":"spotlight-interesting-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-naira-marley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/07\/spotlight-interesting-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-naira-marley\/","title":{"rendered":"SPOTLIGHT: Interesting Things You Probably Didn&#8217;t Know About Naira Marley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure style=\"width: 549px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190519_232122.jpg\" alt=\"Naira Marley\" width=\"549\" height=\"548\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naira Marley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley is one of Nigeria\u2019s fastest rising music acts and songwriters. If you have been wondering how he came about his stage name, wonder no more, as he says the reggae legend, Bob Marley, a Jamaican singer and songwriter inspired it.<\/p>\n<p>The singer drew negative attention to himself a few months ago after he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) on allegations of internet fraud. Naira Marley was arrested alongside his colleagues, Zlatan Ibile but the \u2018Legwork\u2019 artiste was released on administrative bail while Naira Marley was held in prison for over a month until he was released.<\/p>\n<p>Before the EFCC saga, Naira Marley was a moderately known artiste until his 2017 street hit single; \u201cIssa Goal\u201d, a star-studded collaboration with Coca Cola. The song was adopted by the Nigerian Football national team as their theme at the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Naira-Marley-Yahoo.jpeg\" alt=\"Image result for Interesting Things You Probably Didn't Know About Naira Marley\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It was remixed later, featuring music sensations like Falz, Olamide, Simi, Lil Kesh and Slimcase.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Issa Goal\u201d crooner who holds dual citizenship, being Nigerian and British, \u00a0was born in Nigeria but relocated to the United Kingdom at the age of 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also: I Can Not Wait For All Of You To Find Out Who The Real Yahoo Boys Are\u00a0 Naira Marley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The singer who has been arrested 124 times in the United Kingdom, said he never thought he\u2019d end up a musician.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after his release from Ikoyi prison, the singer dropped another hit, \u2018Soapy\u2019, which caused a social media buzz because of the intricate meaning of the song and its dance.<\/p>\n<p>Young and rising, we can\u2019t stop hoping for the best for him!<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naira Marley Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley is one of Nigeria\u2019s fastest rising music acts and songwriters. 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