Many may say the life of ice prince as a rapper is almost over, has he is now in the shadows of young an upcoming artistes, but the truth is he remains one of the best rappers in Nigeria.
Here are some real facts about ice prince that you may not have known.
1. His real name is Panshak Henry Zamani but popularly called Ice Prince.
2. Ice Prince is one of the biggest hip-hop recording artistes in Nigeria and he is also an actor. Ice Prince cited Notorious B.I.G., Rakim, Jay-Z, Common, Talib Kweli, Kanye West, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Lauryn Hill, M.I and Jesse Jagz as his key musical influences.
3. He is 31 years old and he was born in Minna, Niger state of Nigeria. M.I is a real influence in his life as he considers him to be a mentor.
4. At the age of two he followed his parent to Jos the capital of Plateau state.
5. He dropped out of school after discovering his talent and due to the death of his parent.
6. Ice prince musical career started with a group called ECOMOG squad at Jos.
7. He rose to fame after releasing his hit song ‘Oleku’ which is one of Nigeria’s most remixed songs ever, he won the Hennessey artistry club tour in 2019.
8. His achievements include one BET Award, one Ghana Music Award, three The Headies Awards, two Nigeria Entertainment Awards and two Channel O Music Video Awards
9. His debut studio album, Everybody Loves Ice Prince, was released in 2011. It was supported by the singles “Oleku”, “Superstar”, “Juju” and “Magician”. In 2013, Ice Prince released Fire of Zamani as his second studio album. The album contained the singles “Aboki”, “More”, “Gimme Dat” and “I swear”. On 1 July 2015, Ice Prince was announced as the new Vice President of Chocolate City.
10. Ice Prince has a son named Jamal with Bimbo Babatunde, the rapper dated Eva Alordiah when he first relocated to Lagos.