{"id":5160,"date":"2022-09-30T11:26:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=5160"},"modified":"2022-09-30T11:26:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:26:46","slug":"education-profile-of-king-sunny-ade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-king-sunny-ade\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Profile of King Sunny Ade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chieftain\">Chief<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_Federal_Republic\">MFR<\/a>\u00a0born 22 September 1946, known professionally as\u00a0<strong>King Sunny Ad\u00e9<\/strong>, is a Nigerian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J%C3%B9j%C3%BA_music\">j\u00f9j\u00fa<\/a>\u00a0singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.\u00a0Sunny Ad\u00e9 was born in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Osogbo\">Osogbo<\/a>\u00a0to a Nigerian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_family\">royal family<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ondo_City\">Ondo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Akure_Kingdom\">Akure<\/a>, thereby making him an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omoba\">Omoba<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yoruba_people\">Yoruba people<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunny Ad\u00e9 left grammar school in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ondo_City\">Ondo City<\/a>&nbsp;under the pretense of going to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Lagos\">University of Lagos<\/a>. It was thus in Lagos that his eclectic musical career began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunny Ad\u00e9&#8217;s musical sound has evolved from the early days. His career began with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moses_Olaiya\">Moses Olaiya<\/a>&#8216;s Federal Rhythm Dandies, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Highlife\">highlife<\/a>\u00a0band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He founded the King Sunny Ade Foundation, an organization that includes a performing arts center, a state-of-the-art recording studio, and housing for young musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a visiting lecturer at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Obafemi_Awolowo_University\">Obafemi Awolowo University<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ile-Ife\">Ile-Ife<\/a>&nbsp;and recipient of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Order_of_the_Federal_Republic\">Order of the Federal Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is regarded as one of the first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_pop_music\">African pop<\/a>\u00a0musicians to gain international success, and has been called one of the most influential musicians of all time. 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