Beautiful People | Beautiful Nigerians | Amazing Africans🇳🇬💎
💎Sade Adu – born in Ibadan, raised in England; four Grammy Awards, timeless voice behind “Smooth Operator.”
💎Skepta (Joseph Junior Adenuga) – Tottenham-born grime pioneer, Brit Award winner and founder of Disturbing London, with influence spanning music and fashion — that’s Tinie Tempah, but Skepta himself is one of the most successful UK musicians originally from Nigeria.
💎Tinie Tempah (Patrick Okogwu) – Brit Award winner, Disturbing London founder, huge influence on UK rap and fashion.
💎Dave (David Orobosa Omoregie) – Brixton-born rapper of Nigerian descent, won the 2019 Mercury Prize for Psychodrama.
💎John Boyega – Star Wars breakout star, one of the most globally recognized British-Nigerian actors.
💎Cynthia Erivo – EGOT-nominated actress and singer, known for her role as Harriet Tubman.
💎Anthony Joshua – Olympic gold medalist and former unified heavyweight boxing champion.
💎Richard Ayoade – comedian, actor and director (The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace), son of a Nigerian father.
💎Little Simz – Mercury Prize-nominated rapper known for poetic, introspective lyricism.
💎Chiwetel Ejiofor – London-born, BAFTA and Olivier-winning actor known for “12 Years a Slave” and “Doctor Strange”.
Honorable historical mention: Olaudah Equiano, a formerly enslaved man born in what is now Nigeria, who became a key voice in Britain’s abolitionist movement.
