Who remembers Alex O?
Alex Okoroigwe famously known as Alex O was a Nigerian pop music sensation in the late 80s and early ‘90s.
The singer, songwriter and producer is best known for his songs “Celebrate” and “ She’s so Pretty”.”
His hit songs had significant impact in the music industry in the early 90s.
Alex O’s contemporaries included Mike Okri, Orits Wiliki, Blacky, Daniel Wilson, Mandators among others.
No show would be complete then without Alex O gracing the stage.
Then all of a sudden, he disappeared from the public scene. Nothing was heard of him.
So what has the Jerry-Curl hairstyle-wearing singer been up to all these years?
Alex O is currently based in South Africa. He is into animation and music composition.
According to him, while he was away, he went back to school to study Film and Animation in South Africa.
“I spent about four years in South Africa. However, most of the time, I was in Singapore, Sweden and France.
“I have travelled around the world. I’ve always been in music, but I studied Film and Animation. It’s all within the arts terrain.
“I’m working on an album, and I’m doing a lot of visuals work in terms of 3D Graphics, and animation for TV commercials”, he said.
Alex O is the C.E.O of DigiAudioVisuals, an entertainment firm based in South Africa.
Alex O married Oby Edozie, a Nigerian film actress and producer, on Friday, December 16, 2011. Two children have been born into the marriage (a boy born in September 2013. and a girl born in February 2015).
