Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye popularly known by his stage name as King Sunny Ade is a Nigerian Juju singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is regarded as the first African musician to gain international success in the 70s. Due to his fame and sensational music, he has been named one of the most influential Nigerian musicians of all time.
His musical achievements are just too numerous to count, that's why rather than talking about that I'm going to showing you a throwback photo of him when he was a young uprising musician.
Check out the photo below.
This throwback photo shows a young king Sunny Ade with the most influential Music Magnate of the 1970s, Chief Bolarinwa Abioro.
King Sunny Ade is a legend in the Nigerian Music Industry, having received so many awards over the course of his musical career. His achievements in the Nigerian Music Industry has made him a nominee for the Grammy Award two times, which made him the first African to be granted that honor.
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