Muma Gee: Truth about her friends, controversies, marriage
She has enjoyed interesting runs in the Nigerian entertainment industry; from music to reality TV shows and enough award nominations to show how much of a niche she has carved for herself over the years.
In this piece, we will table hard facts and interesting details in the life of this Afrocentric singer.
- Her full name is Gift Iyumame Eke née Uwame
- She is 36 years old
- She marks her birthday on November 18
- She is the third of her parents’ six children
- Besides being a singer, Muma Gee is also an actress, songwriter, businesswoman, fashion designer, and TV personality
- She was born and raised in Port Harcourt
- The song that provided her first taste of stardom was ‘Kade’
- She released her maiden album (Kade) in 2006
- In 2010, she participated in the celebrity studded edition of the Gulder Ultimate Search (GUS) reality TV show
- Throughout the duration of her participation in GUS, she was at loggerheads with fellow Nollywood actress, Chioma Chukwuka
- Some of the prominent names she has worked with include Samini, VIP, OJB, Cobhams Asuquo and Terry G
- Muma Gee was nominated for four awards at the 3rd Nigerian Music Video Awards
- Some of the movies she featured in include ‘Last Dance’ (2006), ‘Solid Affection’ (2008), ‘Secret Code’ (2011) and ‘The Code’ (2011).
- She got married to Prince Eke in 2011 in Port Harcourt
- Muma Gee is the mother of a set of twins; a boy and a girl, who were born on April 18, 2014
- She was once rumoured to have had an emotional affair with Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike
- Muma Gee lost her father when she was a child
- She has a strong preference for being addressed as Uwame
- She joined the church choir at 4
- She had her primary and secondary education in Abuja
- She graduated from the University of Port Harcourt where she studied Theatre Arts
- At different points in her life, she had managed and owned quite a number of businesses, including restaurants, fashion designing outfits, vehicle leasing company and beauty shops
- She once lived in Surulere in Lagos
- The word ‘Kade’ (title of her album) as explained by Muma Gee means to keep moving with the strong hope of achieving one’s objective eventually
- Her latest album is titled ‘Motherland’
- Her twins are named Prince Caesar Chika Eke and Princess Cleopatra Chisa Eke
- She admits that her first month (after birth) with the twins was fun
- She could not embark on exclusive breastfeeding because they are twins
- She intends to breastfeed them for a long time but not exclusively
- Muma Gee met her husband in church
- Did you know that she and her husband share the same best friend who happens to be Emeka Ike?
- The first time she ever saw her husband was on June 13, 2010
- Her husband proposed marriage to her the same day he met her
- She received her proposal ring 10 days after her husband’s proposal because he was involved in a movie project in Ghana
- She has no plan to quit music even with the challenges of taking of her twins.