Nigerian rapper, Panshak Henry Zamani, better known as Ice Prince Zamani, will today be arraigned in a Lagos court for abducting a police officer.
In a post on Twitter on Friday, by the Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the “Oleku” singer was stopped for driving without license plates at 3 am, Friday.
“He agreed to be taken to the station. He, thereafter, abducted the police officer in his car, assaulted him and threatened to throw him in the river. He has been arrested and would be arraigned today,” Hundeyin stated.
He rose to fame after releasing “Oleku”, one of Nigeria’s most remixed songs of all time.
Ice Prince won the 2009 Hennessy Artistry Club Tour.
His debut studio album Everybody Loves Ice Prince was released in 2011.
It was supported by three singles: “Oleku”, “Superstar” and “Juju”.
In 2013, Ice Prince released Fire of Zamani as his second studio album. The album contained the singles “Aboki”, “More”, “Gimme Dat” and “I Swear”.
On 1 July 2015, Ice Prince was announced as the vice president of Chocolate City.
He held the position until he left the label in 2016.
The “Oleku” singer was born in the city of Minna.
At Age two, he moved with his family to the mining city of Jos, Plateau State. He is of Angas ethnicity.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that while residing in Jos, he attended St. Murumba College. He also attended the Science Tutorial Niger State College in Jos.
Career
In 1999, he began writing rap songs and started performing them at school; in 2001 he began recording them. In 2002, he and some friends formed the “ECOMOG Squad” but split after a year.
In 2004, he connected with M.I, Jesse Jagz, Ruby, Lindsey, Eve, Taz, and together they became what is now known today as the “Loopy Crew”.
He attended the University of Jos to study zoology, but had to stop because of a “financial constraint”.
2010–2011: Everybody Loves Ice Prince
During the aforementioned interview, Ice Prince opened up about why he chose to name his debut album, Everybody Loves Ice Prince. He said “What made me give my album that name was when I lost my Mum, really.
There was so much love, so much care from all around the world. People really showed me love and it was after that incident that I came back to record my album and I thought what better name to call my album than Everybody Loves Ice Prince because I was shown love”.
“Oleku”, Ice Prince’s first single off his debut album was met with great reception throughout Nigeria.[citation needed] The song was released under Chocolate City.
Ice Prince’s ‘rap resume’ has a long list of songs he’s been featured on. He was featured on Taikoon’s “Respect My Hustle” with Banky W, DJ Neptune’s “This Gbedu Reloaded” with YQ & Shank, Bez’s “Super Sun (Remix)” with ELDee & Eva Alordiah, YQ’s “Efimile (Remix)” with Naeto C, M.I, Banky W, & ELDee, Pherowshuz’s “Korrect (remix)” with M.I & Terry Tha Rapman, Dekunle Fuji’s “Funmilayo” with Jesse Jagz, Jamix’s “My Party” with Wizkid & Kel, Reminisce’s “2 Mussh [Remix]” with Sauce Kid, and Knighthouse’s “Make it Better” with Mo’Cheddah, Funbi, & Mobie, among others.