Newest entry in the Nigerian music industry performs before big names

Participants at the I C - Cube Youth Conference tagged “Winning in business and career” which held at the massive Alfred Martins Hall at St. Leo’s Catholic Church, Ikeja were inspired to live their dreams and be the best they can be by one who can be said to be the newest entry in the Nigeria Music Industry, Socrates Uduk, who sang live his rnb inspirational song, “I wanna be me”.
The event had in attendance Prof. Pat Utomi the Founder, Centre for Values in Leadership, who wasn’t available in person but sent a representative as well as members of his Centre for Values in Leadership team, it also had in attendance Special Adviser for youths and social development of Lagos State, it also had the Chairman, Philips Consulting, Foluso Philips, Chairman, Juli Plc, Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi and a host of other big names as well as a large number of youths.

Socrates sang with two backup singers and after the bridge of the song, he was joined by four dancers who danced in unison with him and at the end of the song, he gave a very long sustain which led to an applause and thereafter, he fell backwards like a palm tree at the up edge of the third step of the stage he stood, he was caught by his dancers on the air and carried like a log of wood off stage. This stunt was highly applauded to.


Before he began singing, his profile was projected for the audience and it was read aloud by the MC while he stood facing the audience, as he started singing, the lyrics of his song was projected by a projector in a video so the audience could read the lyrics of his song.

One thing that was undeniably astonishing was his larger-than-life costume which was similar to that usually worn by the pop legend; Michael Jackson of blessed memory, his costume had a large amount of golden chains, assorted golden buttons and a golden hand glove he wore at his left hand. His shoes were also designed with golden chains.

Chukwudi Iwuchukwu blog got wind of his profile as it was very rich, read below, and see why Socrates Uduk was considered capable of entertaining such big names as the saying goes, nothing happens by chance. Dupped “Madonna University Shakira ”, singer- songwriter Socrates Uduk was born in Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria in 8th June 1987. As a child, he had an intense passion for dancing and he went to become the most famous solo dancer in Madonna University of all times. He started off his entertainment career in 2005 at Madonna University, Okija as a stage dancer and as at then, went by the stage name “Twist”. Madonna University graduates, who schooled within the period of 2005 to 2010, knew him as Madonna University Shakira ever since he danced to Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie” in 2006 up till when he graduated in 2010. He was the first and only solo dancer to be featured in the school’s Mass Communication newspaper “Vox Madonna” in 2009, as well as the first and only solo dancer to be featured in the prestigious Madonna Central Choir Diamond Magazine in 2009.

He made uninterrupted dance presentations of popular songs in school occasions, some of the songs he danced to are: Christiana Milan “Dip it low” R. Kelly “Burn it up, Infinity “Olorioko”, Beyonce “Upgrade you”, “Babyboy”, “Beautiful lie”, Shakira “Hips don’t lie”, Celine Dion “Your eyes on me”, Rihanna “Disturbia”, Destiny's Child “Through with it”, Britney Spear “Piece of me”, Madonna “Frozen”, and the list goes on and on. Having carved a niche for himself in the field of stage dancing, Socrates Uduk knew he had covered that area and sought to cover other fields of entertainment, this time, he choose singing, this was owing to the fact that he wanted to be able to perform his own songs on stage and so he checked into a music studio in 2007 and produced his widely acclaimed hit song “I wanna be me”, an inspirational rnb song.

In December 2008, he sang the welcome song of the Madonna Central Choir Christmas Carol. He performed his song “I wanna be me” in the school’s 2008 Convocation eve celebration. In February 2013, Socrates Uduk’s hit song “Hurricane” was number 1 in Rivers 99.1 Fm and has been enjoying regular play since then. He was the Music Director of the Nigerian Christian Corpers Fellowship, Oji-River, Enugu State, 2011 and the Choir Master of the St. Augustine Catholic Church at the Nigerian Law School, Enugu Campus, 2012. He was the dance instructor of Miss. Eno-Eno Uwe who won the Miss. Renaissance University contest 2013 and who came out fourth in the Miss. Akwa-Ibom beauty pageant in 2012. He was also the dance instructor or Arit Etim Uwe who was crowned Miss Akpakiporon, meaning, Miss Oron Nation of Akwa-Ibom State.

Watch out for him and watch this space for more of his exploits