EARLY DAYS

CocoIce, born Mojisola Serah Sowole, is a Nigerian rapper, songwriter, content developer, influencer, entrepreneur and fashion designer.

The versatility of her creativity is enormous and is considered to be her biggest strategic advantage.

She hails from Ogun State, in the southwestern region of Nigeria. Born and raised in Lagos Nigeria, her early days exposed her to the rich and diverse music culture of her environment, thereby having an early influence on her. Known within her mates in her early school days for her love for rap music, she started to entertain at every social activity in school and otherwise.

CocoIce draws her rap inspiration from listening to great rappers such as Eric Sermon, Mase, Notorious B.I.G, Lil Kim, Diddy and Heavy D. With a pen in hand, her creativity knows no bound. Whether for rap editorials which she also got into at her early teen days or fashion, which is another beloved craft of hers today.

MUSIC CAREER

Her early sojourn into editorial journalism exposed her into writing for the most widely read youth campus magazine publication – Acada Magazine. Her “Tito’s Diary” segment was a hot favorite for her esteemed readers, with the magazine reaching over 15,000 students monthly across several campuses within and outside Nigeria.

Going back to her first love; music, she started working and making music in the late award winning producer – OJB’s Studio ‘Silver Points Beat’ and released her first single titled ‘Get Nutty’ featuring May D in 2009 and it all took off from there.

In 2011, she signed a management contract with Magikal Entertainment, from her first hit single – Its Me. Two videos followed for ‘Its Me’ (directed by MattMax) and ‘Pon Pon Pon Remix’ singles in quick succession.

PERFORMANCE & AWARDS

CocoIce has performed at top events across Nigeria. Many of these shows and events include;

– Etisalat Spinlet

– Top 10 Mics

– Orijin Lagos Lunch (May 2014)

– Star Trek Show (2014)

In 2012, she was co-host at Tush Awards along side VJ Femi of Hip Tv and award winning Denrele Edun sponsored by Nigizie Tv. Her video ‘Its Me’ was directed by MattMax made it to SoundCity Top 20 videos and nomination in the “Next to blow” category for the TooXclusive 2012 Music Awards.

She won the ‘Next Rated Artist Of The Year’ at TUSH Awards. CocoIce was included in the ‘Best Female Hip Hop Artist’ category at CHAS, in the same year.

She was nominated in two category – ‘Song of the year and ‘Female act of the year’ at Gbam Awards.

REALITY TELEVISION

On 27th of November 2016, CocoIce auditioned for the 2nd edition of Nigeria’s biggest reality TV show – Big Brother Naija Reality Show

In January 22nd 2017 after going through the rigorous audition processes, she was selected as one of the 12 House-mates to participate in the show for 2017.

3 weeks into the show, she became the third house-mate to be evicted. The highlight of her participation and stay in the house was winning the tasks to become the Head Of House, a feat which allowed for her to be addressed as “Igwe CocoIce”, a title that she is addressed by her huge local and international fans till date.