Emma Chukwugoziam Obi, also known as Emma Nyra, is a Nigerian-American Afro pop singer that was born and raised in the US. After completing her Bachelor's Degree in Health Care Administration in 2010, she decided that she wanted to move to Nigeria to pursue her dreams of modeling, acting, and most of all, singing. Having lived in the United States, for majority of her life, then moving officially to Nigeria in early 2012, Emma Nyra has mastered the art of infusing Afro beat with a hint of American style in her music that her many fans adore.

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