Gloria Oloruntobi is her real name, but has her stage name as Maraji.
She is a popular Nigerian comedian and social media personality.
She was born February 6, 1997 in Edo State. Maraji was born into a family of four children in a family, comprising of two sisters and two brothers. She hails from Edo State in south south Nigeria.
Maraji’s Educational Background
Maraji had her primary and secondary education in Edo State respectively.
She later graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Covenant University in 2017.
Maraji’s Comedy Career
Maraji started her career making lip sync videos and miming songs, a development that was made possible by her friends who helped her to post her video online.
The success of her first video gave room for subsequent mimic videos and soon afterwards, she became internet sensation.
Maraji did a mimic video on one of Reekado Bank’s songs which he, Reekado reposted on his instagram and since then, Maraji’s fame and fan base grew tremendously.
She also did a mimic video on Korede Bello’s songs and other top Nigerian artistes.
Maraji initially did not see herself doing something special until her popularity and fan base double unimaginably. She role-plays in her comedy skits and switches between accents and vocal pitches to suit each character she plays.
Maraji was featured in the music videos for Falz’s “Something Light” and Yemi Alade’s “Single and Searching”.
Maraji has not only done mimic videos, but has also become famous in comedy skits. She has so far done good number of comedy to the admiration of her numerous fans across board.
Awards and Nominations
Maraji has in the course of her career been nominated for good number of awards, and won some, most notably as:
- Nominee for Prize Comedy at the 2017 and 2018 The Future Awards Africa.
- Nominee for Comedy Act of the Year at the 2018 City People Music Awards.
- Nigerian Teen Choice Award for Choice Instagrammer
- Best Comedy Act at the Nigerian Entertainment Award
Her Marital Status
Maraji is happily married. She is one of those who do not bring their family affairs to the public domain and the marriage is blessed with a son. She has however remained focused in her career.
Maraji’s Net Worth
Maraji is currently doing very well in the entertainment space with an estimated net worth of about $100,000 dollars.
She was said to have revealed that she charges as much as between N500,000 to N1 million per sponsored post on instagram. She also earns from her YouTube channels where she has lots of subscribers.
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