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DJ Switch, with real name Obianuju Catherine Udeh, is a well-known Nigerian musician, songwriter and disc jockey. She first gained recognition after winning a reality show called Star Quest, where she formed a band named "The Pulse". Their first single, "Pray Sote", was a hit, and they even released a remix featuring Busta Rhymes. After the band broke up, DJ Switch participated in another reality show, The X-Factor West Africa, and won as a solo artist. She then started her career as a self-taught DJ. In 2019, she won the Redbull 3Style Championships for the North/West Africa region, cementing her place as one of the best DJs in the country. She is also a tech enthusiast and loves innovation.

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Full biography of Nigerian female artist – DJ Switch

This article is about Nigerian female DJ and musical artiste, DJ Switch.

The ‘DJ Switch’ we refer to in this piece of writing should not be confused with 12-year-old Ghanian child DJ of the same name.

Who is DJ Switch?

DJ Switch is a Nigerian DJ and music artist whose real name is Obianuju Catherine Udeh .

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DJ Switch’s Childhood and Education

DJ Switch was born in Udi town in Enugu State. She had most of her childhood in Warri, Delta State and later moved to Abuja. She is currently based in Lagos. DJ Switch is the last child in a family of eight children. Her father is late.

DJ Switch attended the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) in Rivers State where she graduated with a degree in Geology.

DJ Switch’s DJ Career

DJ Switch gained fame and popularity after she emerged the winner of the maiden and only edition of the Glo X-Factor talent show in 2013 . Following her Glo X Factor win, DJ Switch was signed to Sony Music and later endorsed by Peter Okoye’s P-Classic record label.

Before contesting in Glo X-Factor , DJ Switch was part of a music band called Da Pulse . The group consisting of six members including DJ Switch won the 2009 edition of the reality music competition, Star Quest and was awarded a cash prize of N3.6 million and another N7.5 million in recording contract plus other rewards.

DJ Switch as a musical artiste

Obianuju Catherine Udeh aka DJ Switch is a multi-talented creative artist. Asides her DJ work, DJ Switch is also a singer, rapper and songwriter.

DJ Switch’s songs and discography

DJ Switch has rerecorded over a dozen songs both personally and in collaboration with other artistes. Some of DJ Switch’s most notable songs include:

4. Clap For Them

10. My Body

11. Give Me More

DJ Switch’s Awards and Nominations

DJ Switch has been nominated for several reputable awards. She was a nominee of the City People Entertainment Award for Most Promising Act of the Year (Female). DJ Switch won the City People Award for Best Female DJ in 2016.

DJ Switch was featured in a 2018 CNN editorial titled: Nigeria’s female DJs spinning against stereotypes .

DJ Switch’s Family, Husband and Children

DJ Switch is not yet married and does not have a husband. As a single mother, DJ Switch’s is raising her child alone. DJ Switch said in a 2013 interview with Encomium Magazine: “My baby is eight and I would rather keep the identity of the child’s father private.”

DJ Switch’s daughter is currently fifteen years old.

Other interesting facts about DJ Switch

DJ Switch left her well-paying job with the oil company Halliburton to pursue a career in entertainment.

On August 29, 2020, DJ Switch was invited to the BBNaija Season 4 ‘Lockdown’ show as a guest DJ for the Saturday night party . For two hours, DJ Switch thrilled the BBNaija Lockdown housemates and viewers of the show with her exceptional DJ skills.

DJ Switch’s net worth

The exact net worth of DJ Switch is currently not known. A rough estimate of DJ Switch’s net worth puts it at several tens of millions of naira.

DJ Switch on social media

DJ Switch is active on social media. The official Instagram account of DJ Switch is  @djswitch_ . The official Twitter account of DJ Switch is  @dj_switchaholic .

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DJ Switch Biography: Age, Songs & Pictures

DJ Switch whose real name is Obianuju Catherine Udeh, is an award winning Nigerian female disc jockey, songwriter and rapper born in 1976.

DJ Switch is one of the professional female disc jockey in Nigeria joining the likes of DJ Lambo and DJ Cuppy.

There is surely a difference when it comes to her professionalism, she’s extremely talented.

A versatile personality as she combines her disc jockey with being a musician and performer.

She’s also a single mother who doesn’t look her age one bit.

I can tell that there’s more to this amazing free spirited and fun loving DJ Switch.

DJ Switch is a Nigerian female disc jockey born in 1976.

She grew up in Warri, Dela State and resides in Abuja part of Nigeria.

She’s a single mother who originally hails from Udi in Enugu State.

She is also the last child in a family of eight children.

It would interest you to know that DJ Switch is also a graduate.

She Studied Geology at University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

DJ Switch came to limelight after emerging winner of the first edition of Glo X-Factor reality show Africa 2005,

She got Signed to P Classic owned by Peter Okoye known as Mr P.

She released her sit song “So Tey” which enlisted the American rapper, Busta rhymes in the remix.

She was featured on Patoranking’s single “Bad Man” in 2016 and released the music video for her first single “Clap For Them”.

READ ALSO: DJ Cuppy Biography, Age & Net Worth

Here’s what she said in an interview with showtime:

‘We have a lot of DJs in the country, but none of them sings as well. We have DJs who have albums, but they’re not the ones singing on it; rather, they work with artistes for that. I don’t look at competition; I’m even happy that we have a lot of female DJs now. I get approached by a lot of guys who want me to teach them how to be DJs, and I wish ladies will come to me more. I’m unique because I turn tables and I sing as well. My name is Switch, and like I keep telling people, I can always switch my style. Not only do I play, I know how to hold a crowd; that’s something that makes me stand out.’

• Clap For Them
• Give Me More

Awards & Nominations

DJ Switch has got accolades for her effort in the industry. Some of her nominations include:

• Top Naija Musis award for Best DJ (2016)
• City People Entertainment Award For Most Promising Act of The Year (2015) which was won by Simi.

She also won the City People Music Award for DJ of the Year (Female)

Social Media Profile

Instagram @djswitch_

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For many in Nigeria, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, known professionally as DJ Switch, has come to embody a youth population that knows what it is to fight—and live—for something. In an infallible melodic voice and with a disarming humor, she begins her talk at the 2021 Oslo Freedom Forum by introducing a live video she took in October of 2020. This casual introduction is perhaps purposefully deceptive. On screen, gunshots ring out, a crowd of people can be seen running in collective chaotic movement, and then a panicked yet unfaltering voice is heard clearly, “They’re shooting us!” 

DJ Switch, born  in Delta State, Nigeria in 1984, is a performing artist, disc jockey, and activist. She won a reality music competition as part of a group in 2009, and went on to win the Glo X Factor in 2013 as a solo act, which landed her a deal with Sony Music. With songs like Don’t Cry for me Nigeria (Parody) and Oluwa (2020), she was well-established as a figure in the contemporary Nigerian music scene when the End SARS demonstrations broke out across the country in late 2020. 

End SARS is a social movement protesting against police brutality in Nigeria, specifically calling for the abolition of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigerian police. SARS was created in 1992 to combat armed robbery in Lagos, but over time expanded throughout the country and developed a reputation for huge abuses of power, engaging in arbitrary arrests, acts of harassment, extortion, rape, and killings. The unit enjoys a high level of impunity, with the Nigerian government responding to allegations of abuse repeatedly in the past with empty promises of reform. The targets of these crimes were most often young people like DJ Switch with “interesting hairstyles, ripped jeans, iPhones, nice cars” . With nearly 70% of Nigeria’s population being below 30 years of age, the movement was naturally spearheaded by young people who were done with living in fear. In a recent interview , Switch says, “#EndSARS is now an identity, the youth’s identity in Nigeria because it is a bold stance against a government that is completely irresponsible and uncaring.” 

DJ Switch had lived in Lagos for 7 years prior, and was personally familiar with the crimes that SARS officers all too often committed and got away with. She became one of the most recognizable voices to join the protests. Already well-versed in using her platform to speak out in criticism of the Nigerian government’s lack of transparency and accountability, she even called on her Twitter followers to “stay strong and determined” in the midst of demonstrations. Then, she inadvertently became a key player in a larger fight against the Nigerian government to uphold truth, justice, and democracy. 

Switch was part of a group of peaceful protestors who assembled at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos on October 20, 2020. As evening began to set in, the military arrived. Without any warning or attempt at conversation, they opened fire on the gathering. Protestors begin chanting the national anthem in the hope that, as DJ Switch said at Oslo, “they recognized we are not their enemy,” but the onslaught was merciless and continued into a second wave of shooting. Switch instinctively pulled out her phone and began an Instagram livestream as the shooting began and power was cut at the tollgate . It became clear that the attack was premeditated. Amnesty International reported that at least 12 people were killed . 

“At that moment, I believed we would all die. I thought, let me put this online, let people see what’s happening, and let them see where we died,” she said of the decision to start the livestream amidst the falling bullets in a 2020 interview with Time Magazine. The video went viral after she managed to escape, one of the only existing crucial pieces of evidence of an atrocity that the Nigerian government fervently denied ever happened. Switch was accused of falsifying the video and labeled a “front for divisive and destructive forces,” receiving threats from the state in the days following. In the time since, a Nigerian judicial panel has found the army culpable in the shooting, labeling it a ‘massacre’. 

DJ Switch hasn’t been back home since the day of the attack. Forced to flee Nigeria for her safety, she has given speeches and interviews calling her fellow Nigerians to action and calling for state accountability. She remains active mostly virtually, through social media as well as video appearances. She spoke at the 19th Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court in December 2020 and was awarded a prestigious fellowship from the National Endowment for Democracy in March 2021 focused on developing social media content to engage citizens in advocating for human rights and democracy in Nigeria.

DJ Switch’s music is still important to her, a dream that seems for now to have “ just blown up into smoke ,” as she said to Time Magazine. She’s focused now on Nigeria’s 2023 elections, determined to help shape a real democracy that is kinder to its people. With over 900,000 Instagram followers, she remains a powerful voice for the youth of Nigeria. She considers herself now, foremost, to be fighting for those who died in the protests, believing firmly, as she told CNN , that “The truth needs no defense.”  

By Maya Razvi, March 2022. Maya is a junior at Bennington College studying Visual Arts and Literature.

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DJ Switch (Nigerian DJ)

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Obianuju Catherine Udeh , professionally known as DJ Switch is a Nigerian disc jockey who emerged as the winner of the first edition of The Glo X Factor in 2013 at the age of 29. She is the last of eight children, from Udi in Enugu State , a Geology graduate from University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State and now a professional disc jockey. [1]

DJ Switch was born to Nigerian parents and grew up in Warri , a city in South-South Nigeria, Delta state . Her father has died, and she’s the last of eight children.

DJ Switch is a Geology graduate from the University of Port Harcourt Rivers state in Nigeria . [2] [3]

DJ Switch started her entertainment career as a disc jockey and moved on to becoming a song writer, as well as a musician. [4] She first earned attention when her group, Da Pulse, emerged as the winner of the 2009 edition of reality music competition, Star Quest. They further went on to release a hit song titled, So Tey , which featured American rapper Busta Rhymes in the remix.

Her career fully kicked off after she emerged the winner of the maiden and only edition of the Glo X-Factor in 2013. She was signed into a record deal with Sony Music as part of the prizes for the emergence, as the winner of the Glo X-Factor been endorsed by Peter Okoye’s P-Classic Records. [5]

On 20 October 2020, DJ switch live streamed the aftermath of the Lekki Massacre . In the video, they attempted to remove a bullet from the leg of a man who was shot, tying a Nigerian flag around his leg. [6] [7]

DJ Switch won Nigeria's Glo X-Factor in 2013. [8]

• [2] "DJ Switch graduated from the University of Port Harcourt Rivers state" . www.gloworld.com . Retrieved 2018-11-20 .
• [3] "Obianuju Catherine Udeh A.K.A DJ Switch, Tells Her Amazing Story After Winning The 1st Glo X-Factor West Africa Competition - OnoBello.com" . onobello.com . Archived from the original on 2018-11-20 . Retrieved 2018-11-20 .
• [4] Areo, Oluwafadekemi (2020-10-23). "Who is DJ Switch" . Business Day . Archived from the original on 2020-10-31.
• [5] "Why Peter P-Square signed me to his label –DJ Switch" . Punch Newspapers . Retrieved 2018-11-20 .
• [6] "#EndSARS: DJ Switch, others help protesters shot at Lekki Toll Gate" . Punch . 20 October 2020.
• [7] "End SARS protest in Lekki toll gate: Who be DJ Switch, di Disc Jockey wey film shooting on protesters?" . BBC . 21 October 2020.
• [8] "DJ Switch Won Nigeria's Glo X-Factor 2013 Edition" . allAfrica.com . Retrieved 2018-11-20 .

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Obianuju Catherine Udeh , popularly known as DJ Switch , was born on April 26, 1984. She is a Nigerian disc jockey, songwriter, and musician. She is known for her eclectic mix of music, her energetic performances, and her social activism. DJ Switch won the first edition of The Glo X Factor in 2013 at the age of 29.

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DJ Switch was born on April 26, 1984, in Udi, Enugu State, Nigeria, to a family of eight children. She is the last child. She attended primary and secondary school in Enugu and then went on to study Geology at the University of Port Harcourt .

DJ Switch began her career as a disc jockey in 2010. She quickly gained a reputation for her eclectic mix of music, her energetic performances, and her ability to connect with her audience. In 2013, she won the first edition of The Glo X Factor , a Nigerian singing competition. This led to a record deal with Sony Music Africa , and she released her debut album, Switch On , in 2014.

DJ Switch has since released several other singles and albums, and she has toured extensively throughout Nigeria and Africa. She has also performed at a number of international festivals, including the SXSW Music Festival and the Glastonbury Festival .

In addition to her music career, DJ Switch is also a social activist. She is passionate about issues such as youth empowerment, gender equality, and social justice. She has used her platform to speak out against police brutality, corruption, and other social ills in Nigeria.

DJ Switch is a very private person and does not share much about her personal life with the public. She is known for her humble and down-to-earth personality.

• 2017 Headies Award for Best Female DJ 
• 2016 BET Award for Best International Act: Africa 
• 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Award for Best Female DJ 
• 2014 MTV Africa Music Award for Best Female Artist
• 2013 The Glo X Factor winner 

In October 2020, DJ Switch was a witness to the Lekki Toll Gate massacre, a shooting incident in which Nigerian soldiers opened fire on peaceful protesters during the #EndSARS protests. DJ Switch live-streamed the incident on social media, and her videos helped to document the atrocities that were committed.

DJ Switch’s live stream also made her a target of the Nigerian government. She was accused of spreading fake news and inciting violence. She was forced to flee Nigeria and seek asylum in Canada.

DJ Switch’s net worth is estimated to be around $1 million . Although, this net worth is not a verified one.

Social Media Handles

DJ Switch is very active on social media platforms. He has verified accounts on both Instagram and Twitter with 848,000 and 325,000 followers respectively. You can follow him through the following handles.

• Instagram: @djswitch_
• Twitter: @dj_switchaholic

DJ Switch biography posits her as a talented and successful artist who has made a significant impact on the Nigerian music industry. She is also a courageous and outspoken activist who is fighting for a better Nigeria. DJ Switch is an inspiration to many people around the world.

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