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Tobe Nwigwe is champion known for his euphony career, but present he’s getting a batch of attraction arsenic an enactment movie star. The 36-year-old rapper makes his movie debut successful Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, starring alongside Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback. Tobe is being considered 1 of the breakout stars of the enactment movie that comes retired June 9. So, who is Tobe Nwigwe? Here’s what you request to cognize astir the multi-talented star.
Tobe Nwigwe successful ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Photo: Everett Collection)
Tobe plays Reek successful ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’.
Tobe is 1 of the fewer actors playing a quality in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. His character, Reek, is simply a companion of Noah Diaz (Anthony) and Elena Wallace (Dominique) and joins them connected their planetary adventure. Tobe revealed helium was formed successful the movie successful July 2021.
He’s from Texas.
Tobe was calved successful Houston, Texas. He’s of Nigerian descent. He played shot successful precocious schoolhouse and successful assemblage astatine University of North Texas. Tobe was successful speech to beryllium drafted into the NFL until helium suffered a ft injury, which wholly shifted his vocation path.
He’s besides a rapper.
Tobe is simply a hip-hop/rap creator and has released a fig of EPs and LPs. Some of his astir fashionable songs see “I’m Dope,” “Try Jesus,” and “Eat.” He’s collaborated with Pharrell Williams and different large artists. Tobe promotes his euphony connected his Instagram, wherever helium has implicit 1.5 cardinal followers.
Tobe Nwigwe (Photo: Christopher Victorio/Shutterstock)
He was nominated for a Grammy.
Tobe was up for the 2023 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, but helium mislaid to Samara Joy. Before the ceremony, Tobe walked the reddish carpet with his wife, Martica ‘Fat’ Nwigwe, and told Rolling Stone that helium felt “honored” to beryllium the lone autarkic creator nominated.
He’s joined with kids.
Tobe and his wife, Martica ‘Fat’ Nwigwe, person 4 children. Their youngest child, lad Chikodili Ejikemeuwa Nwigwe was calved successful April 2023, and they shared the blessed news connected Instagram. “4/7/23 the fable was born,” Tobe wrote, alongside a photograph of his newborn son. He besides revealed the meaning down his son’s afloat name. “Chikodili: it’s successful GODs hands. Ejikemeuwa: not by my spot (by GODs grace). Nwigwe: kid of the heavens,” Tobe wrote.
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