Grace Ladoja

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Grace Ladoja

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Occupation Music executive
Partner TeeZee

Grace Ladoja MBE is a British music executive. She founded Our Homecoming, a festival in Lagos, Nigeria which ran for three days each year from 2018 till date. [1]

Biography

Grace Ladoja was born in London[ when? ] to Nigerian parents. [2]

At Music Week magazine's annual UK awards night in 2017, Ladoja received the Rising Star award. [3] At the 2021 awards night, Ladoja received the Entrepreneur award. [4]

In 2018, she received an MBE (Member of the British Empire) for services to the music industry. [5] [6] From 2018 to 2021, Ladoja has been included in several lists of influential women. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Ladoja and Nigerian rapper TeeZee are partners, in 2021 they announced the birth of their first child. [11] [12]

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