Guess this Celebrity!

Today's celebrity guess is  a Nigeriansinger-songwriter, harmonica player, and businessman. He has won several music awards including the awards for Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007, Artist of the Year at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2009. and BET Awards of 2011 for Best International Act. 

He was born in Zaria, Kaduna State,Nigeria to a military officer who commanded an artillery regiment and a church dignitary mother who hailed from Shagamu in Ogun State. Due to his father's profession he moved several times within Nigeria and later moved to England. He was expected to follow his father's military career and was enrolled to the Nigerian Military School at age eleven. One last clue about him is he gets nicknames everywhere he goes. Who is this celebrity?