Goldie Harvey

Goldie-Harvey

Susan Oluwabimpe “Goldie” Filani Harvey was born In the early 80s to very educated and successful parents ”“ her mum, late Mrs. Olabisi Betty from the illustrious Olaiya family in Ijebu, Ogun State was a former managing director in a bank, while her dad, a native of Ikole-Ekiti, Ekiti State, also retired as a director in a new generation bank. He is now into full time clerical works in Lagos. The first of four kids, Goldie`s education began at the Green Springs Montessori Primary School and then St. John’s College, Palm Grove, Lagos.

At that time too, it had become pretty obvious that Goldie was an embryonic diva. When she got to the UK where she had been admitted to study Business Management at the University of Sunderland, she and a couple of friends and formed an informal group which performed for friends and family. The group even did a couple of demos which never really made it out.

Interestingly, Goldie`s return to Nigeria in the mid-2000s did not quite signal an immediate take-off for her career. Rather, she concentrated on building her date-reminder services business. In the course of this, she needed to do a jingle and was introduced to Mani of Cool FM who later introduced her to the idustry players. Then, she met renowned producer, OJB Jezreel who would produce her first single, Komole. This was followed by three other singles Spin Me, Nothing has Changed, and Shift, which all formed part of her compilation CD. Since then, there has been no stopping her. After a tentative management deal in 2009, Goldie was signed on to Nigeria`s foremost music label, Kennis Music in 2010.

Filani had won several African music awards including the Top Naija Award. She appeared on Big Brother Africa in 2012 which was her first TV appearance. Allegedly, she and rapper Prezzo another BBA housemate had a close relationship. After returning home to Nigeria from the 2013 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, she complained of a headache and was rushed to hospital where she was later pronounced dead.She was married to Andrew Harvey. She graduated from the University of Sunderland in 2007 with a BA in Business Management. She was 29 years old.

List Of Songs Released

Give It To Me

Miliki

Skibobo

Say My Name

Fine

I Don’t Wanna Leave

Don’t Touch

Jawo