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Alban Uzoma Nwapa was born August 26, 1957. He is known by his stage name Dr. Alban. Dr. Alban is a Sweden-based Nigerian musician and producer with his own record label dr-records. His music can best be described as Eurodance/hip hop reggae with a dancehall style. He is most famous for his worldwide 1992 hit “It’s my life”. Dr. Alban was born into a middle class family of 10 children in Oguta, Imo state, Nigeria. He had his secondary education at Christ The King College, Aba, Nigeria and spent most of his youth in his hometown Oguta. At age 23, he travelled to Sweden to study dentistry. In order to be able to finance his studies, Dr. Alban became a DJ. He worked as a DJ at the Stockholm club Alphabet Street. Very quickly his name became widely known, especially since Dr. Alban often sang to the records he put on the turntable. In 1990, he met Deniiz Pop from the SweMix label. Together with Denniz and Rap-Queen Leila K, his first record, “Hello Africa” - his declaration of love for his African home - broke all records. Alban Nwapa took the stage name Dr. Alban, a nod to his dental studies. His debut album Hello Africa sold roughly 1 million copies world-wide. In 2007, after years of disappearance from the music scene, Dr. Alban released a new studio album Back to Basics. It was sold on the Internet only, through Dr. Alban’s official website. Ends