Background
Chikezie was born in Inglewood, California, attended high school at the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies in West Los Angeles and Bethel College in Kansas.
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He also attended Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California.
Career
Before auditioning for, he was a Transportation Security Administration screener and a cashier. Season 6 He previously auditioned for the show"s sixth season and made into the Hollywood Round, where he was cut before the top 40. Season 7 Holding number 613, Chikezie successfully auditioned again for Season 7 of and made the top 24 and then the top 12.
He was eliminated from on March 26, 2008, coming in tenth place.
He was in the bottom 3 with Jason Castro and Syesha Mercado, who both made the top 4. According to his AmericanIdol.com profile, his musical influences are Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, John Legend, Sam and Dave and others
While on he roomed with David Archuleta. After his elimination, Chikezie made appearances on Live with Regis and Kelly, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Chikezie completed the s Live! which covered over 50 cities from July 1 to September 13, 2008.
Chikezie is mentioned in the skit Metaphor by nerdcore rapper mc chris. During an interview for LifeScript, Chikezie announced he recently went vegan to avoid future health problems. He hosted a special called s: Where Are They Now? on television Guide Channel succeeding Sanjaya Malakar On March 19, 2009, Chikezie confirmed via interview that he is working on an album that will be released "sometime in the next 3 months".
He also stated that he has had various offers from a few labels, but denied them, claiming that they wanted him to be a certain way.
He stated that his album is going to be a "culmination of everything I"ve learned as far as musically and style-wise". He also stated that he has plans to tour for his album"s release.
As of July, 2014 no album has been released. During August 2009, Chikezie taped with the soap opera General Hospital playing a singer.
Personality
He was good friends with Danny Noriega, who was also in the Hollywood Rounds for Season 6.
