Maraji Biography

Gloria Oluruntobi, born February 6, 1997, popularly known as Maraji, is a popular Nigerian actress and comedienne with a sizable social media following. She is one of Nigeria’s female comediennes making an indelible mark in the Nigerian entertainment industry. Maraji comedy videos are extremely entertaining and relatable.

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Real Name:	Gloria Oluruntobi
Date of Birth	February 06, 1997
Place of Birth:	Edo State
Nationality:	Nigerian
Marital Status:	Married
Occupation:	Comedian and Social Media Influencer
Net Worth	$250,000

Early Life and Education

Maraji was born Gloria Oluruntobi on February 6, 1997, in Edo state, a state in Nigeria’s south-south region dominated by the Yorubas.

Maraji graduated from Covenant University in Ogun State, where she studied International Relations, in 2016 when she was 19 years old. She also finished the National Youth Service Corps.

Maraji is in a relationship, but she is keeping it a secret for the time being. She previously stated that she is experiencing emotional distress as a result of her boyfriend’s breakup with her.

Career

Maraji had a difficult time getting started. She began by creating lip-sync videos to popular songs. Maraji did a lip-sync video to Nicki Minaj’s song when she was in college.

Maraji was hesitant to post it on social media because she was afraid of being mocked.

Her friend posted it on social media behind her back, and that was Maraji’s first appearance on social media. The lip-sync video went viral on social media, giving Maraji the confidence to create another video.

Maraji later performed a lip-sync video to Reekado Bank‘s Sugar Baby, which the artist reposted on Instagram.

She went on to do more lip-sync videos of Korede Bello and Skales songs, and the artists reposted her video on Instagram.

Maraji gained a large fan base as a result of the lips-sync videos reposted by Korede Bello and Skales, as Instagram users flocked to her page in search of more.

Maraji was inspired to create more video content in order to engage her growing audience, so she dived into comedy videos and has been thrilling her fans ever since.

She currently has over 1 million Instagram followers, which she keeps entertained with funny comedy skits and afro-dance videos.

Maraji’s comedy is known for depicting the everyday life of a typical Nigerian. Her videos are highly entertaining and easily connect with her audience.

She is very talented and does her own video shooting and editing unless she is working on a larger project such as a brand promotion.

Maraji, like other successful comediennes, used social media to establish herself. In a comedy video, she plays more than two characters.

She seamlessly transitions between characters and voices. Maraji was also featured in Falz’s “Something Light” and Yemi Alade’s “Single and Searching” She has been nominated for several awards, including;

The prize for Comedy award -The Future Awards Africa Nigeria (2017 & 2018)
Comedy Act of the Year – City People Music Award (2018)
Nigerian Teen Choice Award for Choice Instagrammer
Nigerian Entertainment Award for Best Comedy Act (Online)

In September 2020, Maraji broke down on social media as she recounted how her partner dumped her. She said;

“Recently I was dumped by ex for no reason. Apparently, he likes someone else. It has been a tough month because it happened just last month. It has been a tough month.”