Gloria Oluruntobi popularly known as Maraji was born on 6th February, 1997 in Lagos State. Maraji is a Nigerian social media influencer, comedienne and actress. Though hails from Edo state grew up in Lagos with her three siblings. Maraji sometimes features her mother in her comedy skits which she promotes on Instagram and YouTube.
Educational Background
In 2016, Maraji obtained a degree in International Relations from Covenant University, Ogun state.
Career
Maraji started her career in her school days uploading lip synchronization videos of popular songs. Maraji came to the lonely after her friend posted a lip synchronization video of a song of popular American musician Nicki Minaj. The video went viral and gave her the courage she needed to toll towards that line.
Maraji went further to do lip synchronization videos of Reekado Banks, Koredo Bello, Skales and so many others. The artistes reposted the video on their Instagram accounts.
Following her growing audience on Instagram, Maraji dived into comedy and had continued to entertain her over one million audience with her thrilling comedy videos. Maraji depicted the life of an average Nigerian in her comedy videos where she played multiple roles.
She has featured in several music videos including something light by Falz and Yemi Alade’s Single and Searching.
Maraji Awards and Endorsements
Maraji have been nominated for series of awards
In 2017, Maraji was nominated for The prize for Comedy award -The Future Awards Africa Nigeria. She was nominated for the same award later in 2018.
In 2018, she was nominated for Comedy Act of the Year – City People Music Award.
Others include
- Nigerian Teen Choice Award for Choice Instagrammer
- Nigerian Entertainment Award for Best Comedy Act (Online
Maraji Net Worth
Maraji promotes brands on her instagram page. She claims she charges upto N500,000 per promotion. Her net worth have not been accessed but have been reported to be upto $200,000 by various media platforms