Ten years before Jenner transmuted from Bruce to Caitlyn, Charly Boy made a stunning disclosure. In his 2005 book with the mischievous title 'My Private Part', he made public his feminine side called Linda! His alter ego in this drama of the bizarre, Denrele Edun also frequently appears in public in female adornments, particularly shoes. Nseobong Okon-Ekong and Vanessa Obioha report...
It was in the mid 1980s that the phenomenon known as Charly Boy began. So that he could assume an identity of his own, he would not readily disclose he was Charles, the son of the famous judge of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa. He chose, first to conquer his immediate territory of Oguta in Imo State. He ran his New Wave studio from his father's house. His first musical offering, 'Nwata Miss' was cooked there. It was not the music that raised questions. Rather, the personality he sought to project was the bohemian lifestyle that left many mouths gaping in wonder. The shock was nonetheless mutual. The people in his immediate community were as astonished as was the entire nation when he chose, finally, to take the country by storm by moving to Lagos, Nigeria's incontrovertible centre of commerce and show business. If one expected to find a mediating influence in his wife, Diane, better known as, Lady Di, she was in no position to intervene. She was a perfect complement to her husband, totally in agreement with his element.
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