Loick Essien Loick Essien Loick Mark Essien (born 29 April 1990) is an English singer signed to record label Sony Music. Essien began his musical career after featuring on rapper Chipmunk's single "Beast". Essien was set to release his debut album, "Identity", on 5 March 2012 but was dropped from his label weeks before the release date. He studied vocals at The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. His father is Nigerian and his mother is Ghanaian. Essien began his musical career in 2007 when he sang the chorus on Bashy's controversial track, "Black Boys". Essien was uncredited on the track, however. His
Michael Essien on an interim basis until the end of the season. Di Matteo immediately showed favour towards veteran Chelsea players like Essien, Lampard and John Terry. Subsequently, Essien started in Chelsea's second leg champions league fixture against Napoli, with Chelsea winning 4–1 – and 5–4 on aggregate – in an entertaining match allowing Chelsea to advance to the quarter-final, where they met Benfica. Essien subsequently remained an unused substitute in Chelsea's Champions League run, culminating in "the Blues"' victory over Bayern Munich in the final, making Chelsea the first London-based club to win the title. On 31 August 2012, Essien signed