Akinleye Oyetakin - Popularly known as Jazzy- is a Nigerian
musician,singer and songwriter. Jazzy, as a very talented artist,he has his eyes
on the Nigerian and international market.
Akin (Pronounced JAZZY) was born into a christian home to Mr & Mrs.
Oyetakin. Akin as a child used to rummage through church choir. From his early
age he began singing in the church choir, so later he started performing
extensively in concerts around Lagos, and also in Ghana, He has featured various
artist such as: Vector, Jedi, Eddy Remedy, Stud (USA).
Here's a dope tune to enjoy MKO features Rudy Tee
& was produced by Shogon, Dolla Sounds.
9ice (Abolore Adegbola Akande) was born on Thursday, January 17, 1980. He is a very popular Nigerian Musician with a classic style of music. 9ice is a south-westerner from Ogbomoso in Oyo State but he grew up in the district of Bariga in Lagos.
9ice performed at the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute concert (singing "Gongo Aso") in London on June 27, 2008.[1]
9ice at the 2009 MOBO Awards
At the March 2008 edition of the Hip Hop World Awards held in Nigeria, 9ice won the Revelation of the Year award and the Best Male Vocal Performer. A month later at the first SoundCity Music Video Awards, 9ice was nominated in the category of Best New Artiste. 9ice's biggest single is titled "Gongo Aso".
Gongo Aso was a song that 9ice described as a moving song that motivated him to ensure success was for all but in time. His motivation was from God Almighty.
Growing Up
9ice attended Abule okuta Primary School and CMS Grammar School, and dropped out from his Law course at the Lagos State University to concentrate on music. He grew up in a polygamous home of five wives and nine children. His parents found about his singing career a year after it started around 2000. Before then, 9ice wrote his own songs dating back to when he was just 14 years old. It is worth noting that as a big fan of Pasuma Wonder, he kick-started his singing career with Fuji music. He derives his inspiration from his environment, and music from the likes of Ebenezer Obey, King Sunny Ade, Tatalo Alamu, Late.Alhaji Ayinla Omowura, Late. Alhaji Haruna Ishola.
Influence
9ice’s style was largely shaped by his 75 year-old grand mother who he claimed taught him all he came to know about the culture, and the use of the language of Yoruba. In his words, 'she hardly says anything without using proverbs or anecdotes to drive home her points. So, when I was trying to be creative with my music, I thought of doing something different and that is why I make use of deep Yoruba words in my songs.
Early career
After recording his first demo, 9ice joined a group called Mysterious Boys with whom he did a couple of tracks before going on to form his own, now defunct, group Abinibi. Having recorded his first demo titled Risi De Alagbaja in 1996 and his first solo song, Little Money in 2000, 9ice had to wait till 2005 before himself and his music started gaining recognition in the Nigerian music market.
The first major break for 9ice came from his first single title Little Money and not long after then he did collaborations with different Nigerian artist that immediately prompted the release of another hit single title Ganja Man. Id.Cabasa produced Ganja Man which was released with other songs in march 2006. The reggae tone and playful style of the song made it an instant hit. He later found his own record company and release all other album under his label ALapomeji Records. Samuel Oga also helped him produce an album
Solo album and sophomore break
9ice followed 'Ganja Man' with the single 'Gongo Aso' which became the title of his second album. In that effort, 9ice recorded songs covering success, originality, partying and women, as well as themes on the institution of marriage and gratitude.
Live shows
Since late 2007 9ice has featured prominently across Nigerian campuses in the Soundcity/MTN Campus Blast tours, Mandela's 90th birthday in London (Hyde Park), Lets Go There Tour With Ariya Entertainment in NY, LA, Chicago, Houston, Maryland 2008, Star Mega Jam 2007 - 2010, London Troxy 2008, 2010. All these shows and concerts were sold-out events. He also headlined sold out shows in Holland and Malaysia in October 2010 to mark his country's 50 years independence anniversary. 2010 was also the year which 9ice embarked on a European tour covering some parts of Italy, Spain and Switzerland. 9ice also performed live in Cyprus at Lions garden where many if not all the Nigerian students where in attendance.
His style
9ice is known for his use of Yoruba language in his music. Non-Yoruba listeners may be excluded from his music. He seeks to keep a balance between keeping a wider fan base and maintaining his originality. 9ice compares himself to Youssou N'Dour who has won a couple of Grammy with music recorded in his mother tongue, and Yvonne Chaka-Chaka whose music has also embraced her language. He has been quoted as saying 'English Language has been imposed on us but God graciously gave Yoruba language to us.’
DISCOGRAPHY
Certificate (2007)
Gongo Aso (2008)
Tradition (2009)
Versus (2011)
Bashorun Gaa (2011)
Deluxe version Versus & Bashorun Gaa (2011)
AWARDS
Dynamix awards most promising act 2007
Nigerian entertainment awards most indigenous act 2007
Mobo best african act 2008
MTv base best hiphop act 2008
Dynamix awards best song of the year 2008
Hiphop world awards best vocal performance male 2008
Hiphop world awards revelation of the year 2008
Gbedu awards 2008
Nigerian entertainment awards best act 2008
Nigerian independence awards best act of the year 2008
Not many know the relationship Tic Tic has with Gas promotions, the
last time he was in Nigeria despite all the arrangement made for him at
the MAMAS he preferred to come in quietly been a very humble
person.Quickly we made sure every arrangement was in place for him being a very organized person.
With the news that he was in
Nigeria we got calls from a few A list artist requesting for a
collaboration but he had to return quickly to his home country since he
had a show scheduled a few days after the event here in Nigeria.
Tic Tic is one artist with a good control of the African audience having
strong representative in every African country while we handle his
business in Nigeria. The wait is finally over as Tic Tic recently took
Ghana by storm with a massive club tour which should spread out to other
African countries soon.
Christened Nana Kwaku Okyere
Duah aka Tic Tac began the journey in 1997, when he and another boy
formed a group named 'Natty Strangers'. After solo features with
Azigiza's 'Slim Buster's and Daasebre Gyamena Tic Tac established a name
for himself in the industry. 'Philomena' his debut album hit the
streets in 1999 and saw songs like 'KKBK' and 'MMAA 4MULA' top the
charts in Ghana for several weeks. After Philomena, his third” Masem “
meaning my story gave him another big hit “Menkabio” fondly called
Shoddies which stayed on the charts for 23 consecutive weeks. This gave
him 6 nominations at the Ghana Music Awards of that year and won him
best collaboration.
After a two-year hiatus, Tic Tac
released his fourth album Wope, an album dedicated to Africans at home
and those in the Diaspora and became the first hip life artist to
collaborate with anyone outside of Ghana with Freddie Meiway of Ivory
Coast to drop the Wope sound and Nigerian star Tony Tetuila on the
explosive Fefe Na Efe, which received several awards around the world.
2004 saw him pick up the coveted Musician of the Year Award at the Ghana
Music Awards and become the face of Kasa a popular phone card in the UK
to call Africa. At the GMA awards that took place in April 2005, Tic
Tac had nine nominations, including two nominations in the Best
Collaboration category a first for any Ghanaian artist, which he won. In
late 2005 he took part in the MTV Base Africa launch in Ghana earlier
this year and events like the Shoreditch festival as part of Africa 05
is the biggest celebration of African culture ever organized in Britain
sees him crossing over into the commercial market.
BBC News round
Africa came to Ghana to film a documentary on him as part of their
African Lives season, which was screened in the UK in July 2005. Another
highlight of 2005, he headlined a Black history month show in
South-wark, performing alongside Ras Kwame (Radio 1), Richard
Blackwood,( Choice FM) Kelly le Roc and Shola Ama. STV a Swedish
National TV also came to Ghana in August 08, to film a special
documentary on him due to his unique brand of music and the fact that he
has a very large following in Ghana and Africa He is involved in an
ongoing campaign with the United Nations in Sierra Leone and Ghana
alongside Ramsey Noah and Oswald Boateng, as part of the WFP raising
funds for children. Tic Tac performed at the 2006 RISE Festival 80,000
people gathered to part-take of the annual celebration. He was the
headline Act of the African Village stage. RISE has been the prominent
showcase of the Mayor of London's commitment to Also in attendance from
Ghana were then Tourism Minister Mr. Jake Obetsebi Lamptey and the late
Madam Hawa Yakubu. Puma Africa released a compilation album featuring
the biggest artists in the world, In aid of the 2006 Fifa World cup the
album will feature artists such as Tic Tac, Akon, John legend, Baaba
Maal and The Roots.
In August 2006 MTV Base, Akon and Gil Green visited
Ghana, to embark on a project to film a video for Akon and one for
Ghanaian artists. Tic Tac was chosen. Tic Tac was the 1st Artist in
Africa to benefit from this initiative, and also the 1st African artist
to have a MTV “Making of the Video” .The video crew included director
Gil Green (director of videos for Brandy, Lil' Jon, Akon, 50 Cent Busta
Rhymes). The video for his single “Kangaroo” is shown worldwide on the
MTV Network in conjunction with celebrations for Ghana @ 50. May 2007
saw Tic Tac become 1 on the MTV BASE chart!! Staying there for a
consecutive 4 weeks. September 2007 saw Tic Tac at the Big Brother
Africa eviction show in South Africa to an audience of over 50 million
viewers across Africa. He ended 2007 @ 9 on MTV BASE's top 100 of the
year.
During CAN 2008 football tournament, Tic Tac's song
Kangaroo was given a boost with the Ghana national team The Blackstars,
using it as a celebratory dance other teams soon followed, in what
became a national frenzy. Tic Tac spent most of 2008, touring the US and
most of UK recording and preparing for his new album, there were major
Performances at the Soundcity Music Awards alongside Nas in Nigeria and
Not in Your Lifetime concert South Africa in aid of xenophobic attacks
last year. Over his 9-year career he has managed to win no less than 11
Music Awards, performed at the Notting Hill Carnival in London, also
alongside artists such as 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Kanda Bongo man, Judy
Boucher, Mark Morrison, Buju Banton, and Joe. In 2008 he Performed at
The” Not In Our Lifetime” Charity concert in Johannesburg organized by
MTN south Africa in aid of the Xnophobic attacks on African foreigners
living in South Africa. Introducing “10th Day” which is TicTac’s 6th and
newest album also celebrates ten years of an excellent musical journey.
The single “BOSOE” is currently receiving massive airplay and topping
musical charts on local radio and TV stations in the country and other
parts of Africa whiles the video is being currently aired on high
rotation on both MTV Base and Channel O.
Tic Tac on the 1st of july 09, was Signed to represent Melcom Group of Companies,this made him the first Ghanaian artist to be named as the face of melcome. He is fully integerated into melcom’s branding programs through multi-faceted marketing initiatives including print, broadcast advertising, consumer promotions, point of sale materials, public relations in support of melcom premium brands and products and is also involved in the companies campaigns throughout all 10 regions in Ghana. powered by: TN RECORDS
With a fan @ the club tour in kumasi Ghana
Management & Bookings in Nigeria : 08057212342 (Gas promotions)
Mr.
Olawale Faniyi who hails from Ilesha in Osun state was born in the mid 70’s. He
obtained a BSC and MSC in Computer Science from Cardiff University Wales UK.
While studying at Cardiff University, he was the president of the British
student association in computer science (Cardiff Chapter) and also a member of
the British association of computer scientist, worked in the United Kingdom for
four years. After travelling to a number of countries, he decided to come back
home in 2004 to establish an IT firm (WorldNet communication Ltd), which is
still in existence on Toyin Street Ikeja, he later joined the family business Fanis
Nig Ltd as the Executive Director of the company, At present, the company has a
poultry farm on a 66 acre land and over 300,000 layers hens and about 120,000
growing pullets. In addition, it has a fish pond with over 100,000 growing
fingerlings, a herd of cows numbering over 200 and also quite a number of
sheep, goats, rabbits and quails, making it one of the largest poultry farm in
the country
While
still the MD of WorldNet Communication Ltd and the Executive Director of Fanis
nig ltd. Mr. Faniyi still went ahead to establish another company BITE UNITED
LTD, bottlers of BITE premium Table Water, a natural and exceptional water, that
is produced and bottled to premium quality standard and also he is the Publisher
of BITE Int’l Magazine, an all colour glossy magazine with the highest quality
of print which features exclusive interviews, events, music, movies and
lifestyle
He
is happily married to Mrs.Teniola Faniyi and they have two lovely children.
Mr Faniyi, explaining the vision for Bite
International Magazine, described the magazine as an all colour glossy magazine
with the highest quality of print. The magazine, a new entrant in the Nigerian
lifestyle magazine industry, will feature exclusive interviews with
celebrities, events coverage, movie reviews, and fashion trends.
BITE UNITED LTD, bottlers of BITE premium Table Water, a natural and exceptional water, that is produced and bottled to premium quality standard and also BITE Int’l Magazine, an all colour glossy magazine with the highest quality of print which features exclusive interviews, events, music, movies and lifestyle
Address: Suite 402, 56 Opebi Road, Ikeja, Lagos P.O. Box:
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Born as
Oladipupo into a family of five boys in the early eighties, DIPP began his
musical career at the tender age of nine, singing along to the hits of Michael
Jackson while imitating the dance moves of the master of the falsettos and
stage performance.
A
Singer/songwriter, DIPP, started recording his debut solo album in 2005. Three
years later he officially released his first single Dangerous featuring M.I. The video was the first of its kind
boasting of innovative special-effects and ground breaking dance sequences. The
video quickly became a benchmark for special effects video in Nigeria while on
radio the song was a mainstay on the charts for a long time.
In 2009
he won the Best Special Effects and Editing award at the Sound City Movie
Awards for his Dangerous which was directed by special-effects wizard, MEX.
Later in the year he released his second single Pop Off Selecta. When the video dropped in 2010 DIPP produced yet
another stunning video with the aid of ace director/special effects genius MEX.
In less than 2 months Pop Off Selecta had risen up the charts and peaked at the
number one spot in Sound City Top Ten Videos chart for many weeks. He recently
won two awards at the NMVA 2010- Best Use of Special Effects and Best
Choreography. After 3
years in the making, DIPP is set to release his ground-breaking debut album Future Is Now which will bring to the
listener a perfect harmony of indigenous and international renditions of the
R&B genre while vividly describing the struggles of a man striving to
achieve his destiny. His next singles to kick off the release of the LP are Ko So Ro Nbe feat Da Grin (R.I.P) and Good Girls.
The video
Kosorombe ft. Dagrin which dropped in July’2011 is as usual taking over the TV
waves again.
An all
round performer, DIPP, has thrilled audiences around the country with not only
perfect harmonies but also with stunning dance moves which have left viewers
awe stricken for weeks…..!
DIPP
holds a Bsc in Building and is a part owner of Effyzzie Entertainment which he
appears courtesy of. He works as a free lance computer graphics animator and
enjoys watching movies and listening to music in his free time. He scripts and
storyboards all his videos and stage acts. (wow!)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
VIDEO RELEASE: Aye’n soro Zdon Paporrella ft Faze + free song download
Aye’n soro! Yes, they will talk about Zdon Paporrella’s rise back to the top of Nigeria’s music scene. With his newest
song, “Aye’n soro (Rise Again)”, Zdon has moved from working behind the scenes back to the forefront of the
industry. This upbeat song featuring Faze will not only make you want to move your feet, but will leave you feeling
uplifted with its positive message.
When asked about his inspiration for “Aye’n soro”, Zdon replied, “I'd say God inspired the song directly because
it was the first song ever that came to me with lyrics and not just the melody. When I made up my mind to feature
another artiste, Faze's name popped up in my head immediately. So I just went with my guts.” Going with his guts
was the right thing, with God’s inspiration; Zdon has released what is sure to become a timeless hit.
About the artist: Zdon Paporrella is a veteran of the Nigerian music scene. He first arrived as a member of ZIP
(Zdon, Icy, and Paul) in 1997. ZIP separated in 2005 and Zdon began his solo career the same year. His debut
single “Na U” received widespread airplay. In 2007 “Na U” was followed by “Nonsense” a song that looks critically into
the ills of the Nigerian music industry. Zdon Paporrella is currently working on his third CD titled “IAMZDON”. The first
single and video released, “My Time” features Mr. Raw Nwanne received widespread airplay.
Social Media links: Twitter: @IAMZDON,
Facebook: www.facebook.com/iamzdon
Song credits:
Original version: Free download: http://bit.ly/hwxES0
Produced by Sunny Steve from the Olori Oko Fame (Infinity)
Techno version: Free download: http://bit.ly/s0bAjM
Produced by Lowkeyz
Video: Viewing link: http://bit.ly/sJw5dj
Director: Akin Alabi
Special Appearances: Faze, Goldie, and Oyinkansola
Locations: Olumo Rock, Abeokuta, Ogun State and YMCA Basketball Court, Ikoyi, Lagos
For more information contact Mirah Bradford, Publicist, Paporrella Kingdom, PaporrellaKingdom@gmail.
