WHY KE BEE | |
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Birth name | Yusuf Oluwo Gbolaga |
Also known as | YusufKanBai |
Born | Rome, [[]], Italy | 6 March 1998
Genres | Afrobeats, Afropop |
Occupation(s) |
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Instrument(s) | Vocal |
Years active | 2019–present |
Yusuf Oluwo Gbolaga professionally known as YKB (born 6 March 1998) is a Nigerian Afropop singer and songwriter. [1] [2] He debuted his first single titled “Swaggu” in 2019 and gained popularity with the hit single “San Siro”. [3]
Yusuf Oluwo was born on 6 March 1998 in Lagos, Nigeria where he spent most of his childhood and early adulthood. [4]
YKB discovered his passion for music while he was growing up, [5] and In 2010, he started uploading his music on SoundCloud. He was first professionally called YusufKanbai until he later shortened it to YKB. [6] [7]
Officially, he started his musical career in 2019 with his first debut single “Swaggu”. [8] With the release of his first single, he gained popularity and was shortlisted for Mr Eazi's accelerator programme, “ Empawa Africa”, joining 29 other musicians from across Africa in 2020. [9] That same year, he released a new project titled “Hear Me Out”. Few weeks after, he featured on four of twelve songs released on the “Ejoya Class Of 20 project". [10] [11]
In January 2021, he released another single “Dey Your Dey”, featuring Nigerian artiste, Zlatan. In April 2021, he was also featured in Laycon’s song “Fall For Me”. [12] In August 2021, he headlined his first solo-show in Lagos. In September 2021, he released his debut EP titled “Before I Blow” comprising 6 tracks. [13]
In September 2022, he released another single “San Siro”. [14] In May 2023, he released his second EP titled “Yusuful Music” comprising 5 tracks including “pressure”, “traffic” and “komplete riddim”. [15]
Release Date | Title | Details | Ref |
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September 2021 | Before I Blow |
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May 2023 | Yusuful Music |
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WHY KE BEE | |
---|---|
Birth name | Yusuf Oluwo Gbolaga |
Also known as | YusufKanBai |
Born | Rome, [[]], Italy | 6 March 1998
Genres | Afrobeats, Afropop |
Occupation(s) |
|
Instrument(s) | Vocal |
Years active | 2019–present |
Yusuf Oluwo Gbolaga professionally known as YKB (born 6 March 1998) is a Nigerian Afropop singer and songwriter. [1] [2] He debuted his first single titled “Swaggu” in 2019 and gained popularity with the hit single “San Siro”. [3]
Yusuf Oluwo was born on 6 March 1998 in Lagos, Nigeria where he spent most of his childhood and early adulthood. [4]
YKB discovered his passion for music while he was growing up, [5] and In 2010, he started uploading his music on SoundCloud. He was first professionally called YusufKanbai until he later shortened it to YKB. [6] [7]
Officially, he started his musical career in 2019 with his first debut single “Swaggu”. [8] With the release of his first single, he gained popularity and was shortlisted for Mr Eazi's accelerator programme, “ Empawa Africa”, joining 29 other musicians from across Africa in 2020. [9] That same year, he released a new project titled “Hear Me Out”. Few weeks after, he featured on four of twelve songs released on the “Ejoya Class Of 20 project". [10] [11]
In January 2021, he released another single “Dey Your Dey”, featuring Nigerian artiste, Zlatan. In April 2021, he was also featured in Laycon’s song “Fall For Me”. [12] In August 2021, he headlined his first solo-show in Lagos. In September 2021, he released his debut EP titled “Before I Blow” comprising 6 tracks. [13]
In September 2022, he released another single “San Siro”. [14] In May 2023, he released his second EP titled “Yusuful Music” comprising 5 tracks including “pressure”, “traffic” and “komplete riddim”. [15]
Release Date | Title | Details | Ref |
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September 2021 | Before I Blow |
|
[16] |
May 2023 | Yusuful Music |
|
[17] |
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link)