Mayorkun
whose real name is “Adewale mayowa Emmanuel”, is a Nigerian singer, pianist and
song writer who came into limelight in year 2016 and is known for his first
single “eleko”. Mayorkun popularly known
as ‘The mayor of lagos’ was born on
march 23rd 1994 and hails from osun state, is a son to one of the
top Nollywood actress toyin adewale who is also known for her various roles in
acting .
Mayorkun
music career started in year 2016, when he did a cover on davido’s “the money ft olamide and was discovered by the
singer on twitter.
Formarlly,
the artist was into banking job, as he studied accounting from the University
of Lagos which is one of the famous University in Nigeria. Mayorkun decided to
resign from the bank job has he got a call from davido and was to be signed
under the DMW label as an artist.
Mayorkun released his first single under the
label called "Eleko" in 2016. The video of the song gathered a
million views in the first 10 days. To his name, Mayorkun has several singles
including Yawa, Sade, Che Che, and Mama. In October 2018, he released singles
"Posh" and "Fantasy" featuring Olu Maintain in anticipation of his first
studio album titled "The Mayor of Lagos". The Mayor of Lagos was
released on the 16th of November 2018. On December 1, 2018, it appeared on
the Billboard World Albums chart, peaking at number 15
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Mayorkun won his first award at the headies
show as the ‘rookie of the year’ in 2016 and also going on to grab the next
rookie award in the year 2018 as the ‘next rated artist’ ,with him winning
several awards at and been nominated for various awards.
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