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Mayorkun
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Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel (born 23 March 1994), known professionally as Mayorkun, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, pianist and dancer. He released a cover of Davido's "The Money" single and was discovered by the singer on Twitter. Mayorkun was signed to Davido's record label DMW from 2016 to 2021; his debut single "Eleko" was released under the label. Mayorkun released his debut studio album The Mayor of Lagos in November 2018. After his exit from DMW in 2021; he released "Let Me Know" and his second studio album Back in Office in October 2021, under the Sony Music West Africa division.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Nigeria
- Active from
- 1994-03-23
Discography
- The Mayor of Lagos2018
- Back In Office2021
- Maitama (Going)2022
- Adanma2025
- Still The Mayor2025
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Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel (born March 23, 1994), known professionally as Mayorkun, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and pianist.[1] He was discovered on Twitter by Davido when he posted a cover of one of Davido's "The Money" featuring Olamide.[2] He was later signed to Davido's DMW in 2016[3] and released his first single called "Eleko". Early Life Mayowa was born on March 23, 1994 in Osun State.[5] He is the first child of three, born into a family of entertainers. <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Osun State
- Occupation
- dancer
- Educated at
- University of Lagos
- Languages spoken
- Yoruba
- Native language
- Yoruba
- Religion
- Christianity
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.mayorkun.com/index.html
- Image
- Mayorkun Photo.jpeg
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- date of birth
- 1994-03-23
- social media followers
- 264000
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- 5000000
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Music career
- ''The Mayor of Lagos'' concert
- Exit from DMW, and Back In Office
- ''Love For Free EP''
- Discography
- Studio albums and EPs
- Selected singles
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel (born 23 March 1994), known professionally as Mayorkun, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, pianist and dancer. He released a cover of Davido's "The Money" single and was discovered by the singer on Twitter. Mayorkun was signed to Davido's record label DMW from 2016 to 2021; his debut single "Eleko" was released under the label. Mayorkun released his debut studio album The Mayor of Lagos in November 2018. After his exit from DMW in 2021; he released "Let Me Know" and his second studio album Back in Office in October 2021, under the Sony Music West Africa division.
== Early life == Mayorkun was born on 23 March 1994 in Lagos, Nigeria. He is the first child of three. He is Christian.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mayorkun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.