Ruger

Person · Open Library

Works

13

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Country

Nigeria

Active from

1999

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

119,544

Total plays

2,715,292

Michael Adebayo Olayinka (born 23 September 1999), known professionally as Ruger is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and performing artist. He rose to fame with the release of his song "Bounce", which led him to sign a recording deal with Jonzing World, in 2021. That same year, he released his debut extended play, Pandemic. In 2024, he left Jonzing World to start his own imprint, called 'Blown Boy Entertainment'. Ruger attended Police Secondary School Akure and graduated in 2017. <a href="https://ww

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Weakly Supervised Joint Sentiment-Topic Detection from Text

   · 2012 · cited 219x

2. Cellular Functions and Mechanisms of Action of Small Heat Shock Proteins

   · 2019 · cited 191x

3. Analysis of Costs, Length of Stay, and Utilization of Emergency Department Services by Frequent Users: Implications for Health Policy

   · 2004 · cited 170x

4. Health Capability: Conceptualization and Operationalization

   · 2010 · cited 164x

5. Perinatal substance use: A prospective evaluation of abstinence and relapse

   · 2015 · cited 150x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Nigeria

Place of birth

Lagos

Occupation

songwriter

Employer

D'Prince

Languages spoken

Nigerian Pidgin

Field of work

composer

Hair colour

black hair

Genre

Afrobeat

Instrument

voice

Height

1.72

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