Plans to continue his studies as a mechanical engineer in London were derailed when he arrived in the UK in 2001, and met Don Jazzy who was trying to make it as a songwriter and producer. “I’d go to the female hostel after lectures, and even if there was no electricity I could play there.” He remembers learning Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” after Titanic came out – “and that got me a lot of girls!”ĭ’banj then proceeded to the Lagos State University to study mechanical engineering, but due to the constant strikes and several irregularities in the school he decided to withdraw. I’d play it to remember him.” Later, at university, he realised what his new skills with the instrument could bring him. įollowing the death of his 17-year-old brother, D’banj arranged all his possessions on his bed after they were brought home and just picked up his harmonica. With D’banj’s love for music being greater than his parents’ military aspirations, he struggled for his parents’ approval this can be best heard through an album track, All Da Way from his debut album. There he completed his secondary school education.ĭ’banj was introduced to the harmonica by his late older brother, Femi Oyebanjo, who died in a plane crash at age seventeen. From the Nigerian Military School he proceeded to another military owned institution Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Ibara, Abeokuta where he was a church worker. While at the Military school he was a member of the elite drum corp of the Nigerian Army. However, D’banj resisted the system and disenrolled from the school after three years. D’banj was expected to follow his father’s military career and was enrolled to the Nigerian Military School at age eleven. Due to his father’s profession he moved several times within Nigeria and later moved to England. Retrieved May 21, 2018.DOWNLOAD Dbanj _ Knocking On My Door – Mp3ĭ’banj, also known as the Kokomaster or Bangalee, was born in 9 June 1980 in Zaria, the northern part of Nigeria to a military officer who commanded an artillery regiment and a devout church dignitary businesswoman who hailed from Shagamu in Ogun State. ^ "Rapper Eldee advocates for gay rights, as fans go wild! – Vanguard News".^ "I don't regret leaving music –Eldee".^ "Eldee signs female rapper, Eva Alordiah to Tribes Records v.20 – Daily Post Nigeria".^ "TheNET.ng – Nigeria's Top Website for News, Gossip, Comedy, Videos, Blogs, Events, Weddings, Nollywood, Celebs, Scoop and Games".^ "Eldee Picks Rapper, Eva Alordiah As First Lady".^ "eLDee And Wife Celebrate 7th Wedding Anniversary – INFORMATION NIGERIA".
CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) "eLDee: Rapper to make comback for Olamide collaboration?". In December 2013 he posted a message on his official Twitter page to voice his support for gay rights, saying that hopefully one day soon Africa will realize that anti-gay sentiment is no different from racial or religious discrimination. He has been based in Atlanta, USA since 2002. ĮLDee and his long-term partner, Dolapo Latinwo-Bello married and together they have 2 daughters, Temi, and Toke. "Lanre" is a derivative for the Yoruba name "Olanrewaju" (which translates to " Wealth is moving forward"). His subsequent albums are Big Boy (2008), originally titled Evolution, Is it your money Vol.1 (2010) and Undeniable (2012).ĮLDee has worked as an artist, producer, director and an interactive media consultant. Return of the King won "Best International Album" at the 2007 Nigeria Entertainment Awards in New York City. He followed it up with Return of the King (2006), which contains the single "I Go Yarn". They produced the singles "Work it out" and "Oya" in 2002, and the album BIG Picture in 2005.Īfter moving to the United States in 2002, eLDee recorded a solo album titled Long Time Coming (2004). Trybesmen were a continental hit by the year 2000 and played a pivotal role in the shaping of the new music genre.ĮLDee signed a total of 16 artists to his Trybe Records label, and named the collaboration of all said artists Da Trybe. In 1998, he started a band called Trybesmen which went on to be one of the music groups that popularized the fusion of Hip-hop, highlife, pop and traditional afrobeat music. He has a master's degree in Architecture from the University of Lagos,Nigeria in 1994.ĮLDee is credited as one of the pioneers of the afrobeats music genre.
He attended Command Children School kaduna and Essence International School before Moving to Lagos for his higher education. He is originally from Lagos Island in Lagos State of Nigeria.
ELDee was born on, in Kaduna state a northern geopolitical zone of Nigeria.
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