Known in real life as Gbenga Egbeyemi Damilola; Nigerian
Afrobeat singer/songwriter, Gee4 was born in Lagos on July 5,1990. He hails
from Ogun State in Nigeria.
Focused on his musical career in the early years of 2009,
Gee4 decided to set up a record label and that was the birth of his label, Dope
Hitz City.
Under his self-owned record label; the Nigerian Afrobeat
artiste released his debut single, ‘Turn me on’ which featured Skales, was
produced by Jay Pizzle in the early months of 2013.
Releasing the visual to his embraced song, ‘Turn me on’
which was directed by Unlimited LA; the video enjoyed massive recognition with
TV airplays and YouTube views in Nigeria, Africa and around the globe in the
first and second quarter of 2014.
The song in due time became one of the successful songs in
Nigeria and notwithstanding the uniqueness of his voice and display in the
video; Gee4 was billed as a guest artiste at the 2014 Nigeria Got Talent
semi-finale.
Noted for his high energy, fast-paced, and often
unpredictable on-stage performances; Gee4 was billed to share stage at Fela
Kutis Felabration in 2013/2014 (for his impressive performance at the previous
year’s show) editions with Don Carlos, Wizkid, Timaya, Skales,
Tuface,Sarkodie,Kymani Marley, and Ghana’s Yaa Pono.
The ‘Turn me on’ singer, released his second single, ‘Ileke’
produced by his engineer, Jay Pizzle. On April 10,2015. ‘Ileke’ was accompanied
by its music video directed by Cardosso Imagery in Nigerian and 8,000 Films in
UK.
Inspired by God, environment, past and present experiences;
Gee4, who has always desired to do music looks up to top established African
musicians including Fela Kuti, Ebenezer Obey, Tuface Idibia, D’Banj, Akon,
Machel Montano, Brenda Fassie, Bob Marley, Angelique Kidjo, and Don Jazzy among
others.
As part of his future aspiration; Gee4 believes that his
brand will be recognized in the list of top gamers in the industry decades to
come especially when the Afrobeats music genre is gaining much attention in
Africa on a daily basis.
Listen to 'Ileke': https://soundcloud.com/showbizgh/gee4-ileke
Connect with Gee4 on social media network;
Twitter - @gee4_dhc
Instagram - @gee4official
Facebook- Egbeyemi Gbenga (geefour)
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