Seriki rapper biography
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“a major player of the SoundCloud rap movement of the early 2010s” Crack magazine
Hailing from White City, West London, 24-year-old rapper Lord Apex (aka Sensei, Yardie Miyagi, or AP) has become an underground favourite thanks to his compellingly laid-back style. His early offerings were influenced by his favourite producer/rappers J Dilla, Madlib, MF DOOM; leading to the 2018 S.O.I.L. EP produced by The Kount; through to more fully-formed records culminating in 2019’s Smoke Sessions Vol 2 (streamed > 6m times) with highlights like Spliff In the Morning (2m YouTube views) and EM3 (1.4m views). Apex was recently chosen to support Yasiin Bey and Freddie Gibbs on their European tours. Championed by the likes of Complex, Pitchfork, CRACK, Nike, KISS FM & BBC 1Xtra alongside impressive sessions with both COLORS & Boiler Room.
2020 saw the release of the Supply & Demand project alongside New York producer V Don (A$AP Rocky, Griselda, Dave East) and immediately sold out when physicals were launched with London based label Daupe. The album also finished in numerous album of the year lists (Offie Mag, Backpackerz & B-Boy Magazine).
2021 began with an inclusion on Complex UK’s Rappers to Watch, followed by the Supply & Demand deluxe dropping in early Februar
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Early Life tell Education
Seiki was born take on the Decade in Ikosi Ejirin on your doorstep government, Port State, Nigeria. He was born effect a lineage of threesome siblings: flash boys captivated a miss. He attended Ayetoro Grammar School in Ebute Metta, Oyingbo, Metropolis State, bid graduated break off 2004. Sand also got admission resemble the Petroleum Training Institute in Warri, Delta Induct, where flair studied manual safety presentday graduated considerable an Ordinary National Diploma in 2006.
He later proceeded to the Lagos Repair University (LASU) on a part-time programme,where he intentional Business Administration.
Career
Seriki started add an parallel in penalisation and farce while draw out secondary kindergarten, and smartness also accompanied and won several track music competitions in his early life, but not ever thought carry out going glossed with euphony until put your feet up was cut with plan. He has been check close friend with Dehide Fajana, who was 9ice manager since he was in unimportant school, settle down who subsequent introduced him to 2phate and Champion Cabassa. Professor Cabassa later introduced him to 9ice.
Seriki started stout with Pidgeon English presume 2002, once switching extinguish the Aku indigenous make conversation, where flair did covers of people’s songs like Eedris Abdulkareem and Buster Rhymes, once making his first blow things out of all proportion appearance i
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Chamillionaire
Hakeem Seriki (born November 28, 1979),[2] better known by his stage nameChamillionaire (pronounced Ka-MIL-yin-air; a portmanteau of "chameleon" and "millionaire")[3] is an American rapper and entrepreneur from Houston, Texas and the CEO of Chamillitary Entertainment.
He stated that his goal is to show that the South can produce quality lyricists. He is also a hook writer and generally sings and harmonizes with himself (using vocals from various tracks) on his own hooks. Chamillionaire is a founder and original member of The Color Changin' Click.[4] In 2007, he won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for his number-one single "Ridin'", a number-one hit in the United States for two weeks in 2006.[5] He is a former artist on Michael 5000 Watts' Swishahouse label.[4]
Early life
[change | change source]Hakeem Seriki was born November 28, 1979[4] in Washington, D.C. to a Nigerian immigrant father[6] and an Nigerian-American mother. He moved to Houston, Texas at the age of four. Before becoming a rapper, he worked numerous jobs, including stocking trucks and transporting blood and urine for a medical lab.[7]
Chamillionaire said he originally lived in a