About PEPENAZI

Opeyemi Gbenga Kayode (born 16 April 1988), popularly known with his stage name, Pepenazi is a Nigeria-based songwriter, recording artiste and performer. He is currently signed to Ecleftic Entertainment. He made his debut into the Nigerian Music Industry in 2012 when he dropped his single titled Arose produced by Bam Tunes. Arose's video had established acts in the Nigerian music scene make cameo appearances including Vector, Ice Prince, W4. He however took a break from the industry to complete his undergraduate education and serve his father land. On his return to the Nigerian music scene in October 2014, he dropped two singles, Born You and Low Simultaneously. The songs gained air play but Pepenazi came into broader limelight after dropping his Olamide featured pop-centric single titled Illegal. The second half of year 2015 was Pepenazi's breakthrough period such that in recognition of his fast rise to prominence, he was nominated as Rookie of the Year at the 2015 Headies' Flip the Script Award Pepenazi was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He grew up listening to songs of music greats including Ebenezer Obey, Sunny Ade, The Beattle, IK Dairo, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, as they were his father's favorite. He had his primary education at Kemeesther Nursery and Primary School, Aguda Surulere, Lagos and his secondary school education at Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State; where his love for Rap emerged, as he loved listening to the likes of Wyclef, Notorious B.I.G, P Diddy, Fat Joe, among others. He went further to earn for himself a Bachelor of Technology's degree in Estate Management from the prestigious Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State. He recorded his first single as an undergraduate student of the school. He contested in an election of the Student Union Government of the school and emerged the winner of the polls to become the Union's Director of Socials. Under his auspices as the DO Socials, he alongside other performing acts in the institution made a musical album titled Futa's Finnest. Pepenazi was featured in 2014 and 2015 Edition of Copa Lagos. In 2015, he made his debut on one of Nigeria’s biggest outdoor concerts, Star Trek, at Ibadan[10] and had to be recalled to perform at the Grand Finale in Lagos. Pepenazi was enlisted and did perform at the Season 2 of the Olamide Live in Concert (OLIC 2), where he made good statement of himself alongside other A-list artists on the performers’ roll. He also performed at the One Lagos concert held in December, 2015