Zugo

With his breakout Afrobeats single “Colorado” which features Dai Verse, Zugo emerged in the early part of the 2020s as one of Nigeria's fast-rising stars. The “Loftybeats” produced 2020 single, paved the way for him both as an artist and as an audio engineer(most of his songs are self engineered).
Zugo was born “Chukwuezugolum Tochukwu Okafor” in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria in 1998. He began recording music post-secondary school , after he had dabbled with writing songs and singing in the choir in his earlier years.
His dissatisfaction with not getting exactly what he wanted from his early days song recording led him down the path to producing, recording and engineering himself down to the masters.
After he graduated secondary school, he moved to “Owerri” to attend University, to pursue a degree in Agricultural Economics.
Armed with newly gathered knowledge in music and engineering, he began to record music for himself and his fellow artist friends in school. School was where he met super producer “Lofty” and super artist “Dai Verse”


With production by Lofty and an addictive hook by Dai Verse, Zugo created "Colorado." This marked his rise to prominence and generated a local buzz along the way, which led to his move to Lagos and 2021 saw the release of his single “Cover Me” which features his hometown hero “Ruffcoin”. In 2022 he released another single “Deja Vu” which features a diamond in the dirt superstar “Krrystal” which has drawn favorable reviews from music critics.