Cheque

Akanbi Brett Bamidele, professionally known as Cheque or superboy Cheque is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He was born on 23rd March 1995, in Okitipupa, Ondo State and he grew up in Ondo Town, Ondo State. He attended Obafemi Awolowo University in Osun State and graduated in 2017 with a degree in Chemical Engineering.

After graduating from OAU in 2017, Cheque decided to focus fully on music so he didn’t try to get a white-collar job with his degree. Instead, he migrated to Lagos to build up his music career. He competed in Reminisce’s Murk Reminisce challenge and got a message from Nigerian indigenous rapper, Phyno, 4 years later, Cheque was signed into PentHauze in 2019. Before signing for Phyno’s record label, Superboy Cheque was first signed to Cruel Station with the likes of Fireboy. He later released an EP “S.O.O.N'' (Something Out Of Nothing) under the label, featuring DML, Virus Zamorra, and Chinko Ekun


Cheque was formerly known as Kyle-B before he got into Penthauze, a name Zamorra gave to him while they schooled at OAU. But he changed it to Cheque years later.

In March 2020, Cheque featured in Olamide‘s album, 999, on the track called “Warlords” and was beginning to gain an audience in the music industry. Cheque solidified his grounds with the release of his E.P album, “Razor” on 3rd July 2020. The EP “Razor” is a five-track album and consists of tracks that cut across various music genres inspiring him to call it Razor. Tracks from the Razor EP album include Zoom, Loco, Hollywood, Odun, and Satisfied. The song that shot him into limelight was ‘Zoom’, the song had a catchy tune and trap feel to it and was quick to become a smash hit commercially . Cheque is one of the fast rising talents in the Nigeria music scene and he proved again with another smash hit ‘’History’ a song featuring old pal Fireboy DML. Other songs he has released include; Pain Away, Jekasoro, Jeka Soro, Wave, Energy, and Abundance.