Kelechief

“I’m 100% from Atlanta and I'm 100% Nigerian," Kelechief says on stage before a comedic pause and a mischievous smile, "so I'm 200 percent n*gga." That's the best way to explain who he is. He's a lot of things; The rapper-singer-producer-engineer is at home as a multihyphenate.

Kelechief is a first generation American born to two Nigerian immigrants on Atlanta's north side. Kelechief’s Quarter Life Crisis (Also the name of his debut album) began after dropping out of college to pursue music professionally, against his parents' wishes for a more stable career choice. His first buzzing single "WANT" won him a $50k grant towards an album and was his first taste of national attention. The resulting project, Before the Quarter, was enough to put him on the list of new artists to watch and put him on the road with Chance the Rapper & Wale. Kelechi followed up "Before The Quarter" with "Quarter Life Crisis", an album featuring the RCA's KeepCool signed songstress duo VanJess and fellow ATL northsider K CAMP. The grassroots success of "Quarter Life Crisis" led to Kelechief being tapped to perform at the 2019 Super Bowl Festival in Atlanta, establishing him as an artist to be reckoned with on and off the net. After joining Jidenna on the 85 to Africa Tour in 2019, Kelechief witnessed his Hip Hop roots combine with his Nigerian culture, influencing a personal and sonic shift toward more African sounds.

The Afrobeats-meets-Rap sound introduced on Going Home led the Rapper-Turned-International-Pop-Sensation to perform in his family's native country of Nigeria in December of 2020. After touring alongside Fireboy, Rema, Davido, Omah Lay, and Adekunle Gold, Kelechief prepares to cement his sonic transition (and international fanbase) with his next album ATLagos.