Lil Kesh

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Keshinro Ololade (born March 17, 1995), known professionally as Lil Kesh, is a Nigerian singer, rapper and songwriter. Many Kesh songs become very popular and trendy online with a great number of streaming and downloads on Boomplay.

Keshinro Ololade was born and raised in Bariga, an area in Lagos State Nigeria. He attended Stockbridge College for his primary and secondary education and then proceeded to the University of Lagos (Unilag). Where he studied Linguistics. Later, he moved on to the National Open University, Nigeria and studied Mass Communication online.

Career
He began his musical career in 2012. When he started rapping among his colleagues in Bariga. Shortly after, he released "Lyrically", a debut single in which the song went viral within Nigerian universities. He rose to limelight after releasing the hit single "Shoki". Aftermath, Lil Kesh signed a contract with Yahoo Boy No Laptop Nation popularly known as YBNL Nation (YBNL) is an independent record label founded by Olamide Adedeji in 2012. Under this label, Kesh dropped a series of hit singles like Shoki, Efejoku, Gbese, e.t.c and released his debut studio album, "YAGI".

Subsequently in 2014, Lil Kesh released a hit single "Shoki ''. Shoki topped several musical charts and brought him to limelight. As a result of this musical production, he was nominated for several awards and won two. In 2015, he was nominated for Best New Act at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. As a recording artist affiliated with YBNL Nation.

Then in 2016, after the expiration of his contract with YBNL, Lil Kesh has established his own record label YAGI Records (an acronym for "Young And Gettin It") and is managed by Massive Management team, a marketing and event management company.

On the 17th March, 2016. Lil Kesh released, his debut studio album Young And Gettin It (Y.A.G.I) through YBNL Nation It was produced by Young John, and Pheelz Vocals were from Phyno, Ycee, Wale, Patoranking, Adekunle Gold, Davido,Viktoh, Olamide and Chinko Ekun It incorporates hip hop and rap genre. It has four singles - Lyrically (2014), Efejoku (2015), Is it because I love You (2015), and Ibile (2016).

Achievements
• In 2015, he was nominated for Best New Act at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards
• In 2016, he was nominated for Next Rated Artist at the 2016 Headies Awards
• His song “Shoki” won the Song of the Year at the 2015 Nigerian Teen Choice Awards
• His song “Shoki” won the Song of the Year at the 2015 City People Entertainment Awards

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Songs and Albums
• YAGI (Album)
• Shoki
• Ishe
• Is It Because I Love You
• Try
• Ecstasy (Album)
• Efejoku
• Lyrically
• Gbese

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