Lil Kesh Biography
Lil Kesh is a Nigerian singer, rapper and songwriter. He rose to fame after releasing the chart-topping song called “Shoki”. He released “Lyrically”, a single which became popular at universities in Nigeria. In 2015, he was nominated for the Best New Act at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.
As a recording artist affiliated with YBNL Nation, Lil Kesh has established his own record label YAGI Records (an acronym for “Young And Getting It”), and is managed by Massive Management.
He took interest in dancing before he delved into music after watching some of his peers rap. His professional music career started in 2012 but he became popular in 2014 after he recorded his first single titled “Lyrically” which was positively accepted majorly by students in Nigerian universities.
Through YBNL Nation, Kesh released “Shoki”, a song which got him nominated in the Best Street-Hop Artiste category at The Headies 2014 while “Shoki Remix” which featured guest appearances from Olamide and Davido got nominated in the Hottest Single of the Year at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. On 2 April 2014, he signed his first music contract with YBNL Nation.
On 23 February 2015, Kesh released a song titled “Gbese” which was produced by Young Jonn with the music video featuring cameo appearances from Skuki.
On 11 June 2015, he was nominated in the Best New Act to Watch category at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and went on to be nominated at the 2015 Headies Award for Next Rated.
On March 17, 2016, he released his debut studio album titled Y.A.G.I which was positively received. The album features guest appearances from notable music acts including Olamide, Phyno, Davido, Adekunle Gold, YCEE, Wale, Viktoh, and Patoranking.
On April 26, 2016, he announced via Instagram that he has established his own label imprint called YAGI Records with Olamide later confirming the news through the same medium following the expiration of Lil Kesh’s 2-year recording contract with YBNL Nation.
Lil Kesh Age
Lil Kesh was born with his real birth name as Keshinro Ololade on the 14th of March 1995. His birthplace is in Bariga, Lagos State, in Nigeria. He once described himself as a street kid who knows what the people from the street want to listen to.
Lil Kesh Family
Information about his family is not known at the moment, however, it is known that he is originally from the Yoruba tribe. The musician resides in Lekki, Lagos at the moment.
Lil Kesh Girlfriend
Lil Kesh has obviorsly become one of the celebrities that music fans want to know more about their privete and love life. Most of his fans would want tp know the girl who is tagging along with him. While every one is looking to know who Kesh’s girlfriend is, for all we know it that the singer is still single.
Some rumors speculated that the singer was in some knd of relationship with the fellow musician, Chidinma. They have been spetted togetger on several related events and before long, tongues started wagging, however, it was aal just buta rumor and nothing came out of it.
Lil Kesh Songs
- Rora
- Shoki
- Ishe
- Efejoku
- Ibile
- Is It Because I Love You
- Cause Trouble
- Semilore
- Skibi Dat
- Baby Favour
- Gbese
- Shoki Remix
- Apa Mi
- No Fake Love
- Shele Gan Gan
- Is It Because I Love
- Abija Wara
- Ogene Remix
- Problem Child
- Life of a Star
- Yaya Oyoyo
- Lyrically
- Igba Iponju
- Itunmo
- Yaya Yoyo
- Jabo
- Cause Trouble Pt. 2
- Kojo
- Love Story
- Dope Like That
- For You
- FSU
Lil Kesh Awards and Nomination
Year |
Award ceremony |
Prize |
Result |
| 2015 | 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards | Best New Act to Watch | Nominated |
| Nigerian Teen Choice Awards | Celebrity Award – Song Of The Year (Shoki) | Won | |
| City People Entertainment Awards | Popular Song of the Year (Shoki) | Won | |
| MTV Base Music Award | Popular Song of the Year (Shoki remix featuring Olamide & Davido) | Nominated | |
| 2016 | The Headies 2015 | Next Rated | Nominated |
Lil Kesh Y.A.G.I
Young And Getting It (Y.A.G.I) is the debut studio album of Nigerian rapper Lil Kesh. The album was released through YBNL Nation on March 17, 2016, and it features vocals from Phyno, YCEE, Wale, Patoranking, Adekunle Gold, Olamide, Davido, Viktoh and Chinko Ekun with music production from in-house producers Young Jonn and Pheelz.
Release date: 17 March 2016
Label: YAGI
Producers: Young John, Pheelz, Shizzi
Genre: Rapper
Nominations: The Headies Award for Hip Hop World Revelation of the Year, MORE
Lil Kesh Phone Number
For booking purpose
Call: 08171937367
Email: bookings.lilkesh@gmail.com
Lil Kesh Net Worth
Keh is a successful musician who has made a lot of money from his career debut. When it comes to his net worth, this can be a little under scrutiny, however, according to a few sources, he has reached a financial milestone of $1 million.
Lil Kesh House
He owns a house in Lekki. There were rumors that the house was offered to him as an incentive for signing to a certain record label, but the rapper insists that his Kesh home was paid for by himself.
Lil Kesh Car
He owns the latest black Range Rover. The artist also owns a black Mercedes Benz sedan. Recently he presented his mother with a car of her own – it’s also a black luxury sedan that is the perfect fit for the rapper’s lifestyle.
Lil Kesh Twitter
Lil Kesh Instagram
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