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Olayiwola Olabanji Kokumo popularly known as (KOKER), is a Nigerian Afro pop singer and songwriter Born in Lagos, Nigeria.
He received his elementary and secondary education in Lagos; he studied at the university of Lagos where he graduated with a bachelor of arts in creative arts.
He started his music career at very tender age, his music continued to grow at the university where he had a number of remarkable ventures in the Unilag music scene and participated in composing and performing the official theme song of the Unilag at 50 carnivals in 2012, he composed four songs for the Eko sports festival at Tafawa Selewa square Lagos island the same year.
Koker music came to a limelight when he recorded his hook for his feature on Pryse's hit single titled Eleto in 2013 where a member of the chocolate city crew became familiar with his content and became a fan of his music, which later concluded his record deal with Chocolate City in 2015. his first hit single under the chocolate city was "Do Something" which received frequent airplay.
Koker is largely known for the uniqueness of the use of his local dialect "yoruba" in his music, he once disclosed that his music was heavily influenced by some singers like King Sunny Ade,Shina Peters, Ebenezer Obey, Koker uses a fusion of Afro beat, Juju and Afro Pop to bring his sound together.
His unique style of music has enabled him to perform alongside several of the music industry's leading artists like D banj, Psqure, 2 face, Naeto C and more.
In 2015 he was part of the Chocolate City compilation album project, the indestructible Choc Boi nation which was released in April.
In 2016 he started his year with an endorsement deal with Cloud 9.
Koker made so many musics with a lot of artists which featured him with artist like MI, Stunt, Milli, Dice Alies, Falz, Shodyreeks,Dj Spicey, Skales, Ice Prince, and many more.
Olayiwola Olabanji Kokumo popularly known as (KOKER), is a Nigerian Afro pop singer and songwriter Born in Lagos, Nigeria.
He received his elementary and secondary education in Lagos; he studied at the university of Lagos where he graduated with a bachelor of arts in creative arts.
He started his music career at very tender age, his music continued to grow at the university where he had a number of remarkable ventures in the Unilag music scene and participated in composing and performing the official theme song of the Unilag at 50 carnivals in 2012, he composed four songs for the Eko sports festival at Tafawa Selewa square Lagos island the same year.
Koker music came to a limelight when he recorded his hook for his feature on Pryse's hit single titled Eleto in 2013 where a member of the chocolate city crew became familiar with his content and became a fan of his music, which later concluded his record deal with Chocolate City in 2015. his first hit single under the chocolate city was "Do Something" which received frequent airplay.
KOKER BIOGRAPHY IN SUMMARY
| NAME | Olayiwola Olabanji Kokumo |
| STAGE NAME | Koker |
| GENRE OF MUSIC | Afro Pop, Afro Juju |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lagos |
| ALBUM | None |
| RECORD LABEL | Chocolate City |
| AWARDS | Rookie of the year 2015 Headies (Nominated), Artist of the year 2015 Top Naija Music Award (Nominated), Best new Artist 2015 Tooxclusive Award.(Nominated) |
Koker is largely known for the uniqueness of the use of his local dialect "yoruba" in his music, he once disclosed that his music was heavily influenced by some singers like King Sunny Ade,Shina Peters, Ebenezer Obey, Koker uses a fusion of Afro beat, Juju and Afro Pop to bring his sound together.
His unique style of music has enabled him to perform alongside several of the music industry's leading artists like D banj, Psqure, 2 face, Naeto C and more.
In 2015 he was part of the Chocolate City compilation album project, the indestructible Choc Boi nation which was released in April.
ENDORSEMENT
In 2016 he started his year with an endorsement deal with Cloud 9.
LIST OF KOKER SONGS
- 2015 Do something
- 2016 Kolewerk, Give them, Kolewerk Remix (Ft Olamide)
- 2017 Bokiniyen
Koker made so many musics with a lot of artists which featured him with artist like MI, Stunt, Milli, Dice Alies, Falz, Shodyreeks,Dj Spicey, Skales, Ice Prince, and many more.
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