Adekunle Gold is a year older

Nigerian singer, songwriter and graphic designer, Adekunle Kosoko popularly known as Adekunle Gold is a year older today.

To celebrate the award winning artist,here are the things you need to know about him.

 

• Adekunle describes his genre of music as urban highlife.

• His 2014 single “Sade” received massive airplays on various Nigerian radio stations.

•  His follow-up single, titled “Orente”, also received positive reviews from music critics and consumers.

•  In 2015, he was nominated in the Most Promising Act of the Year category at the 2015 City People Entertainment Awards.

• He was nominated in the “Best Alternative Song” category at The Headies 2015 for his song titled “Sade” where he bagged the award.

•  He is currently signed to YBNL Nation after signing a music contract with the record label on March 5, 2015.

•  Adekunle was born into a royal family in Lagos State, Nigeria.

• He holds a Higher National Diploma in Arts and Design after graduating from Lagos State Polytechnic.

•  Adekunle Gold was dubbed “King of Photoshop” after posting an edited Photoshop image of him hugging Tiwa Savage.

• 10. He wrote his first song as a teen after  he joined as a member of the junior church choir he was attending and went on to write his first song at the age of 15.

Happy Birthday to him.