Introducing Gee4:Nigerian Afrobeat artiste
Known in
real life as Gbenga Egbeyemi Damilola; Nigerian Afrobeat singer/songwriter,
Gee4 was born in Lagos on July 5,1990. He hails from Ogun State in Nigeria.
Focused
on his musical career in the early years of 2009, Gee4 decided to set up a
record label and that was the birth of his label, Dope Hitz City.
Under his
self-owned record label; the Nigerian Afrobeat artiste released his debut
single, ‘Turn me on’ which featured Skales, was produced by Jay Pizzle in the
early months of 2013.
Releasing
the visual to his embraced song, ‘Turn me on’ which was directed by Unlimited
LA; the video enjoyed massive recognition with TV airplays and YouTube views in
Nigeria, Africa and around the globe in the first and second quarter of 2014.
The song
in due time became one of the successful songs in Nigeria and notwithstanding
the uniqueness of his voice and display in the video; Gee4 was billed as a
guest artiste at the 2014 Nigeria Got Talent semi-finale.
Noted for
his high energy, fast-paced, and often unpredictable on-stage performances;
Gee4 was billed to share stage at Fela Kutis Felabration in 2013/2014 (for his
impressive performance at the previous year’s show) editions with Don Carlos,
Wizkid, Timaya, Skales, Tuface,Sarkodie,Kymani Marley, and Ghana’s Yaa Pono.
The ‘Turn
me on’ singer, released his second single, ‘Ileke’ produced by his engineer,
Jay Pizzle. On April 10,2015. ‘Ileke’ was accompanied by its music video
directed by Cardosso Imagery in Nigerian and 8,000 Films in UK.
Inspired
by God, environment, past and present experiences; Gee4, who has always desired
to do music looks up to top established African musicians including Fela Kuti,
Ebenezer Obey, Tuface Idibia, D’Banj, Akon, Machel Montano, Brenda Fassie, Bob
Marley, Angelique Kidjo, and Don Jazzy among others.
As part
of his future aspiration; Gee4 believes that his brand will be recognized in
the list of top gamers in the industry decades to come especially when the
Afrobeats music genre is gaining much attention in Africa on a daily basis.
Watch
‘Ileke’ official music video:
Connect
with Gee4 on social media network;
Twitter -
@Gee4_DHC
Instagram
- @gee4official
Facebook-
Egbeyemi Gbenga (geefour) |Official page: www.facebook.com/GEE4DHC (Gee4)
