University Of Lagos (UNILAG) graduated Joseph Akinfenwa Donus who rose to stardom with the name Joeboy is a 23 years old Nigerian singer and songwriter.

He is one of the artists who explores Afrobeats/Afropop and RnB genre of music.

The May 21, 1997 Lagos, Nigerian born musical Artist Joeboy have a degree in Human Resource bagged in the prestigious institution University Of Lagos (Unilag). Joeboy’s breakthrough came after Mr Eazi’s EmPawa Africa Adventure.

Musical Career / Early Life

Joeboy was born and raised in a musical family which made his dream easier with his father being a Keyboardist while his elder brother was a major member of the church choir. So, Joeboy ventured into music at the age of 16 and recorded his first official single “Gbeseyin” the following year when he was 17. With his role model and major inspiration being 9ice and ID Cabasa, he jumped on Ed Sheehan’s Shape Of You cover which was well received in Nigeria and across the border.

Joeboy got his name popularized after a joint record deal from Gorilla Sauce Ent and Banku Music which saw him dropped a smashing single “Baby” follow up with a visual which was sponsored by EmPawa African, A talent hunting program for up and coming African musical artists.

He became one of the quick rising Nigerian Artists shortly after dropping “Baby” which was seen topping Charts in and across the borders. This fixed his name among the major Afropop flag bearer.

In march 2019, Joeboy launched the hit tune “Baby”, a love track which reached the top 10 of Apple Music’s Charts in Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya. Some other hit released was “Beginning” which turned into release observed as much as “Baby” and it became featured through beats 1 Host Ebro on his found section.

The tune hit primary on Apple Music in Nigeria and Uganda. On November 8, 2019, Joeboy released the album “Love & Light” which consists of 5 songs. The album turned into produced under the tune document label, Banku Music, under the one of a kind licence to EmPawa Africa Limited.

JoeBoy’s Mr Eazi EmPawa Africa Adventure

Mr Eazi created a talent hunt for up coming African tune musicians known as EmPawa Africa, a full-carrier enterprise providing advertising, distribution, publishing, label and management services which equips African Musicians with the equipment, information, network and funding to develop and export their track from Africa to the sector.

Additionally launching #empawa100, an investment and mentorship programme, and endorsed Joeboy to sign on.
Joeboy signed up and became considered one of 10,000 applicants from 14 international locations and just via registering to be part of the programme, he changed into the primary of a hundred recipients to earn a proportion of a $3,000 furnish aimed at helping a brand new technology of African artists discover mainstream achievement.

Joeboy used his $3,000 to make his tune video Faaji and inside a month, he have become certainly one of 10 acts selected for a mentorship boot camp in South Africa, and one among artistes given a further $50,000 in investment. Before coming into #empawa100, Joeboy had simplest sung in social media clips, despite developing up in a musical family and after the programme, he became a completely special individual musically. This has helped to shape his music profession for the higher.

Joeboy Net worth

Joeboy net worth is calculated to be $500,000 and major source being the music business.

Joeboy Songs / Album & EP Projects