Alexander Uwaifo (born 25 September 1988) known professionally as Andre Vibez, is a Nigerian music producer and songwriter. He is best known for producing " Rush" from Ayra Starr's album ''19 & Dangerous'' and Rema international hit single " Calm Down" which peaked at number one on the

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IMI International chart and also peak no.3 on

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after its remix with

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. In September 2022, he was announced as one of the newly signed record producers of the Nigerian record label,

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Early life

Vibez was born on 25 September 1988 and grew up in the south-south region of Nigeria,

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, Edo State. He attended Kings College,

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where he completed his

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, and later on he obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Fine and Applied Arts from the University of Benin, Nigeria. Vibez's musical career started when he was a teenager in the year 2005. He grew up as a part of his father,

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's music band "Titibiti".

Career

Vibez's father, Sir

was a Nigerian

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musician well known for winning the first gold disc in Africa. Vibez started producing music in 2005 and worked alongside his father as a keyboardist. His music production career officially started in 2012, with the song titled "Selensele" by Leroy. In 2021, Vibez produced the song "

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" by

Ladipoe Ladipo Eso popularly known as Ladipoe or Poe, is a Nigerian rapper and singer. On 28 February 2017, Ladipoe signed a record deal with Mavin Records. He rose to prominence with the song "Feel Alright" where he got featured by Show Dem Camp, SDC "Sh ...

and

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. That same year, he served as the producer for the hit single " Calm Down" alongside fellow Nigerian record producer,

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. In October 2022, he was signed to

, a Nigerian record label founded by

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. In November 2022, he produced the Mavin Records All-stars single "Won Da Mo" featuring Rema,

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, Magixx,

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, Johnny Drille, Boy Spyce, Bayanni, and

. He also worked as the producer for "Calm Down Remix" by Rema featuring

Production discography

Awards

References

{{Reflist Living people 1988 births People from Edo State University of Benin (Nigeria) alumni Nigerian record producers Nigerian keyboardists King's College, Lagos alumni