Hassan Kehinde Daniel, popularly known as Kent Edunjobi, is a Nigerian songwriter and music producer.
Early life and career
Edunjobi studied computer science and statistics at the
University of Nigeria
The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal and public research university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, South-east Nigeria. Founded in 1955 by Nnamdi Azikiwe who was Governor-General of Nigeria between 1960 and 1963 ...
, Nsukka.
He started his music career as a member of the Apex Choir of the
Celestial Church of Christ
The Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) is a Pentecostal church in the Aladura movement, which was founded by Samuel Oshoffa on 29 September 1947 in Porto-Novo, Benin. It has spread from West Africa to countries in Europe, such as Belgium, Franc ...
, where he is now the music director. He started working for Kunle Afolayan Productions in 2016 and has been composing soundtracks for the production company since.
In 2023, he came into the limelight after composing the soundtrack for ''
Aníkúlápó''. In the same year, he released ''Ebenezer'' with the Apex Choir. It had 1 million views on
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...
within its first month.
[https://thenationonlineng.net/ebenezer-made-me-fear-god-more-kent-edunjobi/]
Discography
Awards
*
Best Soundtrack at Africa Movie Academy Awards for ''Citation''
* Best Soundtrack at
2023 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards
The 2023 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards was held between 18 and 20 May 2023. The event included a series of pre-show activities with the actual award show held on 20 May 2023.
The nominees were revealed by actors Bisola Aiyeola, Adjetey ...
for ''Aníkúlápó''
References
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Nigerian male musicians