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duo with his identical twin brother

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and in 2021 was awarded with an honorary Doctorate degree from ESCAE University in

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Early life

Mr. P and his twin brother

grew up in a large family, in

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in Plateau State, Nigeria. He was born into the family of Josephine Okoye and Mazi Moses Okoye. Peter and his brother Paul joined a school of music and drama club, where they started dancing, singing and performing songs of popular artist like

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and

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Solo career

In 2017,

disbanded and both band members parted ways. Mr P first dropped his solo single titled "For My Head", "Cool It Down" in 2017. In 2018 Mr. P collaborated with

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of Brick & Lace on a song titled "Wokie Wokie". In 2021, Mr. P founded his own record label called PClassic Label, the label has signed Nigerian activist and disc jockey DJ Switch and in 2021, he released a 16-track debut album titled, ''

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'' which featured

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, Simi, Teni,

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, Singah,

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, DJ Switch, and OvieKelz. He has also been an actor, playing the role of Arinze in

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's ''Lionheart''.

Education

Peter Okoye attended St. Murumba secondary school, a small Catholic school in Jos, Plateau State Nigeria. Later in 1999, he applied to the

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to study Business Administration, but didn’t complete the degree.

Achievements

In 2001 P-Square won the "Grab Da Mic" competition making Benson and Hedges sponsor their album titled "Last Nite". P Square was also nominated as "Most promising African Group" in the Kora Global Awards. They won the 2003 Amen Award for "Best R&B Group". On April 4, 2010, P Square were named the Artist of the year at the Kora award in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Personal life

In 2013, Okoye and his then-girlfriend, Lola Omotayo welcomed a daughter in a San Francisco hospital in the United States. On 17 November 2013, the duo got married at the Ark in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria.

Endorsement deals

On June 16, 2016, Mr P was made a

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motor ambassador. Mr. P was also made a brand ambassador for Olympic Milk, produced by Nutricima limited. Peter founded a

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named ''Dance with Peter'' which was sponsored by Globacom Telecommunication Limited. In August 2021, he was unveiled as the brand ambassador of

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, a manufacturing company that deals with shoes, clothing and accessories.

Discography

* Roll It - 2007 * Do Me - 2007 * Am I Still That Special Man - 2007 * Billy Body - 2007 * More Than A Friend - 2007 * Danger - 2009 * Wokie Wokie * Gimme Dat - 2009 * Possibility - 2009 * Beautiful Onyinye - 2011 * Forever - 2011 * Choping Money - 2011 * Magic Healing - 2013 * Alingo - 2014 * Ifeoma - 2014 * Personally - 2014 * Collabo - 2014 * Taste The Money - 2017 * For My Head - 2017 * Ebeano - 2018 * Paloma - 2021 * I Love You - 2021 * Just Like That - 2021 * Jaiye - 2022 * No One Like You - 2022 * Bank Alert - 2022 * ALBUMS * The Prodigal *

References

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