Adebajo Oluwanifemi Adebanjo professionally known as Niphkeys, is a Nigerian record producer. Niphkeys started professionally as a producer in 2016 and has worked with

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MohBad Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba (3 January 1996 – 12 September 2023), known professionally as MohBad, was a Nigerian rapper, singer, and songwriter from Lagos. Mohbad was formerly signed to Naira Marley's Marlian Records and left the label in 2022 ...

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and other artists.

Early life and education

Adebajo Oluwanifemi Adebanjo a native of Odogbolu,

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was born on 6 March 1994, in

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to a "musically inclined" Christian family as the second of three children. Growing up, Niphkeys played the piano, guitar, bass and

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. He attended Legacy Villa Primary School in Alagbado, for his primary education and proceed to Good Shepherd Comprehensive High School and Providence Heights School for his junior and senior secondary education all in

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. He subsequently graduated from

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with a first-class honour in Soil Science.

Career

Niphkeys is a 2020 graduate of the Ejoya Music program which trained musicians such as BNXN, YKB and Emo Grae. Niphkeys who was a pianist in church started his profession as a music producer in 2016 at the age of 22, but received mainstream attention in 2020 following the release of

' single "Koleyewon" and "Kilofeshe" by

. In his early days, Niphkeys idolised

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and his music production and cites

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and

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as his inspirations. In 2023, he collaborated with

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and Rema for a remix of "Hide & Seek". Prior to this, he produced songs for and collaborated with

, Zlatan,

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Seyi Vibez Balogun Afolabi Oluwaloseyi (born 12 July 2000) known professionally as Seyi Vibez, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He is known for his breakthrough single "Chance (Na Ham)" from his second studio album ''Billion Dollar Baby'' which debuted ...

and others. In 2022, Niphkeys was picked as the number one "hottest music producer of the year" by ''Pulse Nigeria'' for 2021. In the same year, he received three nominations in at 2022 Headies Award; two for the "Street Pop Song of the Year" category and one in the "Producer of the Year" category for MohBad's "Feel Good".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Niphkeys 1994 births Living people 21st-century Nigerian musicians Nigerian record producers People from Ogun State