Phillip Kayode Moses (born 5 June 1994), better known as Pheelz, is a Nigerian

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, singer, songwriter, and graphic designer. Pheelz is credited to have produced all but one song on Olamide's '' Baddest Guy Ever Liveth'' album. In 2022, he had a hit with his song "

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", a collaboration with

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(formerly known as Buju).

Early life

Pheelz is a native of

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, but he was born and raised in Ojo, a local government area in

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. He started music as a 10-year-old singer in church. While in high school in Ajangbandi Afromedia, Pheelz attended Ideal Comprehensive High School and later he worked under I.D Cabassa at Coded Tunes, the record label where he met Olamide. In 2011, he featured vocals in a song off Olamide's '' Rapsodi'' album titled "I'm Going In".

Career

2012–2020: Working as a producer

His breakthrough as a record producer came in 2012, when he produced the chart-topping singles by Olamide titled "First of All" and "Fucking with the Devil" off his '' YBNL'' album. In 2013, Pheelz was listed in '' NotJustOk''s "Top 10 Hottest Producers in Nigeria". He produced all but one song on Olamide's ''Baddest Guy Ever Liveth'' album, a move which made him gain grounds in the Nigerian music industry and won him a nomination at The Headies 2013. In 2014, he was also nominated in the Producer of the Year category at the 2014 edition of The Headies and at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. Pheelz has gone on to produce and be credited in popular songs and albums including '' The Chairman'' by M.I, '' Ghetto University'' by Runtown and '' Seyi or Shay'' by

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. In 2014, Pheelz collaborated with COPILOT Music and Sound on a cover of

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's "Maria Caipirnha (Samba da Bahia)". The arrangement represented the musical instrumentation and styles of Nigeria for Visa's "Samba of the World", a digital campaign for the

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. Pheelz was nominated and won the "Producer of the Year" category at The Headies awards 2020 edition. He has worked with several artists and musicians, such as

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, Usher,

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, Fireboy DML, Teni and

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2021–present: ''Hear Me Out'' EP

In 2021 he released his debut EP ''Hear Me Out'' through

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. "One Life" was released as a single off the EP on 26 November 2020, with its lyric video following on 28 December 2020. Motolani Alake of ''Pulse Nigeria'' wrote that it "excels on quality songwriting and good productions". Ikwuje Amos of ''Mp3bullet'' called Pheelz "very intentional on the EP". On 15 March 2022, he signed a record deal with Warner UK, shortly after his single "

" became an international success, and earned him, his first career entry on the '' Billboard'' Global 200 at number 131, the TurnTable Top 50 at number 1,

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at number 10, UK Afrobeats Singles Chart at number 1, and the UK Singles Chart at number 52.

Discography

Extended plays * ''Hear Me Out'' (2021) * ''Pheelz Good'' (2023) * ''Pheelz Good (Triibe Tape)'' (2024) * ''Pheelz Good II'' (2024) Singles

Awards and nominations

References

{{Authority control 1994 births Living people Nigerian hip-hop record producers 21st-century Nigerian musicians People from Ogun State Yoruba musicians