Abimbola Jeremiah Popoola professionally known as Superstar YB and previously as Yungblnkz is a Nigerian-Irish singer-songwriter and music producer.
Biography
Superstar YB with origins in
Ibadan
Ibadan (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the List of Nigerian cities by population, third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano (city), Kano, with a total populatio ...
,
Oyo State
Oyo is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Ibadan, the List of Nigerian cities by population, third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. Oyo ...
, was born in
Benin City
Benin City serves as the Capital city, capital and largest
Metropolitan area, metropolitan centre of Edo State, situated in Nigeria, southern Nigeria. It ranks as the List of Nigerian cities by population, fourth-most populous city in Niger ...
,
Edo State
Edo State, Edo, officially known as Edo State, is a States of Nigeria, state in the South South, South-South Geopolitical zones of Nigeria, geopolitical zone of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. As of 2024, the state was ranked as the List of Ni ...
.
Due to his family being music lovers, he organized a music group when he was 11-year-old where he was the singer and songwriter.
[ YB graduated with a diploma in people management and business administration from ]National College of Ireland
National College of Ireland (NCI) (''Coláiste Náisiúnta na hÉireann'' (''CNÉ'') in Irish) is a not-for-profit, state-aided third-level education institution in Dublin. It was founded in 1951 as a joint venture between the Jesuits in Ir ...
.[
Superstar YB who was previously known as Yungblnkz released his ]extended play
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...
''Afro King'' in 2022, which corporates his hit single "Bottles" which was previously released in 2020.[
]
Artistry
Superstar YB cites Fela Kuti
Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997) was a Nigerians, Nigerian musician and political activist. He is regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre t ...
, Majek Fashek
Majekodunmi Fasheke (March 1963 – 1 June 2020), known professionally as Majek Fashek, was a Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His 1988 album ''Prisoner of Conscience'' included the single "Send Down the Rain", which won six Performing M ...
and King Sunny Ade
King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, ...
as some of his inspirations.
Discography
Source:
Singles
* "Bottles"
* "Bottles (Amapiano Version)"
* "Party"
* "My Boo"
* "Play"
* "Gum Body"
* "Love In Lagos"
* "Love in Lagos" (solo version)
* "Jealous (Faaji)"
* "Jealous (Faaji) isco Version with Terry Apala
EPs
* ''Afro King''
* ''Afro King (Ultra Version)''
References
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Nigerian singer-songwriters
Nigerian record producers
Alumni of the National College of Ireland
People from Edo State
People from Oyo State
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people