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Bankulli

b. 1975

Nigerian singer-songwriter

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Born 1975. Bankulli is a singer and songwriter.

Abisagboola Oluseun John popularly known as Bankulli or Osha, is a Nigerian music executive, A&R, talent manager, singer, and songwriter, pioneering the African pop culture. He is the founder and CEO of Bankulli Entertainment, known for housing recording acts, such as Basiil, and Konstance. He formerly served as the artiste manager of Mo' Hits Records, one of Africa's defunct recording companies owned by Don Jazzy, and D’banj. As a talent manager, he managed D'banj's solo career after Mo' Hits.

Bankulli has also worked with artists and producers around the world from Nigeria, the US, and the UK. In 2011, he worked on the collaborative studio project Watch The Throne, a 5× Platinum album created by Kanye West and Jay-Z. He went on to work with Kanye West on his sixth studio album Yeezus. In 2020, Beyoncé's The Lion King: The Gift soundtrack album, was nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Album and earned him, a special recognition from The Recording Academy.

Career Bankulli began his music career at R70, a UK-based entertainment company owned by Ayo Shonaiya, and DJ Abass, where he worked as an internship. In 2019, Beyoncé released a soundtrack album titled The Lion King: The Gift, which Bankulli co-wrote two songs on the project alongside Beyoncé. The album also earned him his first Grammy nomination for his songwriting credit on "Find Your Way Back", and "Otherside". On 9 August 2019, Bankulli announced in a series of tweets about his documentary titled "Chronicles of Afrobeats" to be released soon, in the tweet he narrated how Don Jazzy became the first Afrobeats Music producer to represent the genre in the mainstream music scene in the U.S in 2011, to two greatest music genius of our time Kanye West, and Jay-Z, to how he ended doing vocals on two songs on Watch The Throne album.

Discography Collaborative eps + List of collaborative studio extended plays, with selected details and chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions NGJourney Back Home (with. Töme) Released: 26 November 2021 Label: Bankulli Entertainment Formats: Digital download

Singles As lead artist +List of singles as lead artist, with year released and album shown Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album NG NGAfropop SA UK UKAfrobeats USAfrobeats "Gbemiro" (feat. Wurld) 2020 — — — — — — "Gbemiro (Remix)" (feat. Hiro) — — — — — — "Foreign" (feat. Not3s) 2021 — — — — 6 — "Ekorin" — — — — — —The Last Ship "Iye" — — — — — — "All My Life" (feat. MohBad, Basiil, & Konstance) 2023 — — — — — —

As featured artist +List of singles as featured artist, with year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name shown Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album NG NGAfropop

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1975, Surulere
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Who is Bankulli?

Nigerian singer-songwriter

When was Bankulli born?

Bankulli was born in 1975 in Surulere.

What is Bankulli's occupation?

Bankulli is a singer and songwriter.

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· Wikipedia: Bankulli

· Wikidata: Q68547620

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