Timaya
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| Timaya | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Enetimi Alfred Odom |
| Also known as | Dem mama soldier |
| Born | Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria |
| Origin | Odi, Bayelsa State, Nigeria |
| Genre(s) | Dance Hall |
| Instrument(s) | Singing |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Label(s) | Danco Music |
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Timaya (born November 29, 1976) is a Nigerian singer known for his T-Pain-esque style of music, without the autotune.
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[edit] Early life
Timaya was born in Bayelsa State in the Southern part of Nigeria. He started from Port Harcourt as a teenager in Nkpolu Oroworukwo Secondary School where he won so many awards in inter-school competitions and moved to Lagos to stay with his elder sister at his parents request so as to complete his secondary school education. He schooled at Ikeja High School in Mafoluku, Lagos.
[edit] Music career
He started out with a couple of early collaborations with some underground artists and was a back-up singer for Eedris Abdulkareem. He featured in an unreleased video by UDX, a rap group based in Lagos. Namse Udosen was one of his early mentors in the music game back in Lagos in the early 2000's. Namse Udosen (AKA Menthol X) laced the rap verse on Pomporo, a hit track on his debut album "True Story".
Timaya is also called the Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa or Mr. Timaya. Timaya is currently the rave of the Nigerian music scene, with a lot of other musicians interested in doing collaborations with him. Timaya is for collabo because he says that collabo is like promo. That is, collaboration promotes a musician.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- True story (2007)
- Gift and grace (2008)
Timaya (2008)
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