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Tolani Fatilewa (June 7,1995) better known by his stage name Tolani (styled as TolanÃ­), is a Nigerian new school afrobeat artist.[1][2] He gained popularity in July 2017, when iconic Fela and the beatles picked his single "no yawa" as the only African song in the final 5 of the maiden edition of the metro uk and abbey road studios' "battle of the bands" contest.[3] Tolani's style of music was described simply by Metro uk writer Malcolm Jack as "feel good afrobeat music with a message...that mixes traditional call and response vocals and chants". [4]

Biography 

Tolani was born into a christian Nigerian home and is the last of 3 children.[5] In his early days Tolani says he spent his time listening to a lot of artistes like Boney M, Fela, 50 cent as a result of his father and brother always playing their music.[6]He started out as a rapper at the age of 13 and was part of a three-man group called Mboiz while he was still in high school. The group disbanded in 2011 when he went to Babcock university to study economics.[7] As an under graduate, he kept releasing music and honing his skills as an artist and performer.[8]

Career 

After graduating with a bachelors degree in Economics from Babcock university in 2015, he released two songs; "the world" and the second a cover to the popular U.k hit single "dont waste my time" by krept and konan. [9]The songs showed the direction in which his sound was headed, and were released free in August 2015.[10] He followed this up in december 2015, with the release of a grimy afrobeat track he titled "Ajigijaga". [11] After a one year break, he returned with his first official single; â€œNo Yawaâ€ which earned him a top 5 spot at the 2017 Abbey Road Studios' Battle of the Bands Competition.[4] [12]

Works  References 
 * The world [13]
 * No yawa [14]
 * Live[15]
 * 1) â†‘ Ojoye, Taiwo (2017-06-09). "*I vote for original afrobeat â€“ Tolani". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
 * 2) â†‘ Okolo, Edwin (2017-05-08). "*Tolani shuns Naija's Neo-afrobeats wave for the real thing on "No Yawa" - The Native". The Native. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
 * 3) â†‘ "Abbey Road Studios". www.abbeyroad.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
 * 4) 1 2 "Metro and Abbey Road Studios' Battle of the Bands: Time to vote". Metro Newspaper UK. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
 * 5) â†‘ "With No Yawa, Tolani sings for youths | The Sun News". sunnewsonline.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
 * 6) â†‘ "Fatilewa: The Birth Of Trap Fro Star". Nigerian News Headlines Today | Breaking Newspapers News. 2015-10-28. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
 * 7) â†‘ "Meet Tolani | THESEUNBADEJO.COM". TheSeunBadejo.com. 2017-11-29. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
 * 8) â†‘ "PICTURES: NBWD's List of The Leading Student Artistes in Babcock University 2014". Campus Heat Nigeria. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
 * 9) â†‘ "MUSIC ALERT: Tolani â€“ The World + I Had To (Krept & Konan Cover) | Akpraise.com". www.akpraise.com.ng. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
 * 10) â†‘ "Tolani - The World | I Had To (Cover) - Latest Naija Nigerian Music, Songs & Video". Latest Naija Nigerian Music, Songs & Video. 2015-08-25. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
 * 11) â†‘ "New Music: Tolani - Ajigijaga | Jaguda.com". jaguda.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
 * 12) â†‘ Solanke, Abiola. "Music: Tolani - "No yawa"". Retrieved 2018-01-06.
 * 13) â†‘ Egbo, Vwovwe. "New Music: Tolani - "The World" & "Don"t Waste My Time" Cover, "I Had To"". Retrieved 2018-01-06.
 * 14) â†‘ "New Music: Tolani - No Yawa - BellaNaija". www.bellanaija.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
 * 15) â†‘ "Tolani - Live (Prod. Cracker) Â« tooXclusive". tooXclusive. 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2018-01-06.

Further reading  External links 
 * Tolani plays Afrobeat


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