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Onyedika Chukwuka Omekaodinma (born 8 January 1998) better known by his stage name as DJ SkinnyBwoy is a Nigerian disk jockey, music producer backup artiste. He gained minor popularity after winning award as one of the best DJ of the year in his state, Anambra. He was known as DJ Skinny then later changed to DJ SkinnyBwoy after a win in Anambra state and Nigerian Recognition Awards. In addition, he has created so many remixes and mixtapes all round soundcloud and notjustok.

Early life and Career
SkinnyBwoy was born Jan 8, 1998 in the family of Sir Simon Omekaodinma. He hails from Nkpor, Anambra State, Nigeria. He attended one of the outstanding elementary schools in Onitsha with; spring field British primary school, Onitsha, Anambra State and Air force Secondary school then later bridged to Dennis Memorial Grammar School to finish his secondary school education in 2015. During his secondary school, he was a member of the boys’ brigade of Nigeria in 2008 and he retired as a lieutenant. He so much loved music while growing up, which erupted the drive of joining his church choir at a little age of 8. He started with drums for his church as part of choir members; he was a good trumpeter; as at the time of stay with his parents, he spent most of his adolescence in Onitsha growing up through the formal and informal education in life. Later, he moved to Lagos to continue the search of breakthrough.

Disc Jockey/Music Production
In the early stages of his career, DJ Skinnybwoy was an organist even as a choir in the church. His passion for music made him become a member of disk jockey association of which his friend introduced him to. As a beginner in the field of disk jockey, he passed through tough training about the DJ industry, as an enlightenment and preparation for the road ahead as a DJ. He started playing for events (weddings, birthdays, child dedication) and roadside promos for indomie, Airtel and Tecno Mobile. Within this period of his early stages as a DJ, he was nominated for the youngest DJ of the year and fortunately, he won the award. He continued with the drive to make a name for himself and went into more competitions for the sake of recognition. He became a DJ for clubs Novo Lounge and 24 Lounge and with the help of a friend Blaqnotes, he learnt to produce music and gave him an outstanding popularity. He has so many mixtapes, remixes and Afrobeat, Karaoke, hip-hop dance songs. In the year 2016, he decided to become a music producer, this process he learnt by knowing the beat sounds and connecting it to the organ, learning to be a music producer, he made use of a lot of software like FL Studio, Ableton, Logic Pro, Reaper. After 2 years of mastering the art of music production, he first produced a song for Avana titled stand up rico and really was a turn up.

Awards and nominations

 * 2014
 * DJAN Award
 * Anambra youngest DJ
 * Won
 * 2015
 * Ase Award
 * Best DJ of the year award
 * 2016
 * RBC Award
 * Award of Excellence
 * Won
 * 2017
 * DJAN Awards
 * Anambra Youngest DJ
 * Nominated
 * 2017
 * DJAN Awards
 * Anambra Youngest DJ
 * Nominated
 * Nominated

Mixtapes

 * Latest naija AFRO mixtape
 * Shaku shaku mixtape
 * Shake the turntable Mixtape (2017)
 * Karaoke hot mixtape
 * Latest Mixtape by Djskinny
 * Naija Afro Mixtape by Dj Skinnybwoy