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YDD Maven
Ogheneyoma Gerald Odu (born July 12, 2008), known professionally as YDD Maven is a Nigerian rapper, singer and songwriter. His debut album, E(2023) with lead single, Senpai was released independently through Music Distribution company, RouteNote before all rights were transferred to Amuse.

During the rest of 2023, he released the single Letter To My Opps(2023), which was followed by the remix with Peece Jaded and close collaborator, Psycho Mi which in total had thousands of streams across all DSPs.

Early Life
Odu was born and raised on the cold streets of Sapele, Nigeria to a family of six. He has two brothers and a sister. He grew up on the 46th house on Ugbeyiyi Street in the Mainland Of Sapele. Gerald's interest in music broadened when he came across some leaked songs from late rap artist, Juice WRLD. He got inspiration and wrote his first song with his elder brother, Zadok.


 * He then started taking more of time into his music and working on freestyles, writing and rapping with DAWs like BandLab and FL Studio. He made a couple songs and released them on streaming platform, Audiomack; which he soon deleted after. He attributed his versatile style and heart-scathing lyrics to the artists he listened to while growing up. Artists like Trippie Redd, Lil Durk, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, XXXTENTACION, Juice WRLD, Lil Peep, Drake and others. Odu began rapping after his close friend, Mitchell Nyore Ofa wanted them to make music together and take it on professionally as a career. He then took on the stage name of BabyTime; before switching to his now name, YDD Maven.

He is an independent artist right now with a small following.

2023: His First Start To Music
On March 14th, 2023, YDD Maven dropped his first album, E, he immediately amassed a following of about 1000 gaining more and more streams by the day. He released the long-awaited EP, PLAY3R 0N PLUT0 along with the song, Left Me featuring rapper Inn0vation on October 31st and September 9th respectively.

2024: Settling Down
On New Year's Day, he dropped a teaser EP containing two tracks - GUNNA?!!! with Tripple B and UNDER WHERE?!! - which teased his upcoming album BETWEEN TWO WORLDS. He relocated to the streets of Benin City, Edo State to tap into his roots and help make better music, as to help forward his career. He currently lives there.

Personal Life
Gerald lives with his family in Benin City. He still records music on his phone. He weights 75kg and is 190cm.

Studio Albums

 * E (2023)