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TEMITOPE ODEBIYI (a.k.a Topsticks), is Nigeria’s best female drummer. Her successful drumming career and role as a music coach birthed the Topsticks Band, an all-female band which she leads. She is an Ambassador of Drum Network Africa and Unicarribean Business School. She is the founder of Drum Line Africa and has two tracks to her name "Omo Eniyan" and "Iye Iwo".

Having carved a nitch in the Nigerian music industry, Topsticks has been profiled as the best female drummer in Nigeria. She has performed with several popular artists like Lagbaja, Victor Olaiya, Victor Uwaifo, Jimi Solanke, Wole Oni, Mike Aremu, Bouqui, to mention a few. She has been profiled and featured on several local and international newspapers, TV and radio stations including Kenya’s Africa24 Media and the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC.

Temitope is a life coach and inspirational speaker who has facilitated several leadership programs and summits at The Lagos Business School, The Breath of Life Ministry, Babcock University High School and other local/ International Youth Development Centres. She served as President of Eden (a Fela Durotoye leadership initiative) OOU chapter. She holds a certificate in Servant Leadership – The Deciding Difference, Management Strategies for People and Resources and Understanding the right of Women and Girls, from Young African Leaders Initiative. She was awarded Youth of the Year 2017 by The Breath of Life Ministry.

For about a decade, Temitope has been under the mentorship and tutelage of her Pastor, Bishop S.P. Jedafe. Her sense of responsibility has seen her grow to become the Pastor of the Breath of Life Ministry Youth Church where she also anchors a session for Entrepreneurs, being one herself. She is working towards becoming the Chancellor of TOUZAR UNIVERSITY.

Temitope has a Diploma in Music from Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) School of Music, Diploma in Law from Olabisi Onabanjo University, and is a trained percussionist from Peterkings College of Music. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Diplomatic Studies from Olabisi Onabanjo University and a Masters in History and Strategic Studies from the University of Lagos where she is currently pursuing a PhD.