User talk:Temilade Alonge

DHORTUNE THATONDOBOY?
Olamidotun Richard Oluwatimilehin was born on the 10th of October 1988 as the fifth and youngest child of Mr and Mrs Oluwatimilehin Akinsiku. His alias, Dhortune Thatondoboy is a combination of a corruption of his first name to reflect his love for tune and Ondo, his birthplace. His musical talent was discovered early and encouraged by a family that appreciates creativity, he began playing the piano and other musical instrument when he was 12 years old. This prepared him well for a foray into the music world. As an undergraduate, he won the TENORS TALENT HUNT in 2008 and the following year also won the TENOR’S TOP TEN MUSIC COMPETITION with his earliest music group Daclefs in 2009. In 2011, Dhortune beat several upcoming artistes for a chance to represent Ondo state in the NIGERDELTA MUSIC TALENT HUNT organised by the Federal Ministry of NigerDelta Affairs. He emerged the overall winner of the competiton out of 3000 contestants. He also qualified as a contestant at the popular reality show, GLO X FACTOR 2014 edition. Dhortune stands out among other artistes for his versatility. He is a songwriter, a pianist, a drummer, a guitarist, a recording and performing artiste. He caught the attention of Lagos based entertainment outfit ACI Entertainment with his demo, ONDO AMANUYI. The song was so popular it was used as ringtone by prominent Ondo sons and daughters in different part of the world. He got professionally signed to ACI Entertainment in 2017. He wasted no time to release his sophomore single titled AYA MI along with an accompanying video. The song became an instant wedding anthem. He followed it up with MILEGBE after which he now released  YÈMI dedicated to all mothers and with the song, he contested for the 2020 Afrimusic Song Contest where he emerged as the first West African and Nigerian to win the contest. Dhortune’s music career has seen him performed on stage with the King of World Beats, King Sunny Ade. The performance was so impressive it earned him the sobriquet, PRINCE OF HIGHLIFE. He also shared stage with Nigeria Sax King, Yemi Sax and prolific actor, Yemi Blaq to mention a few. Recently he teamed up with ace director Niyi Akinmolayan on the set his movie titled DAY OF DESTINY which has started showing in all cinemas nationwide from 1st of January 2021.. The movie features popular acts like Toyin Abraham, Broda Shaggi, Mr Macaroni, Jide Kosoko to mention but few. Another cap to his numerous feats is his performance as a guest artiste at the grand finale of Eurostream 2020 where he performed his winning song at Afrimusic YÈMI to the delight of a global audience. Dhortune released his debut album titled ONDO TO THE WORLD on the 27th of September 2020, he is also working on collaborating with other African artistes in order to expand his reach as a creative musician. He also recently wrote two songs used as part of the soundtracks for the movie PROPHETESS and PROGRESSIVE TAILORS CLUB by one of the best movie director in Nigeria ,Niyi Akinmolayan which will be in all cinema on 29th of October 2021 Temilade Alonge (talk) 17:05, 11 October 2021 (UTC)