BIOGRAPHY

Early life and music career

Onome Onokohwomo was born and raised in Warri, Delta State. He grew up as the oldest child in a family of five, and took a strong interest in music at a young age. While a student at FGC Warri, he engaged himself in rap battles and developed a friendlier relationship with like-minded students, which led to the formation of the hip hop group G-Squad. The group soon began performing at various talent shows in Delta State.[1] Music remained their unmatched and true passion. In a 2012 interview with Thisday news, Yung6ix recalled, "My love for music was so deep and I just kept on going till it got to a level they had to accept me for who I am. Funny though, the first song I recorded at school was done with my WAEC lesson fee to pay for the instrumentals and remember always having to trek(long walks) from school to studio for close to 2 hours or more. It was really tough back then at school too as we weren't allowed to do our thing like we would love to but our passion just kept us going stronger & tougher."[2]

• After graduating from high school, Onokohwomo relocated to western Nigeria to pursue a career in music and enrolled at Oduduwa University. He derived his stage name Yung6ix from his high school nickname "6ixty". Shortly after he moved to Lagos, he continued to record music; his song "I'm an African" captured the attention of A&R Gbemi Ereku, who signed him to his 411 Entertainment Company in 2009.[3] By 2010, he began to attract media attention after his cover version of "Oleku" went viral on the internet. He later released "So Far Gone", featuring P. Fizzy, a single off his Green Light Green mixtape. The song was a freestyle to Wiz Khalifa's "This Plane". In January 2011, 6ix released "Plenty Money", another track from the mixtape; an accompanying music video was released shortly after. The song made its official Nigerian radio premiere on the Beat 99.9 FM.[4]

• On 2 April 2011, Vanguardannounced that 411 Entertainment had signed a joint-venture deal with Storm Records. The partnership would help improve Yung6ix's music career.[5] Yung6ix collaborated with Wizkid on "Follow Me", a track from his debut studio album and also his first official single which became a smash hit. Following the release of the song, an accompanying music video was filmed; it was directed by Bobby Boulders. In September 2011, Yung6ix released the fourth track from his Green Light Green project, "Oh My Gosh", which earned him both "Lyricist on the Roll" and "Best Rap Single" nominations at the prestigious Headies Awards the following year.

Green Light Green was originally slated for an April 2011 release, however, it was finally released on 26 December 2011. The music video for "Oh My Gosh", which was directed by Bobby Boulders, was released in January 2012. It was filmed in Lagos and Johannesburg, with cameo appearances by Naeto C,Jesse Jagz, DJ Neptune, and P. Fizzy. Yung6ix was among the rappers featured on M.I's Illegal Music 2; M.I subsequently co-signed and nicknamed him the "King of the South".[2] In May 2012, "Picking Things", the second single from his debut album was released. The song features fellow ex-label mates Naeto Cand E. Kelly. The next month, in an interview with blogger Ogaga Sakpaide, Yung6ix revealed the album's title to be 6ix 'O Clock.[6] He also received a nomination for the "Most Promising Act" at the 2012 Nigeria Entertainment Awards, but lost to Eva Alordiah.[7]

In 2013, Yung6ix floated his imprint "Kash Kamp" which houses Percy as well as talented producer Otee Beatz. On 4 September 2013, Yung6ix's camp welcomed a hand offered from "Trick Billionaire MusiQ" for both parties to partner with the end-result of taking Yung6ix and his brand out of Africa and sharing his brilliance with the rest of the world. Yung6ix collaborated with Percy on "First Class", the third single from his album. He also released a music video for the song which earned him a "Best Hip Hop Video" nomination at the 2013 Nigerian Music Video Awards.[8] 6ix's debut full-length studio album, 6ix O Clock, was eventually released on 6 February 2014. The 16-track album features guest appearances from Phyno, Percy, Da L.E.S, M.I, Ice Prince, Yemi Alade, YQ, and Wizkid.[9]

DISCOGRAPHY

Green Light GreenMixtape

Release Date -- Dec/ 26/ 2011

6ix ''O'' ClockAlbum

Release Date – Feb/ 6/ 2014

Billionaire AmbitionsEp Album

Release Date – Feb/ 29/ 2016

ONE SHEET AND SOCIAL MEDIA STATISTICSYung6ix is currently one of the household names in African and Nigerian music with an ever growing fan base whichhas reached record heights since his partnership with

KKTBM. His current social media stats has a current reach of 750,000 Online Social Media Followers

https://www.facebook.com/YUNG6IX/

https://www.instagram.com/Yung6ix/

https://twitter.com/yung6ix

https://plus.google.com/+yung6ix

• His Debut album "6ix O Clock" became the most popular album released on Africa's biggest online music store

• Spinlet within 24 hrs after release and went on to be the 12th highest selling album on the platform making him the top selling Nigerian Based Rapper on the charts.

• Currently basking in the success of latest EP “Billionaire Ambitions” which holds Back To Back hit singles "Blessings" and "For Example" featuring 2015 BET African Artiste of the Year StoneBwoy,Yung6ix is currently been seen as a successful motivational figure.

The Ep "Billionaire Ambitions" Debuted at no 8 on iTunes African Charts within 24hrs and

No 1 UK iTunes chart in the same period of time Furthermore, the single “For Example” feat

StoneBwoy became the 8th most played song on Nigerian radio in less than 30 days of

release and the video debuted in over 12 different charts around Africa after less than a

month of release. It also made Sound City Top Ten West Africa Chart, which peaked up to

No 2 after just 3 weeks then later No1 and premiered on the London BeatFM first ever Afro

Beats charts at No 8 and also became Nigezie no 1 on their Africa Chart and No 8 on South

Africa's planetradiotv Charts.

Yung6ix is currently the most influential youth from Southern

Nigeria, he is said to have one of most the harnessed fan

base across the Globe as his fans are very passionate about

his music and beliefs.Yung6ix or King of the South (KOS) as

often referred to by fans also known as SwaggaLomor is

mainly loved for his word plays, punchlines, remarkable

hooks, fashion sense, good looks, humble attitude

inspirational stories and motivational quotes which he sells

through his music.

The future knows no bounds for this Nigerian Enigma

Yung6ix aka KOS (King Of The South) as he is set for global

domination with his self innovated genre of music called

"Afro Hip Music"

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