Mr
2kay was born Abinye David Jumbo in Port Harcourt where he first lived before
he left with his single mother to Bonny Island. He got interested in music by
first listening to the Highlife music his mother played while he was growing
up
. He then found himself singing while assisting his mum hawk food stuff on
the street to support his single mum at the age of twelve.
He
was dubbed a good sales man as many wanted to buy from him because he always
created a song by with whatever he was hawking at the time and will sing on the
streets to attract customers. Mr 2kay was also a good crafts man as he drew
portraits while growing up
After
his primary and secondary education he left Bonny Island for Port Harcourt with
a bid to gain admission into the University. Though he gained admission into
the University of Port Harcourt for visual arts but differed the admission at
some point because of lack of funds. During this period he found a place at the
water front area in Port Harcourt popularly known as waterside. He resided here
and did all sorts of odd jobs to support himself.
After
differing, Mr 2kay then decided to take advantage of the construction stage of
the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Project taking place in his home town Bonny
Island to raise funds for his education. He got a job and thought he saved
enough to last him for a session hoping to get another job while in school. He
exhausted the funds he gathered for his education while in school because he
underestimated the cost of living and decided to face his inner borne career
which is music.
Mr
2kay can be described as the recent pride of the Niger Delta and Nigeria and
the future of the King of the Entertainment industry of the south south and
Nigeria at large based on our current projections. Mr 2kay was picked up by
Grafton entertainment in July 2010 as an unknown kid who wanted to get into the
music business. Grafton Records assessed his talent and recruited him to
undergo an apprentice session before he was presented to the Port Harcourt Entertainment
scene. Within 2011 and 2012 when he released his first album titled waterside
boy which was also a ground breaking single from the waterside boy collection
he became the most talked about artiste within the region and was nominated as the
Next rated artiste at the Niger delta Advancement awards.
In
October 2012 he was picked by the organisers of Nigerian carnival UK to
represent the south south Nigerian in a performance in London.
In
2012 he also started his charity event where he goes to the waterside to give
food stuff to the elderly and school kits the kids. He also performed free for
the waterside community as his way of giving back. This Mr 2kay has now turned
to an annual event
Since
then Mr 2kay broke out nationally and internationally in 2013 being hosted and performing
at events across Nigeria and in the United Kingdom. Mr 2kay has worked with the
likes of Iyanya, Chidinma , Illbliss,
Rugged man, Duncan Mighty and he is currently working with Kcee.
In
the United Kingdom Mr 2kay worked with May7ven and Moelogo on the remix of his
hit single Bubugaga.
Bubugaga
got play listed in mainstream UK radio stations of the likes of Kissfm, Capital
Xtra and at one time became the weekend anthem on BBC 1xtra radio. It also got
played on Mtvbase Uk, Channel 4 music and was reviewed by Mobo awards as the
hottest afrobeat record in December 2013.
Mr
2kay also got reviewed by mainstream UK
Press the Daily Mirror giving him 4
stars for his recent UK released single Bubugaga.( Daily mirror 17th
Jan 2014)
His
Bubugaga track has projected him towards the highest heights of Afropop in the
United Kingdom and more is expected from him in the UK
He
has been mentioned by Nigerian Entertainment authoritative Journal (NIGERIAN
ENTERTAINMENT TODAY) as one of the acts to explode in 2014.(January 2014 1st
week edition)
Mr
2kay has also been nominated for as Diospora artiste of the year in the 2014
Nigerian Entertainment
Awards set to take place in new york in August 2014
Grafton
records projection for Mr 2kay was to make him an A class brand of Artiste in
Nigeria by 2016 but it seems his hard work together with his talent and
humility is pushing him faster to achieve this in no distant time.
I love this guy like for better for worse
ReplyDeleteNa true...no be only that for broke nigga who knw am?
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