Young Jonn

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Young Jonn
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Background information
Birth nameJohn Saviours Udomboso
Also known asThe Wicked Producer
Born (1995-02-16) February 16, 1995 (age 29)
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
OriginLagos, Nigeria
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter & record producer
Years active2010–present
LabelsChocolate City

Young Jonn is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer, famed for his hit singles Dada and the remix with Davido. Before his full transition into songwriting, he had music production credits on industry hits during the 2010s and was largely affiliated with the YBNL mafia family; going on to be ranked #3 in The NET's list of "Nigeria's Top 7 Biggest Music Producers"[1] and went on to be nominated in the "Producer of The Year" categories at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and The Headies 2015.[2] He is currently signed to Chocolate City Music

Early life and education

Born into a Christian family of Akwa Ibom descent in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Young Jonn had his basic formal education at Ideal Foundation Primary School, Ibadan and GOF College, Osogbo, Osun State. During his high school days in Osogbo, he demonstrated interests in Basketball, Soccer, Musical Instruments, Miming and Dance. He studied Communication and Language Arts at the University of Ibadan.[3]

Career

Young Jonn started playing musical instrument as a child. He formed a group called AVG along with his brothers before he got signed to Hit Factory Studio in 2012.[4] While working as producer at Hit Factory, he produced a chart-topping single by Olamide titled "Story For The Gods".[3] He was nominated for "Producer of The Year" at the 2015 edition of The Headies for his work on "Bobo", a song by Olamide which rose to critical acclaim.[5]

Young Jonn has been credited for producing songs like "Gbese" and "Efejoku" by Lil Kesh,[6] "Biggest Backside" by Davido and album credits including The Baddest by Davido, 2 Kings by Olamide and Phyno and Eyan Mayweather by Olamide.

On 18 March 2022, Young Jonn unveiled his deal with Chocolate City, with the release of "Dada",[7] off his first extended play, Love Is Not Enough, which was released on 1 April 2022.[7] Since then, he has released two singles; Normally and Xtra Cool.

Discography

EPs

SINGLES

Selected production credits

Year Artiste Title Album
2014 Olamide Blood Money Street OT
Falila Ketan
The Real MVP
Prayer For Client
Story For The Gods
2015 Olamide & Phyno Koba Koba 2 Kings
Ladi featuring Lil Kesh
Confam Ni featuring Wizkid
Olamide Bobo Eyan Mayweather
2016 Davido Biggest Backside featuring B-Red The Baddest
Lil Kesh Semilore Y.A.G.I
Olamide Pepper Dem Gang featuring Davolee The Glory
Grind featuring Sossick
Woyo
Kiss Daniel Mama New Era
2017 Flavour Loose Guard featuring Phyno Ijele - The Traveler
Davolee Oya Gbeff featuring Olamide
Lil Kesh Rora
2021 Lil Kesh Don't call me Don't call me

Awards and nominations

Year Event Prize Recipient Result Ref
2015 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards Producer of the Year Himself Nominated
The Headies 2015 Nominated
2016 The Headies 2016 Won
2017 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival African Producer of the Year Won [8]

References

  1. ^ Badmus, Kayode (9 August 2015). "Nigeria's Top 7 biggest music producers at the moment". Nigeria Entertainment Today. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. ^ Sanusi, Hassan (12 June 2015). "Full list of nominees for Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2015". Nigeria Entertainment Today. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Young John". NotJustOk. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  4. ^ "I never thought I would make it this fast–YOUNG JOHN - The Nation Nigeria". 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Olamide Leads Headies 2015 Nominees". ThisDay Newspaper. 11 October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  6. ^ S., Deji (9 July 2015). "New Music: Lil Kesh feat. Viktoh – Efejoku". BellaNaija. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  7. ^ a b Custodian, Culture (18 March 2022). "Young Jonn Reinvents Himself As Chocolate City's Latest Act With 'Dada'". The Culture Custodian (Est. 2014.). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Hat Trick For Davido At SoundCity MVP Awards + Full List Of Awardees". The Eagle Online. 14 January 2018.
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