Emmanuel Dayuru (born December 28, 1978) better known by his stage name [link-omitted]y is a Nigerian Afro Hip-hop artist based in Jos Plateau State Nigeria, he is a recording artist and performs live shows in Nigeria and his music is in all digital music stores online. [link-omitted]Y means Positive. “Determined, Intelligent, Calculated and Energetic You”
In 2004 [link-omitted]y composed the Jingles for the Nestle Milo Lawn tennis Clinic for kids ages 9 – 13 in Jos Nigeria which was hosted in Plateau Club Jos when he was recommended by a fan who loves his music to the Brand Manage r of Nestle Milo Nigeria at that time Mr Tony Ebiereri. This development led to another deal where [link-omitted]y was invited to Lagos Nigeria where he composed 5 more songs for Nestle Milo Basketball clinic for kids ages 5 – 13in the year 2004 and from there his music career took off.
Having done what no other Nigerian Artist has done i.e. serving in the Nigerian Army for 10 years, and discharging with honors and coming back fully to the Music game [link-omitted]Y is out with his debut album the 137 SESSIONS which is relevant with every passing day as the ex-soldier and artist expresses himself in an Afro hip-hop way, with an international touch, not like that music you find in a regular dancehall but his lyrics are filled with consciousness. [link-omitted]Y has been there and done that, which all reflects in the album, I mean surviving both worlds. His music reflects and talks about the life in the Nigerian ghetto, the ups and downs and finally crowning it up with a voice of Hope for the less privileged youth.
In 2013, [link-omitted]y was invited to contest in the WARFEST international music competition which was held in California USA for independent artist in all music genres and with votes from fans all over the world, [link-omitted]y won the music competition on December 31st 2013 as the artist with the highest votes. He was awarded with the 1st Prize position by Mr Jason Roberts the owner of the event with a check of $2000.00; this gave [link-omitted]y the opportunity to put in more work into his music as he connected with more producers both at home in Nigeria and in America and he recorded more songs and produced morevideos.
[link-omitted]y singed to Bentley Records an international Record Label based in New York USA in 2018 January where he has released numerous singles and his latest album “Catch A Fade” which all the songs in the album was produced by Legion Beats and it also features artist like June, Constantine, Jamillions and Vidal Garcia all of Legion Beats.
[link-omitted]y also singed distribution deals with PA74Music an Italian independent Music label and Famous Records Florida USA also an indie Music label where he released numerous albums that are all in music stores worldwide.
And more are on the way, with an ever growing fan base for him as an independent artist, [link-omitted]y also performs in shows and live radio shows in Jos Plateau state and other parts of Nigeria.
Also [link-omitted]y`s song “Soul Crazy” by [link-omitted]y was on the Euro Indie Music Charts top 200 for 33 weeks (2017) and still on the charts as the only African and Nigerian artist on the charts which is hosted by Vittek Records Europe.
On June 14th 2016 [link-omitted]y was interviewed by Regina Swarn (Gin) exclusively in the “Up Close and Personal with Regina Swarn” featuring [link-omitted]y as a special guest all the way from Beverly Hills USA in a 1 hour interview.
[link-omitted]y`s contacts and social media are:
Twitter: @PDicey
Instagram: @PDicey137
Facebook: [link-omitted]y 137