BIRTH NAME : Tochukwu Melvin Ejiofor
STAGE NAME : Illbliss, stylized as iLLBLISS
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DATE OF BIRTH/AGE : Born on 30, December
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OCCUPATION : Rapper, recording artist, music executive, businessman
RECORD LABEL : CAPital Hill Music/The Goretti Company
NATIONALITY : Niegrian
MARITAL STATUS/WIFE : Married
CHILDREN : They have one child together
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INTRODUCTION

Born Tochukwu Melvin Ejiofor better known by his stage name Illbliss, stylized as iLLBLISS, is a Nigerian rapper/ hip-hop recording artist, stage performer, businessman and the proud founder of ‘The Goretti Company’ a talent managing outfit . The company is responsible for launching the careers of Chidinma and Phyno, among others.

Illbliss is no doubt one of the most popular , talented and most respected rappers from Africa at large and he is also popularly known as “Oga Boss”. He is a multi-talented rapper who has received many nominations and won awards, the most notable being the award for Best Hiphop Video (for the hit “U Go Wound O!!”) at the 2008 maiden edition of the Soundcity Music Video Awards. American hip-hop star Nas was the porson who presented the award to him.

Early Life And Background

Tochukwu Melvin Ejiofor aka Illbliss or iLLBLISS was born on 30, December. His was born into a christian family and his father is a strong disciplinarian who never wanted him to involve himself into music . He was a member of the now defunct Da Thorobreds,- a hip hop group that consisted of names like Obiwon and Elajoe.

Career And Life

Illbliss launched his musical career decades ago and joined the now defunct Hip Hop Group – Da Thorobreds. It was a famous group that consisted of other notable hip hop artistes such as Elajoe, Obiwon and B-Elect, copped the award for the Best HipHop song by a group/duo at the 2006 maiden edition of Hip Hop World Awards for the massive radio hit “Streethop”.

The year 2008 was a big year for the rapper because that was the year he won his first major award as a solo artiste at the Sound City Music Video Awards (SMVA) for Best hip hop video, with his song “U Go Wound O!!”.

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The subsequent year which is 2009, he released his debut album Dat Ibo Boy, which enjoyed massive radio hit singles such as “U Go Wound!!”,”Dat Ibo Boy” and “Aiye Po Gan! (Enuf Space)”. He was nominated under three categories for the 2010 Hiphop world Awards that year including Best Rap album and Best collaboration. That same year, he decided to take his career to the next level by setting up an artiste management firm called The Goretti Company , which is home for MTN Project Fame winners: Mike Anyasodo, Chidinma, Monica Ogah and Ayoola.

His has been labelled among the best rappers in Nigeria and he has received awesome reviews from industry pundits and Naija music fans in general, which also earned him a nominated as the Best Rap album at the 2013 Headies, also doing great figures in the market. The critically acclaimed album features collaborations with artistes including The Egberipapa one of Bayelsa Timaya, Naeto C, Ice Prince, Silvastone (U.K. artiste), Chidinma, Phyno, Del’ B, Banky W, WizBoy, Tha Suspect to name a few.

The rapper teamed up with Clarence Peters in a joint venture, Capital Hill Music/Goretti Co to release of his sophomore album, as well as new music from Tha Suspect, Chidinma and Phyno. Clarence Peters was behind the shooting of most of his visuals he shot more videos for his Oga Boss album including “Emi Ni Baller” (which was released as Chidinma’s single),“I Am Sorry”, “Naalu Ekene” and “Illyminate”.

Awards And Nominations

• Won The SMVA for Best Hip-Hop Video at Sound City Music Video Awards in year 2008
• In 2009, he won The SSMA for Most Popular Video for “Aiye Po Gan! (Enuf Space)” at South South Music Awards
• In 2010, He was nominated for Hip Hop World Revelation of the Year at The Headies including
• The Headies Award for Best Rap Album and The Headies Award for Best Collaboration the same year.
• In 2012, he won The Best Hip-Hop Video at The NMWA
• In 2013, he was nominated for The Headies Award for Best Rap Album at The Headies

Discography

• Albums
• Powerful 2015
• Oga boss 2013
• Dat Ibo boy 2009

Singles

• Street hop with The Thoroughbreds
• U go wound
• Dat ibo boy
• Aye po gan (Enuf space)
• Anamachi kwanu
• My heart beats
• Naalu ekene with Stormrex
• Emi ni baller with Chidinma, Suspekt
• illuminate
• WTF! (are they saying)
• Many men
• Idiche
• Different kind of war
• Bank alert
• Finally (Adekunle)

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