Rudeboy a.okay.a. Paul Okoye: Richest Musician In Nigeria?

Paul Okoye, popularly recognized by his stage title Rudeboy is a Nigerian singer, composer, dancer, and performer.

He was once a member of the trio P-Sq. together with his twin brother Peter Okoye, often known as Mr. P. The brothers determined to disband and determined to pursue their respective solo careers later. 

Carry on studying to know extra about Rudeboy’s private {and professional} life.

Rudeboy – Early Life And Schooling

Rudeboy was born because the youngest baby in a household of seven on November 18, 1981. Though he was born in Jos, the capital of Nigeria’s Plateau state, he’s a local of Anambra State.

He turned well-known within the 2000s when he and his twin brother Peter Okoye shaped the group P-Sq.. Individuals all the time referred to him because the one with the dreadlocks to differentiate him from his twin brother.  

Rudeboy and his brother Peter collectively attended St. Murrumba Secondary Faculty, Nigeria. He then continued his research on the College of Abuja the place he started dancing and singing alongside together with his brother to cowl songs written by Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown, and MC Hammer. 

Rudeboy – Musical Profession

Rudeboy and his brother Peter started the P-Sq. as an Acapella group, taking inspiration from Michael Jackson’s dancing kinds, which they ultimately polished and used to schedule exhibits round Nigeria. Peter Okoye has a significant position in constructing Rudeboy’s profession as a musician. 

P-Sq. launched an album in 2005 named Get Squared on the Squared Report Label which incorporates the songs Busy Physique.  Their debut album, Final Nite was sponsored by a tobacco-producing agency and earned them a KORA Award Nomination. This track gained a substantial amount of reputation and was an enormous hit each inside and out of doors the nation.

Two years later, they produced a brand new massively profitable album referred to as Recreation Over with 8 million copies offered. Well-liked American musicians from all over the world seem on this album together with Akon in Chop My Cash, Rick Ross in Onyinye, and T.I. in Ejeajo.

P-Sq. has launched albums resembling Hazard in 2009, The invasion in 2011, and Double Hassle in 2014. 

Rudeboy and his brother Peter break up up in 2017 to pursue particular person careers within the music business. He printed his first two solo songs, Fireplace Fireplace and Nkenji Keke in 2017.

In 2019, his track Cause With Me obtained essentially the most views on Youtube in Africa. Rudeboy is the founding father of the music publishing firm Fireplace Division Inc established in 2019. In 2021, he printed Rudykillus, his debut studio album. 

Rudeboy – Finest Songs And Albums

Rudeboy got here to the music business alongside together with his twin brother making a musical duo, P-Sq.. The duo has produced greater than 85 songs up to now. Despite the fact that the group was disbanded in 2017 they launched two songs in 2022 as a reconciliation.

Listed here are a number of that P Sq. produced.

• Final Nite (2003)
• Get Squared (2005)
• Recreation Over (2007)
• Hazard (2009)
• The Invasion (2011)
• Double Hassle (2014)

The P-Sq. group was disbanded in 2017 and thus Rudeboy started to pursue his solo profession. As of 2023, rudeboy has launched greater than 10 single songs and an album. A number of of his hits are given beneath:

• Audio Cash (2021)
• Cause With Me (2021)
• Nkenji Keke (2017)
• Fireplace-Fireplace (2017)
• Any individual Child (2018)
• Double Double  (2018)
• Chizoba (2018)
• Yati-Yati (2021)
• Tonight (2019)
• Actuality (2018)
• IFai (2018)