Enetimi Alfred Odon (TIMAYA)
Enetimi Alfred Odon better known as Timaya was born on the 29th of November 1977 in Port Harcourt. He
is a Nigerian singer and songwriter, he is the founder leader of South South
hip hop group Dem mama soldiers and fondly addressed as the Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa.
Timaya's story
is one a lot of his fans can relate with as he passed through a lot of challenges and hard times while growing up. He grew up as part of a large family; the youngest of fifteen children in Agip Estate, Port Harcourt.
His father was a banker and his mother was a trader. For his early
education, Odom attended Assemblies of God Nursery And Primary School. His secondary school education began at Nkpolu Oroworukwo in Port Harcourt.
He would often break house rules to attend late-night music events.
Before Timaya could graduate from school, his mother arranged for him to
travel with his older brother and older sister to Lagos. After moving
to the city, he gained admission into Lagos' Ikeja Grammar School, where
he eventually obtained a secondary school certificate. Timaya later returned to Port Harcourt to study Banking and Finance at tertiary-level, however, he performed poorly in examinations and dropped out after first semester.
He then moved back to Lagos to join Eedris Abdulkareem's hiphop group as a backup vocalist.
After three years working for Eedris, Timaya departed from the group to
focus on his solo career. He began to record collaborations with fellow
up-and-coming artists and made his first cameo appearance in an
unreleased music video by UDX, a Lagos-based rap group. He subsequently met producer K-Solo in Mafoluku, Oshodi, who produced his first major hit record "Dem Mama" after hearing him perform the a cappella version. Describing the song in an interview posted on August 2013, Timaya said:
“Dem Mama” was an account of the 1999 destruction of Odi, a river side
community in Niger Delta. Soldiers were hunting down militants they
alleged killed eight policemen. The village was burnt down and numerous
people killed. He bravely tackled the issue years later and won instant
street credibility for my boldness."Today he is one of Nigerians favorite sons with several awards and honors.
Timaya went through alot while growing up his family financial background was not one you long for; at a certain stage in life he had to plantain to support his family, Timaya's story tells us that despite our background or level of intelligences in a particular area, we can still succeed and be a genius in our passion. we just have to find it. I DARE YOU 2 BE.
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