Lanre Dabiri, (born May 23, 1977) higher recognized by his stage identify Eldee, stylized aseLDee, is a Nigerian rapper, record producer and architect. “Lanre” is a diminutive for the Yoruba identify “Olanrewaju” (which interprets to “Wealth is shifting ahead“).[1] eLDee studiedArchitecture on the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He is an unique member of the band Trybesmen, which was began in 1998 with rappers KB and Freestyle. He hails from Lagos Island in Lagos State of Nigeria

After shifting to the United States in 2002, eLDee recorded a solo album titled Long Time Coming and adopted up with Return of the King in 2006. The latter album earned numerous nominations and awards for each movies and songs, together with the Nigerian Entertainment Award for “Best International Album”.[citation needed]

The album “Return of the King” marked the start of eLDee’s spectacular solo profession which has seen four albums, over 50 main award nominations, and critically acclaimed singles like “Im leaving”, “I go yarn”, “Champion”, “African Chiquito”, “big boy”, “Ota mi”, “One day”, “Bosi Gbangba”, “Higher”, “Wash-wash”, and “We Made It” airing on radio stations everywhere in the world.

eLDee’s sturdy resume contains his work as an artist, producer, video director and a chopping-edge interactive media guide for Fortune 500 worldwide manufacturers akin to CNN, D3 Publishing, Hines, Accenture, Andersen, Kimberly Clark, Naruto, Primedia, NBA, UPS, Cartoon Network, Consumer Source, and Warner Bros, simply to call a number of, with quite a few nationwide and worldwide awards for design and new media campaigns.

In addition to his quite a few accomplishments as an artist and businessman, eLDee may be very passionate concerning the present state of Africa and is without doubt one of the few outspoken Nigerian celebrities with regards to social points. His ardour is obvious in his activism in direction of social change. eLDee’s thirst for sustainability in Africa can also be evident in his music as with every album, he hammers on actual points and seeks to encourage/encourage followers to greatness. eLDee was just lately featured on CNN for a few of his social campaigns.

In December 2013, the rapper posted a message on his official Twitter web page to voice his assist for homosexual rights, saying that hopefully someday quickly Africa will notice that anti-homosexual sentiment is not any completely different from racial or spiritual discrimination.[2]

Trybe Records developed artists akin toSasha P, 2Shots, Trybesmen, eLDee, Lequse, olaDele, Timi, Chiddy and Dr Sid, who’s now a member of the Mavin Records label. Current artist roster contains K9, Sojay, Aramide, Rukus, and Sarz.

eLDee got here up with a collaboration of all of the artists on the report label and named them Da Trybe. They produced singles “Work it out” and “Oya” in 2002, and the album BIG Picture in 2005.

Long Time Coming is the debut album by Eldee which bought numerous copies, it was launched in 2004.

Return of the King is the second album by Eldee. It was launched in 2006, and accommodates the one ‘I Go Yarn.’

Big Boy is the third album by Eldee, launched in 2008 and was initially titled “Evolution”.

eLDee’s fourth album is titled “Is it your money Vol.1” and was launched in 2010.

eLDee’s fifth album is titled “Undeniable” and was launched in 2012.

eLDee (Lanre Dabiri) and his lengthy-time period accomplice, Dolapo Latinwo-Belo married and collectively they’ve 2 daughters, Temi, and Toke. He has been primarily based in Atlanta, U.S.Asince 2002.