Keshinro Ololade (born March 14, 1995), popularly recognized by his stage name Lil Kesh, is a Nigerian singer, rapper and songwriter. He rose to fame after his chart-topping tune titled “Shoki” rose to important acclaim from music critics.[1][2] Lil Kesh was born and raised in Bariga, a suburb ofLagos State. His music profession began in 2012 whereas rapping amongst his friends in Bariga till he launched “Lyrically”, a single that shortly turned fashionable in Nigerian Universities. In 2015, he was nominated within the Best New Act to Watch class on the2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. Affiliated to YBNL Nation as a recording artist, Lil Kesh is at present signed below his file label YAGI Records, an acronym for “Young And Getting It”.[3]

Lil Kesh was born to Yoruba dad and mom in Bariga, Lagos State and went on to finish his primary and secondary schoolschooling at Stockbridge College, Bariga. Lil Kesh took curiosity in dancing earlier than he delved into music after watching a few of his friends rap.[4]

Lil Kesh’s skilled music profession began in 2012 however he turned fashionable in 2014 after he recorded his first single titled “Lyrically” which was positively accepted majorly by college students in Nigerian universities.[5] Through YBNL Nation, Lil Kesh launched “Shoki”, a tune which acquired him nominated within the Best Street-Hop Artiste class at The Headies 2014 whereas “Shoki Remix” which featured guest appearances from Olamide and Davido acquired nominated within the Hottest Single of the Year on the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.[6] On 2 April 2014, he signed his first music contract with YBNL Nation.[7]

On 23 February 2015, Lil Kesh launched a tune titled “Gbese” which was produced byYoung Jonn with the music video that includes cameo appearances from Skuki.[8] On 11 June 2015, he was nominated within the Best New Act to Watch class on the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and went on to be nominated on the 2015 Headies Award for Next Rated.[9][10] On March 17, 2016, Lil Kesh launched his debut studio album titledY.A.G.I which was positively obtained.[11]The album options guest appearancesfrom notable music acts together with Olamide,Phyno, Davido, Adekunle Gold, YCEE,Wale, Viktoh and Patoranking.[12][13]

On April 26, 2016, Lil Kesh introduced throughInstagram that he has established his personal label imprint known as YAGI Records with Olamide later confirming the information by the identical medium following the expiration of Lil Kesh’s 2-12 months recording contract with YBNL Nation.[14][15][16]

Lil Kesh’s versatility and elegance of music has been similarized to that of Olamide who raps and sings in his native dialect.[17][18]However, he has been criticised for utilizing an excessive amount of vulgar sentences and never discovering the best stability within the lyrics of his songs.[19] In an interview with Naij he stated,[20]

Lil Kesh is at present primarily based in Lekki, Lagos State. He can be a pupil of Linguistics on the University of Lagos.‎