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MINJIN ADEWALE WAS DICOVERED IN 2010 DURING THE CENTAGE MUSICAL CONTEST;A MUSIC/TALENT CONTEST ORGANISED BY KENNIS MUSIC..
Tuesday 12 April 2011
DISCOVERY
MINJIN ADEWALE WAS DICOVERED IN 2010 DURING THE CENTAGE MUSICAL CONTEST;A MUSIC/TALENT CONTEST ORGANISED BY KENNIS MUSIC WHERE HE EMERGED WINNER BY POPULAR DEMAND.HIS TALENT CAUGHT THE ADMIRATION OF THE FANS INCLUDING THE CEO OF KENNIS MUSIC,KENNY OGUNGBE WHO THEN SIGNED HIM ON HIS RECORD LABEL,KENNIS MUSIC.THE 5FT.7,DARK HEART OF FANSWITH BREATH TAKING PERFORMANCES.HIS FIRST SINGLE,”TURNING ME OUN” IS CURRENTLY HIGH ON THE AIRWAVES AND IS MAKING ITS WAY GRADUALLY TO THE NIGERIAN MUSICAL CHARTS.
BACK GROUND /EARLY LIFE
MINJIN ADEWALE LAWANSON WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 22,1988 IN IDIROKO,LAGOS.HE GREW UP WITH HIS MUM AND TWO SIBLINGS,AFTER HIS PARENTS SEPARATED.NOT JUST KNOWN FOR HIS GOOD LOOKS,HE WAS ALSO GOOD IN HIS ACADEMICS AND WAS ALWAYS A FAVOURITE AMONGST HIS TEACHERS.HIS MOM MRS OMOTUNDE AKANBI STRUGGLED AS A SINGLE MOTHER TO RAISE HIM AND HIS SIBLINGS IN A HARSH ECONOMY BUT THIS REALITY WAS GOING TO BIRTH ONE OF THE FINEST TALENTS IN THE COUNTRY.IN HIS EARLY TEENS,HE WAS HIGHLY INVOVED IN PAINTINGS,BUT HE DID IT FOR FUN.HE LATER WANTED TO BECOME A DOCTOR BUT HIS DREAM NEVER BECAME A REALITY AS HE DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT OFF MARK TO SEE HIM STUDY MEDICINE IN THE UNIVERSITY.PAINED WITH THE STRUGGGLES HIS MOTHER FACED TO RAISE HIM AND HIS SIBLINGS,HE DECIDED TO TAKE UP HIS PAINTING SKILLS AGAIN AND SOLD SOME OF HIS PAINTINGS AT A VERY CHEAP PRICE.DURING THIS PERIOD A FRIEND INTRODUCED HIM TO MODELLING AND SOON,HE WAS MODELLING FOR BRANDS LIKE LUCOMALT FROM GSK,LAGOS OWN THE GAME UNDER 17 WORLD CUP FROM LAGOS STATE,NIMASA FROM NNPCAND HIS MOST RECENT IS THE NEW MTN RICHER LIFE FUN LINK BILLBOARD.
HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC SURFACED AT THE AGE OF 14,WHERE HE SUBTLY DEVELOPED INTEREST IN SINGING.HIS FAVOURITE MUSICIANS INCLUDE JOHN LEGEND,JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE,MICHEAL JACKSON,USHER RAYMOND,TAYLOR SWIFT,OMARION,CHRIS BROWN 2 FACE IDIBIA, ASA.BURNING WITH A PASSION TO EXCEL IN MUSIC HE TAUGHT HIMSELF HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR MERELY BY WATCHIN PROFESSIONALS PLAY AND THROUGH THE INTERNET.HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC SOON ESCALATED AS HE BECAME A MEMBER OF HIS CHURCH CHOIR,SINGING AND DEVELOPING HIS SKILLS EVEN MORE.AND IN 2008,HE GOT HIS FIRST STAGE APPEARANCE AY THE NIGERIAN JAZZ FESTIVAL WHERE HE WOOED THE CROWD WITH HIS TALENTS AND SLEEK PERFORMANCE ALONGSIDE ARTISTES LIKE MIKE AREMU,YINKA DAVIES AND BEAUTIFUL NUBIA.HIS CONFIDENCE SOON GREWAND SO DID HIS FAN BASE WHO STARTED TO LOOK OUT FOR HIS FUTURE FEATURE.
MINJIN IS A MEMBER OF ETA FOUNDATION EXTREMELY TALENTED ARTIST FOUNDATION, AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN FOUR MAJOR ART EXHIBITIONS. THE FIRST WAS TITLED SERENDIPITY WHICH WAS AT THE FAMOUS DIDI MUSEUM IN 2008,THE SECOND WAS AT STUDIO 868 WHICH WAS TITLED ART INSPIRO IN 2008,THE THIRD WAS TITLED FYNE ARTDICTION WHICH WAS HELD AT SOUTHERN SUN HOTELS LAGOS IN 2009, THE FOURTH WAS HELD AT THE FRENCH CULTURAL CENTRE ALLIANCE FRANCAIS.
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
DURING HIS MODELING CAREER,HE MET HIS CURRENT BRAND MANAGER MICHEAL EBIA,WHO WAS WORKING IN AN ADVERTISING FIRM AT THAT TIME. SEEING THE VAST TALENT IN THE YOUNG MUSICIAN,LIKENED TO BE NIGERIA’S JUSTIN BIEBER,MICHEAL BECAME HIS PERSONAL VOICE COACH AND MANAGER, HE ALSO HAD PLANS TO SIGN HIM ON. MDASH INC.AND SINCE THEN, THE DUO HAS YIELDED STRIKING RESULTS. IN 2010,MINJIN ENTERED THE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL AFRICA CONTEST AND WON THE HEARTS OF THE JUGDES AND CROWD WITH THE SUBTLENESS IN HIS VOICE AND SWAGGER IN HIS PERFORMANCE.THAT WAS A STEPPING STONE TO THIS RISING IDOL AS HE EMERGED “THE FIRST BLACK TROY”.
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A POP,SOUL,ROCK SINGER AND CHOREOGRAPHER.MINJIN ADEWALE IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN HIS DEBUT ALBUM TITLED ‘FINALLY ME’. IT CONTAINS HITS LIKE TURNING ME OUN AND KINI’ MA SE’ AND HIS LATEST SO BEAUTIFUL AMONGST OTHER HITS. THE ALBUM IS TO BE COMPLETED BY SECOND QUARTER OF 2011 AND ITS SET TO HIT STORES BY SECOND QUARTER. APART FROM HIS SMOOTH STAGE PERFORMANCES AND HOT LOOKS,THIS DROP DEAD GORGEOUS NATIVE OF OYO STATE , HAS A SOFT SPOT FOR COOL FASHION.IF YOU WANT TO LOOK OUT FOR MINJIN, THEN HERE IS A TIP LADIES…IF YOU HAPPENED TO STUMBLE ON A LIGHT COMPLEXED AND HANDSOME HUNK, WITH FULL BLOWN-OUT DARK HAIR ,PUTTING ON HOODED SWEATERS,JEANS,COLOURFUL SNEAKERS AND DARK FRAMED ARMANI GOGGLES,WITH PIERCING EYES AND THE CONFIDENCE AS HIGH AS THE TWIN TOWERS,THEN YOU JUST MET YOUR GUY.CAR? WELL THIS MUSIC IDOL RIDES HIGH ON A BRAND NEW 2009,PRADO JEEP WHICH HE CRUISES WITH CHARISMA.IF YOUR TURNED ON BY THIS GUY ALREADY, THEN JUST PLAY THE TRACK ONE OF HIS ALBUM.
INFLUENCES/ROLE MODELS
MRS OMOTUNDE AKANBI (MY MUM), MARTIN LUTHER KING JNR, KENNY OGUNGBE, DAYO ADENEYE D1,PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME,MICHEAL EBIA, RICHARD BRANDSON,VANESSA INZIEDIEGWU.
MINJIN ADEWALE WAS DICOVERED IN 2010 DURING THE CENTAGE MUSICAL CONTEST;A MUSIC/TALENT CONTEST ORGANISED BY KENNIS MUSIC WHERE HE EMERGED WINNER BY POPULAR DEMAND.HIS TALENT CAUGHT THE ADMIRATION OF THE FANS INCLUDING THE CEO OF KENNIS MUSIC,KENNY OGUNGBE WHO THEN SIGNED HIM ON HIS RECORD LABEL,KENNIS MUSIC.THE 5FT.7,DARK HEART OF FANSWITH BREATH TAKING PERFORMANCES.HIS FIRST SINGLE,”TURNING ME OUN” IS CURRENTLY HIGH ON THE AIRWAVES AND IS MAKING ITS WAY GRADUALLY TO THE NIGERIAN MUSICAL CHARTS.
BACK GROUND /EARLY LIFE
MINJIN ADEWALE LAWANSON WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 22,1988 IN IDIROKO,LAGOS.HE GREW UP WITH HIS MUM AND TWO SIBLINGS,AFTER HIS PARENTS SEPARATED.NOT JUST KNOWN FOR HIS GOOD LOOKS,HE WAS ALSO GOOD IN HIS ACADEMICS AND WAS ALWAYS A FAVOURITE AMONGST HIS TEACHERS.HIS MOM MRS OMOTUNDE AKANBI STRUGGLED AS A SINGLE MOTHER TO RAISE HIM AND HIS SIBLINGS IN A HARSH ECONOMY BUT THIS REALITY WAS GOING TO BIRTH ONE OF THE FINEST TALENTS IN THE COUNTRY.IN HIS EARLY TEENS,HE WAS HIGHLY INVOVED IN PAINTINGS,BUT HE DID IT FOR FUN.HE LATER WANTED TO BECOME A DOCTOR BUT HIS DREAM NEVER BECAME A REALITY AS HE DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT OFF MARK TO SEE HIM STUDY MEDICINE IN THE UNIVERSITY.PAINED WITH THE STRUGGGLES HIS MOTHER FACED TO RAISE HIM AND HIS SIBLINGS,HE DECIDED TO TAKE UP HIS PAINTING SKILLS AGAIN AND SOLD SOME OF HIS PAINTINGS AT A VERY CHEAP PRICE.DURING THIS PERIOD A FRIEND INTRODUCED HIM TO MODELLING AND SOON,HE WAS MODELLING FOR BRANDS LIKE LUCOMALT FROM GSK,LAGOS OWN THE GAME UNDER 17 WORLD CUP FROM LAGOS STATE,NIMASA FROM NNPCAND HIS MOST RECENT IS THE NEW MTN RICHER LIFE FUN LINK BILLBOARD.
HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC SURFACED AT THE AGE OF 14,WHERE HE SUBTLY DEVELOPED INTEREST IN SINGING.HIS FAVOURITE MUSICIANS INCLUDE JOHN LEGEND,JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE,MICHEAL JACKSON,USHER RAYMOND,TAYLOR SWIFT,OMARION,CHRIS BROWN 2 FACE IDIBIA, ASA.BURNING WITH A PASSION TO EXCEL IN MUSIC HE TAUGHT HIMSELF HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR MERELY BY WATCHIN PROFESSIONALS PLAY AND THROUGH THE INTERNET.HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC SOON ESCALATED AS HE BECAME A MEMBER OF HIS CHURCH CHOIR,SINGING AND DEVELOPING HIS SKILLS EVEN MORE.AND IN 2008,HE GOT HIS FIRST STAGE APPEARANCE AY THE NIGERIAN JAZZ FESTIVAL WHERE HE WOOED THE CROWD WITH HIS TALENTS AND SLEEK PERFORMANCE ALONGSIDE ARTISTES LIKE MIKE AREMU,YINKA DAVIES AND BEAUTIFUL NUBIA.HIS CONFIDENCE SOON GREWAND SO DID HIS FAN BASE WHO STARTED TO LOOK OUT FOR HIS FUTURE FEATURE.
MINJIN IS A MEMBER OF ETA FOUNDATION EXTREMELY TALENTED ARTIST FOUNDATION, AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN FOUR MAJOR ART EXHIBITIONS. THE FIRST WAS TITLED SERENDIPITY WHICH WAS AT THE FAMOUS DIDI MUSEUM IN 2008,THE SECOND WAS AT STUDIO 868 WHICH WAS TITLED ART INSPIRO IN 2008,THE THIRD WAS TITLED FYNE ARTDICTION WHICH WAS HELD AT SOUTHERN SUN HOTELS LAGOS IN 2009, THE FOURTH WAS HELD AT THE FRENCH CULTURAL CENTRE ALLIANCE FRANCAIS.
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
DURING HIS MODELING CAREER,HE MET HIS CURRENT BRAND MANAGER MICHEAL EBIA,WHO WAS WORKING IN AN ADVERTISING FIRM AT THAT TIME. SEEING THE VAST TALENT IN THE YOUNG MUSICIAN,LIKENED TO BE NIGERIA’S JUSTIN BIEBER,MICHEAL BECAME HIS PERSONAL VOICE COACH AND MANAGER, HE ALSO HAD PLANS TO SIGN HIM ON. MDASH INC.AND SINCE THEN, THE DUO HAS YIELDED STRIKING RESULTS. IN 2010,MINJIN ENTERED THE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL AFRICA CONTEST AND WON THE HEARTS OF THE JUGDES AND CROWD WITH THE SUBTLENESS IN HIS VOICE AND SWAGGER IN HIS PERFORMANCE.THAT WAS A STEPPING STONE TO THIS RISING IDOL AS HE EMERGED “THE FIRST BLACK TROY”.
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A POP,SOUL,ROCK SINGER AND CHOREOGRAPHER.MINJIN ADEWALE IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN HIS DEBUT ALBUM TITLED ‘FINALLY ME’. IT CONTAINS HITS LIKE TURNING ME OUN AND KINI’ MA SE’ AND HIS LATEST SO BEAUTIFUL AMONGST OTHER HITS. THE ALBUM IS TO BE COMPLETED BY SECOND QUARTER OF 2011 AND ITS SET TO HIT STORES BY SECOND QUARTER. APART FROM HIS SMOOTH STAGE PERFORMANCES AND HOT LOOKS,THIS DROP DEAD GORGEOUS NATIVE OF OYO STATE , HAS A SOFT SPOT FOR COOL FASHION.IF YOU WANT TO LOOK OUT FOR MINJIN, THEN HERE IS A TIP LADIES…IF YOU HAPPENED TO STUMBLE ON A LIGHT COMPLEXED AND HANDSOME HUNK, WITH FULL BLOWN-OUT DARK HAIR ,PUTTING ON HOODED SWEATERS,JEANS,COLOURFUL SNEAKERS AND DARK FRAMED ARMANI GOGGLES,WITH PIERCING EYES AND THE CONFIDENCE AS HIGH AS THE TWIN TOWERS,THEN YOU JUST MET YOUR GUY.CAR? WELL THIS MUSIC IDOL RIDES HIGH ON A BRAND NEW 2009,PRADO JEEP WHICH HE CRUISES WITH CHARISMA.IF YOUR TURNED ON BY THIS GUY ALREADY, THEN JUST PLAY THE TRACK ONE OF HIS ALBUM.
INFLUENCES/ROLE MODELS
MRS OMOTUNDE AKANBI (MY MUM), MARTIN LUTHER KING JNR, KENNY OGUNGBE, DAYO ADENEYE D1,PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME,MICHEAL EBIA, RICHARD BRANDSON,VANESSA INZIEDIEGWU.













