Nigerian celebrities that dumped music production for singing

I can bet that you do not know the brain behind the beats of most of the hit songs you listen to on radio or digital streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and the rest. It is very possible that you don’t know who produced Tyla’s “Water” or Asake’s “Lonely at the Top”.

Music producers are unsung heroes who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help your favourite singer get a smash hit single, but you won’t know them. So, in this article, we are going to mention celebrities who dumped music production for singing.

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The following is the list of celebrities who dumped music production for singing:

Davido

It might be shocking for you to realise that the 001 himself was once a music producer before he dumped production for singing.

According to Davido; he learnt music production on YouTube and started producing for singers but noticed he could sing better than some of the people he made beats for, and that was how he tried singing which resulted in him becoming one of the greatest singers in Nigeria.

Phyno

Phyno has been in the music industry long before he became famous. The “alobam” crooner used to be a music producer before he tried singing, and the rest became history.

Young John

John Saviours Dombosco popularly referred to as Young John the Wicked Producer or simply Young John used to be a producer under the YBNL imprint with the popular tag “Young John the Wicked Producer” at the beginning of most of the songs he produced. He was responsible for most of Lil Kesh’s hit singles.

Pheelz

Pheelz whose real name is Philip Kayode Moses was YBNL’s in-house music producer who did a lot of magic on Olamide’s songs back in the days, but we didn’t know that this young man had a melodious voice fit for only singers not until he released his 2022 smash hit single “finesse” featuring Buju.