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Illbliss bids goodbye to music


Illbliss has bid goodbye to the game the
brought him fame, fortune and endeared
him to many young Nigerians, particularly
the rap freaks, while many awaits the drop
of his fourth album with the title
‘iLLYGati’, as his the single ‘Ayakata’,
featuring Falz the Bahd Guy,which he
released earlier in the year, Tobechukwu
Melvin Ejiofor.
The rapper, businessman and owner of
the talent-managing outfit, The Goretti
Company, called it quit to music yesterday
in a post he put on his Instagram. “Thank
you all for being with me through this
amazing musical journey…Goodbye…to the
game…I’m gone…Next Chapter.”
illBliss as a celebrated Hip hop and rap
artiste, started his music career as a
member of the now defunct Hip-Hop
group, Da Thorobreds, which consisted of
other notable Hip-hop artistes including
Elajoe, Obiwon and B-Elect.
They bagged the award for the Best Hip-
Hop song by a group/duo at the 2006
maiden edition of Hip Hop World Awards
for the massive hit Streethop. As a solo
artiste, illBliss won his first major award
at the Sound City Music Video Awards
(SMVA) for Best Hip-hop video, with his
street anthem ‘U go wound o’. American
Hip-hop superstar, Nas, presented the
award.
He released his debut album in 2009 titled
‘Dat Ibo Boy’, which housed the hit single
‘U go wound o’ and ‘Aiye po gan’ featuring
Terry G. He is responsible for launching
the careers of acts like Chidinma and
Phyno among others.
In 2012 he released his debut album ‘Oga
Boss’ which was nominated for Best Rap
Album at the Headies 2013. August 2014,
he announced a release of a third album
‘Powerful’, which had singles like ‘Bank
alert’ on it but pushed it back for a mid-
year 2015 release to finish production and
tie-distribution for digital and physical
sales.
In collaboration with ace video director,
Clarence Peters, they formed a joint
venture called CAPital Hill Music/Goretti
Co, a recording/talent management
company respectively.
Born and raised in Enugu state, popularly
known as Coal City or 042; he acquired
primary and secondary education in the
same city between and subsequently
gained admission to study Political
Science/International Relations in the
University Of Nigeria.
Illbliss represents three aspects —
consciousness, lyricism and creativity.His
diverse approach to hip-hop ranges from
social issues to love/relationships, peer
pressure and topics the average head can
relate to, while retaining elements of hip-
hop and ethnic content, a virtue which
sets him apart from the crowd.
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