Dice Ailes

Dice Ailes
Win ‘EP’ press photo
Born	Shasha Damilola Alesh (1996-08-01) 1 August 1996 (age 28)
Nationality	Nigerian, Canadian
Alma mater	York University
Occupations	Singer songwriter rapper
Years active	2014–present
Musical career
Genres	Pop Afro pop Afro hip-hop

Dice Ailes, born Shasha Damilola Alesh, is a Nigerian singer whose musical style blends Afro-pop, hip-hop, and R&B. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, he began his musical career in Toronto, Canada. He began creating music at the age of 15. His debut single, "Fantasy," released in 2014, garnered his position within the Afrobeat scene.

Early life and education

He schooled in Nigeria at lagooz college, Republic of Benin, and Ghana then relocated to Canada where he studied at York University and also started his musical career before relocating back to Nigeria after his record deal with Chocolate City in 2014. ^[1]

Career

He started out in a church choir. He started out too with Hyce- age, coker, Millie and Reihnard while in the label. ^[2] He achieved recognition in 2016 for his CKay-produced single "Miracle" featuring Lil Kesh. ^{[3] [4]}

On 21 December 2016, Dice Ailes shared stage with the likes of WSTRN, Krept and Konan, Migos alongside Lil Kesh at the "Beat FM Xmas concert" 2016 in Lagos. ^[5]

In an interview with Tush Magazine , Dice Ailes describes his style of music as "Afro-pop RnB". ^[6]

^[7] In his words:

I'm a pretty versatile artist. I don't have a specific genre. I started off rapping, then as I grew up it sort of just graduated to a lot of different stuff. So right now, I just do Afro-pop, RnB; you know what I'm saying, I just mix everything up.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Year	Title	Album
2014	"Fantasy"	Non-album single
	"Telephone"
2015	"Machinery"
2016	"Miracle"
2017	"Ella"
	"Otedola"
2018	"mr biggs"
	"Dicey"
	"Enough"
2019	"Alakori" [8] (feat. Falz)"Ginika"
2020	"Pim Pim" (feat Olamide) [9]
2021	"Money Dance"
2022	"Leftside"	Ladies First
	"Pray As You go"
	"Rosalia" (feat. Kady Cain)
	"Monica"
	"Zombie"
	"Hold me" (feat. Tiwa Savage) [10]
2024	"Dicey Baba"
2025	"Towa"	Win

As featured artist

Year	Title	Album
2015	"Awon Temi" (Loose Kaynon feat. Dice Ailes & Koker)	The Gemini Project [11] [12]
2016	"Brooklyn" (Ice Prince feat. Dice Ailes)	Jos to the World
2017	"Olohungbo" (Masterkraft feat. Ceeza, YCEE & Dice Ailes)	Non-album single
	"No Favors" [13] (Yung6ix feat. Dice Ailes & Mr. Jollof)
2017	"Your Father" (M.I Abaga feat. Dice Ailes)	Rendezvous
2019	"Que Cera" (Vision DJ feat. Dice Ailes, Kwesi Arthur, Medikal)
2020	"Pressure" ( Spinall, feat. Dice Ailes)
2021	"Focus" remix (Ajimovoix feat. Dice Ailes)

Compilation singles

As lead artist

Year	Title	Album
2015	"Drank" (DJ Lambo, Milli, Dice Ailes)	TICBN
	"Oh No No" (Dice Ailes)

Compilation albums

Year	Title	Released Date
2015	The Indestructible Choc Boi Nation	30 April 2015

Cover

As lead artist

Year	Artist	Title
2016	MI & Dice Ailes	"Controlla (refix)" [14]

Awards and nominations

Year	Event	Prize	Recipient	Result
2015	tooXclusive Awards	Best New Artiste [15]	Himself	Nominated [16]
2016	The Headies	Rookie of The Year		Nominated
2018		Next Rated		Nominated [17]

See also

• List of Nigerian musicians

References

1. "Chocolate City star Dice Ailes features Lil Kesh in new single 'Miracle' – Vanguard News". Vanguard . 10 October 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
2. "Artiste of the week: Choc Boy, Diles Ailes – Tribune". Nigerian Tribune . 12 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
3. Akan, Joey. "Dice Ailes will be a star with Miracle". Pluse Nigeria. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
4. "Rising act, Millywine teams up with Dice Ailes on 'Run Up'". Vanguard Newspaper. 28 June 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
5. Solanke, Abiola. "Migos: Hip hop group party with Nigerian teens at Beat FM Xmas concert". Pulse Nigeria. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
6. "Dice Ailes on his 'Choc Boy' journey. – Tush Magazine". Tush Magazine . 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
7. "Dice Ailes on his 'Choc Boy' journey. – Tush Magazine". Tush Magazine . 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
8. "Listen: Falz And Dice Ailes Release New Catchy Tune "Alakori"". The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
9. "Dice Ailes features Olamide on 'Pim Pim'". P.M News. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
10. "Dice Ailes feat. Tiwa Savage – Hold Me". Bella Naija. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
11. "Loose Kaynon – The Gemini Project". cloud 9. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
12. Base, MTV (12 January 2016). "News : loose kaynon releases "The Gemini Project"". MTV Base . Retrieved 9 May 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
13. "Yung6ix ft. Dice Ailes & Mr. Jollof – No Favors". 360nobs. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
14. Solanke, Abiola. "New Music: M.I Abaga, Dice Ailes – "Controlla" (refix)". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
15. "tooXclusive Awards 2015 Nominees List". tooXclusive . 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
16. "tooXclusive AWARDS 2015 – WINNERS!". tooXclusive . 15 January 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
17. Ohunyon, Ehis. "Wizkid, Davido, Simi and Mayorkun are among the big winners at the 12th edition of the Headies Music Awards". Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

External links

• Dice Ailes profile on Chocolate City Archived 9 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine