Kennis Music

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Kennis
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Founded1998
FounderKehinde "Kenny" Ogungbe
Distributor(s)Kennis Music
Genre Afrobeats, R&B, hip hop, African hip hop, pop
Country of origin Nigeria
Official website Kennis Radio

Kennis Music is a record label, specializing in Afrobeats, R&B, pop and hip hop music, founded by Nigerian radio DJ Kenny Ogungbe in the late 1990s. The company's slogan is "Africa's No 1 Record Label". The current CEOs are Kehinde "Keke" Ogungbe and Dayo "D1" Adeneye.

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Lemi Ghariokwu was the main album cover designer for the artists of Kennis music. [1]

Current roster

Artistes

Former artistes

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References

  1. "BIO - Lemi Ghariokwu". Lemi Ghariokwu. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  2. National Mirror News
  3. Why I left Kennis Music – OJB Jezreel - Nigerian Movies & Nollywood on Naijarules.com
  4. Friday, July 14, 2006 edition of the Daily Sun Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine