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Birth name | Dennis Junior Odunwo [1] |
Also known as | T Wizzy |
Born | Edmonton, London, England [2] | 1 September 1993
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Years active | 2010–present [3] |
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Dennis Junior Odunwo [4] (born 1 September 1993), [5] known professionally as Tion Wayne, is a British rapper and DJ from Edmonton, North London. [3] [2]
He appeared on three top-10 singles on UK Singles Chart as a guest – NSG's "Options", "Keisha & Becky" with Russ Millions and KSI's track "Houdini" – before getting his first top 10 hit as the lead artist with "I Dunno" featuring Dutchavelli and Stormzy, which peaked at number 7, and having his first number 1 with "Body" alongside Russ Millions. [2] [5]
Dennis Junior Odunwo was born in Edmonton, North London. [2] [3] [4] His parents are Yoruba immigrants from Nigeria. [6] His mother was a nurse and his father was a computer engineer. He is a middle child and wanted to become an accountant. [7]
Odunwo began to make a name for himself in the music scene in 2010 after dropping a handful of videos on YouTube. [2] [3] [4] By 2014, he had released his first mixtape, titled Wayne's World. [8] Odunwo slowly began building a loyal following. By 2016, he had supported artists such as American rapper Rick Ross and Ghanaian artist Sarkodie. [8] His follow-up mixtape, Wayne's World Vol. 2, was also released that year. In 2017, Odunwo released Transition EP. [8] He made his UK Singles Chart-debut in early 2019 when he was featured on London-based group NSG's single "Options", which peaked at number seven. [9] He also released Wayne's World 3 in 2019. [9]
His single "Keisha & Becky" with fellow British rapper Russ Millions also reached the UK top 10, peaking at number seven. [9] In 2020, Odunwo was featured, alongside rapper and singer Swarmz, and rapper KSI's single "Houdini". [10] The single peaked at number six in the UK Singles Charts. [9] [10] Soon after that, he released his single "I Dunno" featuring Dutchavelli and Stormzy, which also reached the UK top 10, peaking at number seven. [11] [12]
In 2021, Tion Wayne released "Body", a second collaboration with Russ Millions. A remix was released on 22 April. The song charted at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the first UK drill song to chart at number 1.
In May 2023, Tion Wayne went to the residence of late rapper Sidhu Moose Wala at his village in Punjab, India. He also went to pay his respect to his parents and film a music video for the song "Healing". Tion Wayne and Moosewala previously collaborated on the track "Celebrity Killer" in 2021. [13] [14]
On 4 March 2017, Odunwo was involved in a brawl outside a nightclub in Clifton, Bristol [4] where he was among the performers who had been DJing at the venue. [3] The brawl involved more than 100 people. [3] Odunwo, along with three other men, were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on 9 November. [3] Odunwo was jailed for 16 months. [1] [9]
On 17 November 2020, Odunwo was involved in an altercation with rapper Headie One on board a flight from Dubai to London in which the rapper Morrisson tried to break up shortly after boarding. [15] [16]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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UK [17] | UK R&B/HH [18] | BEL (FL) [19] | IRE [20] | NLD [21] | |||
Green With Envy | 5 | 3 | 164 | 33 | 93 |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
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UK [9] | |||||||||||||
Wayne's World | 2014 | — | |||||||||||
Wayne's World 2 | 2016 | — | |||||||||||
T Wayne's World 3 | 2019 | 62 | |||||||||||
"—" denotes a mixtape that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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UK [17] | UK R&B/HH [23] | AUS [24] | CAN [25] | DEN [26] | IRE [27] | NLD [21] | NZ [28] | POR [29] | WW [30] | ||||
"Streetz Dem" (with Brandz) | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"I'm On" (featuring Kojo Funds) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Gone Bad" (with Geko and One Acen) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Cmon" (with Hardy Caprio) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Home" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"On My Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Sweet Thug" (with One Acen) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Keisha & Becky" (with Russ Millions) | 2019 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — |
| T Wayne's World 3 |
"Married to the £" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"Drive By" (featuring Swarmz) | 57 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | T Wayne's World 3 | ||
"2 On 2" (with Jay1) | 53 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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"2/10" (featuring One Acen) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"4AM" (with Manny Norté, 6LACK, Rema featuring Love Renaissance) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"I Dunno" (featuring Dutchavelli and Stormzy) | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — |
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"Deluded" (featuring Mist) | 26 | 14 | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | |||
"Body" (with Russ Millions) | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | Green with Envy | |
"Wow" | 21 | 8 | — | — | — | 49 | — | — [A] | — | — |
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"Wid It" (with ArrDee) [B] | 19 | 6 | — | — | — | 41 | — | — [C] | — | — |
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"Knock Knock" (with M24) | 2022 | 21 | 8 | — | — | — | 42 | — | — [D] | — | — | TBA | |
"IFTK" (with La Roux) | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | — | — [E] | — | — |
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"Let's Go" (featuring Aitch) | 30 | 11 | — | — | — | 84 | — | — [F] | — | — | |||
"Healing" [41] | 2023 | 35 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — [G] | — | — | ||
"Amen" (featuring Nines) | 43 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Lowkey (LDN Drift)" (with Hedex featuring Takura) [43] | 2024 | — [H] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [I] | — | — | Non-album single | |
"We Won" (with Russ Millions) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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UK [17] | UK R&B/HH [23] | AUS [24] | IRE [27] | NLD [21] | NZ Hot [46] | ||||||||
"Gyaldem Sugar" (Mazi Chukz featuring Tion Wayne) | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
"Hot Property" (Team Salut featuring Tion Wayne, Afro B and Eugy) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Options" (NSG featuring Tion Wayne) | 2018 | 7 | 3 | — | 52 | — | — |
| Roots | ||||
"Trendy" (Cadet featuring Ay Em and Tion Wayne) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||
"Bally" (Swarmz featuring Tion Wayne) | 2019 | 32 | 16 | — | — | — | — |
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"London" (M24 featuring Tion Wayne) | 2020 | 32 | 16 | — | — | — | — |
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"Houdini" (KSI featuring Swarmz and Tion Wayne) | 6 | 5 | — [J] | 11 | — | 3 |
| Dissimulation | |||||
"Moncler" (Tinie featuring Tion Wayne) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"Last Night" (B Young featuring Tion Wayne) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Come Over" (Rudimental featuring Anne-Marie and Tion Wayne) | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ground Control | |||||
"Celebrity Killer" (Sidhu Moose Wala featuring Tion Wayne) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | MooseTape | |||||
"Blama" (Steel Banglez featuring Tion Wayne and Morrisson) | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | ||||||
"Night Away (Dance)" (A1 x J1 featuring Tion Wayne) | 2022 | 11 | 4 | 83 | 21 [48] | 42 | 26 |
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"Suffer" (GRM Daily featuring Giggs and Tion Wayne) | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | ||||||
"Je M’appelle" (Benzz featuring Tion Wayne & French Montana) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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UK [17] | NZ Hot [37] | |||
"Rock Dat" (featuring Polo G) | 2021 | — | 35 | Green with Envy |
"Who's True" (with Jae5 and Davido) | 50 | — |
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I was good at maths, I love money - I was going to be an accountant.