Yinka Ayefele | |
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| Born | Olayinka Joel Ayefele 1 February 1968 Ipoti-Ekiti, Nigeria |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Spouse | Temitope Titilope [1] |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | yinkaayefelemusic |
Olayinka Joel Ayefele MON is a Nigerian music producer, gospel singer, radio presenter, and founder of Fresh and Blast FM network of radio stations across south-western Nigeria. [2] [3] [4]
Ayefele was born in Ipoti-Ekiti, a city in Ekiti State in southwestern Nigeria. [5]
He attended Our Saviours Anglican Primary School in Ipoti-Ekiti for his primary and secondary education before he later proceeded to Ondo State College of Arts and Science in Ikare Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. [6]
Ayefele worked briefly as journalist and broadcaster at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Ibadan, where he also produced jingles and musical works on radio. [7] He began his music career in 1997 after he was involved in an automobile accident which damaged his spinal cord and made him reliant on a wheelchair. [8] [9] While in the hospital where he spent about 9 months, his friend, Kola Olootu, visited and advised him to put some songs together. [10] This suggestion resulted in the release of his debut album titled, Bitter Experience in 1998 which brought him into limelight. [11] The release of Bitter Experience was followed by the release of Sweet Experience. [12] Other albums released by the gospel musician are Something Else, Divine Intervention and Life after death, released in honor of Gbenga Adeboye, a Nigerian radio presenter, musician and comedian. [13] The title Bitter Experience reflected his ordeal and Sweet Experience was the sweetness after a "Bitter Experience". [14] Ayefele's music has been published by different outfits, including API Music (Alloy Production International) 1998 - 2009, Galaxy Music (2008–2018), and Role Model Entertainment (2019 till date).
Ayefele has received over 200 awards. [15] Among other awards are:
Yinka Ayefele owns a network of radio stations across southwestern Nigeria called Fresh FM. The Ibadan arm of the network was established in 2015 and licensed by the Nigerian National Broadcasting Commission on 30 April 2015. [16] Other arms of Ayefele's radio stations have, at different times since then, been opened in Abeokuta, Ado Ekiti, Akure, Osogbo and Lagos. [17]
Ayefele's Music House, which also houses the Fresh FM radio station and a studio, was on 19 August 2018 demolished [18] by the Oyo State Government. The reason the government gave for the demolition was that the property's location contravened the stipulations by the town planning authority. This sparked outrage from fans and sympathizers. [19]
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