Young Jonn

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Background information
Birth nameJohn Saviours Udomboso
Also known asThe Wicked Producer, Jiggy
Born (1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 29)
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Origin Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter & record producer
Years active2010present
Labels Chocolate City

John Saviours Udomboso (born 16 February 1995), known professionally as Young Jonn, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer, currently signed to Chocolate City Music. He is also known for his hit singles Dada and the remix with Davido. He had music production credits on industry hits during the 2010s and was affiliated with the YBNL mafia family going on to be ranked #3 [1] in The NET 's list of "Nigeria's Top 7 Biggest Music Producers" and went on to be nominated in the "Producer of The Year" at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and The Headies 2015. [2]

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Early life and education

Jonn was born into a Christian family of Akwa Ibom descent in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. Jonn had his basic formal education at Ideal Foundation Primary School, Ibadan and GOF College, Osogbo, Osun State. During his high school days in Osogbo, he had interest in Basketball, Soccer, Musical Instruments, Miming and Dance. He studied Communication and Language Arts at the University of Ibadan. [3]

Career

Jonn started playing musical instrument as a child. He formed a group called AVG along with his brothers before he got signed to Hit Factory Studio in 2012. [4] While working as producer at Hit Factory, he produced a chart-topping single by Olamide titled "Story For The Gods". He was nominated for "Producer of The Year" at the 2015 edition of The Headies for his work on "Bobo", a song by Olamide which rose to critical acclaim. [5]

Jonn has been credited for producing songs like "Gbese" and "Efejoku" by Lil Kesh, [6] "Biggest Backside" by Davido and album credits including The Baddest by Davido, 2 Kings by Olamide and Phyno and Eyan Mayweather by Olamide.

In 2022, Young Jonn closed a deal with Chocolate City, with the release of "Dada", off his first extended play, Love Is Not Enough (Vol. 1), which was released on 1 April 2022. On 21 October 2022, Young Jonn released "Love is Not Enough" (Vol. 2).This project contained already-released Dada Remix, Normally, Next to You, Xtra Cool and If You Leave and Sokoto. [7]

Discography

Album and EPs

Singles

Selected production credit

YearArtisteTitleAlbum
2014 Olamide Blood Money Street OT
Falila Ketan
The Real MVP
Prayer For Client
Story For The Gods
2015Olamide & Phyno Koba Koba 2 Kings
Ladi featuring Lil Kesh
Confam Ni featuring Wizkid
OlamideBobo Eyan Mayweather
2016 Davido Biggest Backside featuring B-Red Non-album single
Lil Kesh Semilore Y.A.G.I
Olamide Pepper Dem Gang featuring Davolee The Glory
Grind featuring Sossick
Woyo
Kiss Daniel MamaNew Era
2017 Flavour Loose Guard featuring Phyno Ijele - The Traveler
DavoleeOya Gbeff featuring Olamide
Lil Kesh Rora
2021Lil KeshDon't Call MeNon-album single

Awards and nominations

YearEventPrizeRecipientResultRef
2015 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards Producer of the YearHimselfNominated
The Headies 2015 Nominated
2016 The Headies 2016 Won
2017 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival African Producer of the YearWon [9]

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