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Ikechukwu Ikechukwu
Biography

A Jack of all trades and a master of many is what he likes to call himself and if you sit with Ikechukwu, aka E-killz or international killz, you would understand why. Not only does he bring it like no one in Nigeria has seen or done before in the hip-hop game but he has racked various kinds of training and experience in his life from university in the united states to exposure to the corporate world working on wall street, from bartending at the finest bars and restaurants in new york city to promoting at some of the elite clubs. Ikechukwu has also garnered martial arts training through out his whole life from shotokan karate from the age of 6 to studying aikido, taekwondo and even tai chi. An avid athlete, Ikechukwu has always been involved in some form of athletics or physical fitness. With being an actor and C.E.O. of his own production house, world famous Akademy, Ikechukwu is in fact the universal soldier, and proved it in 2006 when he took Nigeria by storm with the collaborations with dare, escalade part.2 and Fuji, and ultimately with his debut single, my name is.

Following up with strong singles such as Legal Representah and Naija Boy , and being Nominated for best new artist at the channel o music video awards, Ikechukwu not only proved he wasn’t a one hit wonder but he was here to change the face of Nigerian music and taking the Nigerian artist to a global level. After all he is international killz. This brother has been on the international scene through modeling and production endeavours.

And increased his international profile when he went on the road through Europe, touching places like Vienna Austria, Munich Germany, and Bratislava Slovakia.

Ikechukwu has also shown how business savvy he is by dealing with brands helping them build platforms to reach target markets or promote new product like in the case of hennessy, were not only did he host a club tour across Lagos city but also put together and hosted a weekly radio show on 96.9coolfm for thirteen weeks.

With the coming of Naeto-C , his partner in crime, who will obliterate what is now known as the hip-hop market in Nigeria and the follow up of his brother UZIkWENDU and the world famous aKademy album , Ikechukwu is finally in that space were he has ached to be for years. That space everything you are involved with is good as gold and it’s the beginning of all things great because you are making decisions creative space isn’t cramped. Now making movies and recording new material for the world famous akademy and his sophomore album Ikechukwu is geared to expose the richness of talent from Nigeria to the rest of the world.