With an enviable track record, UK-born Nigerian Disc Jockey (DJ) Sogood has settled for a homecoming to involve in Afrobeats in Nigeria.
DJ Sogood, who is also a record producer, media personality, event host, promoter and entrepreneur started from humble beginning, selling music CDs out of a shop with his father in Peckham, United Kingdom, which spurred his love for music, at an early age.
After working with Tiwa Savage, Wizkid, and Davido at different times, he said his vision is to take a spot on the Nigerian music scene, while conquering the world.
DJ Sogood is the co-founder of Afro model award in the United Kingdom, a burgeoning global fashion and style awards ceremony and community established in 2011 to recognise, acknowledge and reward models, photographers, agencies, personalities, makeup artists, designers and innovators throughout the fashion and style industry.
This, according to Sogood, is done because of the need to create a global platform for fashion and style models.
He was part of the group that started BBQ on the rooftop in Peckham. The parties was a hit among locals with different genre of music played by himself and other disc jockeys from the top of a roof in the city.
A career professional, he is one of the official disc jockeys for Afronation, Yam Carnival and Caribbean splash. He was part of the group that brought Caribbean Splash with headline acts like Masicka Shenseea, Skinny Banton, Jab King, Nesbeth Caribbean Splash held at Brixton Academy in 2021, which was a mixture of soca and dancehall.
On the job, he has travelled internationally to countries where he collaborated with other entertainers Like Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago carnival Crop over Barbados where he was with Dream, Weeknd.
DJ Sogood’s love for music has taken him into various places of influence where he is sure to be one of the wealthiest disc jockeys who has emerged from the United Kingdom with businesses, which range from logistics, import and export, event organisation, recording labels and an ear for fresh talent.
All his accomplishments, according to him, have set him apart and prepared him for his return to shake the music scene in Nigeria in the nearest future.
“I am coming to make my mark in the industry. My accomplishments are evident for all to see. I dropped a new song weeks ago and there are more to come. Music lovers should be ready. I am set to make them feel so good,” he said.
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