Philkeyz has thereby encouraged Nigerian youths to develop their talents and contribute meaningfully to the country\u2019s progress by being gainfully engaged as responsible citizens.<\/p>\n
Born August 28, 1991, into a Christian family of six and resident in Lagos State, Philkeyz is a Nigerian music producer and musician, who specialises in fusing on diverse elements of African music to create pop sounds.<\/p>\n
The Nigerian music composer, producer, and performer from Umuahia, in Abia State, spent his formative years in Lagos, where he was raised, after which he later travelled to the United Kingdom, and stayed there for some years.<\/p>\n
Pursuing his educational career, Philkeyz found out he had musical talents, which he has since nurtured to earn a living for himself.<\/p>\n
What shot Philkeyz to prominence as a producer was his appearance as a guest producer on Omawumi\u2019s \u201cLasso of Truth\u201d which made it into the deluxe version of her 2013 album, as he also went on to work extensively with former Squares-Records\u2019 act, May D and Yemi Alade.<\/p>\n
To just mention a few from his numerous productions, Philkeyz takes production credits for some of the works of artists like Kizz Daniel, CDQ, Skales, Dammy Krane, Faze, Ikechukwu, Skuki and N6.<\/p>\n
One of his most pronounced works is the critically acclaimed collaboration between Kizz Daniel and Wizkid entitled: \u201cFor You,\u201d while he also produced Kizz\u2019s popular song with the title: \u201cNo Do,\u201d which earned him approval for the ingenious sampling of the soundtrack of a popular TV show of the \u201890s.<\/p>\n
In today\u2019s Nigeria, Philkeyz is one of the great contributors of Afro beats, and also the ground breaking no bad songs, which birthed the track \u201cNecesari.\u201d<\/p>\n
With him writing, Producing and vocalizing on the track \u201cNecesari\u201d it was like he\u2019s voice was what the song needed to get that international cross over, while also producing \u201cGhetto\u201d and off the album, and two other tracks.<\/p>\n
On \u201cNecessari,\u201d Philkeyz doubled as a featured artiste, delivering a melodious hook and fine verses, as his profile as a music producer is on the rise, as a singer, he holds promise.<\/p>\n
One can say Philkeyz caught his musical teeth early in life, drawing his inspiration from his family background, as he grew up in a music-loving family. He said his father particularly listened to a lot of Jazz music, which led to his interest in the art at his tender age.<\/p>\n
Similarly, the young Philkeyz growing up joined his immediate family members in the church choir, where his love for music was further cemented, with his love for the Piano. This is how it all started.<\/p>\n
To grow his talents and give the musical skills in him a perfect touch, Philkeyz enrolled at the Muson School of Music, from where he picked up his drumming skills. Years later, he taught himself digital music production, and this was while he was an employer at a company in Lagos.<\/p>\n
Philkeyz, who started as a church keyboardist during his formative years in music as a career, from there got his love for music production ignited.<\/p>\n
As his passion for his musical career grew, Philkeyz began to learn the basics of production through online tutorials and self-practice; juggling his training as a music producer with an office job and schooling; until he was able to gather enough resources to setup his first studio; and this was while he was still in school.<\/p>\n
Philkeyz works started to gain attention of popular music stars while he was a student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and from there his profile started to soar. As he progressed in his career, he teamed up with a record label management, Confam Entertainment, and in 2016, he founded Platnium Vibes Music.<\/p>\n
Today, Philkeyz prides himself as an Afro-fusion pop artist, who can either produce for other artists or voice on his own beats to make music; with more attention he put into his production exercises. He has a speciality in sampling classics, reworking them into trendy sounds, just like Kanye West who has become famed for it.<\/p>\n
Philkeyz has produced multiple hit singles for several prominent artists cutting across various music genres, such as hip hop, pop, Afro beat and Afro fussion. His catalog includes \u201cFor You\u201d \u2013 Wizkid and Kizz Daniel; Wizkid & May D \u2013 \u201cBamilo\u201d Kizz Daniel \u2013 Lie, \u201cAle Yi\u201d by May-D; Koffi Anan by Yemi Alade; \u201cBoys are bad by Kizz Daniel \u201cPeteru\u201d by Skuki featuring Olamide; All Over You by May-D; \u201cEKO\u201d \u2013 Kizz Daniel, \u201cGhetto\u201d \u2013 Kizz Daniel\u201d amongst a bunch of others.<\/p>\n
For the quality of his works, Philkeyz made it to the beat awards Nigeria nomination in 2015, in the Afro Pop Producer of the Year category, among other international awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A household name in the creation of pop sounds, who is blazing the trail in African music, Philip Ahaiwe \u201cPhilkeyz\u201d Chukwuka, popularly known as Philkeyz, has seen the potential in local songs giving a leap to Nigeria\u2019s economy in foreign earnings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":14919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,31],"tags":[7,14,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-14922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-music","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"yoast_head":"\n