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Adekunle Kosoko (born January 28, 1987) known as Adekunle Gold is a talented Nigerian singer and songwriter.
He is an amazing entity whose work spans various fields such as music, songwriting, and Photoshop expertise.
He began his music career at the age of 15 with a song called “Sade”, a cover of ONE DIRECTION’s song “The Story of My Life”.
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| Name: | Adekunle Kosoko |
| stage name: | Adekunle King |
| born: | January 28, 1987 (37 years old) |
| place of birth: | Lagos |
| country of origin: | Lagos State |
| Country of Citizenship: | nigerian |
| parents: | Royal family of Kosoko, Lagos |
| child: | Adjar Kosoko Deja |
| Brothers and sisters: | not applicable |
| Girlfriend·Wife: | Simi (married 2019) |
| Profession: | singer songwriter |
| net worth: | $1.5 million |
early life
Adekunle Kosoko was born on January 28, 1987 in the Kosoko royal family of Lagos State, Nigeria.
Growing up, Adekunle Gold was interested and passionate about music and always listened to the songs of King Sunny Ade and Ebenezer Obey.
Therefore, he continued to turn his dream into reality and composed his first song “Sade” in 2002 at the age of 15.
This is a cover of a song by One Direction entitled “Story of My Life”.
educate
Adekunle Gold holds a Higher National Diploma in Art and Design from the Lagos State Polytechnic, Nigeria.
Profession
Adekunle Gold started his career as a musician in 2010 to date and has since produced three albums and multiple singles.
After writing his first song at the age of 15, he broke up from the band he started with school friends. In 2014, he went solo.
He is also popularly known as the King of Photoshop on social media due to his skillful editing and posting of a photo of him hugging Tiwa Savage.
Subsequently, he released his first official song “Sade” written and sung by him on December 19, 2014.
Even though it was a cover of One Direction’s song “The Story Of My Life,” it caused a stir and was even nominated for Best Alternative Song by The Headies in 2015. It’s very popular.
Subsequently, he joined the record label YBNL Nation on March 5, 2015, and released another song Orente through the label.
At the 2015 City People Entertainment Awards, he was nominated for The most promising artist of the year.
On July 18, 2016, he released the cover and track list of his first album “Gold”. The album has a total of 16 tracks and was produced by music production companies such as Masterkraft, Seykeyz, Oscar, and Pheelz. It was released 3 days ahead of the actual release date (July 25, 2016).
As such, it received substantial praise from contemporary music critics and remained at number seven on the Billboard World Albums Chart for the week of August 13, 2016. Before that, he left the record company YBNL Nation due to the expiration of his record. His contract with the record company.
But he didn’t give up and continued to show his band, element 79 according to the atomic number of gold on the table of elements.
Subsequently, Unity Bank appointed Adekunle Gold as its brand ambassador on January 15, 2018. He also released another album “Afro Pop Vol. 1”. 1 August 21, 2020.
personal life
Adekunle Gold married fellow singer Simi in a small circle ceremony in January 2019. That is, they only invited close relatives and friends to the wedding. It was later discovered that they had been dating for 5 years before that.
In May 2020, they were blessed with a beautiful baby girl, Adejare Kosoko Deja.
In 2016, he revealed that he purchased his first car, a 1999 Honda (Baby Boy), for $450,000 from a car dealer and a friend, but it was later purchased by another. Friends spoiled it, threw it away and broke it.
Fortunately, he was able to restore it and sell it for 400,000 Nigerian Naira.
Unfortunately, Adekunle Gold has been linked to accusations of infidelity. This was first mentioned by a popular blogger GistLover on March 21, 2021, but as it happened, his wife Simi discovered his infidelity.
However, he and his wife have not commented on the allegations against him.
net worth
Adekunle Gold has a net worth of approximately $1.5 million. He earned this honor through his career as a musician and graphic designer.
