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| Slick Joe |
Steven
Iyere, known by his stage name as Slick Joe, is one of the rare gems in
the Nigeria music industry devoted to churning out outstanding and timeless
music.
His
sound is commercially different as he combines sweet melody with sensational
vibes. He is a phenomenon, a prodigy, remarkable with an exceptional
personality that radiates love, humility, happiness, persistence, charismatic,
and fun loving.
He recently
released a Rhythm and Blues dancehall tune, ‘Commander,’ and its video,
featuring General Pype. The video, directed and shot by Remote Pictures (Tosin
Igho) is rocking the airwaves around Nigeria and beyond.
Slick
Joe, blessed with dashing looks and a GQ dress sense, is back stronger and
ready to capture the music industry. He is currently working on his self titled
solo album, and already has some singles online such as: Addicted, Sweet-loving
and Mercy.
The
prolific and versatile song writer with great sense of tonality is a soulful
crooner who loves to play Cupid with his songs. He showed his love for music at
a very tender age. In fact, he started learning the rudiments of music while in
primary school.
Born
on October 13, 1989, the Edo State indigene is blessed with a beautiful and
well trained voice. A precocious child, by the time he was in Primary five, he
could play the recorder excellently. He made progress in his study of music by
joining his secondary school choir. From there, he started learning to control
his voice, perfecting his texture and range. He also picked up the clarinet and
at this he became so good he was dubbed "Clarinet".
Finding more outlets to express his musical talent, Slick Joe started composing his own songs. Most of his compositions were special Sunday renditions by his church choir. Most drew so much applause that his mind was made up to pursue music as a career.
The graduate of Psychology from Covenant University started recording songs and performing while in the University. Slick Joe performed in a lot of shows while in the university and at one of such occasions, he was recognized by Prof Aize Obayan, the then Vice Chancellor of Covenant University who tagged his performance as 'slick,’ thereafter, he adopted it as a stage name.
While at the University, Slick Joe worked with different producers likes of Nay Palm, Dr. Frabz, Spells, Puff tee, Buster Keys, Magic Fingers, Ex o, Dell B, to mention a few. He also played key role in writing, composing and arranging songs for different college occasions and university functions.
Slick Joe, whose style has been compared by many to Usher, by many more to R Kelly and still by some to Craig David, considers himself as an R&B act.
Finding more outlets to express his musical talent, Slick Joe started composing his own songs. Most of his compositions were special Sunday renditions by his church choir. Most drew so much applause that his mind was made up to pursue music as a career.
The graduate of Psychology from Covenant University started recording songs and performing while in the University. Slick Joe performed in a lot of shows while in the university and at one of such occasions, he was recognized by Prof Aize Obayan, the then Vice Chancellor of Covenant University who tagged his performance as 'slick,’ thereafter, he adopted it as a stage name.
While at the University, Slick Joe worked with different producers likes of Nay Palm, Dr. Frabz, Spells, Puff tee, Buster Keys, Magic Fingers, Ex o, Dell B, to mention a few. He also played key role in writing, composing and arranging songs for different college occasions and university functions.
Slick Joe, whose style has been compared by many to Usher, by many more to R Kelly and still by some to Craig David, considers himself as an R&B act.
In
his words: "Music is a part of me. Music is an avenue for me to express
the various experiences that I have felt. The feelings could be love or
heartbreak, joy or sorrow, loss or glory and of course fun!"
His song writing ability is so developed that he
has learnt to capture emotions perfectly with words. Fused with his sonorous
voice, he is a legend in the making! He continues to draw applauses from his
stage performances and works harder each day, striving to achieve perfection in
all he does.
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