Reekado Banks

Ayoleyi Hanniel Solomon (born 6th December 1993), better known by his stage name Reekado Banks, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. Many Reekado songs become very popular and trendy online with a great number of streaming and downloads on Boomplay.

Reekado Banks is the last child of a music-loving family. His father is a pastor from Ondo State and his mother is a caterer. Moreover, his elder brother is a producer and his elder sister is a gospel singer. He grew up in a disciplinarian setting due to both of his parents being pastors. Reekado Banks completed his secondary school at the age of 14.

Career
He started recording his first set of songs in 2008. His elder brother produced all of his earlier songs and tutored him on the rudiments of singing, writing and producing. He derived the stage name Reekado Banks by combining the meanings of the two names; the former part of his stage name translates to "strong ruler", while the latter part loosely translates to "wealth".

In 2014, Reekado Banks graduated from the University of Lagos with a degree in history and strategic study. He has cited Don Jazzy, 2face Idibia, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Olamide and M.I as his key musical inspirations

He signed with Mavin Records in 2014 and left the label in 2018 He went by the stage name Spicy prior to his record deal with Mavin Records. Reekado Banks was declared Rookie of the Year at The Headies 2014, and won the controversial Next Rated award at The Headies 2015. His debut studio album Spotlight was released on 1 September 2016; it debuted at number 10 on the Billboard World Albums chart.

His record deal with Mavin Records came as a result of his brother submitting some of his songs to the label in an online talent search. Reekado Banks got signed to Mavin Records after his entries were selected from over 5000 entries. In an interview with the National Mirror, he said his brother submitted his songs and communicated with the label on his behalf without his initial consent. Reekado Banks also told the National Mirror he's a versatile artist who makes music with the thought that humans are different and have different tastes.

Reekado Banks premiered the single "Turn It Up" on 21 February 2014, which coincided with the day he signed with Mavin Records. The song features Tiwa Savage and was released as his first official single under Mavin Records. Reekado Banks was featured on the critically acclaimed song "Dorobucci", alongside Don Jazzy, Korede Bello, Tiwa Savage, Di'Ja, Dr SID and D'Prince. Reekado Banks also worked with some of the aforementioned artists to release three collaborative singles: "Adaobi", "Arise" and "Looku Looku".

On 13 February 2015, he released the Don Jazzy-produced song "Katapot". It was alleged to be a diss track towards D'banj and Wande Coal. In February 2015, Don Jazzy debunked the allegations in a series of tweets. While speaking to Vanguard newspaper, Reekado Banks said he created "Katapot" for his fans.

In July 2015, Nigerian telecommunications company Globacom signed Reekado Banks to an endorsement deal. On December 7, 2018, he announced his departure from Mavins Records after 5 years. He also announced the launch of his independent outfit Banks Music.

In September 2019, he sacked his elder brother, Temi Solomon as his manager. When asked the reason he did that, he said: “It was just next level dealings, I wanted to get somewhere else, the vision became a lot farther, like I saw farther than I used to see and I just needed somebody that’ll see as much, most especially someone that’s been there with other people (artists) but me and my brother are cool".After being away with no hit songs Reekado Banks came back in 2021 with a brand new tune titled "Ozumba Mbadiwe".

Achievements
• He won the 2017 headies award for hip hop world revelation of the year
• He also won the 2015 Top Naija Music Award for Revelation of the Year
• He won the 2015 City People Entertainment Award for Most Promising Act of the Year

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Reekado Songs and Albums
• Ozumba Mbadiwe
• Sugar Baby
• Blessings on me
• Rora
• OTR vol. 2 (Album)
• Off The Record (Album)
• Omo Olomo
• Ladies and Gentlemen
• Put in Pressure
• You dey Mad

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