The artiste
‘565’ real name OVRIRIE EFE ENERIAKPOZE (born March 12th, 1980) is rapper and R
& B recording artiste. He hails from Isoko South, Delta State of Nigeria.
He has a Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree in Architecture. He started
singing and dancing to the tunes of the late legend Michael Jackson at an early
age. He grew in the choir taking solos and leading the choir at subsequent
times. He got inclination to rap music in 1992 when he listened to Dr Dre and
furthermore listening to Christopher Wallace (Biggie Smalls) and flosses from
Shawn Carter. Then he started writing rap songs and got on stage in 1997 and
had a great experience for a start. He also works as an Architect and lives in
Abuja- FCT, Nigeria. He believes in a great sense of decency which is reflected
in his lyrics and thinks artistes should learn to have songs that inspire and
help people make progress and provide answers.
‘565’ real name OVRIRIE EFE ENERIAKPOZE (born March 12th, 1980) is rapper and R
& B recording artiste. He hails from Isoko South, Delta State of Nigeria.
He has a Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree in Architecture. He started
singing and dancing to the tunes of the late legend Michael Jackson at an early
age. He grew in the choir taking solos and leading the choir at subsequent
times. He got inclination to rap music in 1992 when he listened to Dr Dre and
furthermore listening to Christopher Wallace (Biggie Smalls) and flosses from
Shawn Carter. Then he started writing rap songs and got on stage in 1997 and
had a great experience for a start. He also works as an Architect and lives in
Abuja- FCT, Nigeria. He believes in a great sense of decency which is reflected
in his lyrics and thinks artistes should learn to have songs that inspire and
help people make progress and provide answers.
He got the
name “565” from slum book write ups from secondary school days. The concept
‘565’ is the alphabets that simply represent the letters of his name ‘EFE’. He
used to do more of freestyles until he met a friend ‘Eny X’ now known as ‘Black
Rabbi’ who made him see the importance of writing songs sometime in the late
90s.
name “565” from slum book write ups from secondary school days. The concept
‘565’ is the alphabets that simply represent the letters of his name ‘EFE’. He
used to do more of freestyles until he met a friend ‘Eny X’ now known as ‘Black
Rabbi’ who made him see the importance of writing songs sometime in the late
90s.
He’s written
several songs and featured with several artistes. He dropped his 16-track debut
album titled ‘D WORLD IS MINE’ on the 9th of October, 2011. He featured great
artistes like Samsong, Casey Ed (Winner of Glo Naija Sings Season 2), Protek,
Recky D, TB1, Esta, Temple and a couple of others.
several songs and featured with several artistes. He dropped his 16-track debut
album titled ‘D WORLD IS MINE’ on the 9th of October, 2011. He featured great
artistes like Samsong, Casey Ed (Winner of Glo Naija Sings Season 2), Protek,
Recky D, TB1, Esta, Temple and a couple of others.
He is an
artiste to watch out for especially for events where he’s known to leave the
audience a lasting impression. ‘Where
Dem Dey’ video just came out and was directed by BNG.
artiste to watch out for especially for events where he’s known to leave the
audience a lasting impression. ‘Where
Dem Dey’ video just came out and was directed by BNG.
