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Europe-based Nigerian Afro-beat singer, Ifeoluwa Daniel Ayeni, known in the music industry as Moriento, hails from Akure, Ondo State. He bagged a degree in Philosophy at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko. The lyric extraordinaire in a chat with FEMI OGUNTAYO, talks about his music career, among other issues. EXCERPTS:
What led you into music?
I started as a kid out of mumbling. My immediate elder brother once told me that I was 3 years old when I had my peer group gathered in our neighborhood leading a chorus that has no exact meaning. He said I started singing: “Idiye adidiye” he said before they knew it, other kids around my age joined me and whenever I said ‘Idiye’, the kids replied, ‘Adidiye’. By the time I was in primary 5 at Command Children School, NDA Cantonment, Kaduna, I was lucky to have an elder brother David; who was professionally into music in Kaduna under the group called “The Bishops”. He was their lead vocalist and they always re
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Europe-based Nigerian artiste, Ifeoluwa Daniel Ayeni aka Moriento is an artiste who draws inspiration from great musical icons like afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Orlando Owoh and DMX. The rap/afrobeats artiste is working on a couple of projects that are ready to hit the airwaves. He recently released his “first activism” kind of music with the title ‘Home Training’. Moriento shares his experience and music journey in this interview with Ferdinand Ekechukwu
Who is Ifeoluwa Daniel Ayeni, aka Moriento?
I’m an artiste, a composer and a lyricist; I do Afrobeats and rap music. I’m presently base in Baltic, Europe. I hail from Ondo state Nigeria, Akure to be precise. I bagged a degree in Philosophy, at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria. I am the last in a family of six.
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