Born Adedamola Adefolahan, Fireboy DML used to be simply known as DML. In those days, he featured on Cheque s EP, when both were undergraduates at the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. A little while later, he attended the same songwriting academy with fellow artist, Joeboy.
Then he moved in with
Mystro and wrote the hit single, Immediately before collaborating with his best friend,
Oxlade on the vocal show-off, Sing. Word on the street has it that at the time, Fireboy was asked to move out of an apartment.
He also released the R&B record, ‘
King.’ He kept working and then got discovered by