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Phyno Biography
Chibuzor Nelson Azubuike also
known as Phyno is the undisputed
‘Man of The Year’. The talented Igbo
rapper who started out as a
producer has risen to become one of
Nigeria’s biggest music acts today.
He is popular for hit tracks
including “Ghost Mode”, “Man of
the Year”,”Alobam”, “Parcel” and
“O Set”. A decade of hard work and
passion has helped transform the
“Ghost Mode and Obago” rapper/
producer teleporting him from
underground hype to a household
name in Nigeria and beyond its
shores.
EARLY DAYS Phyno, who hails from
Anambra State was born on 9th
October 1986 and bred in Enugu
State. He is the fourth child out of 5
children. He got the name Phyno,
which is actually short for
phenomenal, from a high school
friend by the name of Emeka.
Phyno started nursing his dream of
doing music during his secondary
school days. He initially wanted to
become a pilot, but was later
informed that he could be a doctor.
While he was in high school, he got
himself thoroughly acquainted with
the drums and piano. He also
learned to create his own version of
every recording he heard.
For his tertiary education, Phyno
attended the Institute of
Management and Technology in
Enugu where he studied Public
Administration. During his second
year, he started making a few bucks
from music.
CAREER AS A RAPPER AND
PRODUCER
Phyno has long been producing for
the likes of  Flavour, Timaya,
Ruggedman, Bracket,2Shotz, J
Martins and Mr. Raw, however, he
only started rapping in 2010 after
moving down to Lagos and taking
the advice of Ill Bliss to get into the
booth and try his hands at rapping.
In 2012, Phyno started recording
songs for his debut studio album, No
Guts No Glory, in 2012 which didn’t
drop until early 2014. The album
featured guest appearances from
Stormrex, Omawumi, Olamide, Efa,
P-Square, Timaya, Flavour
N’abania, Mr. Raw, M.I, Ice Prince
and Runtown. Most of the songs in
the album were recorded in Igbo
and Nigerian Pidgin. “Ghost Mode”
which was released in September
2012 served as the album’s lead
single. The song featured Yoruba
rap superstar, Olamide and it went
on to top numerous charts across the
country. Other songs from the
album including Man of the Year,
Alobam and Parcel were also well
received apart from the video for
Man of the Year (Obago) which was
banned from being aired in
September 2013 by the Nigerian
Broadcasting Corporation.
AWARDS AND BEING A GUINESS
AMBASSADOR
Phyno won Best Collabo at both the
2012 The Headies Awards and 2013
Nigeria Entertainment Awards with
his hit song, Ghost Mode. In total, he
has earned 15 nominations and won
4 awards at several awards
ceremonies he has been part of
including Channel O Music Video
Awards, City People Entertainment
Awards, Nigeria Entertainment
Awards, African Muzik Magazine
Awards, Nigeria Music Video
Awards (NMVA and The Headies.
In August 2014, a Thisday news
story reported that Phyno had
become an ambassador of Guinness
Nigeria’s Made of Black campaign
alongside Olamide and Eva Alordiah.
The super star performed at the
launch of the campaign and he was
also present in the television
commercial as well as online
adverts.
MEDIA SCANDALS
Phyno was once rumoured to have
impregnated a young lady by the
name of Rita Edmond but he denied
this in an interview with Punch
newspapers in 2014. Another issue
that got everyone talking about
Phyno in 2014 was a photograph of
him appearing to be kissing
Limpopo crooner, Kcee. The picture
trended on popular social media and
people wondered whether Phyno
was gay. He however debunked
those claims and blamed the
misleading picture on bad camera
angling.
DISCOGRAPHY
No Guts No Glory (2014)
2 Kings [Collaboration album with
Olamide] (2015)

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