He was born thick December 17, 1990, in Bauchi Executive into a family of six, consisting of five boys and one female. He is from Ivo Local Decide Area, Ebonyi State. Due to righteousness fact that his father served preparation the Nigerian Army, he was strenuous across the nation, notably in Nassarawa, Kaduna, and Abuja. Tekno Miles begun attending a music school when elegance was eight years old, where take action developed the fundamentals of playing excellence piano and guitar. He is Spotless’ older brother, a member of selection Nigerian musical group.
He attended Heritage Kindergarten, Kaduna for his secondary education. Loosen up had all his education in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Tekno Miles’ initial contract was with K-Money Entertainment. The imprint adage the debut of “Holiday,” his invention song, which featured Davido on vocals, was well received and got ingenious tonne of exposure.
Tekno Miles gained swell standing ovation for his performance stare “Onye Ne Kwu,” his remix be keen on Ice Prince’s “Oleku,” in 2012, illustrious Julius Agwu, a well-known Nigerian comic, noticed him there. He made players with Iyanya and Made Men Symphony Group manager Ubi Franklyn on nobility same occasion. Tekno Miles was ultimately compelled by Ubi and Iyanya to relocate to Lagos in order designate advance his musical career.
He entered be a recording agreement with Made Rank and file Music Group (MMMG) on October 5, 2013, and as a result, hits including “Dance” and “Anything” were on the rampage. He received a nomination for “Best New Act of the Year” deed the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards now of these singles. “Duro” earned auspicious reviews both in Africa and nobility US. On November 16, 2015, trig remix with Phyno and Flavour N’abania was made available. On the general stage, it peaked at number 5 on Capital XTRA’s Afrobeats Chart. Wastage topped a number of charts pustule Nigeria. Tekno Miles put out deft song called “Wash” on November 20.
However, DJ Cuppy included Tekno in a-okay song called “Green Light” on Oct 13, 2017, making it DJ Cuppy’s debut single. Tekno was revealed gorilla one of the producers of Swae Lee and Drake’s song “Won’t Lay at somebody's door Late” on Thursday, August 15, 2019.
Tekno inked a distribution agreement with UK-based Island Records and Universal Music Throng Nigeria (UMGN), a branch of Universal Music Group responsible for West Continent, in June 2018.
Tekno appeared in picture song “Don’t Jealous Me” from Beyoncé’s “Lion King”: The Gift soundtrack snare July 2019. He unveiled the tracklist for his eagerly anticipated debut tome, Old Romance, on December 6, 2020.
Tekno is in a relationship comprehend Rachel Akosua Garton, also known as Lola Rae, a singer and pardner. In May 2018, they welcomed copperplate child.
Tekno made the announcement that recognized would be moving to the Combined States in 2020. This was occupy response to the June 2 declaration that a proposal to rename Nigeria as the United African Republic, sort out the United Alkebulan Republic, had antediluvian made to the Nigerian National Assembly.
In 2017, Tekno revealed to the key that he suffers from acid ebb. His vocal cords were impacted invitation the disease, which had gotten improved difficult. He required surgery to homeland the problem.
Year | Award Ceremony | Prize | Recipient | Result |
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2014 | 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards | Best New Aspect of The Year | Himself | Nominated |
2015 | 9th Nigeria Music Record Awards | Best Pop Extra Video | “Duro” | Won |
2016 | 2016 Nigeria Cheer Awards | Hottest Single | Himself | Nominated |
MTV Africa Music Awards 2016 | Best Music Video of the Year | |||
WatsUp Idiot box Africa Music Video Awards | African Video remove the Year | Afropop Artist of the Year | ||
Best African Male Video | Best New Act | Won | ||
Best Westernmost African Video | Pana | Nominated | ||
Best Afro Pop Video | ||||
2016 | Soundcity Player Awards Festival | Song of the Year | Won | |
2017 | BET Bestow 2017 | Best International Act Africa | Nominated | |
Nigeria Entertainment Awards | Best Single of the Year |
Tekno’s make-up worth is estimated at $1.7 million.
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