Rotimi Alakija
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Rotimi Alakija |
| Born | United Kingdom |
| Genres | House, electro house, hip house, R'n'B, Naija |
| Occupations | DJ, Producer, Artist |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Empire Mates Entertainment |
| Website | Djxclusiveworld.com |
Rotimi "DJ Xclusive" Alakija (born on the 16th of October), better known as DJ Xclusive is a British Nigerian DJ, producer and artist. He is not related to Nigerian billionaire and oil mogul Folorunsho Alakija.
Early life
Alakija was born in the UK to Nigerian parents. At an early age,he moved to Togo. Soon after this, he left the Togo to Nigeria for his High school education at King's College, Lagos.After his High school education, Rotimi moved to Mozambique before moving on to the UK for his tertiary education at Brunel University to study Financial computing.
Career and success
DJ Xclusive started his career as a DJ professionally in 2003 by performing at various Night Clubs like Aura Mayfair, Penthouse, Funky Buddha and Jalouse while in the same time frame, completed a course in Music Production. Over the course of years during his career, DJ Xclusive has performed with acts like Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Mario Winans, Brick and Lace, Nas, and Fat Joe.[1]
In the 2010 edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Awards held in the United States, DJ Xclusive was voted the “World Best DJ 2010” while in 2011, DJ Xclusive was nominated for "Best DJ" at the 2011 edition of the Black Entertainment Film Fashion Television Awards (BEFFTA Awards).
In 2011, DJ Xclusive became the resident DJ of hit radio station in Nigeria - CoolFM 96.9[2] and also joined Empire Mates Entertainment as Wizkid's official DJ.[3]
DJ Xclusive released a single "I'm Xclusive" alongside renowned UK-Nigerian Artist - Mo Eazy
Discography
Singles
Ibebe featuring Olamide (2013)
Compilation albums
- Empire Mates State of Mind (2012)
References
- ↑ "Chillin DJ Xclusive". genevieveng.com. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ "DJ Xclusive Takes Residence In Lagos". questionmarkmag.com. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ "DJ Xclusive joins EME". Bellanaija.com. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ "VIDEO: DJ Xclusive – Pangolo ft. Timaya". Notjustok. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
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