Blaqbonez\u2019s real name is Akumefule Chukwuemeka. He was born on 29th January 1996, therefore Blaqbonez\u2019s age as of 2020 is 24. Judging by his names, Blaqbonez hails from Imo state, a state in south-eastern Nigeria dominated by the Igbo tribe. He grew up with his mother, a pastor, in a Yoruba and Urhobo mixed environment. He had his tertiary education at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), where he read an Engineering course.<\/p>\n
Blaqbonez started rapping at the age of 13, in 2009. His cousin challenged him in a rap battle against a 12-year-old who they heard over the radio rapping. Blaqbonez took up the challenge and that was when his rapping all began. In 2011, Blaqbonez started participating in underground rap battles. He eventually won Terry Tha Rapman\u2019s Zombie Competition in 2012, beating 3000 rappers in the challenge and that brought him to the close to his fame. In the same year, he featured on Terry\u2019s 2012 mixtape titled \u201cWorld Domination\u201d alongside top Nigerian musicians including Olamide, Vector, Mode 9, and Spellz.<\/p>\n
Blaqbonez continued to enlarge his fanbase after he won the Tosinadeda\u2019s radio palm wine, in 2015. In the same year, Blaqbonez emerged as the1st Runner up in Vector\u2019s king kong rap competition, and he also won the Rhythmfm Freestyle Fury becoming RhythmFm\u2019s artist of the month that year. In the same year, 2015, Blaqbonez released his third Ep titled CTAT \u2013 (Cassette Tapes and TVs). In addition to his laurels in 2015, Blaqbonez became the Hennessy Vs Class winner, a competition initiated by Soundcity. Blaqbonez became popular after he released his \u201cSouth Africa Must Go\u201d music album where he featured Oladips.<\/p>\n
Blackbonez describes himself as BRIA \u2013 \u201cBest Rapper in Africa\u201d in a diss track and during an interview with The Punch newspaper. The diss track made him famous but brought lots of controversies as it challenged bigger Nigerian rappers such as M.I. Abaga and Vector. Blaqbonez later quoted that the diss track was a wake-up call to African rappers whom he described as being lazy. He was also tagged as the rapper \u201cCarrying the torch of Nigerian rap\u201d by the Guardian newspaper.<\/p>\n
Blaqbonez released an E.P titled \u201cBad Boy Blaq\u201d on 31 August 2018. The \u201cBad Boy Blaq\u201d was produced by former chocolate-city CEO, M.I Abaga. The EP album was released on 100 Crowns, a music label under Chocolate City. A follow-up of the \u201cBad Boy Blaq\u201d EP titled \u201cBad Bloy Blaq Re-Up\u201d, was released in February 2019 and it occupied the 46th position on iTunes Hip Hop Chart for Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Blaqbonez\u2019s recent and 9th Ep titled \u201cMr. Boombastic\u201d was released on 25 October 2019. It was released a day after Blaqbonez released a promotional single \u201cJesus Is Black\u201d which served as a letter to Kanye West. In it, Blaqbonez tells Kanye West to postpone the release of his \u201cJesus Is King\u201d music album which had the same release date as Blaqbonez\u2019s \u201cMr. Boombastic\u201d music album. Blaqbonez\u2019s latest releases are a diss track to South African Sound City MVP Awards winner Khaligraph Jones, titled \u201cGreen Blaq Green\u201d, released on 15th January 2020 and \u201cHaba\u201d, a rap single released on 20th March 2020.<\/p>\n
Blabonez has 8 EPs and several mixtapes to his credit, however the rap singles he has released include<\/p>\n
Shut Up
\nBest Rapper in Africa
\nDenied
\nMamiwota
\nPlay
\nConsent
\nGood Boy
\nNo Longer Stupid
\nBad Boyz
\nAmoshine
\nLowkey
\nI told You
\nWoke
\nBlessings
\nUber
\nSuperman
\nThe Future
\nWave Boy
\nG Girl
\nNo English
\nLevels
\nAccommodate
\nAll I Ever Wanted
\nGreen Blaq Green<\/p>\n
Blaqbonez is a controversial rapper but his affluence cannot be undermined. Blaqbonez net worth is not in records but we expect his net worth to be between an estimated $50,000 and $100,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","biography_category":[827],"class_list":["post-3906","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","biography_category-musician"],"yoast_head":"\n