Birth name Olatunji Yearwood Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter Years active 2005–present Record label Fox Fuse Genres Soca music, Calypso music | Origin Trinidad and Tobago Instruments Vocals Labels FOX FUSE Albums Awakening | |
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Born September 3, 1985 (age 31) ( 1985-09-03 ) Associated acts Machel Montano, Runtown, Mairoon Ali Similar Destra Garcia, Machel Montano, Bunji Garlin, Kerwin Du Bois, Patrice Roberts | ||
Olatunji Yearwood (born September 3, 1985), better known by his mononym Olatunji, is a Trinidadian soca artist.
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Career
Yearwood was born in Trinidad to Edward Yearwood, a well-known composer and mother Mairoon Ali, a Trinidadian actress, radio personality and teacher. He established himself as a Soca talent early on when he entered and won multiple talent shows while still in his teens, including the national Junior Calypso Monarch competition. His shot to global fame when he won Trinidad's famous Soca Groovy Monarch/International Soca Monarch in 2015, performing his blockbuster single "Ola." He is the very last International Groovy Soca Monarch champion, as the competition's format was changed in 2016 to exclude that category.
Yearwood was featured in The Fader Magazine as the face of AfroSoca music, an emerging genre that fuses Soca and Afrobeat. He sees the release of his debut international album 'Awakening' on July 1, 2016, from FOX FUSE - the world's largest label for soca music.
Singles
Albums
Songs
Oh Yay2015
With Meh2015
OLTL2016