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Tunji Ige, The Only Nigerian Nominated For A Grammy Award In 2018 by Automarket47: 12:14pm On Nov 30, 2017
The nominations for the 2018 Grammy Awards have been released – Surprisingly, a Nigerian is among those nominated – His name is Tunji Ige and he was nominated as a producer alongside others like Syk Sense and Chris McClenney In 2016, Nigerians celebrated the fact that Wizkid and Kah – Lo were nominated for Grammy awards and even though they did not win, their names will go down in history.
Recently, the list of nominations for 2018 Grammy awards were announced and surprisingly, another Nigerian was nominated. His name is Tunji Ige and he was nominated as a producer for his work on Location, a record by American singer Khalid. It is nominated in the Best R&B category. He was nominated alongside other producers Syk Sense and Chris McClenney.
Born to Nigerian parents, Tunji has lived all his life in America. He started making music at age 14 using a laptop and a sampler. Since then he has worked with other musicians as well as releasing his own material. He also joined a music collective called Brain Bandits.
In 2014, he released his self-produced debut album titled The Love Project. Since its release, it has been played thousands of times on Soundcloud. The project also attracted positive reviews from music magazines like Pitchfork, Noisey and Fader. He also lists Fela Anikulapo Kuti as one of his musical influences.
Reacting to his nomination, Tunji took to his page to thank all those that contributed on the song.
See his tweet below:

https://kindexgist./2017/11/30/tunji-ige-the-only-nigerian-nominated-for-a-grammy-award-in-2018/

Re: Tunji Ige, The Only Nigerian Nominated For A Grammy Award In 2018 by policy12: 12:16pm On Nov 30, 2017
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Re: Tunji Ige, The Only Nigerian Nominated For A Grammy Award In 2018 by kingxsamz(m): 12:32pm On Nov 30, 2017
I have a feeling he'll win that category... That song was a hit.
Re: Tunji Ige, The Only Nigerian Nominated For A Grammy Award In 2018 by Zanas: 1:14pm On Nov 30, 2017
Automarket47:
The nominations for the 2018 Grammy Awards have been released – Surprisingly, a Nigerian is among those nominated – His name is Tunji Ige and he was nominated as a producer alongside others like Syk Sense and Chris McClenney In 2016, Nigerians celebrated the fact that Wizkid and Kah – Lo were nominated for Grammy awards and even though they did not win, their names will go down in history.
Recently, the list of nominations for 2018 Grammy awards were announced and surprisingly, another Nigerian was nominated. His name is Tunji Ige and he was nominated as a producer for his work on Location, a record by American singer Khalid. It is nominated in the Best R&B category. He was nominated alongside other producers Syk Sense and Chris McClenney.
Born to Nigerian parents, Tunji has lived all his life in America. He started making music at age 14 using a laptop and a sampler. Since then he has worked with other musicians as well as releasing his own material. He also joined a music collective called Brain Bandits.
In 2014, he released his self-produced debut album titled The Love Project. Since its release, it has been played thousands of times on Soundcloud. The project also attracted positive reviews from music magazines like Pitchfork, Noisey and Fader. He also lists Fela Anikulapo Kuti as one of his musical influences.
Reacting to his nomination, Tunji took to his page to thank all those that contributed on the song.
See his tweet below:

https://kindexgist./2017/11/30/tunji-ige-the-only-nigerian-nominated-for-a-grammy-award-in-2018/
Op how did you manage to go into the future and find out who was nominated for 2018 Grammy's? Can u please use the same means to go into 2019 and tell us who will win the 2019 presidential elections in Nigeria?
Re: Tunji Ige, The Only Nigerian Nominated For A Grammy Award In 2018 by Automarket47: 6:44pm On Nov 30, 2017
I believe you can see the tweet?

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