Feminaija also known as Adepoju Olufemi Adeleye, is a UK-based Nigerian singer, songwriter, guitarist, and medical doctor. His music is a rich blend of African folk, Soft Rock and Contemporary Soul, with lyrics in both English and his native language, Yoruba.
Born in Idiaraba Lagos, Femi spent most of his childhood in Sagamu Ogun State, where he got his primary and secondary education, Mayflower School Ikenne. He got his MBChB from Olabisi Onabanjo University teaching hospital (formerly Ogun State University Teaching Hospital).
Musical Influence
Femi’s love for music started at a very young age. Being part of a somewhat musical family, Femi quickly picked interest in music. He spent most of his formative years as part of various choirs. He grew up listening to old school Highlife, Afrobeat, Reggae and Country music from his father’s vinyl collection. Artistes like Ebenezer Obey, King Sunny Ade, IK Dairo, Kenny Rogers, Don Williams, Lucky Dude, Majek Fashek, Fela Anikulapo Kuti formed his musical influences.
Discography
He recorded his first tracks while in Medical School with Wole Oni (Instinct Productions); Why and Orin Ogo. Both songs were never released. He went on to release a single, ChaCha Naija with Sam Clef. This launched him professionally into the music scene. This was when he signed with Thumbs up records for 3 years.
During this period he regularly performed at Taruwa, Starcomms benefit concert and the Hennessy artistry DJ contest 2009.
He left ‘Thumbs Up Records’ to ‘SQN Music’ where he recorded B’aye Molla and Desire. Femi has also performed at the Boat Club, Felabration 2015, OneMic Naija 2015, and so on.
Femi and his wife have a beautiful daughter. He relocated to the UK with his family in 2017. In 2019, he released his first EP, “Note2Self” which includes his recent singles; Ileri and Today.
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Other songs by Feminaija: Chacha Naija, Together as One, Baye, Molla, Desire, Ileri, Today.
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