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Johnny Drille Heralds Debut Album With Genre Transcendent ‘Loving Is Harder’

August 27, 2021 by Adedamola Onabanjo

Towards the end of 2020, Johnny Drille achieved yet another mainstream milestone with Mystery Girl, following the extraordinariness of 2018 hit with Simi, Halleluya. With a career centered around his

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THRDL!FE And Johnny Drille Are The Perfect EDM Pair On ‘Turn Me Up’

May 10, 2021 by Adedamola Onabanjo

On the back of a slew of indie-pop-leaning singles, Johnny Drille has made a habit of spotlighting the rareness of his artistry as one that leans strongly on acoustics and

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Johnny Drille Paces Album Release With Emotive ‘Bad Dancer’

February 19, 2021 by Adedamola Onabanjo

Johnny Drille recently took to his social media to announce the completion of his upcoming album set to drop early in the year following the successful release of Mystery Girl,

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Johnny Drille Shares The First Single Off Upcoming Debut Album ‘Mystery Girl’

November 27, 2020 by Adedamola Onabanjo

After years spent carrying a condensed version of country music in Nigeria on his back, Johnny Drille is finally putting his thoughts and experiences together as one on his forthcoming

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Johnny Drille Has Nothing But Praises For Nigerian Youths On ‘Redemption Song’ Cover

October 22, 2020 by Adedamola Onabanjo

The atmosphere in Nigeria right now is quite grim. Day after day, it gets gloomier and demands the attention of the entire world. The past couple of days have been

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Johnny Drille Dons A Reckless Player’s Hat On ‘Something Better’

March 26, 2020 by Adedamola Onabanjo

Ever in tune with his emotions and surroundings, Johnny Drille makes it back to the heart of listeners this month with a Sigag Lauren-produced single titled aptly titled Something Better.

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Lady Donli, Reekado Banks, Brymo, and Johnny Drille added to Gidifest 2020 line-up

February 28, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

Gidi Culture Festival (Gidi Fest) has announced the second wave of artists to perform at the three-day event, joining headliners, Rema, Flavour, and Naira Marley. The new names include of

Film & TV

Watch Johnny Drille Talk Efe, Jon Bellion and His Sound

November 21, 2019 by Daniel Okechukwu

If you follow Johnny Drille, you know the story of Efe, his crush that got away. In an interview on Legit TV, Johnny discussed moving on from Efe, meeting Jon

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Johnny Drille’s Johnny’s Room Live returns for a three-city tour

October 16, 2019 by Wale Oloworekende

Johnny’s Room Live

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Watch Johnny Drille Perform ‘Papa’ on Ndani Sessions

October 10, 2019 by Daniel Okechukwu

A live performance of his ode to fathers.

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Johnny Drille Shares Heartwarming Single And Video ‘Count On You’

September 13, 2019 by Adedamola Onabanjo

“the greatest love song of all time”.

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Waje and Johnny Drille share the limelight in video for ‘Udue’

August 22, 2019 by Adedamola Onabanjo

Waje comes out of retirement.

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Chinko Ekun And Johnny Drille Team Up On Heartwarming Single ‘Calling’

August 4, 2019 by Adedamola Onabanjo

In recent times, the Nigerian music industry has witnessed the fusion of different genres by artists with different sounds to deliver the best of both worlds. Odunsi (The Engine) and

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Ladi Poe Hops on The Fun Train In Colourful Video for Jaiye (Time of our Lives)

May 15, 2019 by Adedamola Onabanjo

Nigeria’s hip-hop scene is rife with artists whose uncertainty about the path to follow reflects in their music. One artist who has managed to toe the lines of mainstream music

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Johnny Drille is on a mission to find his lover on acoustics driven single ‘Finding Efe’

April 23, 2019 by Adedamola Onabanjo

In unpredictable and laudable ways, Johnny Drille has recently been pulling strings uncommon to an alternative Singer in an industry where he’s plying the road not usually taken. Armed with