Oladipo Olamide Emmanuel popularly known as CHINKO EKUN was born on September 13th, 1993 in Lagos, to parents from Ikare Akoko, Ondo State and started rapping as a teenager. He is an undergraduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife.
He spent three years in the underground before launching his career properly in 2011 and quickly caught the attention of Olamide who signed him to YBNL NATION. He featured on 3 tracks of Olamide “Street OT” album and also appeared on Olamide Live In Convert (OLIC) 2014.
Emerging artist Chinko Ekun has been impressing us and building a buzz after his freestyle performance at OLIC 2014 but now the YBNL Nation rapper gives us a deeper taste of his artistry with his debut “Alejo Oran” and “Emi Na Re”.