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Tekno – Biography And Career Of An Ace Nigerian Musician, Tekno Miles

By Ebunoluwa Ojo | Entrepreneurs.ng Staff

Augustine Miles Kelechi popularly known as Tekno or Alhaji Tekno is a popular Nigerian singer-songwriter, producer and a dancer. His father plays the guitar so, he started learning from a tender age too. Today, Tekno is one of the highly ratedNigerian musicians, with several musical productions.

Tekno Background

Tekno Miles was born on December 17, 1992 in Bauchi State. He hails from Ivo LGA, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. His father was in the Nigerian Army, and so he had the opportunity to live and travel to several Northern Nigerian states like Kaduna, Nasarawa e.t.c. He attended Heritage School, Kaduna for his secondary education.

Tekno Early Career

Tekno became a member of the choir early and he was enrolled into a music school at age 8. While he was in the music school, he started learning how to play musical instrument like the piano and guitar.

In 2013, Tekno released his first single titledHoliday under K-Money Entertainment. The song featured vocals from Davido. The song Holidaygained massive airplay on radio and TV and placed Tekno on the Nigerian musical map.

Onye ne kwu

Tekno met Julius Agwu, an ace comedian who took interest in him when he performed the song Onye Ne Kwu, his remix of Ice Prince’e Oleku at an event in Abuja. At the same event in Abuja, he met Iyanya and Ubi Franklyn, the manager of Made Men Music Group record label. The duo also took interest in him and encouraged him to move to Lagos to further his musical career.

Made Men Music

Made Men Music Group (MMMG) is a Nigeria based record label. Ubi Franklin is the CEO of the MMMG and Iyanya is a major act of the label. Tekno joined this record label in Oct. 2013. He signed under the label and released songs likeDance and Anything. In 2014, the group also released a compilation album titled The Evolution. Other acts under the Made Men Music Group include; Selebobo, Emma Nyra, and Baci.

Duro (Wait)

Tekno released another single titled Duro on June 18, 2015. Duro was produced by DJ Coublon. This song became a hit and received airplays on radio and television stations. Similarly, this song was positively received across Africa and the United States, and it topped several charts in Nigeria and on international charts. In November 2015, he recorded and released the remix version featuringPhyno and Flavour N’abania. Duro debuted at number 5 on capital XTRA’s Afro beats Chart Top 10 for September, 2015.

Tekno Songs

Miles has recorded and released numerous songs. Here is a list of his songs

Holiday, 2013
Onye Ne Kwu ft Ice Prince, 2013
Dance, 2014
Shoki, 2014
Go Low, 2014
Mess, 2014
Zima, 2014
Jonzing, 2014
Anything, 2014
Duro, 2015
Maria, 2015
Wash, 2015
Where, 2016
Pana, 2016
Rara, 2016
Yawa, 2017
Be, 2017
Samantha, 2017
Go, 2017
Mama ft Davido, 2017
Only, 2017
Your Love, 2018
Jogodo, 2018
Choko, 2018
Body ft Kizz Daniel, 2018
Woman, 2019
Don’t jealous me, 2019
Freak Me, 2019
Uptempo, 2019

Records Produced By Tekno

As a Producer, some of the best songs he produced include the following;

Show by Victoria Kimani, 2014
Feeling You by Rima ft. Tekno, 2015
Pray for You by Lynxx ft. Tekno, 2015
Boss by Ice Prince, 2015
Last Station by Stoneboy ft. Tekno, 2016
If by Davido, 2017
Catch You by Flavour, 2017
Silika by Madee Ft Tekno, 2017
Go by Tekno, 2017
Green Light by DJ Cuppy ft. Tekno
Jogodo by Tekno, 2018

Tekno Personal Life

Tekno is in a relationship with a singer and dancer, Rachel Akosua Garton professionally known as Lola Rae. They welcomed a child in 2018.

Tekno Net Worth

According to Naijaquest.com, his net worth is estimated at $1.7 million. It was also in the news that he signed a deal with Sony Entertainment for about 4 million naira. Tekno also signed a deal worth millions of Naira as an ambassador for MTN.

Awards And Nominations

Best New Act of the Year, Nigeria Entertainment Award, 2014
Best Pop Extra Video, 9th Nigeria Music Video Awards, 2015
The Best New Act, MTV Africa Music Awards, 2016
African Video Of The Year, MTV Africa Music Awards, 2016

Tekno Quotes

“Don’t seek to achieve to impress.”

“Don’t die for what you don’t have.”

“Rejoice for others, you won’t die.”

“What is yours will always be yours, jealousy kills.”

Entrepreneurial Lesson from Tekno Miles

Follow your passion and stay humble. Tekno has always been passionate about music from a young age. He pursue his passion and has constantly improved himself and has remained relevant till today. More over, he has also stayed humble in spite of the fame from his career. Additionally, he also has business sense and understands that you need to collaborate with industry leaders to tap into their network. He has collaborated with top artiste like Davido, Drake, Ice Prince, DJ Cuppy, many more.

Also, for entrepreneurs, always go for a business that you are passionate about. Passion keeps you going even when the vision is blurry. Also, you should not be proud to seek out people who are doing well in the industry you are playing in.

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Photo Credit: Silverbirdtv.com, Gistmania, Eskimi.com, Naijamusic.com.ng, Billboard.com, and Notjustok.

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Young fir moriss11/06/2020 At 11:37 pmI just want to get like himReply
Joseph chongkon16/05/2020 At 1:27 amI just want to be like himReply

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