Biography
EARLY LIFE
Olawale Ashimi was born and raised in Okokomaiko, Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria. His father is an Awori carpenter and his mother is an Egun petty trader; he is his parents' only child. Ashimi grew up in a multi-faith household and learned to recite the entire Qur'an after being enrolled into an Islamic School. He attended Aganju Aka Primary School and later enrolled at Japual Primary School. Ashimi was initially interested in pursuing a career in football after graduating from secondary school. In 1999, while in secondary school, Ashimi recorded his first song and titled it "Future". In 2002, he and some of his friends formed a group called The Aliens; they were active between 2004 and 2005, and disbanded in 2005. Ashimi was inspired to create music after listening to his mother singing fuji songs. He gained admission to Lagos State University (LASU), where he studied zoology, but after his second year he left to pursue a career in music.
CAREER
Brymo released his debut studio album Brymstone in 2007. He signed a recording contract with music label Chocolate City in 2010. His second studio album, The Son of a Kapenta, was released in 2012. Following his controversial exit from Chocolate City in 2013, Brymo released Merchants, Dealers & Slaves (2013), Tabula Rasa (2014), Klĭtôrĭs (2016) and Oṣó (2018). In 2019, he formed the alternative rock band A.A.A. In 2020, he released the album Yellow and the EP Libel. In September 2021, Brymo released the bipartite albums 9: Èsan and 9: Harmattan & Winter. His tenth studio album, Theta, was released in 2022, along with his third book The Bad Tooth. He also starred in the films Price of Admission (2021) and Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman (2022). In 2022, Brymo rebranded himself as a sonic artist and released the sonic albums Mansa (2023) and Macabre (2023).
PERSONAL LIFE
Brymo has a son who was born on 27 March 2015. He is married to his son's mother, Esse Kakada, who was featured on the song "Naked" from Klĭtôrĭs. On multiple tracks from the albums Èsan and Harmattan & Winter, Brymo opens up about cheating on his wife and talks about their brief separation.
Filmography
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