Abanny, whose real name is Olatunji Gbolahan Sulaimon, is a hip-hop songwriter and recording artist. He grew up in Lagos State after being born in Ogun State. Abanny started listening to Olamide Baddo’s music nonstop when he became his role model in 2012. Although he had always aspired to be like Olamide Baddo, he was unaware that he would pursue a career in singing until 2015.
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Abanny began his music career in 2015 as a rapper, but when his role model remarked “rap O jawo, Ori lo jawo,” he quickly flipped. He’s doing well now since he works so hard on himself to improve his Afrobeats skills.
Since 2015, Abanny has been working as an independent musician without the assistance of a record label. In 2019, he filmed his debut music video for the song “Insta Lover.”
Abanny changed his stage name from gbollycoded to Abanny in 2020 because some of his followers outside of Nigeria were unable to use the gbolly pronoun.
