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Augustine Miles Kelechi Okechukwu (Tekno)

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Kelechi is from Ivo Local Government Area, Ebonyi State,Nigeria.[2] He was born in Bauchi State into a family of six — five boys and one girl.[3][4] He was raised in several parts of the country including Nassarawa, Kaduna and Abuja due to the fact that his father was a member of the Nigerian Army.[5] At the age of 8, Tekno Miles was enrolled in a music school where he learned and mastered the rudiments of playing the piano and guitar.[5] He is the elder brother to another Nigerian musical act, Spotless. Tekno Miles was first signed under K-Money Entertainment. His breakout single titled “Holiday”, was released under the imprint. With featured vocals from Davido, “Holiday” was positively accepted and gained massive airplay. In 2012, Tekno Miles was spotted by renowned Nigerian comedian Julius Agwu at an event in Abuja, after Tekno Miles received a standing ovation following the performance of a song titled “Onye Ne Kwu”, his remix of Ice Prince’s “Oleku”. It was at the same event he met Iyanya and Ubi Franklin, the manager of Made Men Music Group and they became friends. Ubi and Iyanya eventually encouraged Tekno Miles to move to Lagos to further his music career. On 5 October 2013, he signed a recording contract with Made Men Music Group (MMMG),[8] under which he released singles like “Dance” and “Anything”. These singles earned him a nomination in the “Best New act of the Year” category at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.[9] On 18 June 2015, Tekno Miles released his hit single titled “Duro”, which was produced by DJ Coublon. “Duro” was positively received both in Africa and in the US.[10] A remix which featured Phyno and Flavour N’abania was released on 16 November 2015.[11][12] It topped several charts in Nigeria and on the international scene, it peaked at number 5 on Capital XTRA’s Afrobeats Chart: Top 10 for September 2015.[13] On 20 November 2015, Tekno Miles released a single titled “Wash”. The song was produced by DJ Coublon with the video directed by AJE Filmworks.[14] On 27 December 2016, Tekno was named one of the top ten hip-hop and R&B talents to watch in the United States in 2017 by Billboard.[15] tekno also known as the Pana master has changed his name to Big Tek.

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Tekno released the tracklist for his long-awaited debut album, Old Romance.[27] In 2022, he featured in Kizz Daniel’s ‘Buga’, a track that became the No. 1 shazamed tune within the same year.[28] Also, within the same year, Davido revealed how Tekno had assisted in reviving his career at a very crucial moment when he needed fresh inspiration.

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Augustine Miles Kelechi Okechukwu (Tekno)

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