Ayoola Oladapo Agboola[1] also known as KDDO (and formerly as Kiddominant) is a Nigerian record producer, songwriter. He was born and raised in Lagos State, Nigeria.[2] He is an alumnus of Redeemer’s University, where he studied actuarial science. In an interview with The Hundreds in 2016, he talked about his life and growing up in Lagos, noting how it has influenced him and his music. He also talked about his journey so far and how he started out as a DJ at age 14, and described his style of production:[4] KDDO’s musical influences include Fela Kuti, Timbaland, Kanye West, Sade Adu and Polow da Don. On March 23, 2017, he is signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing as a record producer and a songwriter. In 2018, KDDO became the first[6] Nigerian record producer to be certified by RISA, South Africa. He was certified for his production work’s on “Fall” and “Fela in Versace”. In 2019, he was featured alongside Davido in Chris Brown’s album tilted “Indigo Extended”, he wrote and produced “Under the Influence” and “Lower Body”. KDDO has worked with several artistes including Davido, Wizkid, Summer Walker, Diddy, PartyNextDoor, Ari Lennox, Becky G, Shenseea, Stefflon Don,Popcaan, Wale, Mike Will Made It, DJ Neptune, Aka, DJ Maphorisa, Mr Eazi, Mayorkun and Orezi. His production hits include “Lower Body” and “Under the Influence” by Chris Brown and D&G By Davido and Summer Walker, “Can’t Anymore” by Shenseea, “The Money (feat. Olamide ) by Davido”, “Marry (feat. Mr Eazi)” by DJ Neptune, “Fall” by Davido, “Mama” by Mayorkun and “Fela in Versace” by Aka. On April 17, 2019, Davido claimed that KDDO made it to Beyoncé album “B7”. He leaked the track name co-produced by KDDO, “Nefertiti” featuring Rihanna. In 2018, Beyoncé’s unofficial album “B7” was reportedly leaked on Spotify in November 2018. And according to Kathryn Lindsay[8] of Refinery29 media, she wrote “B7 rumored album appeared on Spotify and it consists of fourteen songs with features from Wizkid, Normani, SZA, Blue Ivy” and a lot more. On July 12, 2017, KDDO kicked off his first tour “L.O.U.D Music Production Tour” which took place in 9 states including Abuja, Lagos State, Enugu, Port Harcourt, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Nairobi, Accra and Addis Ababa supported by Sony ATV and Davido Music Worldwide. In 2019, KDDO headlined and DJ’ed his very own Encore Tour spanning 10 countries from South Africa, Turkey, Nigeria to Mauritius and the US. KDDO shared the stage with “Mayorkun” at the Mayor Of Lagos Concert held in December 2017, alongside Davido being the hype man on stage.[10] In 2018, AKA and KDDO performed at FNB Stadium during AFCON[11] qualifiers match between Nigeria and South Africa. He also performed alongside Bas at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver in 2022.
