Joseph Akinwale (born 21 May 1997), known professionally as Joeboy, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.[1] Mr Eazi of the record label emPawa Africa discovered him in 2017. His musical genres are Afro-pop and R&B. He was born in Lagos State, Nigeria. He’s also called Young Legend. The Mr Eazi-assisted track “Fààjí” was released on 26 October 2018; Joeboy used his portion of the grant he received from emPawa100 to shoot a video for the song.[2][1] Joeboy’s single “Baby” was released on 1 March 2019, which garnered 20 million streams across YouTube and Spotify in 2019.[3] The visualizer music video for “Baby” surpassed 31 million views on YouTube.[4] Joeboy released the Killertunes-produced track “Beginning” on 15 August 2019, where its accompanying visualizer music video accumulated 23 million views on YouTube. In the video, he finds himself developing feelings for a friend whose advances he had initially dismissed.[5] Followed by this, he released his debut extended play Love & Light in November 2019 by emPawa Africa.[6] It was supported by the singles “Baby” and “Beginning”.[7] The EP also contains the Mayorkun-assisted track “Don’t Call Me” and “All for You”. In January 2021, Joeboy announced his debut album, Somewhere Between Beauty & Magic, which was released in February 2021 to moderate commercial success. In January 2021, Joeboy announced his debut album, Somewhere Between Beauty & Magic, which was released in February 2021 to moderate commercial success. On 19 May 2023, he released his sophomore studio album, Body & Soul, preceded by the four singles “Sip (Alcohol)”, “Contour”, “Body & Soul”, and “Duffel Bag”. Singer, Bukola Elemide, also known as Asa, issued a copyright infringement notice to Akinfenwa in October 2022, over his recently-released song, “Contour”, over claims that the composition of the song was originally recorded by her and the producer of the song “Tempoe”, earlier in September 2020 during a recording session.[17] Asa, through her legal counsel made a notice to Joeboy via mail, which was shared by Joeboy on his Instagram story on 3 October 2022, revealed that she demanded the sum of N300 million and gave a 24-hour ultimatum for the song to be removed from all digital streaming platforms. Through her management, Asa also asked for a 60 percent publishing split on the song, and a written apology, as seen in the notice.
