Sound Sultan

Sound Sultan is the fourth of six children to Fasasi Liadi Alarape (father) and Fasasi Adeyinka Ajarat (mother). He attended Stepping Stone Nursery and Primary (1981–1987) school before moving to Federal Government College Ogbomosho (1988–1993) to attain his secondary school education. He then acquired a degree in geography and regional planning from Lagos State University in 1999.

By 1991, he had taken an interest in music, miming at school parties and writing his own lyrics. He attributes his early influence to his elder brother Baba Dee who studied theatre arts, and received most of his early stage experience through Baba Dee.[2] He started learning how to play the guitar after his secondary school education and was in a band by 1999.

Sound Sultan's career in show business started in the 1990s, when he hosted shows to raise money for studio sessions.

By 1999, he had won numerous local talent-hunt shows. He released his first single "Jagbajantis" in 2000,[3] which was a hit in Nigeria. After independently releasing other singles and featuring in hit songs of other artists, he was signed by Kennis Music.[4]

Under Kennis Music, he released four albums. By 2007, his contract with the label expired[5] and he partnered with Baba Dee to start Naija Ninjas, a parent organization for a record label, production outfit and clothing line.[5] After starting as a rapper, he has worked in different musical genres from R&B to Afrobeat, soul and Nigerian Fuji music. He has said that artists shouldn't be judged on the genre in which they perform, that the important thing is the message conveyed in the music.[6]

Under Naija Ninjas, he released Back From The Future (2010) and signed artists such as Karma Da Rapper, Young GreyC, Shawn and Blacka.[2]

Sound Sultan began a working relationship with Wyclef Jean when featured alongside 2face Idibia and Faze on "Proud to be African" from Wyclef's Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101 album. They have collaborated on two other projects: "King of My Country" (2009) and "People Bad" (2012).[7]

In 2012, it was announced that Sound Sultan was made a UN Ambassador for Peace for his exemplary lifestyle and career.[8]

In 2015, Sound Sultan released the rap single "Remember"[9] after a long absence from the music scene.

in 2016, Sound Sultan released his seventh album, Out of the Box. Songs featured Patoranking, Sarkodie and 2Face Idibia.

Sound Sultan and Baba Dee made the comedic film Head Gone which is distributed on Netflix.

Sound Sultan, who used to play basketball for the Dodan Warriors, partnered with investors and purchased shares in the Lagos Islanders basketball team in 2015. He later became a facilitator in the African Basketball League, and was a special guest at the first NBA African Games.

After the fallout of the African Basketball League, Sound Sultan joined forces with the organizers of the Continental Basketball League to become a team owner of Lagos City Stars (the 2017 champions) and a facilitator of the league entertainment.[10] In November 2017, Sound Sultan joined forces with Wizkid and 2Baba to create Geshomo, which enjoyed massive airplay all over Africa and the United Kingdom.

Sound Sultan featured on Honorebel's 2019 single "Bridal" with Joe El.[11]

In 2009, Sound Sultan married his long-term girlfriend Chichi Morah, now known as Farida Fasasi from the Igbo ethnic group.[12] The couple has three children.[13]

• Kpseeeeeeew (2001)
• Textbook (2004)
• Naija 007 (2007)
• SS4 (2008)
• Back to The future (2010)
• Me, My Mouth and Eye (2012)[1]
• Out of The Box (2016)

• 2003 Fame awards best new artiste
• 2003 Fame awards best afro beat song
• 2003 Fame awards most popular song
• 2005 Amen awards best songwriter
• 2005 Amen awards best afro song
• 2007 Soundcity awards best collabo
• 2010 best collabo headies
• 2010 NMVA best specialeffects video
• 2012 celebrity mvp DSTV NBBF ALL STAR WEEKEND
• 2012 The Headies Award for Album of the Year (Back From The Future) (nominated)[17]
• 2016 Legendary award scream awards
• 2017 Scream awards
• 2018 HEADIES best contemporary song – aramide fun mi lowo mi ft sound sultan and koker