Olalekan Babatunde Olayade, popularly known by his stage name "LKT" is a Nigerian

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, songwriter and performer.

Music biography

LKT began his music career with

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in 1993 but later changed his style of music to hip hop but rose to prominence in 2007 when he featured in the hit song ''

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'', released by

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, a Nigerian hip-hop artiste, lkt made the track a hit due to his fuji style which was sensational at that time. He has a unique talent and his very versatile when switching from singing hip-hop, reggae and fuji music. In January 2011, he released a song titled "''Follow Follow''" featuring

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and the song was preceded by "''Alaye Mi''. The remix of the song which featured Davido was released in March 2012. It was part of his debut album The Journey while the album had guest appearances from

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n singers

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, Davido,

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, Kayswitch, Olamide,

and

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. And since then LKT has released numerous songs, his latest "Where you dey" has also been a hit in the Music Industry.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:LKT Living people Nigerian male singer-songwriters Nigerian male pop singers Nigerian hip hop singers English-language singers from Nigeria Yoruba-language singers Musicians from Lagos Nigerian music industry executives 1984 births 21st-century Nigerian male singers