Babatunde Olusegun Adewale(born June 14, 1975), popularly known by his stage name Modenine, is an English-born Nigerian rapper. In 2014, he released a song titled "Super Human" with Jamaican-American rapper

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Early life

Mode9 was born in London on June 14, 1975. He is the third child of his parents who are from

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. He has credited

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for inspiring his love for Hip Hop.

Education

He attended Agboju secondary school. He earned a degree in Building Technology at

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, Niger State, Nigeria.

Career

He worked with Rhythm 84.7fm in Abuja, Nigeria as a radio presenter. In an interview with hot FM's breakfast show with TuTu Adeoba and Cheezy Charles in 2013, the artiste complained about Nigerians not being lovers of his style of song as he claimed to have released an

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and nobody cared about it. He however reaffirmed that he won't change his style of music as far as his real fans still appreciate him.

Discography

In 2004, Mode9 released his debut project, Malcolm IX. His next album, Pentium IX was released in 2006. In 2007, he released another album called É Pluribus Unum. Modenine has eight studio albums. He released in 2018, a new album titled Hence4th produced by Black Intelligence. In 2019, he released an album titled The Monument Single Albums *''Malcolm IX -2004 '' *''Pentium IX - 2006'' *''E' Pluribus Unum "One Amongst Many" -2007 '' *''The Paradigm Shift -2008'' *''Da Vinci Mode -2010'' *''Above Ground Level - 2014'' *''Insulin - 2016'' *''The Monument (By Stormatique) - 2019'' Featured Albums *''Modenine & Alias - Pay At-10-Shun - 2010'' *''Modenine & Mills The Producer - Golden Era Guevara New Era Mandela - 2011'' *''Modenine & XYZ - Alphabetical Order - 2013'' *''Modenine and DJ Papercutt - Look What I Found EP - 2016'' *''Modenine & Black Intelligence - Hence4th - 2018'' Mixtapes *''Malcolm IX - The Lost Sessions - 2004'' *''Pentium IX - The Mixtape - 2005'' *''Nigel Benn's KraftWork (Modenine and Kraft) - The Soul Edition - 2007'' *''09.09.09 The Mix Tape - 2009'' *''Occupy The Throne - 2012''

References

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