Donald Ofik, popularly known as Prettyboy D-O, is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

recording artist with chaotic blend of

afrobeats Afrobeats (not to be confused with Afrobeat or Afroswing), or Afro-pop or Afro-fusion (or Afropop or Afrofusion), is an umbrella term to describe popular music from West Africa and the diaspora that initially developed in Nigeria, Ghana, and ...

, hip hop,

alté Alté (locally pronounced as "uhl-teh"), is a fusion genre of music that combines elements of afrobeats, dancehall, reggae, hip hop, and alternative R&B. The term was coined in the 2010s by Nigerian music group DRB LasGidi, meaning alternative a ...

dancehall Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) "The Rou ...

, and R&B. His debut mixtape ''Everything Pretty'' reached the number one spot on

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. He was nominated for

The Headies 2022 The Headies 2022 was the 15th edition of Nigerian music awards The Headies. It held at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on 4 September 2022. Wizkid lead nominations with ten, Tems and Ayra Starr with eight ea ...

best reggae and dancehall album.

Music career

In 22 July 2022, Aluna, Prettyboy D-O and KoolDrink teamed up to release the

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- afrobeat single ''Nowhere to Hide''. In 2021, Prettyboy released his album, ''Love is war'' and it appeared on

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's list of top 50 best albums 2021.

Discography

Mixtape

*''Everything Pretty''

Album

*''Love is War''

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website
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