Mayorkun is set to deepen his career as his second album is about to drop.
This means that he shares something with D’Banj as far as this year is concerned: the latter too has announced the release of a new album.
Mayorkun’s new work, titled ‘Back In Office’, is coming three years after his first – ‘The Mayor of Lagos’.
Announcing its coming in an IG post, he says, “The Mayor of Lagos…is back in office.”
In his latest post, the 27-year-old announced the release of his second album, which would be out on October 29, 2021.
Son of a Nollywood actres, Toyin Adewale; and artist/producer father, Sunday Adewale, the 27-year-old artiste with the full name Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel was discovered by big star Davido, who signed him onto his label in 2016.
He was part of the choir at a very young age where he, and, according to him, “learnt the rudiments of music”. He has a degree in Accounting from the University of Lagos, and was in a banking job before he was discovered in 2016.
Mayorkun decided to leave his bank job to search for another due to bad pay, when his cover video was spotted by Davido in February 2016. Davido followed him on Twitter and Instagram, after which Davido asked him if he ccould do more than play the keyboard. He got a call from Davido the same day he wrote his resignation letter and sent Davido some of the songs he already recorded.
Davido decided to sign him to Davido Music Worldwide, with Mayorkung releasing his first single under the label called “Eleko” in 2016. The video of the song gathered a million views in the first 10 days. To his name, Mayorkun has several singles including Yawa, Sade, Che Che, and Mama.
In October 2018, he released singles “Posh” and “Fantasy” featuring Olu Maintain in anticipation of his first studio album titled “The Mayor of Lagos”. The Mayor of Lagos was released on the 16th of November 2018. On December 1, 2018, it appeared on the Billboard World Albums chart, peaking at number 15.
