Akintunde Abiodun Timileyin aka. T.I Blaze is a 22 year old singer and songwriter from Ogun state, Nigeria. Since being propelled to fame with his ‘Sometimes remix‘ released early 2022 featuring Nigerian Rap legend Olamide, he has independently been pushing his music to all nooks and crannies of the Nation without a record label.’ The Fresh Prince of Lagos’ T.I Blaze’s second Extended Play (EP), was released in an effort to capitalize on his newly-gained success. It was independently released on February 25, 2022. The EP has five songs. TI Blaze’s The Fresh Prince of Lagos had a lot of streams on streaming services. The album has received 72 million streams on Audiomack as well as 24 million streams on Boomplay. Aside from “Sometimes,” the EP yielded the big songs “Try” and “Gbedu.”
The talented lyricist has come out with a full blown album ‘El Major‘ which contains 13 tracks (Goodlife, Benefit, Yawa, Lock Up, Far Away, Panic, Vigure, Play, Kilo, Fire Down, My Life, Alone) with a runtime of 31 minutes. In less than 24 hours after its release, the album peaked at No. 2 on Apple Music Nigeria. It features other talented artists like Backroad Gee, Bella Shmurda, Ladipoe, Fave, and Camidoh. The singer switches between themes of Survival, hustle, fake friends and even Love. Production credits to Okizy, Rexxie, Niphkeys, Dibs, Spykida, and Enta. Listen here