Yung L

Yung L was born and raised in Jos, Plateau State. His mother greatly influenced his decision to become a musician, first by introducing him to the church drummer, and later, to the church pianist (Meca-E of Square Records).^[1] They both taught him the rudimentary aspects of music and how to play certain instruments. He soon began playing the drums in church, and Secondary School.

A graduate of the University of Jos, Omenye started singing, rapping, and performing at social events and joined a music group known as Mac9. They performed songs by some of Yung L’s musical influences such as Damian Marley and Jay-Z.^[2]

While attending the University of Jos Medical School, Yung L met other budding musicians, such as Ice Prince (formerly),^[3] Endia, J.Milla, and Chopstix the producer. Together, they formed the GRIP movement, with Yung L acting as president of the Grip Music label. Grip music comprises individual artists Yung L, Endia, Jmilla, and chopstix, who are collectively known as the Grip Boiz- in the manner of the Choc Boys and WuTang Clan. In 2011, they moved to Lagos to pursue their music careers full-time.

Prior to signing his record deal with Chocolatecity Music,^[4] Yung L^[5] performed and released music as an independent artist. During this period, he released singles like Pass The Aux,^[6] SOS^[7] which was nominated for MTV’s Music Video of the Year Award^[8] In 2017, Yung L, Skales and producer Chopstix were featured by Major Lazer on the remix of "Run Up"^[9] which also features Nicki Minaj and PartyNextDoor, this gained him more international recognition.

With Chocolate City Music, he released singles and an album titled 'Better Late Than Never'.^[10] The album features the Ghanaian artist Sarkodie and others.

• Better Late Than Never (2017)
• Jollification (EP) (2019)
• Juice & Zimm (EP) (2020)