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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Daddy Showkey
Person · male · Nigeria · Lagos State · born 1970 · recording since 2011
Nigerian singer
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Also known as John Odafe Asiemo
Timeline
2 events◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1970s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: The Name
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
Biography
English biography158 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1366789652
Biography
Daddy Showkey is a veteran Nigerian galala singer. His genre of music is called ghetto dance or simply ghetto. He was born in Ajegunle and rose to popularity there in the late 1990s. He was born as John Odafe Asiemo but is known as Daddy Showkey all over the Ghetto. He hails from Olomoro Kingdom in Isoko South LGA of Delta State.
Singles
1996 "Diana"
1991 "Fire Fire"
2000 "The Name
The NameSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1The Name4:262Dancing Scene4:413Diana4:484Mayazeno4:465Fire Fire4:586Jahova4:237The Chicken3:208What's Gonna Be Gonna Be5:10"
2011 "The Chicken"
2011 "Sandra"
2011 "Young girl"
2011 "Ragga Hip hop"
2011 "Asiko"
2011 "Mayazeno"
2011 "Girl's cry"
2011 "What's gonna be gonna be"
2011 "Welcome"
2011 "Ghetto Soldier"
2011 "Jehovah"
2011 "Dancing scene"
2017 "One Day"
2017 "Shokey Again"
Endorsement
In 2018, Daddy Showkey became a brand ambassador for Real Estate Management Revelation Property Group in Lagos State.
He was among several celebrities like Alex Ekubo, rick ross, Ikechukwu Ogbonna, Belindah Effah, Mary Lazarus and Charles Inojie.
Albums
2011 "The NameThe NameSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1The Name4:262Dancing Scene4:413Diana4:484Mayazeno4:465Fire Fire4:586Jahova4:237The Chicken3:208What's Gonna Be Gonna Be5:10" somebody call my name showkey
2011 "Welcome"blood
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (1 release groups)
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The NameSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 36:321The Name4:26 2Dancing Scene4:41 3Diana4:48 4Mayazeno4:46 5Fire Fire4:58 6Jahova4:23 7The Chicken3:20 8What's Gonna Be Gonna Be5:10 | Compilation | 11 September 2011 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Daddy Showkey head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/734c2a6e-ab98-4395-ae93-ca46096dc970discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/734c2a6e-ab98-4395-ae93-ca46096dc970mbid—musicbrainz-search · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/734c2a6e-ab98-4395-ae93-ca46096dc970core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18206220seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_Showkeybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_Showkey
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Nigerian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q18206220 · MusicBrainz: 734c2a6e-ab98-4395-ae93-ca46096dc970
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