LIMOBLAZE

LIMOBLAZE’S SONGS & BIOGRAPHY

A Fast Rising Producer, artiste and song writer Limoblaze (Samuel O. Imo) born on October 25th 1995 hails from Bende local govt. in Abia state Nigeria. He was Born and brought up in Makurdi Benue state.

He discovered his musical abilities at a tender age of 8 when he started singing in the children’s church choir, Also at this age he came in contact with rap music and started miming the songs of rappers like Eminem, 2pac, 50 cent etc. Then he went on to write his own lyrics, they weren’t good enough at first, but he kept on writing. Years went by in this practice until he became a well known lyricist in school and earned himself the nickname of “microphone 1da boy” fashioned to “1daboyofficial”. He never knew of Christian rap, all he rapped about was money, cars, fame ,etc. Untill he came to know and fell in love with the music of Christian rapper Lecrae and later on others like Da truth, the Ambassador, Trip lee, KB, Andy mineo, Tedashi, Sho Baraka, swoope, Pro ,etc.

He found what he described as the spirit of God mixed with love, hope and faith in this Christian rap songs as opposed to the emptiness he always felt inside him after listening to and writing circular songs.He changed his musical fashion/message and embarked on a mission to discover and show Christ to the world through his lyrics.

He Started his musical career as an independent recording artist in 2012 . He officially started his career as an independent/unsigned recording artist with his 1st song “memories” (dedicated to his classmates) after leaving high school and it was a perfectly enjoyed song by every listener. He went on to record songs like Amazing Grace, Mercy, Unconditional Love, Wrong Ways, Grace Talk (intro), Pain, Misfit, For the King which features an american rapper Los of hga and So Far gone. Also to his credit are a couple of collaborations and freestyle sessions. He promises to keep it coming. He is Currently a founding member of the Cross Rhythm Music crew of 5, and affiliated with 2corf North House.

He has a unique and versatile style and is known for
explicitly fusing his Christian faith into his music. He has earned stripes as one of the fastest rising gospel hip-hop artist in Nigeria, and has received notable award nominations
like Crystal awards which he got triple nominations in 2015 .

He came up as second runner up in the BOUQUI Unstoppable Rap competition.
He says

“i just want to make music from the heart, because for to me it is the greatest form of expression and communication”.

He is also known for his various international collaborations; he featured on Uk rapper A star’s single remix DFMB,
also recently featured on the we are one Africa project which had the biggest gospel hip-hop names in Africa.

He has so far managed to make a mark in the gospel music scene with his heartfelt lyrics and message driven songs and now is ready to storm the movie industry. In terms of the music, he has a debut album, 2 EPs, 1 LP and a couple of international features to his discography and many musical awards both locally and internationally. His first feature as an actor is in a yet to be released Movie “Payday” which features the likes of Zac Orji, Baaj(Hush star), Bisola BBN, comedian Ebiye and a host of other stars.