1. A-Q attended Kings College Lagos, and had his tertiary education at the University of Lagos.
13 Facts About A-Q
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A-Q signed his first record deal in 2001 with Big Leaf Records where he was for two years before he started working on his own in 2003.
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A-Q subsequently released a full compilation album Listen and Understand in 2005 followed by another single, "Things That We Do", which got him an international online distribution deal.
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In 2006 A-Q put out a mixtape titled Maga Must Pay vol 1.
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A-Q took a break from music to finish his education in University of Lagos but still managed to release a single, "Make Money", and accompanying video in 2008 produced by Laylow and featuring Morachi and Xtrim off an online mixtape titled Love and Money.
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A-Q graduated in 2010 and returned to the entertainment industry, this time co-floating a record label, Hustle Inc, on whose platform he started Black Friday Twitter Freestyles, a weekly free download release.
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A-Q recorded and released The Past Present and Future album in December 2010 which had the singles "Names" and "Champagne and Rum".
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A-Q released an EP in December 2012 titled Make Your Best Rapper Look Stupid.
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In 2018, A-Q was part of LAMBAugust, a rap campaign in Nigeria, and released an album with Chocolatecity rapper Loose Kaynon called Crown.
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A-Q won Lyricist on the Roll for "Crown" at the 13th edition of The Headies.
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A-Q went further setting up a music incubator for African artistes.
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In February 2021, A-Q won the Best Rap Album award for his 2020 album "God's Engineering" at the 14 Edition of The Headies awards.
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In September 2022, A-Q won the Lyricist on the Roll award for his performance on "The Last Cypher" single off the "Behold The Lamb" album at the 15th Edition of The Headies Awards in Atlanta, US.