51 Facts About Brymo

Brymo started recording music in 1999 while in secondary school.

Brymo signed a recording contract with music label Chocolate City in 2010 but was accused of breaching his contract in 2013.

In October 2014, Brymo released his fourth studio album Tabula Rasa; its lead single "Fe Mi" was described as a "soft traditional ballad".

Brymo released his debut EP Libel on 5 November 2020.

Brymo exhibited Mansa, his eleventh studio album and debut as a sonic artist, at KAP Hub in March 2023.

Brymo has released books Oriri's Plight, Verses and The Bad Tooth, and starred in the films Price of Admission and Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman.

Brymo released his debut studio album Brymstone in 2007; its lead single "Shawty" was accompanied by a music video.

Brymo told Damiete Braide of The Sun, he chose Rhythm and Blues after being influenced by the work of R Kelly and the Backstreet Boys.

Brymo told Braide he sold more than 2,000 copies of the album within six months of its release.

Brymo said Brymstone is his worst body of work but credits it with helping him enter the music business.

Brymo appeared on the hit single "Oleku", which was released as the lead single from Ice Prince's debut studio album Everybody Loves Ice Prince.

Brymo told The Sun his inspiration for recording the hook of "Oleku" came from the passion and energy around him, and from hunger and desperation.

Brymo said the song did not generate money but gave him exposure.

On 18 September 2011, Brymo released the Legendury Beatz-produced track "Ara" as the album's lead single.

Brymo told The Sun "Ara" is a slang word that loosely translates to "wonder".

Brymo said "Ara" was written six months after he recorded "Good Morning".

On 16 April 2012, Brymo released "Good Morning" as the album's second single.

Brymo said he recorded the album to be identified by his body of work as a lead artist rather than as a featured artist.

On 18 October 2013, Brymo revealed the album's track list on Instagram.

Brymo was invited to the school to attend the case study presentation.

On 14 October 2014, Brymo was announced as an ambassador for the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Brymo released his fourth studio album Tabula Rasa on 30 October 2014; earlier that month, his manager Lanre Lawal announced plans for the release during an interview with The Punch.

Brymo told The Nation he recorded the album to move on from his controversial split with Chocolate City.

Brymo decided to name the album Tabula Rasa after hearing the judge use the term in a speech.

On 6 March 2015, Brymo released a documentary about the song "1 Pound" that was directed by St Immaculate; a teaser of the documentary was released four days earlier.

On 30 March 2015, Brymo released the music video for the song "Je Le O Sinmi"; Godson KC Uma of MaadKreativity Inc directed the video, which runs for 3 minutes and 59 seconds.

Brymo told This Day he recorded the song "Viva", which later appeared on the 2016 soundtrack album Wakaa.

On 8 December 2015, Brymo released an eight-track compilation album titled Trance.

Brymo described Trance as a medley of thoughts based on his experiences.

In May 2013, Brymo announced on Twitter he had left Chocolate City.

Maikori said Brymo still had three years left on his contract and still needed to record two albums.

On 14 October 2013, Chocolate City filed an interim injunction against Brymo, restraining him from partaking in musical ventures beyond the confines of his contract.

Six days later, Brymo released his third studio album despite reports about the injunction.

Brymo said; "the album is the key to a certain door I have knocked on for years; and yes it was meant to be sensual, there ought to be two sides to the coin".

In November 2017, Brymo said on Twitter plans were underway for his sixth studio album, whose title he announced as Oso, and launched a website titled theosoproject.

The video features Brymo exposing his buttocks while wearing a loincloth to hide his genitals.

The video received mixed reviews; in an e-mail to Pulse Nigeria, Brymo defended his decision to expose his buttocks, saying; "I decided to appear how my forebears dressed before the arrival of civilization to Nubian continent".

In September 2018, Brymo released Oriri's Plight, a self-referential fictional novel centred around a young Nubian man of the Dark Ages.

Brymo said Yellow is about "love and survival", and that it would be an alternative pop and electronic record.

On Instagram, Brymo said he was drawn to the painting after having several conversations with his friends.

In May 2023, the album was removed from streaming platforms; according to Brymo, Abudei was unhappy with how he handled her involvement in the project.

Brymo made his acting debut in Udoka Oyeka's 2021 short film Price of Admission, in which he played Kola, a musician who struggles to get a record deal and attain fame.

Brymo said both records pay homage to karma and to the seasons.

In 2022, Brymo starred in Biyi Bandele's Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman, a Yoruba-language Nigerian film that is based on Wole Soyinka's 1975 stage play Death and the King's Horseman.

Brymo revealed the album's cover art the previous year and said Mansa would be released in the first quarter of 2023.

Brymo said only one copy of the album would be available for purchase and that it would be sold for $500,000.

Brymo made the announcement about the album's release on 8 September 2022.

Brymo told Damiete Braide his music can be called pop due to its ability to communicate with people.

Music critic Michael Kolawole said Brymo's music has doses of "profanity couched in intellectualism and philosophical thoughts".

In January 2023, Brymo announced on Twitter his support for Bola Tinubu in the 2023 Nigerian presidential election and said an Igbo presidency will remain a fantasy as long as there are talks about Biafra in the country's South East.

Brymo is married to his son's mother, Esse Kakada, who was featured on the song "Naked" from Klitoris.