John Saviours Udomboso (born 16 February 1995), known professionally as Young Jonn, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer, currently signed to Chocolate City Music. He is also known for his hit singles Dada and the remix with Davido. He had music production credits on industry hits during the 2010s and was affiliated with the YBNL mafia family going on to be ranked #3[1] in The NET's list of "Nigeria's Top 7 Biggest Music Producers" and went on to be nominated in the "Producer of The Year" at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and The Headies 2015.[2]
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | John Saviours Udomboso |
| Also known as | The Wicked Producer, Jiggy |
| Born | 16 February 1995 Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria |
| Origin | Akwa Ibom, Nigeria |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter & record producer |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Chocolate City |
Early life and education
editJonn was born into a Christian family of Akwa Ibom descent in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. Jonn had his basic formal education at Ideal Foundation Primary School, Ibadan and GOF College, Osogbo, Osun State. During his high school days in Osogbo, he had interest in Basketball, Soccer, Musical Instruments, Miming and Dance. He studied Communication and Language Arts at the University of Ibadan.[3]
Career
editJonn started playing musical instrument as a child. He formed a group called AVG along with his brothers before he got signed to Hit Factory Studio in 2012.[4] While working as producer at Hit Factory, he produced a chart-topping single by Olamide titled "Story For The Gods". He was nominated for "Producer of The Year" at the 2015 edition of The Headies for his work on "Bobo", a song by Olamide which rose to critical acclaim.[5]
Jonn has been credited for producing songs like "Gbese" and "Efejoku" by Lil Kesh,[6] "Biggest Backside" by Davido and album credits including The Baddest by Davido, 2 Kings by Olamide and Phyno and Eyan Mayweather by Olamide.
In 2022, Young Jonn closed a deal with Chocolate City, with the release of "Dada", off his first extended play, Love Is Not Enough (Vol. 1), which was released on 1 April 2022. On 21 October 2022, Young Jonn released "Love is Not Enough" (Vol. 2).This project contained already-released Dada Remix, Normally, Next to You, Xtra Cool and If You Leave and Sokoto.[7]
Discography
editAlbum and EPs
edit- Love Is Not Enough (Vol 1)
- Love Is Not Enough (Vol 2)
- Jiggy Forever (2024)[8]
Singles
editSelected production credit
edit| Year | Artiste | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Olamide | Blood Money | Street OT |
| Falila Ketan | |||
| The Real MVP | |||
| Prayer For Client | |||
| Story For The Gods | |||
| 2015 | Olamide & Phyno | Koba Koba | 2 Kings |
| Ladi featuring Lil Kesh | |||
| Confam Ni featuring Wizkid | |||
| Olamide | Bobo | Eyan Mayweather | |
| 2016 | Davido | Biggest Backside featuring B-Red | The Baddest |
| Lil Kesh | Semilore | Y.A.G.I | |
| Olamide | Pepper Dem Gang featuring Davolee | The Glory | |
| Grind featuring Sossick | |||
| Woyo | |||
| Kiss Daniel | Mama | New Era | |
| 2017 | Flavour | Loose Guard featuring Phyno | Ijele - The Traveler |
| Davolee | Oya Gbeff featuring Olamide | ||
| Lil Kesh | Rora | ||
| 2021 | Lil Kesh | Don't call me | Don't call me |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Event | Prize | Recipient | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards | Producer of the Year | Himself | Nominated | |
| The Headies 2015 | Nominated | ||||
| 2016 | The Headies 2016 | Won | |||
| 2017 | Soundcity MVP Awards Festival | African Producer of the Year | Won | [9] |
References
edit- ^ "Choclate City's Young Jonn opens up on his relationship with YBNL - Notjustok". 13 July 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "Young Jonn: Biograpghy, Education, Career, Relationship, Net worth - NewsWire NGR". 27 October 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "Young Jonn: Biograpghy, Education, Career, Relationship, Net worth - NewsWire NGR". 27 October 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "I never thought I would make it this fast–YOUNG JOHN - The Nation Nigeria". 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "Olamide Leads Headies 2015 Nominees". ThisDay Newspaper. 11 October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ S., Deji (9 July 2015). "New Music: Lil Kesh feat. Viktoh – Efejoku". BellaNaija. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ Adeayo Adebiyi (21 October 2022). "Young Jonn returns with new EP 'Love Is Not Enough, Vol.2'". pulse.ng.
- ^ Akagbu, Amber (2024-04-12). "Young Jonn Reinforces His Afrobeats Credentials With Debut Album "Jiggy Forever"| The Culture Custodian". The Culture Custodian (Est. 2014.). Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "Hat Trick For Davido At SoundCity MVP Awards + Full List Of Awardees". The Eagle Online. 14 January 2018.