Nokey - Atlanta, GA

Y’all already know who it is. It’s Yo Boy Nokey. Chi-Town Representa to be excact, but i am going to shed some light on who Nokey is.

Raised on the Northside of Chicago. Got his blessings from the Southside (51st & Federal 69th & Perry). Child Of God Foremost, Father second. Grew up in a musical family -Uncle, Brother, and Mother were Dj’s.

From a young age Nokey knew a lot about Commercial Music. Embracing acts like LL Cool J, Tupac, Biggie, & Jay-Z. Living with his Nigerian Father for the upper-half of his life Nokey would listen to classical music often, and that classical music was a major influence of changing his stage name. (Nokey, meaning Knowledge of Music). But music wasn’t also his first passion. Nokey is also a talented basketball player. That talent earned him several Scholarships, which he took full advantage of.

Nokey Graduated with a degree in Business Marketing from Cameron University, but instead of persuing basketball,Nokey opted for the family dream, music. Utilizing that Marketing Degree Nokey focused on becoming the most innovated and hottest up and coming artsit to hit the scene. As most artists do, Nokey pack up his mpc and headed to the Atl. What the industry likes to call grind mode.

For the next three years Nokey produced for local artists, promote for local clubs, direct videos for up and coming talent, model for fashion shows, and auditions for roles in movies. All while doing this, Nokey was able to produce 3 mixtapes, but of the three “The Hood Made Me” Volume 1 seen a lot of success, with record sales of 10,000 in the streets of the Atl alone. But he didn’t stop there, he quickly produced “The Art Of Dro.”

On this hot album Nokey teamed up with 1st 2Bust, A hot 17 yr. old producer from the southside of Atlanta. This collaboration would be a monumental one, sparked form this would from the production and media company known as Star Born Media & Production. Nokey’s hard work, networking, And Determination, helped him in merging creative minds with CTE and HI-FLI Tones.

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