Twins Affair

Twins Affair
Background information
Birth nameTaye Olusola
Kehinde Olusola
Born (1984-04-14) 14 April 1984
Ilorin, Nigeria
OriginOdo-Eri, Kogi State, Nigeria
GenresR&B, hip hop, pop
Occupation(s)Music producer, songwriter, journalist
InstrumentsVocals, piano, bass, saxophone, drums
Years active1999–present
WebsiteTwins Affair

Twins Affair is a musical duo from Nigeria.

Early life

Twins Affair, made up of Twin brothers born as Taye Damilola Olusola and Kehinde Rotimi Olusola on 14 April 1984 are Recording artistes, Music producers and journalists. The group is one of the Nigerian's top duet artistes that has been ranked next to P-Square, African No 1 hip-hop duet artistes.[1] and are also among the few top Nigerian artistes that produce their own songs.[2] As trained journalists, the Twins Affair floats an online Entertainment news website TWINS GIST ONLINE MAGAZINE.[3]

The duo of Taye Damilola Olusola and Kehinde Rotimi Olusola (Twins Affair) who are the only children of their parents have not only been doing things together but they have been classmates in all the schools/institutions they attended, such as the Family Support Primary School, Kabba, Kogi State from 1993 to 1998; St Barnabas Secondary School Kabba, Kogi State from 1998 to 2004; Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria from 2005 to 2010 (B.A Hons Music);International Institute of Journalism, Abuja Nigeria, from 2013 to 2014 (Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism). The duo also did a 3 months Music production course in 2011 at Life Line Studio, Allen Avenue, Lagos under the tutelage of an ace music Producer, T.Y Snoop who is one of the producers of Mr. Olu Maintain.

Musical career

The Twins Affair's involvement in music is at the instance of their multi-instrumentalists father, Mr. Olusola Ogungbemi who taught them how to play the Keyboard, Guitar, Drum set and Saxophone at the age of four. At the age of 9, Taye and Kehinde were the keyboardist and Bass Guitarist respectively of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Kabba, Kogi State, Nigeria.

Twins Affair recorded their first album in 1999 tagged “Egunje has sploit everything”. The album which was produced by music Producer/Musicologist, Austin Emielu, senior lecturer at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria[4] became an instant hit. The success of the maiden album spurred the Twins Affair to go to the studio a year later in 2000 to record another album tagged “Why fighting, why killing” in response to the religious conflicts in the then Northern Nigeria. The two albums released by the Twins Affair did not accord the group national recognition as its popularity was only confined to about six states in the North out of the 36 states in Nigeria. The frustration of the inability of the group to penetrate Lagos, which is the nerve centre of music/entertainment in Nigeria, compelled her to go on sabbatical.

In their second year in the University (2008), the Twins Affair came out with an Album tagged ‘AREA’. The album however flopped due to poor publicity and the unserious attitude of the marketer. This was followed some months later by the release of an audio and video single tagged 'SKELEBE'. Although the video was aired on local and international television stations, Twins Affair was still not given proper recognition it deserved in the Nigeria music industry.

In 2010, the Twins Affair released an audio and video single tagged ‘ASA’.[5] The single became an instant hit. This was followed by another hit single and video in 2011 tagged ‘O bad gan’.[6] With these two singles, the Twins Affair became a household name in the Nigerian music scene. The Twins Affair has also featured and produced many top Nigerian artistes such as LKT,[7] Yung6ix,[8] Slay, Aq, Maytronomy, Nene Johnson, Ms Chief, Nenjazi a Nigerian American-based artiste just to mention a few.

In the area of music education, Twins Affair taught at the prestigious PEFTI Film Institute Lagos, Nigeria[9] owned by the doyen of Nigerian entertainment industry, Wale Adenuga Production (Super Story) from 2012 until 2013 where they resigned their appointments as Music Lecturers/Studio Music producers[10] to enable them proceed to International Institute of Journalism, Abuja for a one-year Post -Graduate Diploma in Journalism. The Twins Affair is a force to be reckoned with in Nigeria either as Music Producers or a Recording Artistes. Their recent works such as BEAUTIFUL ft. M kel,[11] GO THERE,[12] and MELODY ft MS. Chief and Nenjazi attest to this fact.

Awards
  • Real Sound Entertainment in conjunction with Radio Kogi, Lokoja Kogi State BEST CREW ARTISTES OF THE YEAR AWARD.

References
  1. Twins Affair, Another P-square Debuts, Saturday Tribune (Nigeria), 4th June 2011 page 24.www.tribune.com.ng
  2. New 360 Post: Get Familiar: Twins Affair - O Bad Gan ft Yung6ix, Damage o bad gan ft yung6ix and damage (Malware Link)
  3. Twins Affair role out ‘O Bad Gan’ Sunday Mirror (Nigeria), vol.01 No 26, Sunday, June 12, 2011, page 37 www.nationalmirroronline.net
  4. New 360 Post: Get Familiar: Twins Affair - Techzonto ft Howmon, Slay Techzonto ft Howmon and Slay (Malware link)
  5. Twins Affair – Asa Remix ft. LKT Asa remix ft Lkt by Twins affair
  6. Twins Gist Online Magazine News,Entertainment and Fashion
  7. Twins Gist Online Magazine News,Entertainment and Fashion
  8. Austin Emielu, Senior Lecturer, University of Ilroin, Kwara State, Nigeria
  9. Twins Affair, Asa/Movies/Nigerian Movies Naijapals.com Twins Affair - Asa
  10. A Twins Affair, The Punch (Nigeria) vol. 17 No 20,895, Friday June 3, 2011 page 46www.punchontheweb.com
  11. NEW MUSIC: TWINS AFFAIR - 365 FT EX-O & J-MULLA 365 days ft Ex-o and J.Mulla
  12. Melody (feat. Ms. Chief & Nenjazi) - Single </ Melody ft Ms.Chef and Nenjazi
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