Phyno is the founder and CEO of Penthauze Music, a Nigerian-based record label, which he founded after leaving Sputnet Records, the record label where he started his career.
Tekno Biography
Augustine Miles Kelechi, Alhaji Tekno popularly known as Tekno is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and producer.
He hails from Ivo Local Government Area, Ebonyi State in Nigeria. He was born in Bauchi State Nigeria into a family of six consisting of five boys and a girl.
When he was 8 years old, Tekno attended a music school where he learned and mastered the basics of playing the piano and guitar due to his passion for music. He is the elder brother of Spotless the Starboy label act who was featured in the popular song “Soco” by Wizkid in 2018.
In 2012, Tekno Miles was spotted by renowned Nigerian comedian Julius Agwu at an event in Abuja, after Tekno Miles received a standing ovation following the performance of a song titled “Onye Ne Kwu”, his remix of Ice Prince’s “Oleku”.
It was at the same event he met Iyanya and Ubi Franklyn, the manager of Made Men Music Group and they became friends. Ubi and Iyanya eventually encouraged Tekno Miles to move to Lagos to further his music career.
On October 5, 2013, he signed a recording contract with Made Men Music Group (MMMG), under which he released singles like “Dance” and “Anything”. These singles earned him a nomination in the “Best New Act of the Year” category at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.
On June 18, 2015, Tekno Miles released his hit single titled “Duro”, which was produced by DJ Coublon. “Duro” was positively received both in Africa and in the US. A remix which featured Phyno and Flavour N’abania was released on November 16, 2015.
It topped several charts in Nigeria and on the international scene, it peaked at number 5 on Capital XTRA’s Afrobeats Chart: Top 10 for September 2015. On November 20, 2015, Tekno Miles released a single titled “Wash”. The song was produced by DJ Coublon with the video directed by AJE Filmworks.
On 27 December 2016, Tekno was named one of the top ten hip-hop and R&B talents to watch in the United States in 2017 by Billboard. In 2016, Elton John played Tekno’s song titled ‘Diana’ on one of his episodes of the Rocket Hour radio show on Apple Music.
However, On October 13, 2017, Tekno was featured by DJ Cuppy on a song titled Green Light, which was officially DJ Cuppy’s first single. On December 12, 2017, American rapper Drake posted images of himself with Tekno to his Instagram page, captioning them, “Tekkk time.”
On 10 August 2018, American singer Ciara teamed up with Tekno, for a collaboration titled “Freak Me.” Tekno announced the song’s release and revealed the cover art on his Instagram account @teknoofficial on Friday.
On Thursday, August 15, 2019, Tekno was announced as one of the producers of ‘Won’t Be Late’ by Swae Lee featuring Drake
In June 2018, Tekno signed a distribution deal with Universal Music Group Nigeria (UMGN), a division of Universal Music Group in charge of West Africa, as well as the UK-based Island Records.
In July 2019, Tekno was featured on Beyoncé’s The Lion King: The Gift soundtrack with the song “Don’t Jealous Me”.
In 2020 Tekno’s net worth was estimated at $2.5million which earned him a spot in the top 20 richest music artists in Nigeria, he signed an endorsement deal as one of the MTN Nigeria Ambassadors, which is worth Eighteen Million Naira (₦18, 000000).
The superstar also signed a record deal with Sony Music in 2016 which was worth $1.7 million and many other undisclosed Endorsement deals.