John Ighodaro (born 1990) popularly known by his stage name Johnny Drille, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and producer, currently signed to Mavin Records.
Johnny was born and raised in Edo State, Nigeria. He is from a family of seven including a clergy father and mother. He graduated from the University of Benin in 2012 where he majored in English and Literature.
He is a folk/alternative singer, songwriter, producer, and sound engineer. Drille started out music right from his father’s Church at a very early age, and then music production around 2006 when he first began using cassette recorders.
He was a contestant on the 6th Edition of the MTN Project Fame Academy in 2013 where he clocked out of the tenth position.
As an artist, Johnny had been putting out work but they had gone unnoticed until January 2015 when he released his cover version Di’ja’s ‘Awww’. This introduced him to more listeners. He followed it up with a personal composition, a country/folksy song ‘Love Don’t Lie’ in June of the same year. August 12th 2015 saw the release of the widely accepted ‘Wait For Me’ and is still spreading fast.
Johnny Drille’s latest personal offering is a folksy love song titled ‘My Beautiful Love’ which is in celebration of true love.
Drille also collaborate with Nigerian Afro-house powerhouse, Niniola released a song titled ‘Start All Over’. The duo had been together in the same season of Project Fame in 2013.
On 28 February 2017, he got signed to Mavin Records.
Once upon a time, Johnny Drille was a contestant in the Project Fame Academy (Season 6), three years later; he came back to the very place he began his journey to stardom to share the experiences he has garnered over the years.
Johnny Drille who has now carved a niche for himself in folk music encouraged the contestants to make the best use of the opportunities that come with being on the Project Fame
platform. He did not fail to mention how competitive the music industry is, but he also stressed the importance of being original without giving in to the competitive pressure. By popular demand from the contestants, Johnny Drille performed his song titled ‘My beautiful love’. Godwyn Guitar, who came with him was on standby to make the song more pleasurable to the ears as he strummed along.
Some of his Johnny Driller songs include;
* Johnny Drille – My beautiful love
* Johnny Drille – Wait for me
* Johnny Drille – No worry mp3
* Johnny Drille – Start all over
* Johnny Drille – Awww
* Johnny Drille – Ighodaro
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