Olamilekan Massoud Al-Khalifah Agbeleshebioba (born 8 November 1993) Better known as Laycon is a Nigerian media personality, rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor.
He emerged as the winner of Big Brother Naija season 5 in 2020.
Laycon is currently the youth ambassador of Ogun State, Nigeria and he also won the Artist Of The Year at the 2020 Naijatraffic Award.
Real Facts About Laycon
- Full Name: Olamilekan Massoud Al-Khalifah Agbeleshebioba
- Stage Name: Laycon
- Born: 8th November 1993
- Age: 29 years old (2022)
- Gender: Male
- Place Of Birth: Lagos State
- State Of Origin: Ogun State
- Nationality: Nigerian
- Occupation: Singer, Songwriter, Rapper, Reality TV star, Media Personality
- Genres: Rap, AfroRap, hip hop, afrobeat
- Record Label: Fierce Nation
- Award: Naija Traffic Awards
- Net Worth: Not estimated
Laycon Early Life & Education
Laycon was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria but he is a native of Baluwen, he originally hails from Odeda, Ogun State.
He had his primary education in a top privately owned school while he attended Lagos state model college Merian, Lagos Nigeria.
He obtained a degree in philosophy at the University of Lagos and graduated with a second-class upper degree in 2016.
Laycon Musical Career
Laycon started his music career at a tender age, he began rapping and writing songs. he was among the ten artists that performed at the 2014 Coke Studio University of Lagos event. He was also a top ten finalist of the 2017 MTV Base LSB challenge.
In 2019, Laycon got a contract deal and was signed into the Fierce Nation record label, After joining the label he releases a hit track titled “Fierce” with Chinko Ekun and Reminisce.
The track Fierce is a single from his official EP Who Is Laycon?, In 2020 he released another single titled “Senseless”.
In October 2020, he has featured a remix of Nobody by DJ Neptune, His verse in the remix of the song titled “Nobody iCONs Remix” was recorded two days after he left the Big Brother Naija Reality TV Show. Mr. Real featured him in the remix of his song Baba Fela. The remix was released on 30 January 2021.
Laycon broke into the spotlight after he was greatly influenced by his participation in the BBNaija show which still remains one of the biggest reality Tv shows in Africa.
Laycon Discography
Mixtapes
- Any Given Monday (The Playlist) (2019)
- Any Given Monday II (2019)
EPs
- Young Black and Gifted (2016)
- Who is Laycon? (2020)
Albums
- Shall We Begin (2021)
- I am Laycon (The Original Soundtrack) (2021)
Singles
- Fierce (2019)
- Senseless (2020)
- HipHop (2020)
- Fall for me (2021)
- Wagwan (2021)
- New Dimension (2022)
- 2000 (2022)
Laycon Filmography
Television
- 2020 Big Brother season 5 Himself Reality show
- 2021 I Am Laycon
Laycon Awards And Nominations
- 2020 City People Music Awards Special Recognition Award—Won
- 2020 African Entertainment Awards USA Best New Artist —Won
- 2020 Naijatraffic Awards Artist Of The Year—Won
- 2020 Naijatraffic Awards EP/Album Of The Year “Who Is Laycon”—Won
- 2021 Net Honours Most Popular BBNaija Star—Nominated
Laycon Networth
The reality star Laycon who won Big Brother Naija season 5 is one of the youngest and richest Nigerian singers but his net worth is currently unavailable in this article.
