Mr. P (singer)


Peter Obumneme Okoye, who is better known as Mr P, is a Nigerian singer. He rose to fame in the 2000s as a member of the P-Square duo with his identical twin brother Rudeboy and in 2021 was awarded with an honorary Doctorate degree from ESCAE University in Benin Republic.

Early life

Mr. P and his twin brother Rudeboy grew up in a large family, in Jos in Plateau State, Nigeria. He was born into the family of Josephine Okoye and Mazi Moses Okoye.
Peter and his brother Paul joined a school of music and drama club, where they started dancing, singing and performing songs of popular artist like MC Hammer, Bobby Brown and Michael Jackson.

Solo career

In 2017, P-Square disbanded and both band members parted ways. Mr P first dropped his solo single titled "For My Head", "Cool It Down" in 2017.
In 2018 Mr. P collaborated with Nyanda of Brick & Lace on a song titled "Wokie Wokie". In 2021, Mr. P founded his own record label called PClassic Label, the label has signed Nigerian activist and disc jockey DJ Switch and in 2021, he released a 16-track debut album titled, The Prodigal which featured Tiwa Savage, Simi, Teni, Wande Coal, Tamar Braxton, Singah, Mohombi, DJ Switch, and OvieKelz.
He has also been an actor, playing the role of Arinze in Genevieve Nnaji's Lionheart.

Education

Peter Okoye attended St. Murumba secondary school, a small Catholic school in Jos, Plateau State Nigeria. Later in 1999, he applied to the University of Abuja to study Business Administration, but didn’t complete the degree.

Achievements

In 2001 P-Square won the "Grab Da Mic" competition making Benson and Hedges sponsor their album titled "Last Nite".
P Square was also nominated as "Most promising African Group" in the Kora Global Awards.
They won the 2003 Amen Award for "Best R&B Group". On April 4, 2010, P Square were named the Artist of the year at the Kora award in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Personal life

In 2013, Okoye and his then-girlfriend, Lola Omotayo welcomed a daughter in a San Francisco hospital in the United States. On 17 November 2013, the duo got married at the Ark in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria.

Endorsement deals

On June 16, 2016, Mr P was made a Kia motor ambassador. Mr. P was also made a brand ambassador for Olympic Milk, produced by Nutricima limited. Peter founded a reality TV show named Dance with Peter which was sponsored by Globacom Telecommunication Limited. In August 2021, he was unveiled as the brand ambassador of Adidas, a manufacturing company that deals with shoes, clothing and accessories.

Discography

  • Roll It - 2007
  • Do Me - 2007
  • Am I Still That Special Man - 2007
  • Billy Body - 2007
  • More Than A Friend - 2007
  • Danger - 2009
  • Wokie Wokie
  • Gimme Dat - 2009
  • Possibility - 2009
  • Beautiful Onyinye - 2011
  • Forever - 2011
  • Choping Money - 2011
  • Magic Healing - 2013
  • Alingo - 2014
  • Ifeoma - 2014
  • Personally - 2014
  • Collabo - 2014
  • Taste The Money - 2017
  • For My Head - 2017
  • Ebeano - 2018
  • Paloma - 2021
  • I Love You - 2021
  • Just Like That - 2021
  • Jaiye - 2022
  • No One Like You - 2022
  • Bank Alert - 2022 ALBUMS
  • The Prodigal