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Remilekun Abdulkalid Safaru


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Remilekun Abdulkalid Safaru , known by his stage names
Reminisce and ALAGA IBILE, is a Nigerian singer, rapper,
and song writer from Ogun State . He performs in both
English and his native language, Yoruba .

In the English language, the name Reminisce means to
indulge in the enjoyable recollection of past events, and
the first four letters are a shortened form of the name
Remilekun.


Reminisce (Alaga Ibile) is a Nigerian household name, a
musical icon amongst today’s youth, and an
internationally recognized artiste. Reminisce is a versatile
(singer, rapper and a song writer) Nigerian artiste from
Ajilete, Yewa South LGA in Ogun state, western part of
Nigeria. He was born on the 26th of January, in Kaduna
state in Northern Nigeria . In school he listened to various
genres of local and foreign music, and performed in
school activities. He developed his rapping skills by
emulating rappers like Nas , Jay Z and Snoop Dogg . He
studied purchasing and supply at Kwara State
Polytechnic.
Reminisce is a well-loved Brand Ambassador for
SAMSUNG and ORIJIN, a popular herb and liquor
cocktail produced by Diageo plc in Africa .


Music career

As far back as when he was in secondary school,
Reminisce was already performing at various school
activities; hardly knowing he was on a path to great
things. He always wanted to be a rapper, and he
developed his rap skills by listening to, and mimicking
major rap legends.Producer ID Cabasa discovered
Reminisce alongside other Nigerian music great such as
Jahbless, 9ice, Lord Of Ajasa and Olamide. He was given
the chance to record his first studio song in 2006 and
recorded a hardcore rap album at Coded Tunes, but the
album was never released and he decided to focus on his
studies and complete schooling.
In 2008 Reminisce returned to the music scene,
performing a rap verse on a track titled “Bachelor’s Life”
off 9ice’s sophomore album titled “Gongo Aso”. His first
single, “Ever since”, featured 9ice, and was a story about
his life till that moment. His second, “If Only”, was a love
song produced by Dtunez, where he showed his versatility
as singer and a rapper. Both songs established Reminisce
in the Nigerian music scene.
REMINISCE is signed to Edge Records and is also the
founder and creative director of LRR Records. Growing up
listening to various genres of local and foreign music
helped form Reminisce’s versatile musical style.
In 2014, TIME Magazine named REMINISCE “one of the
seven World Rappers You Should Meet”.
He was also named by Nigeria’s largest music site,
NOTJUSTOK, as one of the top three hip hop artists of
2014.




ALAGA IBILE
His second album, ALAGA IBILE , was officially released
on 15 November 2013. The album featured acts like
wizkid, naeto c, davido, olamide and Sossick. It was an
instant breakthrough album, with hit singles like Eleniyan ,
featuring Wizkid, Fela Daddy featuring Davido, Fantasi and
3rd World Thug . Sossick, who produced 80% of the album,
and Reminisce also worked with Sarz, chopstix and
Jospo.
The album sold an estimated million copies before the
end of 2014. In 2014, Time Magazine named
Reminisce as one of seven "world rappers you should
meet".