What is Ckay Yo Net Worth in 2023

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In this article, you will find out about Ckay Yo net worth as well as his early life, educational background, career and how he makes his money.

Before looking at the net worth of Ckay Yo, you need to know who Ckay Yo is as well as how he makes his money.

Who is Ckay Yo?

Chukwuka Ekweani popularly known as Ckay Yo, is a Nigerian musician, songwriter that was born on the 16th of July, 1995 in Kaduna state, Nigeria to Mr and Mrs Ekweani. Although, Ckay Yo is of Igbo origin from Anambra State, Nigeria.

What is Ckay Yo real name?

Ckay Yo real name is Chukwuka Ekweani. He is Igbo from Anambra state, Nigeria, though Ckay Yo was born in Kaduna state, Nigeria.

Now that you have known who Ckay Yo is, it is time to briefly look at Ckay Yo’s career before going into Ckay Yo net worth.

Ckay Yo Career

Ckay Yo love for music was driven by his father. Ckay Yo’s father was a choir conductor at their local church. While growing up, he was moved by musical instruments, which prompted him to learn the piano from his father. Chukwuka Ekweani also known as Ckay Yo started off his music career as a member of a band, made up of him and two other band mates (whose names are unknown), before beginning his solo career as CKay.

Ckay is a musician who makes music in a variety of genres which include Afrobeats, R&B and dancehall.

In 2014, he relocated to Lagos, after he got discovered. While signed to Loopy Music, he began working with Chocolate City, in early 2015. Following the merger of Loopy Music in 2016, he officially joined Chocolate City artist roster.

After releasing a few tracks under Chocolate City record label, On 4 May 2021, he confirmed on Twitter that he is no longer signed to Chocolate City, but signed to Warner Music South Africa.

In 2019, following the release of CKay the First, “Love Nwantiti” became a major record in Nigeria. On 14 February 2020, CKay released a remix titled “Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah)” featuring Joeboy and Kuami Eugene.

In 2021, it went viral on TikTok and became an international hit, charting across Europe, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, also reaching number 23 in the UK and earned him his first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100. A North African remix featuring ElGrande Toto became popular in the Maghreb countries and in Germany. A French remix featured Franglish, a German remix featuring Frizzo, Joeboy and Kuami Eugene, the Spanish version with De La Ghetto, the East African remix featuring Rayvanny and a South African remix featuring Tshego and Gemini Major.

On the 28th of July, 2021, he received his first YouTube plaque for reaching 100k subscribers. On the 8th of October, 2021, Ckay became the first African artist to hit 20 Million Spotify Listeners, with over 21 million monthly listeners on his Spotify page.

On the 24th of May, 2022, Ayra Starr‘s “Beggie Beggie” earned him, a special recognition at The Headies, in the Best Collaboration category.

On the 20th of June, 2022, CKay became the second African artist to reach 1.2 billion streams and was surpassed by 200 million streams from Burna Boy, as the most-streamed with a total of 1.4 billion streams.

Let me not bore you about Ckay’s career, let us look at the net worth of Ckay Yo.