What is Mayorkun Net Worth in 2024

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What is Mayorkun net worth or what is the net worth of Mayorkun?

In this article you will find out what Mayorkun net worth is, but before then you should know who Mayorkun is and how he makes his money.

Contents

1 Who is Mayorkun?
2 Mayorkun Career
3 What is Mayorkun net worth?
4 What is the name of Mayorkun father?
5 What is the name of Mayorkun mother?
6 Which football club is Mayorkun supporting?
7 Which state is Mayorkun from?
8 Mayorkun’s Albums and Eps.
9 Mayorkun’s Awards
10 Summary of Mayorkun net worth

Who is Mayorkun?

Mayorkun is a Nigerian afrobeats singer, song writer and pianist. Mayorkun whose real name is Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel was born on March 23, 1994 in Osun State, Nigeria. He is the first child of three, Mayorkun was born into a family of entertainers. His mother is a Nollywood actress and his father, an artist and movie producer. Mayorkun was part of the choir at a very young age, according to him, “it was how he learnt the rudiments of music”. Mayorkun has a degree in accounting from the University of Lagos, and was in a banking job before he was discovered in 2016 by Nigerian popular afrobeats musician Davido.

Now that you have known who Mayorkun is, let us talk about Mayorkun career and how he makes his money before going into Mayorkun net worth.

Mayorkun Career

Mayorkun was working in a bank when he released a cover of Davido’s single, titled “The Money.” He left the bank job in search of another due to bad pay, when his cover video was spotted by Davido in February 2016 on Twitter.

Afterwards, Davido followed Mayorkun on Twitter and Instagram, afterwards, Davido asked him if he can do more than play the keyboard. On the same day, he wrote his resignation letter, Mayorkun got a call from Davido and sent Davido some of the songs he already recorded.

Davido decided to sign him to his record label; Davido Music Worldwide (DMW). Mayorkun released his first single under the label called “Eleko” in 2016 which debuted on number 9 on the Nigeria Playdata charts, on the 1st of May 2016, and reached number 5, on 28 May 2016. The video of the song gathered a million views in the first 10 days.

Since then, Mayorkun has several singles including Yawa, Sade, Che Che, and Mama. In October 2018, he released singles “Posh” and “Fantasy” featuring Olu Maintain, in anticipation of his first studio album titled “The Mayor of Lagos”. The Mayor of Lagos was released on the 16th of November 2018. On December 1, 2018, it appeared on the Billboard World Albums chart, peaking at number 15.

In 2020 he was among the artistes scheduled for performance at the Convention center of the Eko Hotel and suites, Victoria Island, Lagos for the 2020 vanguard personality awards. Other scheduled artistes included Tekno, Timaya and many more.

In 2021, Mayorkun announced his exit from DMW at the release party of his second album “Back In Office”, in an interview with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, they both (Davido, and Mayorkun) shared the news with fans at his album lunch party. The studio album “Back In Office”, was released through Sony Music, West Africa division in Nigeria on the 29th of October, 2021.

It is time for you to know the net worth of Mayorkun.

What is Mayorkun net worth?

Mayorkun net worth is estimated to $3.2 million. Mayorkun is one of the richest young stars in the Nigerian music industry. He makes his money from his music, brand ambassadorship deals, concerts, tours.

What is the name of Mayorkun father?

Mayorkun father’s name is Sunday Adewale. He is a movie producer.

What is the name of Mayorkun mother?

Mayorkun’s mother name is Mrs Toyin Adewale, She is am actress in the Nigerian movie industry.

Which football club is Mayorkun supporting?

Mayorkun is a big supporter of Manchester United football club just like his colleague, Rema.

Which state is Mayorkun from?

Mayorkun is from Osun State, which is located in the south-western part of Nigeria.

Mayorkun’s Albums and Eps.

The Mayor of Lagos (2018)
Geng (EP) (2020)
Back In Office (Album) (2021)

Mayorkun’s Awards

The Headies Award “Rookie of the Year” (2016)
City People Entertainment Awards “Most Promising Act” (2016)
Nigerian Teen Choice Awards “Choice New Song of the Year” (2016)
Nigeria Entertainment Awards “Best New Act” (2017)
City People Entertainment Awards “Best Music Cover” (2017)
City People Entertainment Awards “Artiste of the Year” (2018)
The Headies Award “Next Rated” (2018)
The Headies Award “Best R&B/Pop Album for The Mayor of Lagos” (2019)
The Headies Award “Hip Hop World Revelation” (2019)

Summary of Mayorkun net worth

Below is the summary of the net worth of Mayorkun;

Date of birth	23rd of March, 1994
State of origin	Osun state
Nationality	Nigeria
Place of birth	Osun state
Nickname(s)	Mayorkun, Mayor of Lagos
Net worth	$3.2 million
Source of wealth	Music, Modelling, Brand deals, Concerts, Tours
Religion	Christian