Samklef has his real name as Samuel Oguachuba. He is a renowned Nigerian Afrobeats leading music producer and recording artist. He is also a top-notch disc jockey in the industry.
Samklef was born and raised in Lagos on 5th February, 1985. He hails from Imo State, Nigeria but grew up in Lagos State where he had his primary and secondary education respectively. He is currently based in the United States of America where he is pursuing a career in music production.
Samklef’s Career
Samklef’s kick-started his career as a Disk jockey before he made a break as a music producer. He worked as a DJ intensively with Wizkid in Wizkid’s top album “Superstar”.
He is one of the renowned music producers in Nigeria and is often paired up with other key players in the music industry like Masterkraft and DJ Jimmy Jatt.
Samklef is the brain behind most of the songs on Wizkid’s “Superstar” album. He contributed immensely to the success of the album.
Samklef has also worked with international acts such as Timberland and Kanye West.
He has also worked with top Nigerian music stars like Don jazzy, 2face Idibia, Sunny Neji, Ruggedman, Durella, Skales, D’Prince, Simisola, J Bryte, Emmsong, O’cube, Jahdiel, Vector, Mudina and many others.
Samklef is a great singer. In 2010, he released his debut album titled “Noni” and made an international version titled “NONILIZING”, which he released in January 2011.
Nonilizing was a huge success and featured Wizkid. Samklef also has in his record a music video titled, “Suwe”.
The renowned and gifted producer has so far produced hit tracks, including:
- My Life (Enemies) – Durella
- Tease Me (Freestyle) – Wizkid
- Don’t Dull – Wizkid
- Kilode – Vector
- Jonzing World – D’Prince, among others.
Samklef has worked with various entertainment firms such as Sound Factory, Flow Records, Smashers Records, Back 2 Black, Mind falls and Exp & i360 before he opened his own label, Noni records.
Aside music, Samklef is also a good filmmaker, with good number of movie productions to his credit. He has written and produced a couple of short films and had stints with entertainment firms such as Sound Factory, Mind Falls, Exp & i360 and Flow Records.
Awards and Nominations
Samklef has in the course of his career been nominated for several awards and won some, most notably as:
- 2011 Award for Producer of The Year at the City People Awards.
He was formerly signed to the management company, Back 2 Black, which is owned by his friend, Okoh Arthur Armando.
Samklef is currently signed by Akon’s KonLive Distribution, KES Entertainment Record Label and Kleff Sounds.
The renowned music producer and singer has made a big name in the entertainment industry. He is a top-rated influencer on social media with over 700,000 followers on Instagam and over 800,000 followers on Twitter.
Additionally, he runs an Instagram page called Everything Samklef where he posts entertaining content for the thrill of his numerous followers. He presently has over 22.8k followers on the page.
His Personal Life
Samklef is happily married to Yvonne Iheduru, a marriage that actualized at his young age of twenty-five. He migrated to the United States of America some years back, searching for greener pastures.
Samklefs’ Net Worth
Samklef is presently one of the richest music producers in Nigeria with an estimated net worth of over $600,000 dollars. Recently, he purchased a new house where he and his family currently reside.
You can reach or follow Samklef on the following social media handles:
- Instagram handle: @samklef
- Twitter handle: @SAMKLEF
- 2nd Instagram page: @everythingsamklef