Patoranking Biography: The Life and Career of the Dancehall Sensation in 2023Patoranking Biography: The Life and Career of the Dancehall Sensation in 2023

Patoranking Biography: Patrick Nnaemeka Okorie (born 27 May 1990), popularly known by his stage name Patoranking, is a Nigerian award-winning reggae-dancehall singer and songwriter.

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Patoranking is from Ebonyi State. He hails from the same state of origin as the Cartel Music singer, Tekno, and the Mavin Records signee, Crayon.

Born and brought up in the Ebute-Metta community of Lagos, he grew up sharing one room with his parents and five siblings.

His modest upbringing and close relationship with his family instilled a drive and determination to create a better future and made him venture into music.

He has worked with so many artistes within and outside of Africa. Notable among the artistes he collaborated with are Timaya, Tiwa Savage, Sarkodie, Solid Star, Popcaan, Victor AD, Solidstar, etc.

Patoranking Biography: Early Life Before Music

Patoranking Biography: Early Life Before Music

Inspecting “Patoranking Biography,” he was born and brought up in Ijegun-Egba Satellite Town but has family roots in Onicha, Ebonyi State. He went to Citizen Comprehensive College in Epe, Lagos and later enrolled at Jibril Martin Memorial Grammar School in Iponri.

The singer moved to Ghana in 2007 to pursue his education after gaining admission to the University of Cape Coast but dropped out because of financial challenges.

After dropping out of college, he moved to Osu, a suburb of Accra, Ghana where he met Lanky, an entrepreneur who signed Patoranking to his label, Black Rhythmz Entertainment. 

Whilst signed to Black Rhythmz Entertainment, he was working at a restaurant opposite Frankies Osu and took another job at Accra Mall. After recording a few songs on Lanky’s label, the relationship came to an end, and he went back to Nigeria.

Patoranking Biography: Musical Career

Patoranking Biography: Musical Career

Inspecting “Patoranking biography” closely, you’d discover that he started his music career doing underground collaborations, with artists such as XProject, Konga, Slam, and Reggie Rockstone. He signed a record deal with K-Solo’s Igberaga Records in 2010, releasing “Up in D Club” under the label. 

He became a protégé of Dem Mama Records after collaborating with Timaya on his song “Alubarika”, and was later signed to the label for a brief period.

In February 2014, he signed a record deal with Foston Musik and released “Girlie O”, a single that brought him into the limelight. On 9 February 2015, the singer announced on Instagram that he signed a distribution deal with VP Records.

On September 28 he released a song titled “Abule” which he released ahead of his album scheduled to be released later in 2020. He once disclosed, in 2020, that he once got inspiration for a song on a football pitch while playing football.

He has been a consistent artiste since inception, and this has placed him among the A-list artiste in the continent. His “World Best” album released in September 2023 is the latest project by the artiste.

Patoranking Biography: Discography

Patoranking Biography: Discography

Looking closely at “Patoranking Biography,” he has a total number of four studio albums and a couple of singles to his credit. His first studio album, God Over Everything, was released in 2016. 

The project occupied 4th place on the Billboard’s Reggae Albums. It has popular songs such as No Kissing baby, Love Town, Hale Hale, and Beautiful.

His second album, Wilmer, was dropped in 2019. Some tracks in the album are Nakupenda where he features a popular Kenyan singer, Nyashinski, and Confirm featuring Davido.

His third album “Three”, was released in 2020. The album contains 12 songs and features some famous musicians like Sauti Sol, Tiwa Savage, Flavour, and King Promise.

His latest album was released in September 2023, with the title “World Best”. The project has hit songs like “Abobi”, “Tonight”, “Higher”, etc, with collaborations from Popcaan, Victony, Kizz Daniel, etc.

Alubarika, Tonight, Friends, Happy Day, No Kissing, Abule, Abobi, Cheating Zone, Money Killing Me, This Kind Luv, Writing On The Wall, Mama Aboyo, Stammerer, Love Town, Hale Hale, Beautiful Ayinde, Wilmer 

Feelings, Temperature, Nakupenda, Black, Zéro Problémé, Lenge Lenge, Turn Up, Champion, Go Crazy, Open Fire, Confirm, Three, Title, So Nice, Up In D Club, Iya Bisi, Gravity, Girlie O, Daniella Whine My Woman, Make Am, Another Level, Love You Die, Sunshine, Every day, Confirm.

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Patoranking Biography: Awards and Nominations

Patoranking Biography: Awards and Nominations

Looking at “Patoranking Biography,” Patoranking has won several awards nationally and internationally. He started with the winning 2014 Headies Next Rated Award, Best Collaboration, and Best Reggae and Dancehall Single on the same night.

Other awards won by the artist are the MTV Africa Music Award, City People Music Award, Nigeria Entertainment Award, South African Music Award, etc.

Patoranking is a successful Reggae and Dancehall artiste who has lived his time and is relevant in the present-day music discourse.