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Peter Okoye (born 18 November 1981), who is better known as Mr P, is a Nigerian singer. He rose to fame in the 2000s as a member of the P-Square duo with his identical twin brother Rudeboy and in 2021 was awarded with an honorary Doctorate degree from ESCAE University in Benin Republic.




Early life


Mr. P and his twin brother Rudeboy grew up in a large family, in Jos in Plateau State, Nigeria. He was born into the family of Josephine Okoye and Mazi Moses Okoye.
Peter and his brother Paul joined a school of music and drama club, where they started dancing, singing and performing songs of popular artist like MC Hammer, Bobby Brown and Michael Jackson.




Solo career


In 2017, a disbandment of P-Square was made and both band members parted ways. Mr P first dropped his solo single titled "For My Head", "Cool It Down" in 2017.
In 2018 Mr. P collaborated with Nyanda of Brick & Lace on a song titled "Wokie Wokie". In 2021, Mr. P founded his own record label called PClassic Label, the label has signed Nigerian activist and disc jockey DJ Switch and in 2021, he released a 16-track debut album titled, The Prodigal which featured Tiwa Savage, Simi, Teni, Wande Coal, Tamar Braxton, Singah, Mohombi, DJ Switch, and OvieKelz.




Education


Peter Okoye attended St. Murumba secondary school, a small Catholic school in Jos, Plateau State Nigeria. Later in 1999, He applied to the University of Abuja to study Business Administration.




Achievement


In 2001 P-Square won the '' Grab Da Mic'' competition making Benson and Hedges sponsor their album titled '' Last Nite''.
P Square was also nominated as '' Most promising African Group'' in the Kora Global Awards.
They won the 2003 Amen Award for ''Best R&B Group''. 4th April 2010, P Square were named the Artist of the year at the Kora award in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
On 8,October 2015 P Square were given range rover SUV from Globa com as Glo Ambassadors for their sponsorship.




Personal life


In 2013, Okoye and his then-girlfriend, Lola Omotayo welcomed a daughter in a San Francisco hospital in the United States. On 17 November 2013, the duo got married at the Ark in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria.




Endorsement deals


On June 16, 2016, Mr P was made a Kia motor ambassador. Mr. P was also made a brand ambassador for Olympic milk, produced by Nutricima limited. Peter founded a reality TV show named Dance with Peter which was sponsored by Globacom Telecommunication Limited. In August 2021, he was unveiled as the brand ambassador of Adidas, a manufacturing company that deals with shoes, clothing and accessories.




Discorgraphy


Roll It - 2007
Do Me - 2007
Am I Still That Special Man - 2007
Billy Body - 2007
More Than A Friend - 2007
Danger - 2009
Wokie Wokie
Gimme Dat - 2009
Possibility - 2009
Beautiful Onyinye - 2011
Forever - 2011
Choping Money - 2011
Magic Healing - 2013
Alingo - 2014
Ifeoma - 2014
Personally - 2014
Collabo - 2014
Taste The Money - 2017
For My Head - 2017
Ebeano - 2018
Paloma - 2021
I Love You - 2021
Just Like That - 2021
Jaiye - 2022
No One Like You - 2022
Bank Alert - 2022




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