Gabriel O. Akinrinmade, better known by his stage name 9Nyne (9), is a rapper, songwriter, singer, a producer and a visual artist specialized in painting, graphic design and other basic forms of art based in Canada. He released his first album late September of 2007 titled Urbanology and is about to release a four track album tittle A Nerdy Session, which was meant to serve as an introduction to his next album The Attack.

Born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, Gabriel Akinrinmade is the second child of 2 brothers and one sister. His mother is a lawyer and His father was a Computer engineer. In 1998, Gabriel completed his first half of high school at Command Secondary School Kaduna, a boarding school run by the military in Nigeria. It was here he got the nickname '9Nyne' simply pronounced '9' his roll call number during at the school. In 2002, he transfered to Command Day Secondary School Abuja, where he originally lives with his family and had more time to associate with the hip hop culture. Inspired by a few Nas albums and many tracks produced by Dj Premier that were released around that time period, Gabriel joined a rap crew called 'The Flow Bustin' Individuals' (FBI). the 5th member of the group with the rapid fire technique, rapping fast on slow beats like twister. In 2004, Gabriel moved to Canada leaving the crew to continue his education and got his post-secondary diploma at The Bronte College of Canada and got accepted to The University of Winnipeg where he currently attends and majors in Theater & Film.

Recordings

After 2 years of non-musical activities, 9nyne started working on his first album in the summer of 2006 which he titled urbanology and released in November of 2007. The release of this album have given him access to live performances. 9Nyne started making his own beats and producing for local artists late 2006 and began work on his next release, 'A Nerdy Session' which was released online April 15th 2008.

Artworks

9nyne specializes in pencil works, paintings, graffiti and, graphic designs. Over the years he as done many works for the age of 7. in the early 90's, he focused on still life drawings. In 2000 he started working more on his imaginative side creating characters and making up stories behind them. 9Nyne started working with graphic designs late 2006 and has quite an impressive portfolio of very creative artworks. This artworks have been used as 9nyne's inspirations for his coming record releases.

Discography

9Nyne's Urbanology (2007) iTunes

9Nyne's A Nerdy Session (EP) (2008) iTunes

9Nyne's The Attack (TBA)

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