Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe

Wande Coal

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Updated: Nov 17, 2021

Birth Name: Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe

Stage Name: Wande Coal

Birth Date: October 18, 1985

Occupation(s): Singer, Songwriter

Genre: AfroPop, Afrobeats, R&B

Years Active: 2006 - Present

Net Worth: Unknown

Personal Life

Wande Coal is a Nigerian singer and songwriter who was born on October 18, 1985, in Lagos Island, Lagos as the first of two children to Chief Ibukun Olufunto and Mrs. Omolara Oluwayemisi Ojosipe.

Education

After his basic education at Staff Nursery and Primary School, Ijaniki, he moved to Federal Government College, Lagos to complete his secondary education. Wande is also a graduate of Curriculum Studies from the University of Lagos.

Career

Wande started out as a chorister in his church when he was a teenager. At a concert at Unilag, he met D’banj and Don Jazzy and then became a dancer for D’banj. Afterward, he became a backup singer and eventually became a music artist.

In 2006, he got signed to Don Jazzy’s record label ‘Mo’Hits and featured on D'banj's Rundown/Funk you up album on singles such as ‘Loke’, ‘tonosibe’ and ‘why me’. Wande Coal’s first single – Ololufe off the CV album ‘Ololufe’ has been described as one of the greatest love songs ever written by a Nigerian.

Following a fallout between record label Executives, Don Jazzy and D'banj in 2012, Wande Coal, Dr SID, and D'Prince signed on to Don Jazzy's new Record Label ‘Mavin Records’ with the addition of Tiwa Savage from 323 entertainment acting as the first lady of the group. However, Wande Coal left the record label in 2013.