OKOPI PETERSON whose full name is ADIKWU OKOPI PETERSON is a gospel recording artiste, song writer, and music minister signed to TWC RECORDS based in lagos Nigeria. Okopi Peterson is from Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State but he’s resident in Lagos Nigeria. He is from a family of six, born to Mr and Mrs Adikwu his loving parents and has had an eventful childful filled with loads of memorable experiences. His journey into music began at a very tender age of 7 and since then, he has grown to become a name and a voice everyone wants to associate with as his music ministry has been a massive blessing to many who have come across him. With several great singles like Nobody, Walk Away, Oga’ eme, Osuba to his credit and an Album project. Okopi Peterson is set to take the world for Christ and position himself as a channel of blessing to his generation. Okopi Peterson is one of the most sort after music ministers in Nigeria at the moment and this is evident in many YouTube videos of his performances in top churches in Nigeria.

 

EARLY LIFE

Peterson Okopi was born on August 8, 1997 in Lagos Nigeria to Benuen parents Mr and Mrs Adikwu. He grew up in the Nigerian Airforce Base in ikeja Lagos where his father served as an airforce personnel. He’s from a family of six and enjoyed lots of love and support from his family growing up. This massive love and support from his family helped him discover his music talent at a very tender age of 5.

 

 

EDUCATION

Peterson Okopi has his primary and secondary education at the Nigerian Airforce primary and secondary school in Lagos, after secondary school, he proceeded to Yaba College of Technology (YabaTech) still in Lagos, in furtherance of his education and obtained an Ordinary National Diploma certificate in English. He is currently a student of the National Open University of Nigeria (Noun) pursuing a B.Sc in Mass Communication.

 

 

CAREER

Growing up in a music family, where both parents are lovers of music, Peterson Okopi started singing at a very tender age. At the age of 7, he has started ministering as a soloist in his church choir, over the years, he has grown into a full blown artiste ministering in different churches around the country. He has ministered on one of the biggest church platforms and events in Africa such as MMPRAISE, a yearly music praise concert organized by the REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD (RCCG) to celebrate the birthday of their General Overseer, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, COMMONWEALTH OF ZION ASSEMBLY (COZA), MASS CONCERT, REFLECTION CONCERT just to mention a few. He has also shared stages with top gospel music brands like CHEVELE FRANKLIN, NATHANIEL BASSEY, DUNSIN OYEKAN, JUDIKAY, EFE NATHAN, B-JAY SAX, VICTORIA ORENZE etc.

 

DISCOGRAPHY

In 2018, Peterson Okopi released his first ever single titled AMAZING GOD, a year after following the massive success of the song, He released BABA his second single in 2019 which also was greatly loved by many. In 2020, he released his third single UP TO SOMETHING under the imprint of Twc Records after his signage to the Label. In 2021 he released another singles OGA EME and the Visual to his AMAZING GOD song in preparation for his album which was released in MAY 2021. The ÒSÚBÀ album was one of the most anticipated albums of 2021 and from the line up of singles released before the album, there’s no doubt that the ÒSÚBÀ album was worth the wait. In 2022, Peterson Okopi released one of the biggest gospel songs of the year titled “NOT A SCAM”, a song that has soon become an anthem in the churches around the country. In 2023, Okopi had a major double release for the songs IBA and TALON’SORO in preparation for his much anticipated second album.

 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

CLIMA AFRICA AWARDS FOR DISCOVERY ARTISTE OF THE YEAR 2021

CLIMA AFRICA AWARD FOR BEST INDIGENOUS GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR 2022

CLIMA AFRICA AWARD FOR BEST GOSPEL SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR 2022

ACHIEVERS AWARDS FOR GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR 2022

Apple Music Top 100 albums in the world for OSUBA ALBUM

Apple Music Top 200 Songs in the world for the song Osuba

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