Pheelz Biography
Full Name :
Phillip Kayode Moses
Stage Name :
Pheelz
Date Of Birth :
June 5, 1994
Place of Birth :
Lagos State, Nigeria
State of Origin :
Ogun state
Occupation (s) :
Record producer, songwriter, and singer
Genres :
Afrobeats | African hip hop | Afropop | jazz | hip hop | R&B
Record Label :
Warner UK
Net Worth :
Unknown
Social Media Handles :
Twitter: @Pheelz
Instagram: @pheelzmrproducer
Early Life & Education
Pheelz was born on the 5th of June, 1994 in Lagos. He originated from Ogun state but was born and raised in Ojo Local Government Area in Lagos state, Nigeria. At the age of 10, Pheelz started singing in church as a church choir while in high school. He attended Ideal Comprehensive High School, Afro Ajangbadi. He worked under a record label named Coded Tunez, owned by I.D Cabasa, where he met Olamide. In 2011, Pheelz featured vocals in a song off Olamide’s Rapsodi album titled “I’m Going In“.
Career
2012–2020: Working as a producer
His breakthrough as a record producer came in 2012, when he produced the chart-topping singles by Olamide titled “First of All” and “Fucking with the Devil” off his YBNL album. In 2013, Pheelz was listed in NotJustOk’s “Top 10 Hottest Producers in Nigeria”. He produced all but one song on Olamide’s Baddest Guy Ever Liveth album, a move which made him gain grounds in the Nigerian music industry and won him a nomination at The Headies 2013. In 2014, he was also nominated in the Producer of the Year category at the 2014 edition of The Headies and at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. Pheelz has gone on to produce and be credited in popular songs and albums including The Chairman by M.I, Ghetto University by Runtown and Seyi or Shay by Seyi Shay. In 2014, Pheelz collaborated with COPILOT Music and Sound on a cover of Carlinhos Brown’s “Maria Caipirnha (Samba da Bahia)”. The arrangement represented the musical instrumentation and styles of Nigeria for Visa’s “Samba of the World”, a digital campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Pheelz was nominated and won the “Producer of the Year” category at The Headies 2020 edition.
2021–present: Hear Me Out EP
In 2021 he released his debut EP Hear Me Out through Empire Distribution.
“One Life” was released as a single off the EP on 26 November 2020, with its lyric video following on 28 December 2020.
Motolani Alake of Pulse Nigeria wrote that it “excels on quality songwriting and good productions”. Ikwuje Amos of Mp3bullet called Pheelz “very intentional on the EP”.
Awards and nominations
Pheelz has been nominated for various awards since he came to the limelight in 2012 which he is a winner.
The awards and nominations include:
2013 -The Headies Producer of The Year Award for the song “Durosoke” Nominated
Age: 27
Pheelz Net worth
The producer and song writer are said to be worth an estimate of over $300,000 in 2022.
