Tempoe Biography, Career, Music, Controversies, And Net Worth

Tempoe whose tag is (MÄD!) dominates the music industry with his production skills. He is a music producer, DJ, singer, and songwriter signed to Panda Entertainment, which is run by Stephanie Okocha.

Tempoe is the producer behind most of the hit Afrobeats tunes, which are trending in recent times, with tracks like Joeboy’s ‘Door’, Omah Lay’s ‘Godly’ and Ckay’s ‘Love Nwantintin’, which are platinum certified, they are just a few of the tracks he produced when he was signed to Panda Entertainment.

Tempoe was born on the 13th of April, 1996, to Mr. and Mrs. Alagwu in Lagos where he is currently based, he has also received a lot of nominations and awards.

Tempoe Profile

Name	Tempoe
Real Name	Michael Oluwasegun Chigozie Alagwu
Date of Birth	13 April 1996
Age	27 years
Tribe	Igbo
Nationality	Nigerian
Religion	Christianity
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Music Producer, Singer, Song writer and DJ
Known for	Song Intro (MÄD!)
Net Worth	$150,000
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Educational Background

Temple did his Primary and Secondary School in Lagos where he grew up, not a lot is known about him but he is believed to be a graduate.

Career

Tempoe, is a Nigerian record producer, DJ, and songwriter, who dominates the music industry with his production skills. Signed to Panda Entertainment, which is run by Stephanie Okocha, Tempoe is the producer behind some of the amazing Afrobeats tunes, which have dominated the industry in recent times.

Tempoe produced tracks like Joeboy’s ‘Door’, Omah Lay’s ‘Godly’, and Ckay’s ‘Love Nwantintin’, which has since been certified platinum. Tempoe began his career as a statistician and web developer in Nigeria’s budding tech industry.

Tempoe had always found pleasure in music, teaching himself basic production techniques using the app and producing songs for free, before meeting CKay, which led to him producing the latter’s first official single, “Nkechi Turnup” in 2016.

Tempoe has produced other trending songs, and in other to improve his production skills, he enrolled at Sarz’s Production Academy. In 2019, Tempoe collaborated again with CKay in the production of the afro-fusion single, Love Nwantiti. The track made waves not only in Nigeria but also in France and the United Kingdom.

Tempoe also teamed up with singer Omah Lay, producing another successful single, ‘Godly’, which garnered over 100 million accumulated streams across all music-sharing platforms, peaking at number 5 and number 15 in Ghana and Kenya’s top 100 tracks on iTunes.

In May 2022, he produced and performed in the single, Soweto, the lead track of Victony’s Outlaw EP, which is his first official single as a performing artiste. Tempoe released the video for Soweto in October 2022 which made waves.

In 2022, Tempoe signed a publishing deal with American independent record publishing group, APG, and the partnership led to his being tapped to co-write and produce Robinson and Jason Derulo’s single Ayo Girl, which features fellow Nigerian afrobeat act, Rema.

Tempoe received a nomination for the African Producer of the Year at the 2022 African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA), In October 2022, he was honored by BMI at the BMI Awards London for his contribution to the song Love Nwantiti. He was listed in the TurnTable End of the Year Top 50 of 2021 as a Top Producer of the Year.

Some of his produced songs are

Nkechi Turnup – CKay, Container – Ckay, Love Nwantiti – CKay, Jensimi – Reminisce featuring Niniola, Godly – Omah Lay, Party Dé – DJ Lambo featuring Buju, Understand – Omah Lay Bend You – Omah Lay, Door – Joeboy, Soso – Omah Lay, Alcohol (Sip) – Joeboy, Purple Song – Omah Lay, Piece of Mind – Mayorkun, The Front Door – MI Abaga featuring Duncan Mighty, Soweto – Victony and Tempoe, Ayo Girl – Robinson and Jason Derulo featuring Rema, Contour – Joeboy, amongst others and is currently signed to Panda Entertainment.

Controversies

Tempoe, obtained an order of copyright infringement from a Federal High Court in Ikoyi Lagos on July 22, 2022, against singer Asa, music producer P.Priime, music distribution company, Platoon, and RUE 11 limited. The order was instituted over two songs, ‘IDG’ featuring Grammy-winning superstar, Wizkid, and ‘Love Me or Give Me Red Wine.

Both songs were released as part of Asa’s 12-track fifth studio album, V. It was alleged that Tempoe originally produced the two songs. But when an agreement could not be reached as regards rights and financials around one year ago, Asa allegedly sought out another hitmaker, P-Priime to produce the version of the respective songs, which made the album.

This resulted in Asa yanking her song with Wizkid, IDG, and another titled Love Me or Give Me Red Wine off her ‘V’ album. Tempoe got a court injunction and had the songs taken off the album.

Tempoe Social Media Handles

You can connect with Tempoe on:Instagram @tempoe_ and Twitter @tempoe_

Personal Life

Born on the 13th of April 1996, Tempoe is a Nigerian-born music producer. He was born in Lagos to Mr. and Mrs. Alagwu, his mother is Yoruba and his father is Igbo, but not a lot is known about his family or personal life. He is currently single and concentrating on his career.

Tempoe Net Worth

Tempoe is estimated to be worth over $150,000.