Augustine Miles Kelechi popularly known by his stage name Tekno is a Nigerian musician, producer, performer, and dancer.
TeknoHis father plays the guitar so, he started learning from a tender age too. Today, Tekno is one of the highly-rated Nigerian musicians with several musical productions.
He was born in Bauchi State into a family of five boys and one girl.
He was raised in several parts of the country including Nassarawa, Kaduna, and Abuja due to the fact that his father was a member of the Nigerian Army.
Below is the detailed biography of the young artist.
Tekno Real Name
He was born Augustine Miles Kelechi but goes by the stage name Tekno.
Tekno Age
He was born on the 17th of December, 1992. He is 27 years old.
TeknoTekno Hometown
He is from Ivo Local Government Area, Ebonyi State. He was born in Bauchi State into a family of five boys and one girl.
He was raised in several parts of the country including Nassarawa, Kaduna, and Abuja due to the fact that his father was a member of the Nigerian Army.
TeknoTekno Girlfriend
Rachel Akosua Funmilola Garton, professionally known as Lola Rae, is a Nigerian-born singer and dancer of Ghanaian and British descent is Tekno’s partner.
He welcomed his first child on Saturday 26 May 2018. Tekno congratulated his girlfriend and mother of his child singer Lola Rae, writing that he loves her and that she is the strongest.
Tekno Career
He shot into limelight after releasing his first official single titled “Holiday” which featured Davido.
On December 18, 2015, Tekno Miles released “Duro”, a DJ Coublon-produced song that was widely received among music fans and critics thus gaining him new grounds in the music industry.
TeknoIn 2012 while in Abuja, Tekno Miles was spotted by renowned Nigerian comedian Julius Agwu at an event after Tekno Miles received a standing ovation following the performance of a song titled “Onye Ne Kwu”, his remix of Ice Prince’s “Oleku”.
It was at the same event he met Iyanya and Ubi Franklyn, the manager of Made Men Music Group who after sometime persuaded Tekno Miles to move to Lagos.
TeknoPrior to his meeting with Iyanya and Ubi, Tekno Miles was an artist signed under K-Money Entertainment.
His first single titled “Holiday” was released under the imprint. With featured vocals from Davido, “Holiday” was positively accepted and also gaining massive airplay.
On October 5, 2013, he signed a music contract with Made Men Music Group under which he released singles like “Dance” and “Anything” which won him a nomination in the “Best New Act of the Year” category at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.
TeknoOn June 18, 2015, Tekno Miles released a song titled “Duro” which was positively received. A remix which featured Phyno and Flavour N’abania was released on November 16, 2015.
”Duro” was produced by DJ Coublon and it peaked at #5 on Capital XTRA’s “Afrobeats Chart: Top 10” for September 2015.
On November 20, 2015, Tekno Miles released a single titled “Wash”. The song was produced by DJ Coublon with the video directed by AJE Films.
Tekno Awards
Tekno has been nominated for several awards and has on some occasions bagged them home.
TeknoNotable among them is; City People Entertainment Awards for Best New Musician of the Year 2014, City People Music Award for Music Producer of the Year 2017, MTV Africa Music Award for Best Breakthrough Act 2016 among others.
Tekno Net-Worth
Alhaji Tekno as he calls himself is among the MTN ambassadors and has a signed deal of about N18million.
TeknoHe also signed a deal with Sony Music in 2016 at $1.7million (N2billion). The multi-talented music star is worth over N3billion.
Tekno Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter
His official Instagram username is @teknoofficial. He is known on Twitter as @alhajitekno. His Facebook account is Tekno.
TeknoTekno Latest Songs
The young artist has quite a number of songs to his credit. Among them is the banger Pana, Diana, Hit, Wash among others. You can listen and download Tekno’s music here.
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