Banky W was born in the United States to Nigerian parents. His family moved back to Nigeria when he was five years old. He started singing at a young age in the church choir. He schooled in Lagos for his primary and secondary education and returned to further his tertiary education at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York on a scholarship. He started his record label E.M.E in 2002 while still studying. After moving to Nigeria in 2009, he established the label in Lagos. He signed artists like Niyola, Shaydee, Skales and Wizkid to the label at the time. His breakthrough debut studio album, Back in the Building was released in 2005.[3] He wrote the first theme song of Etisalat Nigeria titled "0809ja for life On 11 November 2018, Banky W declared in intention to run for a seat in Nigeria's House of Representatives, representing Lagos' Eti-Osa Federal Constituency. He announced that he would run under the Modern Democratic Party, formed in 2017
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