Young Jonn

Young John
Young John
Background information
Birth name	John Saviours Udomboso
Also known as	The Wicked Producer, Jiggy
Born	16 February 1995 (age 29); Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Origin	Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
Genres	Afro pop; Hip hop; Afrobeats;
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter & record producer
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Chocolate City

John Saviours Udomboso (born 16 February 1995), known professionally as Young Jonn, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer, currently signed to Chocolate City Music. He is also known for his hit singles Dada and the remix with Davido. He had music production credits on industry hits during the 2010s and was affiliated with the YBNL mafia family going on to be ranked #3^[1] in The NET's list of "Nigeria's Top 7 Biggest Music Producers" and went on to be nominated in the "Producer of The Year" at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and The Headies 2015.^[2]

Early life and education

Jonn was born into a Christian family of Akwa Ibom descent in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. Jonn had his basic formal education at Ideal Foundation Primary School, Ibadan and GOF College, Osogbo, Osun State. During his high school days in Osogbo, he had interest in Basketball, Soccer, Musical Instruments, Miming and Dance. He studied Communication and Language Arts at the University of Ibadan.^[3]

Career

Jonn started playing musical instrument as a child. He formed a group called AVG along with his brothers before he got signed to Hit Factory Studio in 2012.^[4] While working as producer at Hit Factory, he produced a chart-topping single by Olamide titled "Story For The Gods". He was nominated for "Producer of The Year" at the 2015 edition of The Headies for his work on "Bobo", a song by Olamide which rose to critical acclaim.^[5]

Jonn has been credited for producing songs like "Gbese" and "Efejoku" by Lil Kesh,^[6] "Biggest Backside" by Davido and album credits including The Baddest by Davido, 2 Kings by Olamide and Phyno and Eyan Mayweather by Olamide.

In 2022, Young Jonn closed a deal with Chocolate City, with the release of "Dada", off his first extended play, Love Is Not Enough (Vol. 1), which was released on 1 April 2022. On 21 October 2022, Young Jonn released "Love is Not Enough" (Vol. 2).This project contained already-released Dada Remix, Normally, Next to You, Xtra Cool and If You Leave and Sokoto.^[7]

Discography

Album and EPs

Love Is Not Enough (Vol 1)
Love Is Not Enough (Vol 2)
Jiggy Forever (2024)^[8]

Singles

"Dada"
"Dada" (Remix) (feat. Davido)
"Normally"
"Xtra Cool"
"Currency" (feat. Olamide)
"Aquafina" (2023)
"Sharpally" (2023)
"Disconnect" (2023)
"Go Hard" (2023)
"Big Big Things" (feat. Kizz Daniel & Seyi Vibez) (2024)

Selected production credit

Year	Artiste	Title	Album
2014	Olamide	Blood Money	Street OT
		Falila Ketan
		The Real MVP
		Prayer For Client
		Story For The Gods
2015	Olamide & Phyno	Koba Koba	2 Kings
		Ladi featuring Lil Kesh
		Confam Ni featuring Wizkid
	Olamide	Bobo	Eyan Mayweather
2016	Davido	Biggest Backside featuring B-Red	Non-album single
	Lil Kesh	Semilore	Y.A.G.I
	Olamide	Pepper Dem Gang featuring Davolee	The Glory
		Grind featuring Sossick
		Woyo
	Kiss Daniel	Mama	New Era
2017	Flavour	Loose Guard featuring Phyno	Ijele - The Traveler
	Davolee	Oya Gbeff featuring Olamide
	Lil Kesh	Rora
2021	Lil Kesh	Don't Call Me	Non-album single

Awards and nominations

Year	Event	Prize	Recipient	Result	Ref
2015	2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Producer of the Year	Himself	Nominated
2015	The Headies 2015			Nominated
2016	The Headies 2016			Won
2017	Soundcity MVP Awards Festival	African Producer of the Year		Won	^[9]

References

^ "Choclate City's Young Jonn opens up on his relationship with YBNL - Notjustok". 13 July 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^ "Young Jonn: Biograpghy, Education, Career, Relationship, Net worth - NewsWire NGR". 27 October 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^ "Young Jonn: Biograpghy, Education, Career, Relationship, Net worth - NewsWire NGR". 27 October 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^ "I never thought I would make it this fast–YOUNG JOHN - The Nation Nigeria". 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
^ "Olamide Leads Headies 2015 Nominees". ThisDay Newspaper. 11 October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
^ S., Deji (9 July 2015). "New Music: Lil Kesh feat. Viktoh – Efejoku". BellaNaija. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
^ Adeayo Adebiyi (21 October 2022). "Young Jonn returns with new EP 'Love Is Not Enough, Vol.2'". pulse.ng.
^ Akagbu, Amber (2024-04-12). "Young Jonn Reinforces His Afrobeats Credentials With Debut Album "Jiggy Forever"| The Culture Custodian". The Culture Custodian (Est. 2014.). Retrieved 2024-06-14.
^ "Hat Trick For Davido At SoundCity MVP Awards + Full List Of Awardees". The Eagle Online. 14 January 2018.

[1] "Choclate City's Young Jonn opens up on his relationship with YBNL - Notjustok". 13 July 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[2] "Young Jonn: Biograpghy, Education, Career, Relationship, Net worth - NewsWire NGR". 27 October 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[3] "Young Jonn: Biograpghy, Education, Career, Relationship, Net worth - NewsWire NGR". 27 October 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[4] "I never thought I would make it this fast–YOUNG JOHN - The Nation Nigeria". 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.

[5] "Olamide Leads Headies 2015 Nominees". ThisDay Newspaper. 11 October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.

[6] S., Deji (9 July 2015). "New Music: Lil Kesh feat. Viktoh – Efejoku". BellaNaija. Retrieved 28 November 2015.

[7] Adeayo Adebiyi (21 October 2022). "Young Jonn returns with new EP 'Love Is Not Enough, Vol.2'". pulse.ng.

[8] Akagbu, Amber (2024-04-12). "Young Jonn Reinforces His Afrobeats Credentials With Debut Album "Jiggy Forever"| The Culture Custodian". The Culture Custodian (Est. 2014.). Retrieved 2024-06-14.

[9] "Hat Trick For Davido At SoundCity MVP Awards + Full List Of Awardees". The Eagle Online. 14 January 2018.

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