12th June, 2020
Fast-rising singer who dubs his style of music as Afro-Cruise, Ambakederemo Evans Oghenekaro better known as Evih has explained the importance of women to his music and how they influence it. In a recent interview, the Tycoon Entertainment signee refuses to label women as objects of sexual pleasure.
According to him, “Women are amazing, we all love them, our mothers, sisters, girlfriends, wives, they are all amazing and they deserve all the love they are getting. We can’t underestimate the importance of women in our lives, it’s beyond seeing them as sexual objects, they have a way of adding spice to life.”
Evih features OBO, Davido in one of the songs “Wonder” remix in his debut EP “Cruise” which he released on June 11, 2020, describing the ‘Assurance” crooner as a superb professional who knows his onions. But when the question of who the best artist is among the trio of Davido, Wizkid and Burna Boy, the singer played it close to his chest.
“They are all GOATS (Greatest Of All Times) and I fuck with each one of them. No comparison, they’ve inspired me to chase my dreams with or without support. And the reason you got to compare them is because of consistency. They paid their dues. They all GOATS. Zero comparison. Much love to them all. But we coming heheheh. The cruise is out. Virus Eror 404 detected,” he said.
Evih released his first single “For You” produced by Boljibeatz in 2016 followed by another one titled “Hennessy” in 2017, also produced by Boljibeatz. In 2018 he dropped two mixtapes, namely; Santiago Milano and Life and followed them up with two more singles, “E Dey Body” and “Testify” produced by Boljibeatz and Beatsbyhits respectively. 2019 saw him releasing more singles; “Wonder” by Killervybez, “Everything on God” produced by Quickmaker, “New Nigeria” and “Magician” both also by Killervybez.
In 2020 he took over the airwaves with his EP titled “Cruise”. It is a six-track masterpiece of work.
The first song on the track list is “Lovestream”. The second is titled “Down” while the third is “Wonder” remix featuring Davido. The fourth, fifth and the sixth are “Belle Dancer”, “Paindem” and “Articicial”. “Lovestream”, “Wonder” remix , “Belle Dancer” and “Artificial” are produced by Grace Fingers. “Down” was produced by Hits and “Wonder” remix by Killervybez. For the mixing and mastering, “Lovestream”, “Belle Dancer”, “Paindem” and “Artificial” was done by STG. “Down” was mixed by Dockside Theatre while “Wonder” remix was done by the duo of Docside Theatre and STG. All the songs are written by Evih himself.
Evih grew up in the FESTAC Extension area of Mile 2 , Lagos State. He is from Kiagbodo town in Burutu local government area of Delta State. He studied business administration at the University of Benin, Edo State.