Somtochukwu Emmanuel Udogu popularly known as Somto is the fast-rising Nigerian Music sensation known for his soulful and adventurous Afro-pop, Afro Beat genre which he has been tagged as one of the best young artists of his generation.
Somto was born in 1996 in Lagos where he attended his primary and secondary schools, before moving to Eastern Nigeria from his higher learning and graduated from the department of linguistics from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. He is originally from Uli in Anambra state, the same country home with Kcee and E-money.
Background
From a family of three, he’s special to his parents having grown up with his father and mother only who were also musically inclined, which greatly influenced his love for music.
Somto has been singing since he can remember and became intentional about music in 2013 where he has been putting out a lot of works, freestyles, covers on social media, stimulating a lot of interest from music fans all over the world. The stage name Somto is an Igbo name from his original name Somtochukwu which means “Praise the lord with me”.
Music Career
Somto has been consistent on this journey against all odds, by dishing out good music to establish that he was born for this game. Music is his life and you cannot dispute this fact when you listen to him. He hopes to be in the conversation in the next five years by establishing his footprint in the hearts of lovers of good music around the globe.
Somto has his songs on digital music platforms like Audiomack, Spotify, Youtube Deezer, etc.
Record Label
Somto recently left the street and signed a deal with VGH music and would be dropping his projects in the next couple of weeks which will definitely blow his teeming fans’ minds.
Interesting facts
Somto Pappi is a writer and we hope to read from him in the nearest. He is an ambivert, a huge fan of Wizkid as he is greatly inspired by Star Boy.
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