Akin Alabi, haifaffen Jihar Legas, Najeriya, daraktan kaɗan bidiyo ne na Najeriya, marubuci kuma ɗan kasuwa.[1] Ya shahara a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin daraktocin bidiyo da suka fara aikin samar da bidiyo na kiɗa na salon hiphop a Najeriya[2] kuma ya yi aiki tare da manyan masu fasaha da yawa ciki har da 9ice, Timaya, Tope Alabi, Onyeka Onwenu, Reminisce, Tim Godfrey (mawaki), Ayanjesu, Paul Ik Dairo da dai sauransu.[3]

Akin Alabi
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Lagos, 31 ga Maris, 1977 (47 shekaru)
ƙasa Najeriya
Karatu
Makaranta Jami'ar Ilorin
Federal Government College, Idoani (en) Fassara
Sana'a
Sana'a darakta, Mai daukar hotor shirin fim da music video director (en) Fassara

Yarantaka da ilimi gyara sashe

Alabi ɗan asalin jihar Ekiti ya fara balaguron neman ilimi ne a makarantar yara ta Lara Day Nursery da Primary School dake Ikeja Legas, sannan ya samu satifiket ɗinsa na makarantar sakandare a kwalejin gwamnatin tarayya dake Idoani a jihar Ondo.[4] Daga nan sai ya wuce Jami'ar Ilorin, jihar Kwara don karantar harkokin kasuwanci.[5]

Sana'a gyara sashe

Alabi wanda ya kasance cikin rubuta waƙa da zane-zane a lokacin da yake jami'a ya shaida yayin ɗaya daga cikin tambayoyinsa[6] cewa sha'awar kiɗa ce ta sa shi ya saki albam a 1999. Sai dai abin takaicin shi ne, a lokacin da Uzodinma Ukpechi, wanda yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan jami’an na’urar ɗaukar hoto ya ba shi takardar, Alabi ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya yanke shawarar sayen kayan aiki da kuɗin. Iliminsa a cikin zane-zane da samar da sauti ya zama dandamali don bincike akan fasaharsa.[7]

Bayan ya saki wani faifan bidiyo na kiɗa don masu fasaha masu zuwa da ake kira Nachur don Blac a cikin 2004, Akin ya shahara a 2005 tare da bidiyon kiɗa na Big Bamo da waƙar Paul Play mai suna Crazy. Akin wanda kuma kwararren mai ɗaukar hoto ne, yanzu ana iya sanya shi cikin mafi kyawun bidiyo na kiɗa da daraktocin bidiyo na gida a Nijeriya.[8]

A matsayinsa na mai fasaha, ya kafa wata ƙungiya tare da matarsa mai suna T.I.V[9] wanda ya ci gaba da fitar da fim ɗin da aka buga, Komole a cikin 2012 wanda ya ci gaba da lashe kyaututtuka da dama ciki har da Najeriya Music Video Awards (NMVA) don mafi kyawun amfani da wasan kwaikwayo,[10] Wanda aka zaɓa don Kyautar Bidiyo na Kiɗa na Nijeriya (NMVA) a ƙarƙashin Mafi Kyawun Bidiyon Bidiyo.

Tarin ayyukan bidiyo da ya yi sun haɗa da wakar Konga mai taken Kabakaba, Komole na TIV ft Vector, 'Gbamugbamu' da 'Babu kuskure' na 9ice; 'Yankuliya,' 'Allah na roke,' 'Idan za a ce' na Timaya; 'Ƙasar Alkawari' na Paul Play; 'Crazy' na Julius Agwu; 'Ariya' by Ayuba; 'Bu nwanem' na Onyeka Onwenu; 'Kabakaba' na Konga; RCCG Kundin Yabo Kundin bidiyo; 'Igboro Ti Daru' by Klever J.[11]

Shine wanda ya ƙirƙiro shirin talabijin mai rairayi akan karin magana na Najeriya mai suna My Nigerian Proverb shows daily on African Magic,[12] Trybetv, YangaTv (UK) da kuma kan Buses BRT a Legas. A cikin 2018, ya fitar da wani littafi akan Karin Maganar Yarbawa mai suna Akomolowe: Littafina na Karin Magana na Yarbawa.[13] Yana da sha'awar al'adun Afirka kuma a halin yanzu yana aiki don amfani da ƙafofin watsa labarai na gani don kiyaye al'adun Yarbawa. Yana da lambobin yabo da yawa ciki har da lambar yabo ta 2012 City People don Mafi kyawun Daraktan Bidiyo, Kyautar TAVA don Mafi kyawun Daraktan Bidiyo da Mafi kyawun bidiyo na RnB.

Rayuwa ta sirri gyara sashe

Alabi ya auri Damilare Alabi a shekarar 2008 kuma tare suna da namiji da ƴa mace, suna zaune a birnin Legas, Nijeriya.[14]

Manazarta gyara sashe

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