# Dice Ailes

Shasha Damilola Alesh better known by his stage name Dice Ailes, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and rapper. In July 2014, he signed a record deal with Chocolate City. He was nominated for Rookie of the Year at The Headies 2016. In 2016, TooXclusive ranked his breakthrough single "Miracle" third on its list of the "Top 10 Songs for the month of October". In 2017, tooXclusive named him as "one of the sixteen artists you need to know.

## Early life and education

He schooled in Nigeria at lagooz college, Republic of Benin, and Ghana then relocated to Canada where he studied at York University and also started his musical career before relocating back to Nigeria after his record deal with Chocolate City in 2014.

## Career

He started out in a church choir. He started out too with Hyce- age, coker, Millie and Reihnard while in the label. He achieved recognition in 2016 for his CKay-produced single "Miracle" featuring Lil Kesh.
On 21 December 2016, Dice Ailes shared stage with the likes of WSTRN, Krept and Konan, Migos alongside Lil Kesh at the "Beat FM Xmas concert" 2016 in Lagos.
In an interview with Tush Magazine, Dice Ailes describes his style of music as "Afro-pop RnB". In his words:
   I'm a pretty versatile artist. I don't have a specific genre. I started off rapping, then as I grew up it sort of just graduated to a lot of different stuff. So right now, I just do Afro-pop, RnB; you know what I'm saying, I just mix everything up.
He also said in 2018 that he didn't sing the song "Otedola" to either get money from billionaire Femi Otedola or get close to his family. He said "Whatever you do, people will always have their reservations and opinions, but I didn't do the song to get money from Otedola or to get close to his family. I was just having fun . Surprisingly, upon releasing the song, I got to meet Otedola and he gave me a lot of money. I am close to the family members and I call him on the telephone whenever I like. I didn't plan for all these as some people have said". In 2020 a fan once challenged Dice for not lending his voice to the rape issue that was happening in Nigeria. The singer replied that he was not a Nigerian, this led to a row on Twitter as his fans vowed to disown the singer.

## Discography
### Singles

As lead artist :
| Year | Title | Album |
| 2014 | "Fantasy" | Non-album single |
| 2014 | "Telephone" | Non-album single |
| 2015 | "Machinery" | Non-album single |
| 2016 | "Miracle" | Non-album single |
| 2017 | "Ella" | Non-album single |
| 2017 | "Otedola" | Non-album single |
| 2018 | "mr biggs" | Non-album single |
| 2018 | "Dicey" | Non-album single |
| 2018 | "Enough" | Non-album single |
| 2019 | "Alakori"(feat. Falz)"Ginika" | Non-album single |
| 2020 | "Pim Pim" (feat Olamide) | Non-album single |
| 2021 | "Money Dance" | Non-album single |
| 2022 | "Leftside" | Ladies First |
| 2022 | "Pray As You go" | Ladies First |
| 2022 | "Rosalia" (feat. Kady Cain) | Ladies First |
| 2022 | "Monica" | Ladies First |
| 2022 | "Zombie" | Ladies First |
| 2022 | "Hold me" (feat. Tiwa Savage) | Ladies First |
| 2024 | "Dicey Baba" |
As featured artist :
| Year | Title | Album |
| 2015 | "Awon Temi" (Loose Kaynon feat. Dice Ailes & Koker) | The Gemini Project |
| 2016 | "Brooklyn" (Ice Prince feat. Dice Ailes) | Jos to the World |
| 2017 | "Olohungbo" (Masterkraft feat. Ceeza, YCEE & Dice Ailes) | Non-album single |
| 2017 | "No Favors" (Yung6ix feat. Dice Ailes & Mr. Jollof) | Non-album single |
| 2017 | "Your Father" (M.I Abaga feat. Dice Ailes) | Rendezvous |
| 2019 | "Que Cera" (Vision DJ feat. Dice Ailes, Kwesi Arthur, Medikal) |
| 2020 | "Pressure" ( Spinall, feat. Dice Ailes) |
| 2021 | "Focus" remix (Ajimovoix feat. Dice Ailes) |

### Compilation albums

| Year | Title | Released Date |
| 2015 | The Indestructible Choc Boi Nation | 30 April 2015 |

### Cover

As lead artist :
| Year | Artist | Title |
| 2016 | MI & Dice Ailes | "Controlla (refix)" |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Event | Prize | Recipient | Result |
| 2015 | tooXclusive Awards | Best New Artiste | Himself | Nominated |
| 2016 | The Headies | Rookie of The Year | Himself | Nominated |
| 2018 | The Headies | Next Rated | Himself | Nominated |