# T.I Blaze

Akintunde Abiodun Timileyin (born 16 February 1990), known professionally as T.I Blaze, is a Nigerian singer, and songwriter currently signed to Dvpper Music. He rose to stardom with the release of his sleeper hit single "Sometimes" in 2021 which spawned success in 2022, following the remix with one of Nigerian most influential artists in Africa Olamide, which earned him his first chart entry at number three on Nigeria TurnTable Songs chart, and at number sixteen, on TurnTable End of the Year Top 100 of 2022.

## Career

On 25 February 2022, Blaze released The Fresh Prince of Lagos, a 6-track extended play. The project lead track including "Sometimes", with guest appearances from Olamide, Rasaqi NFG, and South African rapper Blxckie. On 11 March 2022, he was named Apple Music’s Up Next Artist for Nigeria. On 5 April 2022, Blaze took to his Instagram story to inform the public about a raid that took place at his house by 1 am by NDLEA in search of drugs. The lyrics of "Sometimes", include the word “Canadian Loud”, which brought the attention of the agency. On 29 April 2022, he released "Kilo" featuring Skiibii. On the week of 9 May 2022, "Kilo" debuted at number 17 on TurnTable Nigeria Official song chart.
On 27 August 2022, Blaze performed "Try", "Sometimes "(remix)", and "Kilo" at Johnnie Walker's Walkers District event at Eagles Club in Surulere. On 8 November 2022, he acquired a new car and house. On 18 November 2022, he released his first studio album El Major, independently through Dvpper Music. The project also features guest appearance from Bella Shmurda, BACKROAD GEE, Fave, Skiibii, Camidoh, and Ladipoe. On 11 February 2023, he performed at the 5th Soundcity MVP Awards Festival. On December 7th 2024 he performed at the Big Steezee event hosted by Ceekaysprout Entertainment held in level three premium event center, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa , T.I Blaze performed "Try", "Sometimes "(remix)", "Kilo" , Beamer , trenches luv and many more at the big steezee event that left everyone yearning for more, he is defiantly a rising star to reckon with within the Afro beat seen with several hit to his name

## Discography
### EPs

List of studio extended plays, with selected details and chart positions :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | NG |
| The Fresh Prince of Lagos | Released: 25 February 2022 Label: Dvpper Music Formats: Digital download | 46 |
| Dangerous Wavy Baby | Released: 3 August 2023 Label: Dvpper Music Formats: Digital download | 16 |

### Albums

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | NG |
| El Major | Released: 18 November 2022 Label: Dvpper Music Formats: Digital download | 11 |

#### As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with year released and album shown :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | NG | NG Streetpop | SA | UK | UK Afrobeats | US Afrobeats | Certifications | Album |
| "Tomiwa" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | N/A |
| "Dupe" (feat. Temadey) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | N/A |
| "Sometimes" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | The Fresh Prince of Lagos |
| "Sometimes (remix)" (feat. Olamide) | 2022 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | TCSN: 2× Platinum | The Fresh Prince of Lagos |
| "Try" | 2022 | 22 | 10 | — | — | — | — | | The Fresh Prince Of Lagos |
| "Kilo" (feat. Skiibii) | 2022 | 17 | 4 | — | — | — | — | | El Major |
| "My Life" | 2022 | 27 | 7 | — | — | — | — | | N/A |
| "Adura" (feat. Oluwacoded) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | N/A |
| "Good Life" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | N/A |
| "Lock Up" | 2022 | 42 | 14 | — | — | — | — | | El Major |
| "Play" (feat. Fave) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | El Major |
| "Wire" | 2023 | 60 | 9 | — | — | — | — | | Dangerous Wavy Baby |