Skiibii Biography, Career, Songs, Net Worth

Abbey Toheeb Elias who is well known as Skiibii or Oracle or Skiibii Mayana is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.

He was born on the 5th of July, 1992, and hails from Lagos State. He was born in Surulere, Lagos State, Nigeria where he spent his formative years.

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Profile Summary

Real Name	Abbey Toheeb Elias
Stage Name	Skiibii or Oracle or Skiibii Mayana
Date of birth	5th of July, 1992
Age	29 (In 2021)
Place of birth	Surulere, Lagos State, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
State of origin	Lagos
Tribe	Yoruba
Profession	Singer, songwriter
Genre	Afrobeats
Record Label	Five Star Music (December 24th, 2014 to January 2018) More Grace Music World (2018 to Present)
Education	Studied Mass Communication at University of Ado Ekiti (UNAD) now known as Ekiti State University of Ado Ekiti
Net Worth	$1,000,000

Education

Skiibii who was born and raised in Surulere, Lagos, completed his Primary & Secondary School education in Lagos state.

On completion of his secondary school education, he moved to Ekiti State where he studied Mass Communication at the University of Ado Ekiti (UNAD) which is now known as Ekiti State University of Ado Ekiti.

Career

Skiibii’s music career started off while he was still in secondary school in Lagos. Then he was a rapper but switched to singing due to its popularity at the time. His decision to go into music didn’t sit well with his father who didn’t hide his displeasure and disapproval for his son’s career choice at the time. With time, Skiibii was able to get his father’s support and approval for his career choice.

On how he got the stage name ‘Skiibii’, he revealed that his Uncle was fond of calling him ‘Omo to Skiibii’ and when he asked his uncle what he meant by Skiibii, his Uncle told him that it means ‘A sharp and smart person’. He went on to pick the name Skiibii as his stage name and he disclosed that ‘Mayana’ is a Spanish word that means tomorrow or the future.

Skiibii’s career picked up in 2014 when Nigerian business tycoon, E-Money and his brother, singer-songwriter – Kcee signed him to the record label ‘Five Star Music‘ on the 24th of December, 2014. As part of the signing, he got a brand new 2014 Hyundai SUV. Prior to his signing, he had been affiliated with the Five Star Music general, Kcee as far back as when he was still with his previous partner, Presh.

On the 21st of January, 2015, Skiibii released his debut single for Five Star Music titled ‘Stay With Me’ featuring his record label partner, Kcee.

After releasing a couple of singles under Five Star Music, four years later, Skiibii ceremoniously left Five Star Music in January 2018 and launched his own record label, More Grace Music World.

In October 2018, Skiibii got his first mega-hit record with the release of Sensima featuring his best friend in the music industry, Reekado Banks. Skiibii revealed in an interview with Pulse Nigeria that he used his house rent to shoot the music video for Sensima just a few days to the expiration of his house rent and the music video has now garnered over 53 million views on YouTube since its release. He also disclosed that the record ‘Sensima’ made him over 15 million Naira in the first three months of its release.

Since then Skiibii has continued to drop bangers upon bangers, continued to grow his brand, and even got the attention of American Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter, Chris Brown who followed him on Instagram at the time when he was still following people on Instagram and also facetimed him.

Skiibii released his debut body of work ‘God Is Bigger Than Man’ EP on the 26th of November, 2021. The EP had seven songs.

Controversies

In August 2015, Skiibii was reported dead while he was still alive. It was reported that he had dressed up and was headed for media rounds when he suddenly fell and was unable to be resuscitated.

Fans and media at the time concluded that he faked his death and that the stunt was to promote his coming single ‘Sampu’ at the time.

His record label ‘Five Star Music’ released a statement debunking the death news. The statement reads;

We the entire Five Star Music received with great shock the news of the demise of our artiste in the person of Abbey Toyyib Elias a.k.a Skiibii.

The wide spread rumor of Skiibii being dead that shook the airwaves and social media platforms this morning is confirmed false.

The 22 year old talented musician signed to Five Star Music is fine and alive. Given that he had a minor health issue this morning, He collapsed and was rushed by his brother & his friends to a nearby hospital from where he was taken to a more equipped hospital by the intervention of the CEO of Five Star Group for further treatment.

Skiibii is currently recuperating at a private hospital, Please disregard negative information hitherto passed. Death is not something to play with. Kcee and Five Star Manager Soso Soberekon are currently in Europe on a tour.

On his suppose demise as confirmed by Five Star Music or the label’s manager – At best, it was a miscommunication. The official social media accounts for future updates on every thing as regards the label, artistes and music are: @sososoberekon @iam_KCEE,@iam_emoney1 @iamMrSongz @Skiibii and @FiveStarMusicNG (on Instagram). Thank you for your concern and support.

Many still believed that it was a stunt regardless and continued to troll him online. Bahd Guys record boss, Falz also dissed him on his song ‘Soft Work’ when he said “If you fake your own death, you fit still no blow”.