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Patrick Nnaemeka Okorie (born 27 May 1990), popularly known by his stage name Patoranking, is a Nigerian award-winning reggae-dancehall singer and songwriter.

Patoranking is from Ebonyi State. He hails from the same state of origin with the Cartel Music singer, Tekno and the Mavin Records signee, Crayon.

Born and brought up in Ebute Metta community of Lagos, he grew up sharing one room with his parents and five siblings.

His modest upbringing and close relationship with his family instilled a drive and determination to create a better future and made him venture into music.

He has worked with so many artistes within and outside of Africa.

Notable among the artistes he collaborated with are Timaya, Tiwa Savage, Sarkodie, Solid Star, Popcaan, Victor AD, Solidstar, etc.

Patoranking’s Early Life Before Music

Patoranking was born and brought up in Ijegun-Egba Satellite Town but has family roots in Onicha, Ebonyi State. 

He went to Citizen Comprehensive College in Epe, Lagos and later enrolled at Jibril Martin Memorial Grammar School in Iponri.

The singer moved to Ghana in 2007 to pursue his education after gaining admission to the University of Cape Coast but dropped out due to financial challenges.

After dropping out of college, he moved to Osu, a suburb of Accra, Ghana where he met Lanky, an entrepreneur who signed Patoranking to his label, Black Rhythmz Entertainment. 

Whilst signed to Black Rhythmz Entertainment, he was working at a restaurant opposite Frankies Osu and took another job at Accra Mall.

After recording a few songs on Lanky’s label, the relationship came to an end and he went back to Nigeria.

Patoranking’s Musical Career

Patoranking started his music career doing underground collaborations, with artists such as XProject, Konga, Slam, and Reggie Rockstone. 

He signed a record deal with K-Solo’s Igberaga Records in 2010, releasing “Up in D Club” under the label. 

He became a protégé of Dem Mama Records after collaborating with Timaya on his song “Alubarika”, and was later signed to the label for a brief period of time.

In February 2014, he signed a record deal with Foston Musik and released “Girlie O”, a single that brought him into the limelight.

On 9 February 2015, the singer announced on Instagram that he signed a distribution deal with VP Records.

On September 28 he released a song titled “Abule” which he released ahead of his album scheduled to be released later in 2020. 

He once disclosed, in 2020, that he once got inspiration for a song on a football pitch while playing football.

He has been a consistent artiste since inception, and this has placed him among the A-list artiste in the continent.

His “World Best” album released in September 2023 happens to be the latest project by the artiste.

Patoranking’s Discography

Patoranking a total number of four studio albums and a couple of singles to his credit.

His first studio album, God Over Everything, was released in 2016. 

The project occupied 4th place on the Billboard’s Reggae Albums. 

It has popular songs such as No Kissing baby, Love Town, Hale Hale, and Beautiful.

His second album, Wilmer, was dropped in 2019. 

Some of the tracks in the album are Nakupenda where he features a popular  Kenyan singer, Nyashinski, and Confirm featuring Davido.

His third album “Three”, was released in 2020. 

The album contains  12 songs where it features some famous musicians like Sauti Sol, Tiwa Savage, Flavour, and King Promise.

His latest album was released in September 2023, with the title “World Best”. 

The project has hit songs like “Abobi”, “Tonight”, “Higher”, etc, with collaborations from Popcaan, Victony, Kizz Daniel, etc.

Alubarika

Tonight

Friends

Happy Day

No Kissing

Abule

Abobi

Cheating Zone

Money Killing Me

This Kind Luv 

Writing On The Wall 

Mama Aboyo 

Stammerer 

Love Town 

Hale Hale 

Beautiful Ayinde 

Wilmer 

Feelings 

Temperature 

Nakupenda 

Black 

Zéro Problémé 

Lenge Lenge 

Turn Up 

Champion 

Go Crazy 

Open Fire 

Confirm 

Three 

Title 

So Nice 

Up In D Club 

Iya Bisi 

Gravity 

Girlie O.

Daniella Whine 

My Woman 

Make Am

Another Level 

Love You Die 

Sunshine 

Everyday 

Confirm

Patoranking’s Awards and Nominations

Patoranking has won several awards nationally and internationally.

He started with the winning 2014 Headies Next Rated Award, Best Collaboration, and Best Reggae and Dancehall Single on the same night.

Other awards won by the artist are the MTV Africa Music Award, City People Music Award, Nigeria Entertainment Award, South African Music Award, etc.

Patoranking is a successful Reggae and Dancehall artiste who has lived his time and is relevant in the present-day music discourse.