Naeto “Naeto C” Chikwe was born on December 17th 1982 in Houston Texas to Nigerian parents. Over time, Naeto developed intrests into music and other creative art forms, most specifically poetry, which took him to various competitions and earned him accolade as a young poet during his earlier years. Naeto would later move to The United States to further a higher education both in SUNY Oldwestbury and a year later, George Washington University. While in the states, Naeto linked up with Uzikwendu and his brother, Ikechukwu, an up and coming Hip Hop artist out of Washington Heights, NY. The trio formed the World Famous Akademy, an aspiring Record Label but most importantly, a brotherhood between them and their close friends. While in the States, Naeto C recorded over 40 to 50 songs as a solo artist and about 25 songs with the World Famous Akademy as a group. After graduating in 2004 with a B Sc. in Biology, the next step was Medical School. 
However, he changed his mind, deciding to apply his life differently. Taking time off to embark on another challenge gave the window to accomodate other options. Within this period, Storm Media Group, an entertainment company located in West Africa, Nigeria, had expressed interest in signing the World Famous Akademy having heard their material on a local radio station. Years prior to Storm indicating interest in the World Famous Akademy, Naeto had already played earlier material of himself and his group to Obi Asika, C.E.O of Storm Records. After receiving a message from South Africa about Storm wanting to partner with the World Famous Akademy, Naeto notified the rest of the group and introduced Ikechukwu to Obi over the phone and in person in December 2005. A year later both Naeto and Ikechukwu would return to Nigeria at the beginning of 2006 and Ikechukwu would release his debut album titled “Son of the Soil”, laying the foundation for "Naeto C" and the World Famous Akademy. Working as an in-house producer with his newly discovered production team “ET-Quake” (Consisting of TY Mix and VC Perez), Naeto was able to display his production skills working with Storm artists like Sasha, Dare Art-Alade, GT the Guitarman, Disconnect, Saro-Wiwa and Nkiru. Within a year of working with the aforementioned artists, Naeto had successfully recorded over 70 songs including his most recent album material (a bulk of which he co-produced with TY mix). A notable production achievement is the “I Believe”song Naeto wrote and co-produced with VC Perez (member of ET-Quake), which features himself, an up and coming R&B/Gospel artist, Sheun and the Legendary Hugh Masekela from South Africa. Within the same year Naeto garnered a lot of experience performing, from Ikechukwu’s album launch to Chanel O awards to the I Believe Tour to Always promo tour with Sasha and many more gigs, in preparation for the phenomenal MTN Ho
mecoming Concert, headlined by a popular friend, Nigerian pop sensation, D’banj. Thus far "Naeto C" has recorded over 50 songs for his Debut with production that transcends today’s Hip Hop sound. From the Fela inspired “Lagos City Hustla” the most articulate reflection of Hip-Hop/Afro-beat till date to the down-south-melody-stricken 1st single “Sitting on Top”, Naeto C has broken all boundaries and surpassed more limits than any up and coming artist, lyrically and production wise. Currently Naeto C’s debut album is in its final phase, the only confirmed features include Saro Wiwa, a Highlife/Bongo Artist from Imo State and the World Famous Akademy. Aside from the production which will be mostly Naeto C and his production team, other details of the album are yet to be disclosed.
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