DJ Venum attended Ireti Grammar School in Ikoyi and later Yaba College of Technology. His interest in music started at an early age from watching his dad play at music gigs.
In secondary school, he was a rapper and a confessed studio rat. At the same time, he developed a keen interest in deejaying. As fate would have it, he was transferred from the studio section at Bogobiri to the deejaying section. This is how his DJ career started. He got the name Venum from a friend during his days as a rapper.
DJ Venum’s who also doubles as a sound engineer career took flight through Mainland Block Party By Alhaji Popping & Bizzle. He has played at several concerts and festivals. He regularly plays at Mainland Block Party, Nigeria’s biggest youth event. He also has a residency at Bogobori, the popular Bogobiri House and Roma Lagos.
About six years ago, DJ Venum was all over the timeline and news about his attempt at breaking DJ Obi’s world record for longest disc jockeying. He eventually did. Long before the craze for breaking the Guinness Book of Records. Years before Hilda Baci made the feat fanciful and perhaps the best thing after Amala and Abula. There was a dreadlock-wearing DJ Venum
His attempt at the record registered his name in the minds of the people, he became an urban legend in Akure and perhaps throughout the country. Born over two decades ago, Venum’s love for music started at an early stage. From listening to his dad play classic records to him taking his time to savor the music on radio stations, this formed his music taste, by the time he was of age, Dj Venum already had a flair for music.
No wonder it was easier for him to attempt the Guinness World Record for the longest disc jockeying, playing music non-stop for 18 days. The initiative draws visits and salutations from industry players like MI Abaga, DJ Lambo, and others.
He has built a strong profile for himself in the music industry on account of his diversity, unique style and creativity.The Esan, Edo State-born entertainer and an alumnus of Yaba College of Technology asserts that he is the product of all his past experiences, having gone through high and low moments of his career
Also his major show, SafeHaus: Jungle Rave is an event hosted by which took placeThe Freeme Space
The sold out event features Skales, Ladé, ActiveBoy, Kold AF, Musgan, Amaeya, Gdzilla, and some of Nigeria’s frontline DJs like iControla, Titanium and Neezybeats
