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Duncan Wene Mighty Okechukwu popularly called Duncan Mighty is the only Son and Child of his parents. His name ‘WeneMighty’ means Togetherness. Duncan Mighty songs become very popular and trendy online with a great number of streaming .
Career
From his youth, Duncan Wene Mighty began as an instrumentalist; he played drums in church and was the choir director. His interest in music grew with time and eventually led him to the school, where he studied Audio engineering. During his Youth Service, he served as a sound instructor for Benson and Hedges. He also worked at Dolphin Studios while on IT at Muson Centre in Lagos. At this time, Wene Mighty was certain about his singing potential, although his main focus was strongly on music production. He would later begin recording and eventually combining both skills.
In 2006, he returned to Port Harcourt where he first rendered his services to record companies D Large Records and 360 Records, before partnering with celebrity jeweller Chris Aire to form AireMighty Records. His father Mr. Okechukwu passed on to the Afterlife in 2007. The following year, Wene Mighty released his first studio album, Koliwater, which helped establish him as a homegrown hitmaker in the music industry.The album contains twenty two songs including “Ijeoma”, “Scatter My Dada”, “Dance For Me” and “Ako Na Uche”. After substantial success with the album, Wene Mighty began work on his next album Ahamefuna (Legacy) and by second quarter 2010, it was released into the local record stores in Nigeria. This album was produced entirely by Wene Mighty himself with no guest appearances or featured artists. It was preceded by the lead single “I Don’t Give A Shot”. Wene Mighty also snared a leading three nominations for the 2011 NEA Awards and won in the category of the “Indigenous Artist of the Year”. Footprints was released in September 2012. The album features collaborations with Timaya, Shaggy, Otuu Sax, Sandaz Black and Wande Coal. Wene Mighty was honoured alongside fellow South South artists M-Trill, Timaya, Becky Enyioma and Sodi Cookey at the 4th annual Odudu Music Awards.
He returned to Portharcout from Lagos in 2006 rendering his services to recording companies D Large Records and 360 Records before patnering with Chris Aire to form AireMighty Records.
He released his debut studio album ‘Koliwater’ in 2008. ‘Koliwater’ was a huge success and featured songs like ‘Ijeoma’, ‘Scatter my Dada’ and ‘Ako na Uche’.
In 2010, he released his second album ‘Ahamefuna (Legacy)’, the 15 track album featured songs like ‘Obianuju’ and ‘Port Harcout son’ which brought him fame and huge social media followers.
In September 2012, he released his third studio album titled ‘Footprints’ featuring some local and international musicians like Timaya, Shaggy, Otuu Sax, Sandaz Black and Black Diamond Wande Coal.
He went on to form his own label, Young Wealth Records and produced his fourth album ‘Grace and Talent’ in 2014 under it.
Personal life
On 25 July 2015, Duncan Mighty married his fiancée Vivien, the event was by invitation only where famous gospel artist Sammie Okposo performed as a guest artist. Nigerian celebrities such as Yemi Alade, Phyno and Patoranking attended the ceremony. Duncan Mighty had proposed to his then-fiancée in November 2014.
