Tay Iwar
Nigerian singer, songwriter and producer Austin Iornongu Iwar Jnr, aka Tay Iwar,
was born in Marina, Lagos Island, on June 9, 1997. Growing up between Lagos and
Abuja, he showed an early interest in music, starting to use production software
at the age of fourteen. In 2014, he made his first mixtape, Passport, nominated
two years in a row at the Nigerian Teen Choice Awards, before the 2016 release
of Renascentia. Tay Iwar quickly established himself as a major figure in the
new alté movement, fusing R&B, hip-hop, neo-soul and African rhythms. He records
the album Gemini (2019), f...
