Fuji icon, Olasunkanmi Ayinde Marshal aka K1 De Ultimate is a native of Ijebu Ode, Ogun state, born on March 3, 9157. He popularized a brand of the fuji genre based on the work of the fuji creator Ayinde Barrister known as Talazo fuji. He discovered his interest in music when he was 8.
His father is from Ijebu Ode while his mother is from Ilupeju in Ondo state.
Personal Life
His debut album, Abode Mecca, an allusion to his travel to hajj was released in 1979. Five years later in 1984, K1 De Ultimate released one of his most successful albums to date, Talaso ’84. The same year, Wasiu Ayinde took a tour of North America and Europe — this eventually became an annual event for him and his band. In 1994, Wasiu Ayinde, now popular as K1 De Ultimate was crowned the King of Fuji music by the Alaafin Of Oyo Oba Adeyemi. He has also obtained a new official name King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal the First (KWAM 1).