Young Jonn

Young Jonn
Background information
Also known asThe Wicked Producer, Jiggy
Born
John Saviours Udomboso

(1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 31)
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
OriginAkwa Ibom, Nigeria
Genres
OccupationsSinger, songwriter & record producer
Years active2010–present
LabelChocolate City

John Saviours Udomboso (born 16 February 1995), known professionally as Young Jonn, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer, currently signed to Chocolate City Music. He is also known for his hit singles Dada and the remix with Davido. He had music production credits on industry hits during the 2010s and was affiliated with the YBNL mafia family going on to be ranked #3 in The NET's list of "Nigeria's Top 7 Biggest Music Producers" and went on to be nominated in the "Producer of The Year" at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and The Headies 2015.

Early life and education

Udomboso was born in Ibadan into a Christian family, who came from Akwa Ibom. Udomboso attended the Ideal Foundation Primary School, Ibadan and GOF College, Osogbo, Osun State. During his high school days in Osogbo, he was interested in basketball, soccer, musical imstruments, miming and dance. He studied Communication and Language Arts at the University of Ibadan.

Career

Udomboso started playing musical instrument as a child. He formed a group called AVG along with his brothers before he got signed to Hit Factory Studio in 2012. While working as producer at Hit Factory, he produced a chart-topping single by Olamide titled "Story For The Gods". He was nominated for "Producer of The Year" at the 2015 edition of The Headies for his work on "Bobo", a song by Olamide which rose to critical acclaim.

Udomboso has been credited for producing songs like "Gbese" and "Efejoku" by Lil Kesh, "Biggest Backside" by Davido and album credits including The Baddest by Davido, 2 Kings by Olamide and Phyno and Eyan Mayweather by Olamide.

In 2022, Young Jonn closed a deal with Chocolate City, with the release of "Dada", off his first extended play, Love Is Not Enough (Vol. 1), which was released on 1 April 2022. On 21 October 2022, Young Jonn released "Love is Not Enough" (Vol. 2). This project contained already-released Dada Remix, Normally, Next to You, Xtra Cool and If You Leave and Sokoto.

In 2025, Young Jonn released the single "Only Fans", marking his first release of the year. He subsequently released "Che Che", a collaboration with Nigerian singer Asake, followed by "Cashflow" featuring Wizkid.

In November 2025, he released his second studio album, Blue Disco. Upon release, the album debuted at number one on the Apple Music Nigeria albums chart.

In November 2025, Young Jonn released his sophomore studio album, Blue Disco, a 21-track project featuring guest appearances from Wizkid, Olamide, Asake, Rema, Focalistic, Shenseea, and DJ Tunez. Following the album's release, he returned on 29 May 2026 with the single "Elumelu," an uptempo track celebrating financial ambition and wealth inspired by businessman Tony Elumelu.

Discography

Album and EPs

Singles

Selected production credit

Year Artiste Title Album
2014 Olamide Blood Money Street OT
Falila Ketan
The Real MVP
Prayer For Client
Story For The Gods
2015 Olamide & Phyno Koba Koba 2 Kings
Ladi featuring Lil Kesh
Confam Ni featuring Wizkid
Olamide Bobo Eyan Mayweather
2016 Davido Biggest Backside featuring B-Red Non-album single
Lil Kesh Semilore Y.A.G.I
Olamide Pepper Dem Gang featuring Davolee The Glory
Grind featuring Sossick
Woyo
Kiss Daniel Mama New Era
2017 Flavour Loose Guard featuring Phyno Ijele - The Traveler
Davolee Oya Gbeff featuring Olamide
Lil Kesh Rora
2021 Lil Kesh Don't Call Me Non-album single

Awards and nominations

Year Event Prize Recipient Result Ref
2015 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards Producer of the Year Himself Nominated
The Headies 2015 Nominated
2016 The Headies 2016 Won
2017 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival African Producer of the Year Won

References

  1. ↑ "Chocolate City's Young Jonn Opens Up On His Relationship With YBNL". Notjustok. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Young Jonn: Biography, Education, Career, Relationship, Net worth". NewsWire NGR. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "I never thought I would make it this fast–YOUNG JOHN". The Nation. Lagos, Nigeria. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Olamide Leads Headies 2015 Nominees". This Day. 11 October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  5. ↑ S., Deji (9 July 2015). "New Music: Lil Kesh feat. Viktoh – Efejoku". BellaNaija. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Adeayo Adebiyi (21 October 2022). "Young Jonn returns with new EP 'Love Is Not Enough, Vol.2'". Pulse Nigeria.
  7. ↑ Okhide, Peter (2025-02-28). "Young Jonn embraces a playboy persona in 'Only Fans'". NotjustOk. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
  8. ↑ Esomnofu, Emmanuel (2025-06-06). "Young Jonn & Asake Want to Live Forever on "Che Che" | OkayAfrica". www.okayafrica.com. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
  9. ↑ Kelia (2025-08-31). "Young Jonn and Wizkid Team Up for Summer Banger "Cash Flow" Packed with Lagos Energy". Out Now. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
  10. 1 2 "Young Jonn Unveils Blue Disco, a Bold and Emotionally Charged Sophomore Album – Rolling Stone Africa". Retrieved 2026-02-18.
  11. ↑ "Young Jonn Artist Profile". Chartmetric. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Young Jonn Returns With New Single "Elumelu" Ahead of Forthcoming Sophomore Album "Blue Disco"". Album Talks. 29 May 2026. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  13. ↑ Akagbu, Amber (2024-04-12). "Young Jonn Reinforces His Afrobeats Credentials With Debut Album 'Jiggy Forever'". The Culture Custodian. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  14. ↑ "Hat Trick For Davido At SoundCity MVP Awards + Full List Of Awardees". The Eagle Online. 14 January 2018.