
Sodiq Abubakar Yusuf a.k.a CDQ, A Lagosian, the first child from a
family of 3 and a graduate of economics from Lagos state university
(LASU). This super-talented Indigenous rapper with his word play, punch
lines and metaphors has thrilled many listeners with his articulated,
undisputable and hilarious combination of words over beat.
He has been in the game as far back as 2002, and on the 7th of May, 2009
, He organized his first concert ever on his Campus (Lagos State
University) where his intimate in the industry late Dagrin was present
also was M.I, Jesse Jagz, Dj Jimmy Jatt and Wizkid.
The major highlight for the passionate rapper came at his first
performance after his NYSC when he won A rap-battle at the popular
Industry night show (Dec, 2012) at the Oriental Hotels, Lagos where
Masterkraft, J-sleek and Dr.Frabs were hosted. CDQ’s performance blew
away the audience and bought him consistent performance at the show also
guaranteed promotion on The Beat 99.9FM.
Another show where this talented act held his audience spell-bound was
at the Wiz-kid concert at the African shrine (Fela Shrine). This show
added to the lime-light and made him the street’s favorite. This opened
up a new page for the passionate rapper as he began to get a lot of
attention in the Industry. After which the beat highness-Masterkraft
picked interest in him, he has been working on couple of singles,
collaborations and mix-tapes.
CDQ was feautured on the well-hyped Masterkraft’s album project on a
track titled ‘Dis is how we like to do it’ alongside Poka-face and
sledge. He has also featured on a track with OshBeat and Ill-Bliss (Ibo
Boy) titled ‘Koeje’ which is still in the pipeline. With all of these
achievements thus far, the young talented rapper is releasing his own
single on his birthday which promises to take everybody aback titled
‘Saula’ produced by the Beat Highness himself-Masterkraft. BTW today is His Bday.... HAPPY BELATED DAY BOO...DO have fun...