As a kid, Blake Dilinna Ezeofor with the stage name, “Von Blake” knew that the pull and allur of music would be irresistible. It was not therefore, a surprise that even as a graduate of Engineering, Von Blake has stuck with music.
He is proverbial wedded to music for which divorce is a distant dream. For Von Blake, music is a passion that caught up with him as a pupil.
With music-loving parents as role models, growing up music was simply a way of life.
“As kids, I and my siblings formed dance routines to songs we composed ourselves. It gave us great joy because we didn’t like lessons or doing chores.”
“Even in church I was in a dance group, so performing has always been in my blood. And also I was a mass server, that’s where I first learnt synchronization and syncopation with other performers”, he said.
A singer, songwriter composer and a graduate of Civil Engineering, Blake’s love for music blossomed throughout his academic pursuit.
In secondary school, for example, he teamed up with like minds in his class to form the musical group, INVICTUS.
The budding music sensation has hit tracks to his credit, including Vibration, Tom Tom Waist and Fine Fine Caro. He also has several unreleased tracks “that grow by the day in my portfolio”
Blake is inching towards international stardom as the young artist and INVICTUS came 3rd in the Spanish/Nigeria musical competition on 24 March 2023 organized by the Spanish Embassy in Nigeria which featured 200 Nigerian artists.
He featured in a recent EP collaboration with two other young artists, Denzel-Armani and Silver Omah. The EP, entitled “Epiphany” is a blend of different afrobeat rhythms.
Von Blake is optimistic that “my future is going to be bright… I see myself in the next five years impacting a wide range of people and generation after generation to come identifying with my music irrespective of their colour, tribe or race”