Meet Singer & Music Producer, Duncan Mighty

Born on the 28th of October 1983 in Obio Akpor, Rivers, to Mr. and Mrs. Okechukwu, as the only child.

Duncan Wene Mighty Okechukwu, simply known as Duncan Mighty, is a Nigerian musician, singer, and music producer from Eligbam in Rumueme obio apkor LGA Rivers state.

He is the founder of JamBase Cable Tv station in Port Harcourt. Wene also has a construction company . His song genre is Reggae, African R&B, and hip hop.

He had his primary and secondary education at Army Children school G.R.A port Harcourt, and Army day secondary school Boring camp port Harcourt. Afterwards, he went to study Civil Engineering at the University of Port Harcourt. To date, he still works as an engineer in his construction company, whenever he is not working on his music.

Currently, he is married to Vivien Mighty, and they are blessed with three lovely children.

As a young boy Duncan Mighty was an instrumentalist that usually played the drums in church, he was also the choir director and a vocal coach.

Duncan’s love for music, made him go abroad to study audio engineering at Basel University, Switzerland. After his graduation, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted him to work as a sound instructor at Benson and Hedges, Lagos, Nigeria. There was also a time he worked as a sound engineer with Dolphin Studios at the Muson Centre, Lagos.

After his service year, he didn’t leave Lagos. Instead, he stayed behind so that he could work with sound production companies in Lagos, in order to learn and master practical recording and sound production techniques. Duncan eventually left Lagos in 2006, after 6 years of acquiring the knowledge he needed.

He left Lagos for Port Harcourt. Thereafter, he got a job as a sound engineer at D Large Records and 360 Records. Subsequently, he went on to partner with Chris Aire, celebrity jeweler to form the AireMighty Records in 2006.

Duncan Mighty decided to release his first album after his father’s death in 1997. So, in 2008, he released his first studio album – Koliwater. The album contains twenty-two songs including Ijeoma, Scatter My Dada, Dance For Me and Ako Na Uche.

Because of the success of his first album, he started working on the release of his second album Ahamefuna (Legacy) almost immediately. Eventually, he released the album in the second quarter of 2010. Duncan Mighty produced the album alone without any featured artist or guest appearances.

Till date his biggest hit will be a collaboration with Mr Raw. Unu Ge Gbum Madu Ft Nigga Raw, the track details recurrent societal ills which we face in Nigeria. A tune which instills consciousness of the continuous lackadaisical attitude of the government towards the masses.

On his interview with BBC News Igbo on 23 september 2021,he said that, he is a proud Igbo son, right from his childhood. That his parents are always proud to be Igbo From Ikwerre .