The self-dubbed Ibo Boy has endured many battles since he made his industry move with life throwing different challenges across his path, but he remains steady, five albums and a mixtape done, delving to the big screen with the movie, ”King of Boys”, and a sixth album on its way, iLLBliss stays confident reflecting on a career that he says has been full of peaks and valleys.

In this exclusive interview with Pulse, iLLBliss traces back the years, speaks on his upcoming projects and shares his thought on the rap scene.

Getting to interview iLLBliss for me was a big deal, he was one of those rappers I followed keenly as a member of the Breds in my early affinity with Nigerian hip-hop and shaking hands with him just as we got into some quick talk before the interview, this was a fulfilling moment, seeing an idol in the form that my mind had pictured.

He was a member of the rap affiliate, Da Thoroughbreds, whichwas a truly diverse crew of rappers made up of Tochukwu Nwosu aka Elajoe, Bright Nwagor better known as B Elect, Obiora Nwokolobiagu (Obiwon) and Tobechukwu Ejiofor aka iLLBliss and Amaka Nwosu aka Da Chief Rocka, sister to Elajoe and the first lady of the crew.

Five albums after, Dat Ibo Boy (2009) to Oga Boss (2012), Powerful (2015), illygaty:7057 (2016), illy Bomaye (2017), Illy has settled into his space and with the upcoming album illy Chapo, set to complete the illy album trilogy, he admits this is yet another indication of

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Now 69 and said to be worth £150 million thanks to his golden voice and hits such as All Night Long, Hello and Say You, Say Me, he could be forgiven for entering his eighth decade enjoying a well-earned retirement. Instead, he has never worked harder.

In addition to 70 or so gigs a year, a stint as a judge on American Idol and a residency in Vegas (they sold mugs that read: ‘Hello, is it tea you’re looking for?’), he has several endorsement and advertising deals, as well as a range of bedding and homewares for a department store chain.

You can see why he is feted as one of the hardest-working performers in showbiz. But he is also known as one of the nicest.

Never sulky, never cool and never entirely in fashion, Lionel’s reward has been that he has never gone out of fashion, either.

By way of contrast, meet his three children: Nicole, 37, Miles, 24, and Sofia, 20. Raised in incredible privilege, unlike their uncool father, they are stars of the reality TV and Instagram era. If it’s in vogue they’re into it.

They are known for brattish behaviour, run-ins with the law, drug rehabilitation and questionable choices of romantic partner (Sofia has dated the troubled pop star Justin Bieber and her current boyfriend is reality TV star Scott Disick).

When he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame last March, Lionel gestured to his children and joked: ‘They’ve done so much to try to kill me.’ 

Certainly, the latest incident, involving Miles, a model, will have done nothing to lower a loving father’s blood pressure.

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