PsychoYP

Nicholas Ihua-Maduenyi (born 28 October 1998), widely known as PsychoYP, is a Nigerian alternative hip hop rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is a member of the music collective Apex Village.

He came into the music scene with a critically acclaimed mixtape, YPSZN, which earned him a nomination at the SAMAs and the Headies for his second album, YPSZN2. Dubbed “The Fresh Prince of Nigerian Rap”, he is regarded as one of Nigeria’s rap music pioneers in the alté music scene. 

Ihua-Maduenyi was born on 28 October 1998 in Abuja and comes from Rivers State. While in secondary school in 2013, he met with Kuddi Is Dead, a member of Apex Village.

In an interview with OkayAfrica, he said, “As a kid, I was always around music. My mum would play Nigerian music, music from other African countries, and foreign music. I like to think she played a big role in putting me on this path by being in love with music.

We’d have P-Square, Michael Jackson, Drake, and Lil Wayne (to name a few) on repeat every weekend. My two siblings and I all had experience with singing and rapping, but something about it just kept me going”.