Olubankole Wellington aka Banky W is an outgoing person and loving man to spend time with.
He is courageous and has admirable leadership skills which prompted him start his own record label in other to use this qualities to nurture and properly groom artiste into the Nigerian music industry.
He was born in the United States to Nigerian parents . His family later returned to Nigeria when he was 5 years old. He had his primary and secondary education in Lagos before he moved to study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States.
Mr Banky came back to Nigeria in 2002 and started his record label company with Tunde Demuren. He signed Skales, Niyola, Wizkid to the label and strive hard for them to be heard and seen.
He has lots of hits singles, one EP titled 'Undeniable" which was released in 2003,also added to this is four albums under his belt which are, "Back in the building"(2006) "Mr Capable'(2008) “The W Experience(2009) “R&BW(2013)
He got married to Adesua Etomi on the 19th of November 2017. They had their white wedding in South Africa on 25th November, 2017 which had lots of celebrities in attendance. His 10yrs skin cancer surgery on his shoulder was successful in 2017. Banky shared testimonies about this on his social media handle.
He is a multitalented personality who acts, sings, raps, and even a politician who campaigned for Lagos Eti Osa Federal constituency seat in Nigeria house of Rep. via the Modern Democratic Party. He lost to his opponent in APC on 23rd February 2019.
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