Nolly, born Nonso Tony Onwuli, is a Nigerian multi-lingual gospel rap artiste passionate about the role of music as a vehicle for spreading God’s love and the message of the gospel across the globe.
Born in Calabar and raised in Enugu, Nolly’s foray into music began with his exposure to various music genres from afrobeats, reggae and highlife to R&B and hip hop. Nolly sings and raps in English, pidgin English and his mother tongue, Igbo. Nolly’s sound can best be described as a fusion of Afrobeats and rap.
He put out his first single Jesus N’asu Igbo in 2013, and released an EP titled Son Of The Most High in November 2014, a body of work that speaks of his life as a testament to the grace of God and has gone on to release several other singles and has been featured on many other gospel hit songs including Arrival, a BLW Rap Nation production. He has worked with top gospel musicians like Sinach, Frank Edwards, Joe Praize, Mike Abdul (Midnight Crew), Sokleva (Rooftop Mcs) to name a few. Nolly has also performed in several countries like Ghana, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Zimbabwe,Malawi, South Africa, Seychelles, Dominica, England, Scotland while on tour with worship leader Sinach in her Way Maker World Tour between 2016 to 2019.
Nolly is unequivocal about the impact that his music has made and is still making in the lives of audiences across the globe, the hand of God in the lives of those who let him in and about the use of one’s gifts in the service of the Creator. Far from over, his journey is an unfolding story of all three; a beaming light in a dark world and a testament to the grace of the One who not only calls us into his service but releases his abundance on anyone who listens and obeys. Nolly is set to put out his sophomore body of work titled “The Blessed Of God EP” this May.