Tobi Adeyemi, known professionally as Tobi Lou (stylized in lower case), is a Nigerian-American singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer.
Early life
Tobi Adeyemi was born in Lagos and raised in Chicago. He attended Homewood-Flossmoor High School and Hinsdale Central High School, where he began recording music. He attended the University of Illinois where he played club baseball and then SUNY Albany and Florida A&M University, where he played college baseball for both teams. After not getting drafted in the 2011 MLB draft, he played 2 years of semi-pro baseball for the Joliet Slammers as an outfielder before leaving in 2012 due to injury. In 2014, he moved to Los Angeles to continue his musical career. While in Los Angeles, he worked as an Uber driver.
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