Latest Release
- NOV 1, 2024
- 1 Song
- Mad over You - Single · 2016
- Soundgod Fest, Vol. 1 · 2017
- Energy - Single · 2017
- Pain Killer (feat. RunTown) - Single · 2017
- Unleash (feat. Fekky) - Single · 2018
- If E Happen for Lagos - Single · 2020
- Said - Single · 2017
- Tradition - EP · 2019
- Soundgod Fest, Vol. 1 · 2015
- Kini Issue - Single · 2020
Albums
Artist Playlists
- Bright reggae and R&B add nuance to his dancehall music.
- The Afrobeats star does what he wants, with no permission.
Compilations
- Tommy Picy, Runtown & SlimBoo
More To Hear
- Africa Now Radio host Cuppy sits with Stonebwoy and Runtown.
About Runtown
Douglas Jack Agu, better known as Runtown, is a Nigerian Afrobeats artist who began releasing music in 2007 and gained global fame in the mid-2010s. ∙ After spending years under the radar, Runtown released his career-making single, 2014’s “Gallardo (feat. Davido),” which won Best Collaboration honors at that year’s Nigeria Entertainment Awards. ∙ Ghetto University, his debut LP, arrived in 2015 and featured such A-list collaborators as DJ Khaled and Wizkid. ∙ He earned his first global hit with the 2016 single “Mad Over You,” which reached the Top 40 of the Billboard + Twitter Top Tracks chart. ∙ The Vodafone Ghana Music Awards named him African Artiste of the Year in 2017. ∙ An in-demand feature artist, Runtown teamed with Akon on Demarco’s best-selling 2017 single, “No Wahala,” and duetted with Tinashe on Yellow Claw’s 2020 song “Lie To Me.”
- HOMETOWN
- Enugu, Nigeria
- BORN
- August 19, 1989
- GENRE
- Afrobeats