Boluduro Michael
Kalif Ogundaisi.
a.k.a. The N-Jin · a.k.a. Jin Kalif · sometimes Joyboy
Nigerian music lover, bred in the city of Lagos. He's somewhat of a polymath — and when he's not making music, he's probably somewhere being a therapist, or a writer, or a voice actor, or a graphics & image creator… or a programmer.It's hard to say, sometimes. Haha.
A polymath, transcribed.
The voice in the engine room.
Holding space, listening for the off-beats.
Words first, melody second — sometimes.
A vocal instrument, doubled.
The visual language of the sound.
Quietly architecting the machinery.
A timeline, loosely.
- LagosBred in the engine room
Raised in Lagos, Nigeria — Boluduro Michael Kalif Ogundaisi grew up wearing names like Joyboy long before The N-Jin fully came into the light.
- OAUIle-Ife years
Studied at Obafemi Awolowo University with a focus on Urban & Regional Planning, layered with detours into Psychology, Sound Engineering, Fine Arts and Mass Communication.
- On AirWFM 91.7 · 2016–2017
Cut his teeth on Lagos radio at WFM 91.7, presenting and voicing — the booth instincts you still hear in the records.
- PenWriting since 2008
A working writer for over a decade: poetry, prose, screenwriting (Utopia Media Group, 2019–2020), copy and voice work. An active vocabulary north of 60,000 words.
- MindCounsellor · since 2020
Quiet parallel practice as a counsellor for trauma survivors. The therapist's ear bleeds into the songwriter's — every line is listening for the off-beat.
- NowScotland · transmitting
Based out of Paisley, Scotland these days. Different sky, same engine. The music keeps coming.
Classrooms & certifications
- B.Sc. Urban & Regional Planning — Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
- Diploma — Photography & Digital Imagery — University of Central Lancashire
- Diploma — Educational Psychology — ALISON
- Certificates of Distinction — Intermediate & Advanced Trauma Management — ALISON
Languages, fluent
An active English vocabulary of 60,000+ words — useful when the song needs the exact word, not the nearest one.
Open channels.
Bookings, features, press, or just a hello — pick a line. Mail tends to get the deepest reply.
Lagos · Paisley, Scotland
"Just a starter pack to discovering and immersing yourself into the sound of The N-Jin."
— GET INTO THE ENGINE · ARTIST PLAYLIST