Temi Balogun | |
Birth Name: | Temilola Balogun |
Birth Date: | c.1991 |
Other Names: | TaymiB and Temi Balogun Akinmuda |
Education: | Nottingham University |
Employer: | Cool FM Nigeria |
Occupation: | On Air Personality |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Temilola Balogun known as TaymiB and Temi Balogun Akinmuda is a Nigerian media personality and creator of the TV series Skinny Girl in Transit.
She was educated at Queen's College in Lagos and then studied media at Nottingham Trent University.[1] She was once a tee-shirt designer who sang in a duo called "Soyinka's Afro"[1] with her brother aka Ajebutter 22 in 2009.[2]
Balogun became a host at Cool FM Nigeria which is a pop and rock station for an adult audience broadcasting from Lagos.[3] She is the creator of the TV series Skinny Girl in Transit which in 2020 was in its sixth series. She leads BOX TV who also launched a series titled "Things Men Say", based on the outrageous things she has heard.[4] The show launched in 2017.[5]
In 2019 Balogun and N6 hosted a live interview with American rapper Cardi B which was considered a scoop.[6] Cardi B was on her first tour of Africa, performing in both Nigeria and Ghana.[7]
She is married to Timi Akinmuda and they have two children.[8]