Meji Alabi Biography

Meji Alabi is a Nigerian filmmaker, director, photographer, and producer. He was born in London but chose to come over to Nigeria to show his level of creativity and also help improve the content that is produced. He has collaborated with some top entertainers and artists like Beyonce, Burna Boy, Wizkid, Davido, Tiwa Savage, Popcaan, Goldlink, Koffee, and Nasty C, among others, as a director of their video content.

Early Life and Education

Meji was born on December 13, 1988, in London, and moved around a lot as a toddler with his father when his parents split up in 1989. He alternated between Texas, the Bahamas, and London. He went to Stratford High School and Spring Forest Middle School, both in Houston, Texas. Meji Alabi also holds a licenced vocational nursing degree from St. Phillips College in San Antonio, Texas, and a degree in accounting and finance with a first-class summa cum laude distinction from the University of West London.

Career

Meji Alabi and Jimi Adesanya created JM Films in 2014. A media and production services firm with a focus on creative visuals, music videos, commercials, movies, and television, JM Films (a subsidiary of Unbound Studios) is situated in Lagos, Nigeria. He is also a co-founder of Priorgold Pictures, a production company with roots in Lagos, Nigeria, that was established to meet the demands of the entertainment sector by offering staff and equipment for the production of imaginative visual material.

He directed the music video for Seyi Shay’s song “Murda,” which also features Patoranking and Shaydee, in 2014. Due to the popularity of this video, he received a lot of attention in the Nigerian music industry, and the following year, it received a nomination for Best Video at the MTV Africa Music Awards. He also directed the music video for Seyi Shay and Wizkid’s song “Crazy,” which was released in 2014. That video was nominated for Best Music Video of the Year (Artist and Director) at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards in 2015, as well as Best Music Video at The Headies in 2015.

He started creating music videos for the elite of the Nigerian music business in 2016 with the video for Maleek Berry’s song “Kontrol.” He was the director of the song “Aje,” performed by Alikiba, which received the Best Music Video honour at the 2017 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival. The music video for Davido’s single “Assurance” from the album “A Good Time” was directed by Meji in 2018.

Burna Boy has been collaborating with Meji Alabi on some of his projects since 2018. He directed the songs Pull Up, On The Low, and Gum Body from Burna Boy’s album “African Giant,” which features Jorja Smith. Meji also directed the music videos for the songs “Real Life with Stormzy” and “Way Too Big, Wonderful, Monsters You Made” with Chris Martin from the album “Twice As Tall.”

Meji Alabi directed the music videos for Ginger starring Burna Boy, No Stress, and Smile featuring H.E.R., in addition to working with Wizkid on the Made in Lagos album. He also worked on the 2020 Black Is King visual project, which was executive produced by Beyonce Knowles-Carter, as the producer in charge of the Nigerian footage. He also co-directed the Grammy Award-winning “Brown Skin Girl” music video, which he worked on with Ibra Ake and Jenn Nkiru.

Meji directed the visual component of the “Zero Malaria: Draw The Line Against Malaria” campaign in 2021 while working with Black Dog Films. The movement includes Kenyan Olympic gold medalist and world record-holder in the marathon, Eliud Kipchoge; South African mountaineer and explorer Saray Khumalo, Nigerian artist Laolu Senbanjo, who is currently serving as captain of the South African national rugby team, Siya Kolisi; and Rwandan-British choreographer Sherrie Silver.

Personal Life

Meji Alabi keeps his private life away from the media and the public.

Videography

Title	Year	Artist(s)
“Zulu Screams”	2019	Goldlink
“Wonderful”	2020	Burna Boy
“Way Too Big”	2020	Burna Boy
“Unstable”	2017	Zak Abel
“Traffic Jam”	2019	Banx+Ranx feat. Kojo Funds
“Take Over”		Beatfreakz feat. Mr Eazi, Seyi Shay, Shakka,
“Sweet in the middle”	2019	Davido(feat. Naira Marley, Zlatan Ibile & Wurld)
“Sugarcane”	2017	Tiwa Savage
“Space For Two”	2018	Mr Probz
“Smile”	2020	Wizkid (feat. H.E.R)
“Satan Be Gone”	2015	Asa
“Risky”	2019	Davido (feat. Popcaan)
“Right Now”	2015	Seyi Shay
“Real Life”	2020	Burna Boy feat. Stormzy
“Pull Up”	2019	Burna Boy
“Property”	2018	Mr Eazi
“Pon My mind”	2018	Maleek Berry
“On the low”	2018	Burna Boy
“No Stress”	2020	Wizkid
“No Crime”	2018	Nomso Amadi
“Never Gonna Stop”	2015	Niyola
“Murda”	2014	Seyi Shey (feat. Patoranking & Shaydee)
“Monsters You Made”	2020	Burna Boy feat. Chris Martins
“Ma Lo”	2017	Tiwa Savage (feat. Wizkid)
“London Town”	2018	Mr Eazi feat. Giggs
“lento”	2020	Mr Eazi (feat. J Balvin)
“Kontrol”	2016	Maleek Berry
“Kini Issue”	2020	Runtown
“Jungle”	2018	Nasty C
“Hold Me Down”	2019	Eugy feat. Wavy The Creator
“Gum Body”	2019	Burna Boy (feat. Jorja Smith)
“Ginger”	2021	Wizkid (feat. Burna Boy)
“Get it now Remix”	2018	Tiwa Savage ( feat. Omarion)
“For Life”	2017	Runtown
“Fever”	2018	Wizkid
“Eyo”	2015	Asa
“Energy”	2018	Skepta & Wizkid
“Dunrich”	2018	Popcaan (feat. Davido)
“Dis Love”	2019	DJ Spinall (feat. Wizkid & Tiwa Savage)
“Dangerous Love”	2020	Tiwa Savage
“Crazy”	2015	Seyi Shay (feat. Wizkid)
“Cool Me Down”	2020	Dj Tunez (feat. Wizkid)
“Cool As A Breeze”	2020	Chronixx
“Check”	2018	Kojo Funds (feat. Raye)
“Cause A Commotion”	2020	Bugzy Malone feat. Skip Marley
“Body Deep”	2019	Wavy The Creator
“Been Callin”	2017	Maleek Berry
“Assurance”	2018	Davido
“All Night”	2017	Yungen (feat. Mr Eazi)
“All Night”	2017	Yungen
“Aje”	2016	Alikiba
“49-99”	2019	Tiwa Savage
“4 AM”	2020	Manny Norte

Commercials

Title	Year	Brand(s)
“Cloth Surgeon”	2016	Complex & Selfridges
“Npango”	2017	Tigo Nipa
“S4”	2018	Infinix
“Fashion Week”	2018	GTB
“Beauty Launch Campaign”	2019	UOMA
“Autism: A Mother Knows”	2019	GTB
“Food & Drink”	2019	GTB
“Fashion Is Freedom “	2019	GTB
“No. 5”	2019	Infinix

Awards and Nominations

Year	Event	Prize	Recipient	Result
2014	MTV Africa Music Awards 2014	Best Video		Nominated
2015	2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Best Music Video of the year (Artist & Director)	“Crazy” (Seyi Shay)	Nominated
2015	The Headies 2015	Best Music Video Director	“Seyi Shay (Crazy)”	Nominated
2016	The Headies 2016	Best Music Video Director	“Seyi Shay (Crazy)”	Nominated
2017	Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Music Video of the Year	“Seyi Shay(Yolo Yolo)”	Won
2017	Soundcity MVP Awards Festival	Best Music Video	“Alikiba (Aje)”	Won
2018	Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Best Music Video of the year (Artist & Director)	“Malo” (Tiwa Savage)	Nominated
2018	The Headies 2018	Best Music Video Director	“Tiwa Savage (Malo)”	Nominated
2020	The Headies 2020	Best Music Video Director	“Wizkid (Smile)”	Nominated
2020	Soundcity MVP Awards Festival	Video Of The Year	“Tiwa Savage (49-99)”	Won

Net Worth

His net worth is currently unavailable.

Social Media Handles

Instagram: mejialabi
Twitter: @mejialabi