Tripo9 - Brand new single ' how do people live' , Nominated for best adult contemporary music by hollywood music media awards, winner of the music mix USA contest is a graduate of the University of Benin, was born in Ubiaja ,Nigeria. He is a singer/song writer based in NYC. Mathias Aihiokhai grew up listening to country music and roots reggae. As a teen he formed a group known as 999 and soon became popular as a solo artist .
Tripo9 as he is now called has an exceptional song writing ability, he said he is only writing about thoughts and experiences from his past and present. "Growing up in Nigeria, life was tough, there were many days of pain and some days of Joy". this can be felt in some of his songs such as 'How do people live', and 'i crossed the river' '. He believes that there is a big vacuum in the music scene that needs to be filled , a vacuum that should address the hate and hunger in the world that others choose to ignore.Tripo9 is ready to fill that space and yet sing about love.