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Michael Adebayo Olayinka, known as Ruger, is a Nigerian Afrobeats musician and songwriter.

Olayinka was discovered by D'Prince, who gave him the name "Ruger". His first song recorded seventy million views in three days. In January 2021, D’Prince announced the signing of Ruger to Jonzing World and Sony Music Entertainment UK, in a joint venture with Columbia Records.

He released the song "One Shirt" with Rema in January 2021. In February of 2021, he released "Ruger", a single from first EP, PANDEMIC.

"Bounce" became a hit song from Pandemic, and debuted at number 39 on the Top 50 chart Nigeria, and was listed at number 20 on the TurnTable End of the Year chart and number 2 on the Apple Music top Afrobeats songs. On 26 November 2021, he released his second EP, titled The Second Wave, with "Dior" as the lead single, which debuted number 32 on the Top 50 chart, and number 15 on the UK Afrobeats Singles Chart.