Dan Ekong, by stage name Dani El is a rapper,singer,songwriter.He was born in the southern part of Nigeria in Port Harcourt(Bori camp barracks Port harcourt) in the year 27th February 2000. His love for music started when he was ten years old, he won a street rap battle at the age of eleven.He then became interested and decided to go into music. He resided in Bori Camp Army barracks,after performing at several competitions people recognized and loved his freestyles . Dani El had no track to his name until December 2020, heeds made known as a music artist when recorded and released his first single titled Fight to survive which he featured a Bayelsa based musical artist B I G that was after an incident that happened in the north east of Nigeria that took the life of his father who was a military personnel (Army). In may 2021, he also released a song titled Jeje which he featured an uyo based musical artist named Eddy Dayveed and it was produced by one of the best producers in uyo by name Asuzu. He has not been signed into any label yet but has a manager who is a successful and well known young lady by name Jenny Udofia, who is also a model. She has pushed him far in his musical journey to being one of the best of his kind.Dani El genre of music is mix blend of hip pop and afrobeat. Dani El is most regarded an influential artiste.