Yemi A.D.

After applying, in 2022, Yemi was selected to participate in a lunar spaceflight as part of the DearMoon project crew. The mission is scheduled to occur in 2023 aboard the SpaceX Starship.

In 2021, Yemi submitted his application for “dearMoon”—the first civilian lunar orbital mission. Funded by Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa, who invited eight creatives to join him on a six-day flight around the Moon, the mission will be operated by SpaceX's newest rocket. In Spring 2022, Yemi was accepted into the pre-final group of 20 selected participants and is awaiting the final call.

In 2021, Yemi founded Moonshot Platform Inc., a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization previously operating from Europe, whose mission is to seek and accelerate emerging leaders and their organizations around the world who work on solutions to the 21st Century Grand Challenges & SDGs focused innovations. The platform, supported by former U.S. Secretary Madeleine Albright, hosted five conferences across Europe and the U.S. in 2021 with over 650 C-level change-makers, 60 international speakers and reached over three million people.

In May 2020, he became the first Czech inductee in the Henry Crown Fellowship Network at the Aspen Institute USA. He also earned program's scholarship.

In February 2019, American TV station CBS began to broadcast new talent show The World's Best and Yemi was chosen to be among 50 professional judges from all around the world.

In 2019, Yemi starred in Apple's Life on iPad iPad Pro worldwide advertising commercial campaign.

He is also the ambassador of Sustainable development Goals under the UN for the Czech Republic and was appointed as Czech Goodwill Ambassador by Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2019.

Since 2017, Yemi is one of the first Czech ambassadors of sustainable development goals and one of the three Goodwill Ambassadors for Ministry of foreign affairs in Czech Republic.

In 2014, Yemi was chosen by the readers of MF Dnes among the 24 most influential personalities in the Czech Republic.

In 2013 Yemi released his debut maxi-single Equals.

The following year 2011, Charlie Straight, a Czech indie-rock band, asked Yemi to direct their music video, "School Beauty Queen", which was later awarded the Music Video of the Year in 2011 by MTV Czech.

Through JAD Dance Company (JAD DC), he was able to share the unique dance styles, which were previously unavailable and unknown, in the post-communist Czech Republic and to its dancers. Since its inception, it has attracted accomplished dancers from all over the Czech Republic & Slovakia with its reputation for representing a truly unique and high caliber of dance techniques. He focused at his original dance style called Street FUSION. One notable work of JAD Dance Company is their collaboration with Kanye West as his principal (main) dancers in his 'Runaway (2010 film). Later on, Yemi eventually also set up Dance Academy Prague (DAP); in which people from diverse age groups and ability/experience in dance can come and learn various dance styles such as Hip-Hop, Modern Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, MTV style, Dance Hall etc. from choreographers with diverse nationalities (up to date, Yemi teaches Street FUSHION in DAP). After various training/practice session, some students at DAP are given the opportunity to perform live in the streets of Prague, in stages for various corporations and occasions as well as in local and international competitions.

In 2010, hip-hop rapper Kanye West hired Yemi to choreograph ballet inspired sequence in the Runaway of the "Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" album. The piece was well received and Kanye West commissioned Yemi to create choreography for West's Runaway performance in Los Angeles for VMA's 2010 and for Saturday Night Life performance of "Power" and "Runaway". The collaboration continued with Yemi creating choreography for other songs of the "Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" album for Kanye West's global tour. West tweeted about Yemi. Yemi was also quoted in GQ Magazine regarding Kanye West

As a performer, Yemi has acted in several foreign productions such as Chronicles of Narnia II - Prince Caspian, Red Tails, Unfaithful Klara (Italy, 2009) and the Czech series, Ordinace V Růžové Zahradě. Yemi also performed and led choreographies of six series of the most popular TV show on TV Nova - Tvoje tvář má známý hlas.

In 1999, Yemi returned to Prague, Czech Republic where he founded JAD Dance Company (JAD DC), a Czech and international team of dancers and choreographers. Yemi's works and performances have been well received in many cities around the world including Tokyo, London, Barcelona, Bombay, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Paris and New York.

Yemi Akinyemi Dele (born 4 November 1981) is a Czech choreographer, art director, performer, correspondent and artist. In December 2022, he was officially selected as one of eight dearMoon crew members. He will be aboard the first ever civilian lunar space mission in the history of mankind.