15th March, 2020
By Taiwo Okanlawon
Nigerian rapper and music producer, Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as known Olamide or Olamide Baddo today March 15, 2020, clocked 31st.
The YBNL label boss is one of the biggest thing that ever sprung out of the Nigerian Music industry, and will unarguably go down as one of the greatest artists of his generation.
Since he made his industry debut in 2011 with the lead single, ‘Eni Duro’ off his debut album, ”Rapsodi”, Olamide has grown into a force that cannot be stopped with his reputation hitting the ceilings with every passing year that has seen him constantly evolve and up the ante of his art.
His work ethic and penchant for dropping an album every year since his debut is one that has also made him renowned as he has since released seven studio solo albums, [Rapsodi (2011), YBNL (2012), Baddest Guy Ever Liveth (2013), Street OT (2014), Eyan Mayweather (2015), The Glory (2016) and Lagos Nawa (2017)].
He also has the collaborative album, ”2Kings” with Phyno in 2015 and a group album, ”YBNL Mafia Family” [2018] with every album scoring chart-topping hits that have lifted him to become one of the most successful artists of his generation.
Olamide has also helped in grooming new artistes, the likes of Adekunle Gold and Lil Kesh, who have both enjoyed successful spells were his products and presently honing Fireboy DML and more.
On February 10, 2020, Olamide announced the release of his new project, Extended Play titled ‘999’ which he’s currently promoting online.
It is available at major streaming services, Apple, iTunes Store, Deezer, Boomplay, YouTube and YouTube Music.
Weeks ago, Olamide announced that YBNL team now has a record deal with an international record label – Empire Records