Details of how Olamide is helping to shape the future of Nigerian music
It’s amazing how one person has been able to extend the hand of help to many people below him during his life journey and here is how Olamide is helping to shape the future of Nigerian music.
Olamide was one-time an unknown upcoming artiste in the creek hood of Bariga, he understands everything all upcoming artistes are going through and he knows being an A-list artiste, a help as little as collaboration would go a long way, not to even talk of investing on them.
Even though he has been criticized many times for trying to help coming artistes without signing them properly, he still never stopped putting young niggas on.
The fact is, whether he gives any upcoming artiste proper signing or not, their career will experience massive improvement once there is a Baddo hand in it.
In 2015, Nigerian contemporary folk and afro-pop act, Adekunle Gold signed to YBNL. While with the label, his singles, ‘Sade,’ ‘Orente‘ and ‘Pick Up’ became mega-hits and resulted in ‘Sade’ winning Best Alternative Song at The Headies 2016.
Adekunle Gold
In 2016, he left the label after releasing his debut album, Gold on July 28, 2016.
Upon his exit from the label, the singer said of his stint, “YBNL moved me. I had Sade before YBNL and it was already getting popular.
When I got signed to the label, we shot the video and it became like a sensation everywhere.
“Getting signed to YBNL took me to London for the first time. That was in 2015. So, YBNL changed everything for me. I am grateful to Olamide for all the support and inspiration.”
Lyta
He was signed to YBNL the way and time when Limerick was signed too.
Unlike Limerick, Lyta had a rather successful career run with YBNL.
After the release of his song “Time” featuring Olamide, and “Selfmade” Lyta appeared to be the most valuable artiste under YBNL at that time.
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Lyta‘s successful career run under YBNL at a point was met with an influx of label signings with no clear plan from the label as Olamide just want to help as much artiste as he could.
After several months of not releasing songs, Lyta summoned the courage to leave YBNL and moved to a rather serious investor looking to continue handling his music career from where Olamide had stopped.
Fireboy
His signing into YBNL did not make any noise compared to others he got signed with at the same time.
Fireboy is the artiste Olamide had a pen to paper contract with when he was still harboring Lyta, Picazo, Limerick, Davolee, and others in the label.
He’s good plenty of good music in his bank and Olamide‘s influence in his music career cannot be underestimated.
This is a guy, Olamide showers praise on at every opportunity because he so much believed in him.
The industry knew Fireboy through Olamide and of course, the young champ is on his way to going international as a result of Olamide‘s influence and YBNL’s movement.
Olamide is no doubt a living legend for nurturing this kind of talent.
Bella Shmurda
Olamide showed interest in Bella Shmurda‘s music when his “Vision 2020 freestyle video” went viral last year.
The YBNL boss went ahead to give the young chap a rare privilege of collaboration on the remix of the song.
We also heard that Olamide paid for the music video shoot as a way of encouraging the LASU rising act.
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Do you see why God will always bless Baddo now?
Jack Millz
Olamide decided to make an album of 9 tracks with 9 featured artistes, most of which are upcoming artistes who are not known\ at all in the industry.
The album was titled “999” and one of the most prominent upcoming acts on the album was “Jack Millz“.
While narrating how he met some of the upcoming acts on the album, Olamide said;
Jack Millz featured on the 6th track of the album titled “Demon” and also “Dance With The Devil” alongside Sosa E.
His great lyrical delivery on the album was noticed by many and of course, it was a great opportunity for him to be featured in such an iconic project.