Happy Birthday To Olamide As He Turns 31

Nigerian rapper and music producer, Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as Olamide or Olamide Baddo yesterday March 15, 2020, clocked 31.

The YBNL label boss is one of the biggest things 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.

6 Facts about Olamid

1. Olamide owned 437 songs alone apart from features.

2. He (Olamide) never remixed any of his songs.

3. He own his TV station “VOTS” (Voice of the Street), The First African artist to owns it. He launched the TV Station on March 15th, 2018).

4. He brought several artist and producers into limelight; Lil kesh, Adekunle Gold, Victor, Chinko EKUN, Phyno, Pheelz, Youngjonn, B Banks sneh, Cracker Mallo, Davolee, Lyta, Limerick, FIREBOY, Picazo, Yomi Blaze, Temmie Ovwasa among others.

He brought several artist and producers into limelight; Lil kesh, Adekunle Gold, Victor, Chinko EKUN, Phyno, Pheelz, Youngjonn, B Banks sneh, Cracker Mallo, Davolee, Lyta, Limerick, FIREBOY, Picazo, Yomi Blaze, Temmie Ovwasa among others.

5. He had helped a lot of artists apart from his signee like; Naira Maley, Zlatan, Ycee, Skales, Bella Shmurda, Dotman, Base1, Phyno, Skales, Pepenazi, among others.

6. Olamide is the First Nigerian artists to sign an international deal with Ciroc in 2013.