Beautiful & Creative!!! Olamide Unveils Album Art & Release Date… And We Can’t Wait!

Yippee! After Long wait for Olamide, He took to social media to announce the release of a new street  Tape titled “The Glory” slated to drop on december 26th which happens to be his concert day #Olic3.0.



Olamide is not ready to go off the industry anytime soon as he keeps putting more efforts in his career. Though his fans have been waiting for album not street tape, but then let’s wait for the track list. Indeed, street ti take over, e ma lo wa ooo (in olamide’s voice).



Be on the look out for the new street tape. Stay glued to our blog for more updates about Olamide. Below is the Olamide’s new street tape “The Glory” graphics art. #Leggo!

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2016 Headies Full Nomination List, Reekado Banks Missing!!! Check out full Nominee List

All the Nominees list for 2016 Headies. You have the opportunity to vote for who walks away with the most prestigious award in the entertainment Industry.



2015 NEXT RATED Act is totally missing on the nomination list

COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINEES:

(YEAR IN REVIEW: JULY 2015 – JUNE 2016)

BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR

A non-voting category for the best single recording by an artiste or group in the year under review.

EMERGENCY – D’BANJ
PRAY FOR ME – DAREY FEAT. SOWETO CHOIR
LOVE DON’T CARE – SIMI
ORENTE – ADEKUNLE GOLD
SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING – BRYMO

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

An individual responsible for producing the most acclaimed song or album in the year under review.

DJ COUBLON ‘GOOD TIME & RABA’
PHEELS – ‘PICK UP & LAGOS BOYS’ – OLAMIDE
LEGENDURY BEATS – ‘FINAL – BABA NLA’ WIZKID
YOUNG JOHN – ‘MAMA’ – KISS DANIEL
MASTAKRAFT – ‘FADA FADA’, ‘CONNECT’ – PHYNO
OSCAR HERMAN-ACKAH – ‘PRAY FOR ME’ – DAREY

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

A voting category for the best conceptualist, best directed and most exciting video in the year under review. This award goes to the video director.

EMERGENCY (D’BANJ) – UNLIMITED LA
MARY (SEYI SHAY) – MEJI ALABI
SOLDIER (FALZ THA BAD GUY) – CLARENCE PETERS
MADE FOR YOU – BANKY W
BAD – TIWA SAVAGE FEAT. WIZKID – SESAN

BEST R&B/POP ALBUM

A category for the best R&B/Pop Album in the year under review (by single individual or group).

NEW ERA – KISS DANIEL
WANTED – WANDE COAL
KLITORIS – BRYMO
Nak3d – DAREY
SEYI OR SHAY – SEYI SHAY

BEST R&B SINGLE

A category for the best R&B single in the year under review (by a single individual or group).

LOVE DON’T CARE – SIMI
MADE FOR YOU – BANKY WSUPER WOMAN – WANDE COAL
PRAY FOR ME – DAREY
ADUKE – TJAN
SMILE – SHAYDEE

BEST POP SINGLE

A category for the best pop single in year under review (by single individual or group)

MAMA – KISS DANIEL
FINAL (BABA NLA) – WIZKID
PICK UP – ADEKUNLE GOLD
OSINACHI – HUMBLESMITH FEAT. DAVIDO
REGGAE BLUES – HARRYSONG FEAT. OREZI, IYANYA, OLAMIDE, KCEE
EMERGENCY – D’BANJ
FADA FADA – PHYNO FEAT. OLAMIDE
MONEY – TIMAYA FEAT. FLAVOUR

BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL SINGLE

A category for the best Reggae/Dancehall single in the year under review (by single individual or group).

NO KISSING’ – PATORANKING FT SARKODIE
BODY HOT – PRAIZ FT. JESSE JAGZ & STONE BWOY
JAGA LOVE – JESSE JAGZ
OLOWO – CYNTHIA MORGAN
PAM PAM – KETCHUP
TIMAYA – I LIKE THE WAY

BEST RAP ALBUM

A Non-Voting Category for the Best Album By A Rap Artiste Or Group In Year Under Review.

EYAN MAYWEATHER – OLAMIDE
POWERFUL – ILL BLISS
STORIES THAT TOUCH – FALZ
LIL’ KESH – YAGI

BEST COLLABO

A voting category for the best R&B, Pop or Hip-hop collaborative track (including cameos).

SOLDIER – FALZ FEAT. SIMI
REGGAE BLUES – HARRYSONG FEAT. OREZI, IYANYA, OLAMIDE, KCEE
OSINACHI – HUMBLESMITH FEAT. DAVIDO
WAIT – SOLIDSTAR FEAT. TIWA SAVAGE
NO KISSING – PATORANKING FEAT. SARKODIE
MONEY – TIMAYA FEAT. FLAVOUR

BEST RAP SINGLE

A voting category for a single (released on-air) recording of a rap.

EYAN MAYWEATHER – OLAMIDE
ASAMALEKUN – REMINISCE
JAGABAN – YCEE
CHUKWU AGOZI GOGI – ILL BLISS
AGU JI NDI MEN – A-Q
SHOW YOU SOMETHING – BOOGEY

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE(MALE)

A non-voting category for the single male artiste with the most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album.

BRYMO – SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING
DAREY FEAT. SOWETO CHOIR – PRAY FOR ME
SHAYDEE – SMILE
WANDE COAL – SUPER WOMAN
RIC HASSANI – GENTLEMAN

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)

A non-voting category for the single female artiste with most outstanding vocal performances on a single song or album.

SIMI – LOVE DON’T CARE

SEYI SHAY – RIGHT NOW
ARAMIDE FEAT. ADEKUNLE GOLD – LOVE ME
OMAWUMI FEAT. ANGELIE KIDJO – PLAY NA PLAY

NEXT RATED
This category is a voting category for the most promising upcoming act in the year under review.

YCEE
TEKNO
MR. EAZI
HUMBLESMITH
ARAMIDE

HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION

A voting category for the best new artiste in the year under review.

KISS DANIEL – NEW ERA
SEYI SHAY – SEYI OR SHAY
LIL’ KESH – YAGI
RUNTOWN – GHETTO UNIVERSITY

LYRICIST ON THE ROLL

A non-voting category for the Rap Artiste with the best lyrical depth and performance on a single song or album.

ILL BLISS – CHUKWU AGOZI GOGI
REMINSCE – ASALAMALEKU
YCEE – JAGABAN
BOOGEY – SHOW YOU SOMETHING
A-Q – AGU JI NDI MEN’
MODENINE – NO MATTER WHAT

BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE

A voting category for the artiste whose songs are inspired by the streets. Such song should captain lingua, which may also be originated by the artiste and popular on the street.

OLAMIDE – WHO YOU EPP
AJEBUTTER FEAT. FALZ – BAD GANG
KOKER – KO LE WERK
YCEE – JAGABAN
SMALL DOKTA – GBERA
2T BOYS – CUSTOMER DADA NI

BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG

A voting category for the artiste whose songs reflect any form or style of music which falls outside the mainstream of recent or past popular musical trends.

PICK UP – ADEKUNLE GOLD
SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING – BRYMO
YOU SUPPOSE KNOW – BEZ
WAIT FOR ME – JOHNNY DRILLE
GENTLEMAN – RIC HASSANI

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

A voting category for the best album (solo or group) in year under review, that meets judges requirements of excellence (Songwriting, production, rendition and promotion) and acceptability (Sales and popularity).

STORIES THAT TOUCH – FALZ
NEW ERA – KISS DANIEL
WANTED – WANDE COAL
SEYI OR SHAY – SEYI SHAY

ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

Most critically and commercially adjudged artiste in the year under review. Overall most successful artiste for the year under review.

WIZKID
TIWA SAVAGE
FALZ
YEMI ALADE
OLAMIDE

SONG OF THE YEAR

A voting category for the most popular song in the year under review.

FINAL (BABA NLA) – WIZKID

OSINACHI – HUMBLESMITH FEAT. DAVIDO

PICK UP – ADEKUNLE GOLD

REGGAE BLUES – HARRYSONG FEAT. KCEE , IYANYA, OLAMIDE & OREZI

FADA FADA – PHYNO FEAT. OLAMIDE

AFRICAN ARTISTE

A non-Nigerian award category for an individual African artiste or group with the most outstanding achievement, impact and infiltration into the Nigerian music scene in the year under review.

SAUTI SOL

CASPER NYOVEST

DJ MAPHORISA

STONEBWOY

SARKODIE

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[New Music + Video] DJ Enimoney ft. Olamide & Pheelz – P.T.A (People Talk Alot)

YBNL’s in-house Disc Jockey, DJ Enimoney is out with this ID Cabasa produced record titled “P.T.A” an acronym for People Talk Alot.

The record features Olamide & Pheelz.

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Pretty Lady Begs For Just 1 hour With Singer, Olamide

It is amazing what fans can do to get to their favourite artistes.

They stalk them on social media, send them loads of messages they never miss their concerts and the cover their walls in photos of the stars. Yet, some super fans take it farther. They try to get a one on one with them.

That exactly is what one Princess Adaeze Millerand did. The lady whose profile says ‘lives in Paris’ made a video begging Naija street rap star, Olamide Badoo to grant her audience for just one hour.

She said she had seen Olamide before in Dubai, but she could not get an audience with him then.

In the 1.50-minute-video, Adaeze Millerand who studied in Yabatech also enumerated the reason she is so in love with Olamide, to include his simplicity, his swag, his being down to earth.

“Hi, My name is Princess, I just wanna say that… I wish, I hope, I pray that I have a date with Olamide one day. He is my crush, I like him so much. I like him, he is just so simple, he doesn’t form. Among all the musicians, he is the only one I like. I don’t wanna date him, I don’t wanna have any thing with him. I just wanna go out with him, have a cup of drink or coffee, take pictures and that’s it. I just want to see him, I met him once in Dubai, but it was from afar.I just took pictures. He was on stage in Kiza, I just wanna see him. I like him so much,” the lady who appears to also run a charity organisation begged in the slightly emotional video.

“Olamide I like you, you are my crush. Now you have this tattoo, I love it. Please Olamide, wherever you are, I want to sit with you for one hour, just one hour please. I am begging you, I am begging you please. Oh my God. Like like like, I like everything about you. I like your swag everything about you. What kills me the most is your sexy eyes. Love you. I wanna go on a date with you. Just one day, just one hour please… Thank you. O my God… please please please.”

It is unclear if the 27-year-old rapper and father of one has seen the video. But we wish Princess luck in her quest to hang out with Olamide for one hour.

See the video here.

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YCEE murderd it..! See YCEE’s Wicked Response To A Fan Who Asked Him For An iPhone 7… Even Olamide Was Shocked!

A lot of Nigerians on Twitter have been gaining favour(s) from celebrities and corporate bodies all in the name of retweets. Remember the guy who got to hangout with the famous DJ Cuppy and the other guy who got a month internship with Oando all based on a speculated number of retweets they were asked to garner.





Based on the success of some people one wouldn’t blame this Twitter user for asking rapper, Ycee the number of retweets he needed to get in exchange for an iPhone 7, but Ycee didn’t buy any of it. His response has since set Twitter on fire. See the post below:

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YBNL Boss ‘Olamide’ 6th studio album will be a ‘Hip-hop’ project

Just like his past three albums, rap has never been absent from Olamide’s career, and his next album will still be a glowing addition to Hip-hop.

Olamide’s sixth studio album will be released in December, and it will definitely have rap in it.

The Nigerian rapper who has released released a studio album every year since his debut in 2011, is working on maintaining his figures and keeping his momentum going, by dropping a studio album in 2016.

The new album will be released in December, as songs on the album have already been recorded. It will feature hit song ‘Who you epp’, along with other singles. No official title, artwork, and tracklist has been released.

This will be Olamide’s 7 album. In 2011, he launched his career with “Rapsodi”, and went further to release a string of albums every year including “YBNL” (2012), “Baddest Guy Ever Liveth” (2013), “Street OT” (2014), “2 Kings” (joint album with Phyno, 2015), and “Eyan Mayweather” (2015).

2016 has been a big year for the rapper. Under his leadership and guidance, his record label, YBNL, has released an album (“YAGI”) for rapper Lil Kesh, who have subsequently left the company, to found his personal imprint. It is currently still promoting Adekunle Gold’s “Gold” album. He has also began work on another of his signed rappers, Chinko Ekun, who is releasing singles.

‘Who you epp’

‘I love Lagos’

‘Abule sowo’

‘Konkobility’

‘Lies People Tell’ ft Maupheen, Dalis

‘Owo Blow’

‘Sere’ ft Lil Kesh

‘Orobo’

Nobody knows how many of his singles since his last album will make the next full-length project. And although the rapper has kept up his work in the pop genre, he has always been sure to mix that with some Hip-hop tracks. This genre diversity has retained his credibility as a rapper, while also chasing the big bucks that comes from the pop sound.

Singles ‘Who you epp’, ‘Lies People Tell’, ‘Owo Blow’, and ‘Sere’ have all been rap singles which sits squarely at the center of the Hip-hop conversation. If ever there was an award for the most eye-catching and viral Hip-hop record for 2016, ‘Who you epp’ will be a shoo-in for the trophy. Olamide understands his roots in indigenous rap music, and how he earned his credentials by spitting for the streets. He embraces his past, and looks to the future with more of it.

Pop music has been a menace to the Hip-hop genre, with the two types of music having found a way to move in together and cohabit a single space. Just as the marriage between R&B and Hip-hop in the US, our pop sounds have formed a natural alliance with rap music, and together they have grown. Olamide’s ‘Sere’ strides this fine line, and embodies what has been happening on the music scene for almost a decade. He is on the record with Lil Kesh, and together, they create music with elements of both worlds on display.

Just like his past three albums, rap has never been absent from Olamide’s career, and his next album will still be a glowing addition to Hip-hop. The man can adapt and become Nigeria’s A-list pop star, but he finds new ways to still be a rap star too. December will be a good month for the glory of Nigerian rap music.

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[New Music] Olamide – “Orobo” (Prod. by Young Jonn)

YBNL boss and rapper dishes out a new tune. Olamide is here with a new record titled “Orobo”. The record “Orobo” is produced by Young Jonn.

This is surely a banger. Enjoy below

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