Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has set some tongues wagging online following his recent actions toward his music record label, YBNL, founded by rapper Olamide.
A thorough check on his social media page making the rounds online showed that the ‘Terminator’ crooner yanked off YBNL off his Instagram bio.
Asake is unquestionable one of the top Afrobeat stars in Nigeria and across the nation ever since he got signed by Olamide in 2022.
In September 2022, his debut album Mr. Money with the Vibe set a new record for the biggest opening day for an African album on Apple Music.
In 2022, the 29-year-old singer was named Breakout Artist of the Year at the All Africa Music Awards and earned his first international nomination for Best African Music Act at the 2022 MOBO Awards.
On September 4, 2023, Asake won the highly coveted Next Rated category at the Headies Awards, walking home with a brand new car. In November 2023, he received his first Grammy nomination at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for ‘Amapiano’ featuring Olamide.
He made his first single of 2024, ‘Only me’, making the waves across music streaming platforms.
However, his recent actions on Instagram page triggered massive reactions as social media users speculated Asake’s deal with Olamide’s label.
This is coming weeks after Asake unfollowed everyone on Instagram including Olamide and deleting his posts on the photo-sharing platform.
Checkout the post below:
Some reactions are shown below:
divagold_ said, “E for die dia ? There’s something called “contract””
moh__fuvkin_bad said, “Even Olamide removed YBNL from his bio,maybe him don sell am 😂😂”.
iam_adebayo_lee said, “He don graduate 😂”.
modem_alphonsus said, “I think we can now say that asake is bigger and more influential than olamide ✌️”.
thestudentconnectv said, “I advise he remains with ybnl at least for now. Look at how rema is flourishing in mavins, make him careeer no endddd like reekadobanks, Lil Kesh, Runtown, Tekno and the rest”.