Olamidé
Olamidé is a Nigerian rapper, singer and YBNL founder whose Yoruba and English songs connect Lagos street-pop, hip-hop and Afrobeats.
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- Name
- Olamide Adedeji, also known as Baddo
- Hometown
- Bariga, Lagos, Nigeria
- Work
- Rapper, singer and record label founder
- Breakout
- Eni Duro, 2010
- Label
- YBNL Nation, founded in 2012
Mini bio
From Bariga.
Olamidé grew up in Bariga, Lagos. He told PUNCH he began performing at shows in 2003 and credited producer ID Cabasa with giving him early guidance and support.
The first breakthrough.
His Yoruba-language single “Eni Duro” introduced him to a wider audience in 2010. Rapsodi followed in 2011 on Coded Tunes, before he released YBNL under his own label in 2012.
Building his own world.
YBNL became a home for other artists as well as his own records. Fireboy DML, Asake, Lil Kesh and Young Jonn are among the musicians whose careers he has helped develop. His catalog moves between rap, Afropop and more relaxed singing, with Carpe Diem and UY Scuti showing that range.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2025OlamidéRecording artist
- 2024Ikigai / 生き甲斐, Vol. 1Recording artist
- 2023UnrulyRecording artist
- 2021UY ScutiRecording artist
- 2020Carpe DiemRecording artist
- 2013Baddest Guy Ever LivethRecording artist
- 2012YBNLRecording artist
Awards
Quotes
I name things how I feel them.Olamidé, Apple Music
Discussing the sound and title of his 2025 self-titled album.
Trivia
- He told NOTION that his father played Sunny Ade and his mother played Wasiu Ayinde while he was growing up.
- In his 2021 NOTION interview, he picked “Julie” as his favourite song on UY Scuti at the time.
- He told Apple Music that Fxrtune, the guest on “Prelude”, is his brother.
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