Olamide
Matthew Cannon Nigerian Hiphop artiste, Olamide Baddo was born 15th March, 1989 in Bariga, Lagos State in Nigeria and was named Olamide Adedeji. He attended Tai Solarin University Of Education.
he discovered his talent for music in 2000 and finally decided to pursue it. Even though people think didn’t understand his decision to be a musician but Olamide said to his critics is his life to make music.
Olamide was signed to Coded Tunes Records where he released his song ”Eni Duro” in 2010. He rose to prominence after release of ”Eni Duro” which became the talk of the town after its release. This brought him several opportunities in the music indutsry where he was invited to perform at the Hiphop World Awards.
His manager at Coded Tunes, Tony Payne worked hand in hand with him and again dropped his debut studio album ”Rapsodi”
Olamide in 2012 left his former employers, Coded Tunes to set up his own record label Yahoo Boy No Laptop Nation popularly know as YBNL Nation. It was under YBNL Nation where Olamide released his second studio album titled ”YBNL” which had smash hit songs like ”Voice Of The Street”, ”First Of All” ”Stupid Love” and others. Acts like Davido, Tiwa Savage, Reminisce and other Nigerian artiste were featured on the album.
His third studio album ”Baddest guy Ever Liveth” was released on November 2013. But before his third studio album, Olamide set a record as the first Nigerian musician to sign an endorsement deal with Ciroc.
DB Records according to reports had wanted to sign him but Olamide in an interview disclosed he was to big to be signed to a record label.
On February 18th 2020, Olamide disclosed the good news to his fans after signing a joint venture deal with Empire and as a matter of fact all other artiste on YBNL Nation benefited from the deal.
Studio Albums
- Rapsodi (2011)
- YBNL (2012)
- Baddest Guy Ever Liveth (2013)
- Street OT (2014)
- Eyan Mayweather (2015)
- The Glory (2016)
- Lagos Nawa (2017)
Joint Albums and EPs
- 2 Kings (with Phyno) (2015)
- YBNL Mafia Family (2018)
- 999 (EP) (2020)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Event | Prize | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Headies | Best Street-Hop Artiste | Wo | Nominated |
| Best Rap Album | The Glory | Nominated | ||
| Artiste of the Year | Himself | Nominated | ||
| Song of the Year | Wo | Nominated | ||
| Headies’ Viewer’s Choice | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEAs) | Album of the Year | Eyan Mayweather | Won |
| Rap Act of the Year | Himself | Won | ||
| 2015 | City People Entertainment Awards | Rap Artist of the Year | Himself | Won |
| The Headies 2015 | Best Street-Hop Artiste | Won | ||
| Artiste of The Year | Won | |||
| Best Pop Single | “Bobo” | Nominated | ||
| TooXclusive Awards 2015 | Certified Banger of The Year | Shakiti Bobo | Won | |
| Video Wonder of The Year | Melo Melo | Won | ||
| Artiste of The Year | Himself | Won | ||
| Male Artiste of The Year | Himself | Won | ||
| Best Street Hop Track | Shakiti Bobo | Nominated | ||
| ‘Reggae Blues'(HarrySong featuring Olamide, KCee, Iyanya & Orezi) | Nominated | |||
| ‘Ladi'(Olamide & Phyno featuring Lil Kesh) | Nominated | |||
| Best Hip-Hop Track | ‘Local Rappers'(Reminisce featuring Olamide & Phyno) | Won | ||
| Mixtape of The Year | ‘2 Kings'(Olamide & Phyno) | Won | ||
| Album of The Year | Street OT | Won | ||
| 2014 | The Headies 2014 | Artiste of the Year | Himself | Nominated |
| Best Rap Album | Baddest Guy Ever Liveth | Won | ||
| Album of the Year | Won | |||
| Best Rap Single | “Dope Money” (featuring Phyno) | Nominated | ||
| 2014 Channel O Music Video Awards | Most Gifted West | “Turn Up” | Won | |
| 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards | Best Rap Act of the Year | Himself | Nominated | |
| MTV Africa Music Awards 2014 | Best Hip Hop | Nominated | ||
| City People Entertainment Awards | Musician of the Year (Male) | Nominated | ||
| Rap Artiste of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Most Popular Song of the Year | “Eleda Mi” | Nominated | ||
| Rap Album of the Year | Baddest Guy Ever Liveth | Nominated | ||
| World Music Awards | World’s Best Male Artist | Himself | Nominated | |
| World’s Best Live Act | Nominated | |||
| World’s Best Entertainer of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2013 | Nigeria Music Video Awards | Video of the Year | “Durosoke” | Nominated |
| Best Afro Hip Hop Video | Won | |||
| The Headies 2013 | Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Best Street Hip-Hop Artiste | Won | |||
| Best Rap Single | Nominated | |||
| “Ghost Mode” (Phyno featuring Olamide) | Nominated | |||
| Artiste of the Year | Himself | Nominated | ||
| Lyricist on the Roll | “Voice of the Streets” | Nominated | ||
| Best Rap Album | YBNL | Won | ||
| Album of the Year | Won | |||
| 2013 Nigeria Entertainment Awards | Best Album of the Year | Won | ||
| Best Rap Act of the Year | Himself | Nominated | ||
| Music Video of the Year | “Voice of the Street” | Nominated | ||
| Best Indigenous Artiste | Himself | Won | ||
| Best Collabo | “Ghost Mode” (Phyno featuring Olamide) | Won | ||
| 2012 | The Headies 2012 | Hip Hop World Revelation of the Year | Himself | Nominated |
| Best Rap Single | “Young Erikina” | Nominated | ||
| Best Rap Album | Rapsodi | Nominated | ||
| 2011 | The Headies 2011 | Next Rated | Himself | Nominated |
