How Asake Begged Olamide For Two Years To Be Signed

Ahmed Ololade, better known by his stage name Asake, has claimed that Olamide, legendary Nigerian rapper and YBNL Nation CEO, consented to sign him to the record label after two years of pleading

The crooner “Mr Money” revealed this in a Hip TV interview.

Asake said that after Olamide asked him to come to his house and inquired if he would want to sign on to his record company, which he immediately accepted, things took a different turn.

The singer claims that Olamide advised him to consult a lawyer and understand the terms of the contract, but he was too eager and signed right away.

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He said, “Before he [Olamide] signed me, I’ve been begging Baddo [Olamide] since 2020 to sign me.

“One day, I got to his house, then he asked me… This part burst my head. This is how he signed me. He said, ‘How are you, Asake?’ I said I’m fine. And he asked me, ‘Would you like to join YBNL?’

“You don’t understand, for somebody you look up to, somebody you respect, somebody you’ve been longing to see, to ask you that question. I told him that I’m ready. He said, ‘Go and think about it. Go and look for a lawyer.’ I said, ‘Baba, sign me now now now. I don’t want any lawyer. Because I love the [YBNL] family so much, even from afar.”

Asake signed to YBNL Nation in February 2022 and released his debut extended play, Ololade, which featured his breakthrough song “Omo Ope”, featuring Olamide, and the single “Sungba.”