Olamide is MTV's Artist of The Month

Base’s March Artist of the Month is Olamide!


MTV Base profiles the biggest and best A-List African musicians in Artist Of The Month.

Every month, we support the chosen artist in a series of specialist shows including My Mixtape, Top Ten countdowns and a social media themed show called "The Truth", where fans get to ask THE most burning questions ...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: MARCH - OLAMIDE
On the 15th of March 1989 a Star was born to the Adedeji family. He was named Olamide which literarily means “Wealth has come”. No doubt that name was given to the 23 year old more in hope than certainty, well ladies and gentlemen the prophecy has come to pass. A year and some into his professional music career, Olamide has become a house hold name and just in case you don’t know who he is I suggest you google ENI DURO. ENI DURO; the breakout single from his Debut Album has become an anthem for the streets, clubs, lecture halls and conference room. Armed with only his pen and paper, the 300 level mass communication part time student of Tai Solarin University has released what is without a doubt an outstanding debut album. Titled RapSoDi Olamide’s 1st offering is a 16 tracker. Sometime in 2010, Olamide decided he would like to pursue a career in music. When asked why music the Fast rising Rap Artiste says “I found out I was gifted in it so I had to explore it, it’s my life, my hustle, my world”. In 2010 fresh faced Olamide performed on arguably the biggest stage in the Nigerian Music scene; “The Hip Hop World Awards”.