AMan,HisMusic, &HisVibes

Lovehimorhatehim,there'sno denying one fact - Ahmed Ololade professionally known as Asake is a natural-born entertainer. His ability to command attention through his music, videos, and performance is what captivates millions of people all overtheworld.

Since his debut in the Nigerian music scene, the YBNL Nationsigneehastakengiantstridesatapacethatonly a few can equal With chart-topping hits after hits, sufficeittosaythathisonlymissionistodominate.

Asake'sfirstcommercialreleasescamein2020withthe song "Lady," but they didn't exactly mark a qualitative leap in Nigeria's budding Afrobeats genre The awardwinningNigerianrapperandmusicianisknownforhis comedicstyleandhumorousdelivery

He created music for a while without a break but never gaveupbecauseitwashislifelongdream.Accordingto him, music was the only thing he did comfortably that gave him inner joy and peace. However, he confessed that he promise himself to go to either London or Paris to pursue a career in modeling if music did not work out.

Fortunately, he got his break before he hit the runway. Olamide, a popular Nigerian rapper who also owns a successfulrecordlabel,YBNL,reachedouttohimafter listeningtohissingle,“Mr.Money”.Asakereleased"Mr. Money"in2020andlaterfeaturedZlatanandPeruzziin the remix. Olamide signed Asake to YBNL Records in February 2022. In the same month, Asake released his debut EP, “Ololade” The extended play featured the song that broke him into the limelight - “Omo Ope” featuringhisboss,Olamide

Asake released his first studio album in September 2022. “Mr. Money With The Vibes” which featured his popularremixof“Sungba”withBurnaBoy.Thealbum was a hit that it became the highest-charting debut NigerianalbumofalltimeontheBillboard200.

The album turned Asake into an internationalsensationovernight.

It peaked at No.1 in over 19 countries from Nigeria and Cameroon to the United Arab EmiratesandCanada. Shortlyafter itsrelease,hejoinedtheprestigious 1 billion stream gang, a feat that only a few African artistes have achieved.

Classifying Asake might be difficult. Withflair,charisma,andskill,hehas beenabletowintheheartsofmany

What endears people to Asake’s music?His uniqueness and versatility. He is a breath of fresh air whose music cannot be categorized In simple words, he is a true entertainer.

Thisiswhypeople,includingthose who do not understand his lyrics, enjoy his music all over the world His music does not need interpretationtobeunderstood n addition, it made history as the first African album with the

I highest number of streams on the first day and during the first three days,thefirstalbumtohave7songs in the top-ten positions in the history of TurnTable Charts, and the first album to have all tracks occupy the first 12 spots on Apple MusicNigeriaTop100.

Having conquered Nigeria, Asake set his sight on the international music scene. He announced his international tours of the United States and the United Kingdom after joining an American record label and distribution company, Empire. By that time, he had amassedaloyalworldwidefanbase called “Terminators”, who showed upinlargenumbersforhistours.

South African amapiano stars like DBN Gogo and Major League DJz expressed their awe and adoration after hearing Mr. Money With The Vibe

Inatweet,MajorLeagueDJzstated, "Asake is amapiano." DBN Gogo even stated that South African amapiano musicians had to team together in order to defeat the daunting Nigerian threat because theCDwasthatexcellent.

Sheobviously doesn't know how to respond to Asake's varied cultural andmusicalinfluences.

His tour of the United States was quite successful, however, Asake made headlines on September 30, 2022, when he sold out his Priority O2 Arena tickets in less than two minutes, causing the ticketing platformtocrash.

To appease his insatiable UK Terminators, he announced two moredatesatthesamevenuewhich alsosoldoutinminutes!Asakehad becomeaforcetobereckonedwith intheinternationalmusicindustry

Along with breaking and setting more records, he bagged many nominations and awards including anAFRIMMAforArtisteoftheYear and AFRIMA for Breakout Artistes oftheYear.

Asake's extraordinary success might be attributed to his unique musical style of expression. Street patois, friendly urban hooliganism, joyous fuji trimmings, immediateness, and openness need to be added to the already distinctive concoction. This is unquestionably yummier than the regularamapiano.

Some call him a Neo-fuji act. Others call him an Afrobeats artiste. And to many, his music is a fusion of HipHop, Amapiano, Afrobeats, Fuji and more However, his music should never be defined or put under a category.Accordingtohim,