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Olamide and Asake Make A YBNL Power Move on “New Religion”

June 2, 2023 by Adedamola Adedayo

While fans count down to the release of their separate albums—with both the top dog of the YBNL pack and his high-flying Amapiano-fuelled signee set to roll out Unruly on

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June Freedom and L.A.X. Engage Nature In Romance-themed Visuals For “Thing For You”

May 18, 2023 by Adedamola Adedayo

Cape Verdean Afropop artiste and EMPIRE Records signee June Freedom has added to his musical oeuvre with the release of Thing For You and its accompanying official video. However, he

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Asake Shares Spirited Message On New Single, “Yoga”

January 31, 2023 by Wisdom Mudasiru

YBNL and EMPIRE signee, Ahmed Ololade Asake, popularly known as Asake, has released his first single of the year 2023 titled Yoga. The singer who has one of the greatest

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Bad Boy Timz Serves New Visuals For “Faya” From Empire’s “Where We Come From (Vol. 1)” Compilation Album

January 31, 2023 by Wisdom Mudasiru

Bad Boy Timz Is A Smooth Operator on New Single 'MJ'

Following their latest music video release for Cough (Odo) with Kizz Daniel nearing 30 million views on YouTube, with the single itself amassing over 150 million digital streams, revered independent

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Wande Coal & Empire Drop “Umbrella” Ahead Of “Where We Come From (Vol. 1)” Compilation Album

October 29, 2022 by Wisdom Mudasiru

Nigerian Afro-Fusion legend Wande Coal has released his new single, alongside crispy visuals, titled Umbrella. Co-written by grammy-nominated producer Sak Pase, multi-platinum singer/songwriter Sean Kingston and Wande Coal, the single

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EMPIRE & Kizz Daniel Take Over Charts With New Single, “Cough (Odo)”

October 17, 2022 by Wisdom Mudasiru

Hard on the heels of his smash hit record Buga which moved the world with over 264.5 million views on TikTok, among other social media and streaming platforms, incredibly gifted

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EMPIRE To Release “Where We Come From (Vol. 1)” Album Featuring Kizz Daniel, Olamide, Wande Coal & More

October 17, 2022 by Wisdom Mudasiru

Leading independent American music distribution company EMPIRE announced, on Friday October 14th, that it will be releasing its first-ever African compilation album, Where We Come From (Vol. 1), as a

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Fireboy DML Shares D Smoke’s Lagos Experience in YouTube Documentary

February 24, 2021 by Damilare Bayero

Some weeks ago, Fireboy DML, YBNL and EMPIRE hosted American rapper and Fireboy’s musical collaborator, D Smoke in Lagos to much media frenzy. The former has decided to make the

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Rotimi Yearns For Peace On Voice For Change Single ‘Unity’

October 15, 2020 by Adedamola Onabanjo

All around the world, races, socioeconomic factions, religious groups, and generations are in a constant state of disharmony and this has been the case for ages. Artists have in different