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Johnny Drille On His Sound And Being The Industry’s Lover Boy

April 3, 2023 by Opeyemi Rasak-Oyadiran

Johnny Drille used to think of his music as alternative, but now, he’s embracing the folksy side of his sound. A true artist whose body of work stands out for

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Mavin’s New Generation Dazzle On Joint Project “ChapterX”

December 2, 2022 by Naomi Overo

Africa’s premier indigenous label, Mavin Records has released a Mavin all-stars project, Chapter X to mark its 10 year anniversary. Chapter X combines the talent, nuance and promise of all

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Mavins Release All-Star Track “Won Da Mo” Off Upcoming “Mavin At 10” Album

November 9, 2022 by Wisdom Mudasiru

Following the realease of its first all star track of the year Overdose, the Mavins crew is back with another banger titled Won Da Mo. The 4-minute star-studded track featured

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Johnny Drille Releases Phyno-assisted “Lover” Off New EP

October 27, 2022 by Wisdom Mudasiru

Off his new EP, Home, due for release tomorrow October 28th, Johnny Drille has released his new single titled Lover. The song which Johnny Drilled has dubbed “the new anthem

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Johnny Drille Heralds Debut Album With Genre Transcendent ‘Loving Is Harder’

August 27, 2021 by Adedamola Onabanjo

Towards the end of 2020, Johnny Drille achieved yet another mainstream milestone with Mystery Girl, following the extraordinariness of 2018 hit with Simi, Halleluya. With a career centered around his

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THRDL!FE And Johnny Drille Are The Perfect EDM Pair On ‘Turn Me Up’

May 10, 2021 by Adedamola Onabanjo

On the back of a slew of indie-pop-leaning singles, Johnny Drille has made a habit of spotlighting the rareness of his artistry as one that leans strongly on acoustics and

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Johnny Drille Paces Album Release With Emotive ‘Bad Dancer’

February 19, 2021 by Adedamola Onabanjo

Johnny Drille recently took to his social media to announce the completion of his upcoming album set to drop early in the year following the successful release of Mystery Girl,

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Johnny Drille Shares The First Single Off Upcoming Debut Album ‘Mystery Girl’

November 27, 2020 by Adedamola Onabanjo

After years spent carrying a condensed version of country music in Nigeria on his back, Johnny Drille is finally putting his thoughts and experiences together as one on his forthcoming

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Johnny Drille Has Nothing But Praises For Nigerian Youths On ‘Redemption Song’ Cover

October 22, 2020 by Adedamola Onabanjo

The atmosphere in Nigeria right now is quite grim. Day after day, it gets gloomier and demands the attention of the entire world. The past couple of days have been

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Johnny Drille Dons A Reckless Player’s Hat On ‘Something Better’

March 26, 2020 by Adedamola Onabanjo

Ever in tune with his emotions and surroundings, Johnny Drille makes it back to the heart of listeners this month with a Sigag Lauren-produced single titled aptly titled Something Better.

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Lady Donli, Reekado Banks, Brymo, and Johnny Drille added to Gidifest 2020 line-up

February 28, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

Gidi Culture Festival (Gidi Fest) has announced the second wave of artists to perform at the three-day event, joining headliners, Rema, Flavour, and Naira Marley. The new names include of

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Watch Johnny Drille Talk Efe, Jon Bellion and His Sound

November 21, 2019 by Daniel Okechukwu

If you follow Johnny Drille, you know the story of Efe, his crush that got away. In an interview on Legit TV, Johnny discussed moving on from Efe, meeting Jon

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