“How I Got Signed To YBNL Nation” Singer Adekunle Gold Reveals

Sensational singer Adekunle Gold has
revealed how he got signed to Olamide’s
YBNL Nation, The singer has been on a
successful run with the release of two
official singles ‘Sade’ and more recently
‘Orente’.
The orente crooner who sings in Highlife
with a mid-tempo pop twist, has revealed
how he got into the heart of Olamide, and
subsequently, earning a record deal.
“I have been working with Olamide, I
designed the YBNL logo, I have done a
couple of designs for the label before I got
signed.” Adekunle revealed.
“When I dropped Sade , Olamide apparently
liked it, and the whole  YBNL crew liked it.
So he called me and said he really liked my
sound, and didn’t want it to change, that he
would love to work with me. “I didn’t see it
coming, I didn’t lobby for it, I didn’t do
anything, I didn’t think about it at all.”
Adekunle’s two singles so far has been
heavy on storytelling. They both take
listeners through a tale of romance, which
has been instrumental in the success of both
singles. In contrast, the rest of the YBNL
artistes are pacy rappers. The singer
believes that there is a connection between
his genre and indigenous rap
“I guess it just works because I am
indigenous too as well, I speak Yoruba,
English, pidgin…and then my sound
identifies with the street somehow. So
there’s a sync somehow. “