The 20 Essential Olamide Songs
okayafrica Photo courtesy of the artist. Olamide. We dive into the Nigerian star's discography to bring you the 20 Essential Olamide Songs. Let's get something clear: no Afropop act outdid Olamide in the 2010s, and even fewer can claim to match the sheer weight of his cultural influence. By all metrics, the 31-year-old musician reigned supreme over the sonic zeitgeist of the last decade, musically encapsulating, more than anyone, Nigerian music's trudge from fascination with Western-tinged music to the mass appeal of afrobeats. Rising from Bariga, Baddo first punctured mainstream ...