\n
Nigerian singer Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has revealed that he begged ace rapper and CEO of YBNL Nation, Olamide, for about two years before he accepted to sign him to the record label.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Mr Money\u2019 crooner said the rapper invited him to his house one day and asked him whether he would like to join his record label, and he accepted with hesitation.<\/p>\n
He said Olamide told him to get a lawyer and study the nature of the contract, but he was too excited and signed immediately.<\/p>\n
Speaking in an interview with Hip TV, Asake said, \u201cBefore he [Olamide] signed me, I\u2019ve been begging Baddo [Olamide] since 2020 to sign me.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne day, I got to his house, then he asked me\u2026 This part burst my head. This is how he signed me. He said, \u2018How are you, Asake?\u2019 I said I\u2019m fine. And he asked me, \u2018Would you like to join YBNL?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t understand, for somebody you look up to, somebody you respect, somebody you\u2019ve been longing to see, to ask you that question. I told him that I\u2019m ready. He said, \u2018Go and think about it. Go and look for a lawyer.\u2019 I said, \u2018Baba, sign me now now now. I don\u2019t want any lawyer. Because I love the [YBNL] family so much even from afar.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asake signed to YBNL Nation in February 2022. That same month, he released his debut extended play, Ololade, which featured his breakthrough song \u2018Omo Ope\u2019 featuring Olamide and the single \u2018Sungba.\u2019<\/p>\n
I begged Olamide for two years before he agreed to sign me \u2013 Asake<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nigerian singer Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has revealed that he begged ace rapper and CEO of YBNL Nation,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5490,4,15,6039],"tags":[697,171,180,6041],"class_list":["post-6522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asake","category-entertainment","category-news","category-olamide","tag-asake","tag-entertainment","tag-news","tag-olamide"],"yoast_head":"\n
I begged Olamide for two years before he agreed to sign me \u2013 Asake - Niger Delta News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I begged Olamide for two years before he agreed to sign me \u2013 Asake - Niger Delta News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigerian singer Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has revealed that he begged ace rapper and CEO of YBNL Nation,…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Niger Delta News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-12T09:06:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Asake-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"web\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ndnewsng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ndnewsng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"web\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/\",\"name\":\"I begged Olamide for two years before he agreed to sign me \u2013 Asake - Niger Delta News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Asake-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-12T09:06:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-12T09:06:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Asake-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Asake-1.jpeg\",\"width\":2200,\"height\":1400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"I begged Olamide for two years before he agreed to sign me \u2013 Asake\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/\",\"name\":\"Niger Delta News\",\"description\":\"Reporting from Niger Delta\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70\",\"name\":\"web\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"web\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/localhost\/nigerdeltanews\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/author\/web\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"I begged Olamide for two years before he agreed to sign me \u2013 Asake - Niger Delta News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I begged Olamide for two years before he agreed to sign me \u2013 Asake - Niger Delta News","og_description":"Nigerian singer Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has revealed that he begged ace rapper and CEO of YBNL Nation,…","og_url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/","og_site_name":"Niger Delta News","article_published_time":"2023-12-12T09:06:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2200,"height":1400,"url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Asake-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"web","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ndnewsng","twitter_site":"@ndnewsng","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"web","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/","name":"I begged Olamide for two years before he agreed to sign me \u2013 Asake - Niger Delta News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Asake-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-12-12T09:06:46+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-12T09:06:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Asake-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Asake-1.jpeg","width":2200,"height":1400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/i-begged-olamide-for-two-years-before-he-agreed-to-sign-me-asake\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"I begged Olamide for two years before he agreed to sign me \u2013 Asake"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/","name":"Niger Delta News","description":"Reporting from Niger Delta","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70","name":"web","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"web"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/localhost\/nigerdeltanews"],"url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/author\/web\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}