Olamide, the Nigerian rapper, has come through with a new extended play (EP) titled ‘Ikigai’.
The YBNL label boss took to his X to announce the seven-track project.
Ikigai is a Japanese language expression meaning “reason to live’”.
In the extended play, Olamide enlists the music talents of the YBNL artistes Asake and Fireboy DML.
Also featured are the fast-rising RnB singer Sabri, the producer Pheelz, the producer-turned-singer Young Jonn, and the rapper Lil Kesh.
Some of the songs in the ‘Ikigai’ EP include ‘Metaverse’, ‘Uptown Disco’, ‘Makaveli’, ‘Knockout’, ‘Hello Habibi’, ‘Morowore’, and ‘Synchro System’.
Olamide, a Lagos-born rapper, is revered as one of the biggest artistes in Nigeria.
He has earned a plethora of nominations and awards for his craft.
After releasing ‘YBNL’, his second studio album, Olamide launched his music label in 2012.
The record label has produced talented musicians like Lil Kesh, Adekunle Gold, Fireboy, and Chinko Ekun.
In 2020, YBNL signed a joint venture deal with Empire Distribution, a US music label and publishing company.
Olamide said he founded YBNL to avoid extravagant spending.
“It used to be just passion but it is high time I step up, reinvest, and make this a proper business,” he said.
“All that money had to go back into the grind, man. That is how the whole thing started.”
Last year, Olamide hinted that ‘Unruly’, his 10th music album, might be his last project.
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