Artistes of The week Dec (Part 1)

CiDAR's Artistes of the week

Billirano: Play me

Ogunsola Olayinka Basit, professionally known as Billirano is a Nigerian Afro singer and songwriter. Born on the 16^th of April, 2004, The young star began singing as early as 15 years of age. He has since then impressed his fans and has been consistent with his music. He has recently come through with his new single “Play Me”.

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ODUMODU BLVCK: Eziokwu

Tochukwu Gbubemi Ojogwu, popularly known as Odumodublvck, is a Nigerian, singer, rapper, and songwriter. He was born in Lagos but has his state of origin rooted in Delta state. Odumodu as an artiste, loves to portray hints of heritage and culture in his personal style and music. He constantly wears the Okpu Agu, a leopard cap that denotes bravery or warriors, and is often worn by chieftains in the traditional Igbo society. He is also a member of the hip hop-collective Anti-World Gangstars. The Declan Rice star, so far gained a lot of traction and international recognition from his music, so much so that the footballer expressed his admiration for the song and the enthusiasm from Nigerians. Later on, the Arsenal football team, announced the signing of the player, using Odumodu’s, Declan Rice, in the background. The sensational rapper is now signed to both NATIVE Records and Def Jam and has recently released his debut album titled, Eziokwu. He currently resides in Abuja, Nigeria, and is fast becoming a rap sensation in the Afro-music industry.

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Fade Venom: FIMILE X CITY-H

Fade Venom, is an incredibly prolific music producer, and songwriter. Though he hails from Oyo state, Ibadan, the young artist has spent most of his life in Lagos . Fade Venom, also known as FadeTheVenom or VENOM, recently graduated from the University of Lagos, with a BA in Music. The music mastermind stepped into the music scene from the young age 5 learning on early, how to play the guitar. At 7,  He continued to play the guitar and started to make songs with his little sister. Later on he picked up the Keyboard as well. Venom comes from a strong musical background with a long line of talented singers in his family. Unsurprisingly, he has always had the support and enthusiasm of his dad, a professional singer, who constantly pushes him to continue to thrive in the music scene.

For Venom, music has always felt like home, because it is all he’s ever known or been surrounded by. From this persistent dream to continue further in music, he finally found his scene and diversified into music production. FADE VENOM, never one to be restricted, makes music with variety of genres such as Afro-beats, Drill, Trap and afro pop. In his musical journey, he has worked with numerous artistes such as; BLNDE, Xpacegirl, Ray, kaey, to name but a few. Now, he has recently released his debut two-pack Ep, featuring Maureen and Latomii. Both tracks, FIMILE and CITY-H are an absolute feast for the ears!

WASALU FT NAYA AKANJI: Pillow

Hailing from the vibrant city of Lagos, Nigeria emerges Wasalu, a sound engineer, music producer and mixer, with a sound and discerning ear for killer melodies and beautiful African rhythms. Wasalu, holds such a boundless curiosity driven by a relentless pursuit of cultural unity through music. He is such an experimental artiste, that he takes his Nigerian music influence and dabbles into other  merging through his killer samples, genres such as; Brazilian funk, electronics. As a producer he has worked with a range of talents; such as Aylo, Zirra, Nezsa and many more. The sound maker has finally hopped on another track featuring the sonorous song bird, Naya Akanji; titled Pillow.

1da Banton:

Godson Ominibie Epelle, known professionally as 1Da Banton is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his hit single “No wahala” released in 2021 and its remix featuring Kizz Daniel and Tiwa Savage, in 2022. In July 2017, he released his debut EP and one of the EP’s songs titled “Way up”, was used as the theme song for the third season of Big Brother Naija. In 2023, his song, No Wahala was featured as a theme song of the third season of the American series, Ted Lasso. It also surpassed a 100 million streams on Spotify. Check out his latest track, Gbadun.

SHEYMII DEY 4 u:

               Adigun oluwasemilogo known as “sheymii dey4u”is a talented musician from Nigeria. Sheymii dey4u holds a unique way of transporting listeners into the exciting world of African music, particularly Afrobeat. Sheymii Dey4U's music crosses boundaries and carries listeners to a place where rhythm and melody perfectly interweave, It does this with the help of a hypnotic blend of traditional African rhythms, languages and modern elements. He effortlessly conjures a feeling of excitement and unity through contagious beats, alluring melodies, and passionate voices. He combines traditional African instruments like the djembe and kalimba with more contemporary elements like electric guitars and synthesizers in his compositions, to make his beautiful music. Check out his newest release, “Call on me”