How Asake Became the Center of the World’s Most Influential
WEBApr 10, 2024 — One of the first things you notice upon meeting Asake is his name—all five letters of the Nigerian singer’s stage moniker are tattooed in big, unmissable ink across his neck. For another...
Asake - Wikipedia
WEBAsake. Ahmed Ololade (born 13 January 1994), [1] known professionally as Asake, [2] is a Nigerian singer, rapper and songwriter. [3][4][5] He is signed to YBNL Nation and Empire Distribution. [6][7] His stage name "Asake" is his mother's name. [8]
See Pictures As Asake takes over London's O2 Arena With …
WEB1 day ago — Asake is busy breaking the into the world at every opportunity. An artist with respect for the diaspora, his sound, Afrobeat, which meets rap with stadium leanings – is underpinned by an incredible sense of ambition. ... His concert at the O2 Arena in London was transformed into an evening portrait of the artist with friends on high. Along ...
Nigerian Man Honours Asake, Draws His Portrait With Sugar …
WEBSep 23, 2022 — Honouring fast-rising music sensation, Asake, the visual artist used grains of sugar to draw an impressive portrait of the singer. Many social media users who came across the video of the talented young man doing his thing heaped accolades on him.
How Asake became Nigeria’s breakout star of 2022
WEBDec 13, 2022 — Born Ahmed Ololade in Lagos, the 27-year-old is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University where he studied Theatre & Performing Arts. Asake can be described as a man of his roots. His iconic sound...
Asake - The New Yorker
WEBAug 26, 2024 — Photograph by Walter Banks. The Nigerian singer Asake crashed into African music’s upper echelon as an innovator in street pop, a sound born in the twenty-tens that brought the swagger of hip-hop...
Asake on Success, Spirituality, and Hard Work - Rolling Stone
WEBJun 26, 2023 — In person, Asake, 28, has a small frame, but an imposing personality. His large, dark eyes hold a world of expressions; bright with mischief when he begins to crack one of his many jokes, dim and...
Asake: Work Of Art Album Review | African Folder
WEBJun 19, 2023 — On the album’s cover art, Asake poses in between two fine art portraits, one of which is an original piece adaptation of Jean-Michel Basquiat drawn by Nigerian Visual Artist, Ayanfe Olarinde. The singer interestingly pays homage to the legendary American artist on track 6 (Basquiat).
The Makings of Asake | SSENSE UK
WEBJan 18, 2023 — Asake is meticulous. Nested in the suburbs of northwest London, in a mansion assembled from various historical eras and geographies—basements that appear lifted from grand Greek villas beneath Elizabethan-style living rooms—he’s working to direct his photo shoot, scene by scene, look by look.
Nigeria: The year of Asake - The Africa Report.com
WEBOct 12, 2022 — His boyish grill-enhanced grin on the mugshot-inspired portrait on the album cover assures us that he is neither coy nor excessive about this beam of limelight. With him, it is all money and (positive) vibes and we love it for him.
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