Prolific Rapper and CEO of YBNL; Olamide,
on Wednesday, April 29 added to his long list of awards and accolades
by becoming a recipient of the prestigious All Africa Music Awards held
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he won the ‘AFRIMA 2014 Best Album’ award with his BADDEST GUY EVER LIVETH album.
The AFRIMA 2014 event hosted in partnership with The African Union
Commission (AUC), unveiled its 2015 AFRIMA calendar at the African Union
Secretariat, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where Olamide received his award
alongside other notable African acts and a host of Nigerian journalists.
In addition to the World Press Conference and 2015 AFRIMA unveiling,
Olamide also participated in a series of events while in Addis Ababa
including a roundtable conference with AU executives, AFRIMA executives,
select 2014 award winners and the media to discuss how to use music,
culture and entertainment as tools for the development of a new Africa; a
formal presentation of the AFRIMA trophy and 2014 award winners to Her
Excellency, the Chairperson of the AUC, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
You may recall that the award-winning Baddest Guy Ever Liveth is
Olamide’s third studio album which was released by YBNL Nation on
November 7, 2013. The album featured top Nigerian artistes such as
Pheelz, Buckwyla, Ketchup, Ice Prince, Pepenazi, Endia, Viktoh, B.Banks,
Phyno, Pele Pele and Bez to appear as guest appearances on the album.
The album was produced solely by ace producer Pheelz, except for the
thirteenth track ‘Sitting on the Throne’.
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