{"id":158623,"date":"2025-09-25T01:38:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T01:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/158623\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T01:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T01:38:06","slug":"why-asakes-success-didnt-surprise-me-olamide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/158623\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Asake’s success didn’t surprise me – Olamide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rapper and singer Olamide <\/a>has said that he recognised Asake\u2019s exceptional talent and unique sound from their very first meeting.<\/p>\n

Speaking in a recent interview, Olamide admitted that while he knew Asake was gifted, he did not anticipate the massive success his music would later achieve.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not know he was going to go that wild, but I knew Asake was one of one. From the sound and everything. I have never heard anything close to that before. His authenticity and his craftsmanship,\u201d Olamide said.<\/p>\n

He further praised Asake\u2019s natural drive and strong work ethic, noting that the singer never needs to be pushed to put in effort.<\/p>\n

\u201cAsake is not the dude you try and convince to put in effort because he is already putting effort.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why I respect him so much. And I thought it would be a nice thing for us to partner\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Olamide attributed his decision to sign Asake to his label, YBNL, to these qualities. <\/p>\n

According to Olamide, his approach to mentoring artists involves giving them the freedom to create beautiful music without unnecessary pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I do not put such pressure on my guys. I try as much as possible not to put pressure on them. I just tell them to make beautiful music. If it is awesome, it is going to fly. It might not fly. It might fly in 10 years, 20 years. And we are still seeing that in real life now\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

He opined that good music will eventually stand the test of time, even if it doesn\u2019t gain immediate popularity.<\/p>\n

Olamide cited examples of his own songs that didn\u2019t gain traction initially but are now appreciated.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy songs from 10 years ago probably did not pop then. But we knew it was good music\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Asake\u2019s journey with YBNL began in February 2022, and he recently parted ways with the label to establish his own label, Giran Republic.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rapper and singer Olamide has said that he recognised Asake\u2019s exceptional talent and unique sound from their very…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,72308,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-158623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-olamide","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}