We have written the Biography of many YBNL acts including their label boss Olamide Baddo , today it the turn of Nigerian fast rising R&B singer Adekunle Gold currently signed to Olamide Adedeji’s record label YBNL (Yahoo Boy No Laptop)
Real/Full Name: Adekunle Kosoko
Stage Name: Adekunle Gold
Date Of Birth: Not known (His age is unknown at this time but we hope to find out soon)
Genre: Urban highlife RnB
Occupation: Singer-songwriter, graphic designer
Marital Status: Not married but dating
Record Label:YBNL Nation
Former Record Label: The Bridge
Adekunle Kosoko , famously recorgnised by his stage name Adekunle Gold is a yoruba guy that is signed to Olamide’s YBNL Nation label . The Urban highlife RnB singer became popular after releasing his hot single “Sade” under YBNL lebel in 2015 immediately he was signed to the label .
Adekunle Gold attended the prestigious Lagos State Polytechnics where he successfully acquired a degree in Graphics . He did a very funny thing that made people noticed him after he graduated from the university , he took his photo skills to the next level by going ahead to photoshop his his photos with some other female celebrities including Tonto Dikeh , Tiwa Savage and Toolz . At that point Adekunle Gold was becoming popular and the gist was published on many big blogs including African number one blogger Linda Ikeji .
Adekunle Gold was formally a member of a band called “The Bridge” alongsid his best friend Seyikeyz in 2010 before Olamide Baddo caught his attention and went ahead to sign him at once in 2013.
Adekunle Gold’s father was also an ambitious man at his prime , he love classical songs by King Sunny Ade and Ebenezer Obey and he always love to press play whenever he takes them to school in his car . The R&B singer said he drew his inspiration from listening to those songs and they were able to help him love music .
In a recent interview , he was asked what inspired him to sing the song he titled “Sade” see his response below.
" I was really in love with this young and pretty lady called Sade , i approached her and she turned me down . The more i try to impress her the more she kept pushing away but as at then i was still a normal street boy the fame and money was not there . I think that was why she never gave a chance to show her how i really mean . But that is my past life and right now is as if such events never happened because everything about me has realy changed and i am now more refined " .
It will interest you to know that Adekunle Gold currently has a new single that is currently enjoying unlimited airplay on TV and radio stations , he titled this one “Oriente”, it’s a love song and it is welcomed and accepted by everybody . The video has been realeased and it is very colourful , he featured his one and only love Simi in the video .
Adekunle Gold Songs
Sade — Released in 2015 and directed by Mex
Oriente — Released in 2014 and directed by Natialo Production
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