Ahmed Ololade Asake , who is professionally
known as Asake is a Nigerian Musician and
songwriter who was born in the late 1990s in
Lagos State, Nigeria.
He discovered his musical talent at a tender age,
which made him start releasing freestyles as a
way of entertaining people online in his early days.
Asake also popularly known as “Mr Money” is
now one of the promising rising stars in the
Nigerian music industry with his single “ Omo Ope ”
recently topping the Nigerian Apple music.
Some people said that his style of singing is
similar to that of Zinoleesky, Barry Jhay, Bella
Shmurda but his voice is more tender and deeper.
He is one of the few upcoming artistes that has
the potential to be the top star in the Nigerian
music industry, which is not surprising to many
fans of his due to his amazing voice and delivery
of choice words using Yoruba that resonates with
different fans regardless of cultural background.
Early Life
Asake started performing at a tender age and
released several freestyles online which made him
gain popularity among his audience, who enjoyed
listening to his songs until he gained more
visibility with the help of some Nigerian
Influencers like Tunde Ednut, Broda Shaggi,
Sydney Talker and a lot more who have been
helping him to gain more exposure.
He is a dedicated musician who uses the name
Asake as his stage name since he rose to fame
as a rising star. Asake was born and raised in
Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria by parents who hails
from the Yoruba tribe in the western region of the
country. He is a Nigerian by nationality with
Islamic background, although he has not spoken
much about his faith but from his lyrics you can
almost decipher that he kind of believes in God,
although he has not been very specific about his
faith.
Biography of Nigerian singer Asake and Pictures
Education
He spent most of the early education days in the
south western part of the country and later went
ahead to study Theater & Performing arts at the
prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University at Ile Ife,
Osun State. He later on relocated to Lagos State
to pursue his career in music.
Age
Asake is currently in his late age of 20, making
him one of the young and fast rising stars in the
Nigerian music industry.
Career
He started performing at a tender age and
released several freestyles online. It was the
freestyle performance that built his personal brand
online using different social media sites like
YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook among
others. However, it was in 2020, that he began to
attract the public attention with the help of some
Nigerian celebrities and social media influencers
like Tunde Ednut, Broda Shaggi, Sydney Talker and
a lot more who have been helping him to gain
more exposure and significantly grew his fan base
across multiple platforms.
It was one of his freestyles titled “Lady” that
brought him to limelight and that song was
produced by Blaque Beats, which was released in
2020, which went viral due to the posting of
several celebrities, top personalities in the
country.
It was said that in the journey of his career, he
also veered into dancing and performed as a
dancer on several occasions, but he never took it
seriously as a career. However, his deep passion
for music made him resolute to fully concentrate
on becoming a musician. He released his first
single “Mr Money” in 2020 which further
repositioned him on track as one of the promising
artistes in the Nigerian music industry.H e later
went on to release more songs including “Omo
Ope” featuring Olamide that went viral and topped
the Nigerian Apple Music chart as No. 1 song in
the month of February, 2022. Just because of his
resilient spirit and persistence, he also earned
three nominations in different categories for the
City People Music Awards in 2020 and he
clinched two awards out of the three with one
having the title of the Most Popular Song of the
Year.
Asake’s sixth single topped the Apple music
charts as No 1 in Nigeria two weeks back almost
the same time , he was signed into the YBNL
record label. All these achievements he has been
able to achieve in a short period of time is quite
mind blowing and the main reason he has been
tipped to become the next top star in the Nigerian
music industry.
It’s also reported that the duo Asake and Olamide
are working on the video of his hit song “Omo
Ope” as of February 2022. Asake out of
excitement has also shared the visuals of the
video on social media.
Net Worth
He says he’s been working so hard on his
musical career and rapping since high school, but
it was not until his mid-20s that people started
genuinely noticing him. From being spotted as an
upcoming artiste, Asake is now topping the Music
Charts and that has significantly impacted his
valuation. Currently, he has an estimated net worth
of about $35,000, even though he is still in his
early stage of the career with the traction that the
fast rising artist is getting in the music industry,
we can say that his net worth will advance as he
gains more attention and get to work on
collaborating with other artists.
Girlfriend
Asake is said to be single, but there has been no
information given on his relationship status but it
is safe to say that he might be seeing somebody,
but he hasn’t given any hint to the public. He is
currently living life with his family in Lagos and is
still enjoying the flow of his career.
Discography
Asake has released several songs in the past
years since he started gaining popularity and
some are below:
Record Label
Asake signed a record dea
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