YBNL records popular singer Keshinro Ololade, stage name Lil Kesh, is set to part ways with his mentor and label boss Olamide. The news of their business separation has been making rounds, but there are indications this is connected to the expiration of Kesh’s two-year contract with the Olamide-led label, YBNL Nation.
The Shoki crooner Lil Kesh is working on a label of his own, which he claims will be in form of a movement.
Olamide has been known to favour a two-year contract with his sign-ons in the belief that it is enough period for them to stand on their ‘two feet’.
This is in response to critics who ascribe ulterior motives to his preference.
“Saying Kesh or Victoh or anyone else is gonna leave me is kind ash…y, I want these niggas to be great. Not slaves nor dependent,” Olamide voiced via Twitter.
Although Olamide and Lil Kesh are yet to respond to enquiries as to the status of their relationship, feelers have it that the parting is amicable.
Apparently, Olamide’s wish for his protégées have come true if reports that Lil Kesh is now financially buoyant enough to fund his projects and music videos. Kesh moved from his Lagos mainland base to a posh apartment in the upscale Lekki neighbourhood, and the house is equipped with an in-house studio- all acquired within the space of
Kesh’s YBNL contract.
Olamide’s training seems to have paid off as Kesh’s career has taken off in a big way, hence his decision to move on, and do his own thing. As an anonymous
source puts it, “Olamide has been training them all to stand on their own and Kesh was the first to blow, that’s why he’s the first to move on.”
In January this year, Olamide mounted the stage at the Headies Awards Night to
criticise the organisers for not giving the Rookie of the Year award to Kesh.
Although unconfirmed, despite launching the new record label, Olamide will still play a managerial role in his music career.
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