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By Chinonso Ihekire 16 January 2021 | 4:30 am
No doubt, the Nigerian music industry is thriving like never before. At the turn of the last decade, we witnessed the rise of new artistes such as Wizkid, M.I. Abaga, Davido, Burna Boy, Olamide, Phyno, Yemi Alade, Tiwa Savage, Tekno and others. These stellar entertainers steadily created continental chart-topping hits that have now piloted the industry to its current glory. Currently, a new generation of artistes have subtly, but swiftly emerged to become the new faces of positive evolution in the ever-vibrant Nigerian music soundscape.
Fireboy
At age 16, during his undergraduate days, Adedamola Adefolahan, popularly known as Fireboy, made a decision to take music professionally. A few years after, under Olamide’s guidance in the YBNL label, the Abeokuta-native successfully warmed his way into the hearts of Nigerians with his breakthrough single, Jealous.