Olamide Wins Afrima 2014 Best Album

Prolific Rapper and CEO of YBNL; Olamide,
on Wednesday, April 29 added to his long
list of awards and accolades by becoming a recipient of the prestigious All Africa Music Awards held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he won the ‘ AFRIMA 2014 Best Album ’ award with his BADDEST GUY EVER Liveth album.
The AFRIMA 2014 event hosted in
partnership with The African Union
Commission (AUC), unveiled its 2015
AFRIMA calendar at the African Union
Secretariat, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where
Olamide received his award alongside
other notable African acts and a host of
Nigerian journalists.
In addition to the World Press Conference
and 2015 AFRIMA unveiling, Olamide also
participated in a series of events while in
Addis Ababa including a roundtable
conference with AU executives, AFRIMA
executives, select 2014 award winners and the media to discuss how to use music, culture and entertainment as tools for the development of a new Africa; a formal presentation of the AFRIMA trophy and 2014 award winners to Her Excellency, the Chairperson of the AUC, Dr. Noosa Zanaflex Dlamini Zuma.
You may recall that the award-winning
Baddest Guy Ever Liveth is Olamide’s third
studio album which was released by YBNL
Nation on November 7, 2013. The album
featured top Nigerian artistes such as
Pheelz, Buckwyla, Ketchup, Ice Prince,
Pepenazi, Endia, Viktoh, B.Banks, Phyno,
Pele Pele and Bez to appear as guest
appearances on the album. The album was produced solely by ace producer Pheelz, except for the thirteenth track ‘Sitting on the Throne’.