‘I pray to soar in the coming months’

Adebayo David Adeleke (a.k.a. B Red) has said that his prayer is to soar to greater heights in the coming months. He made the declaration in an interview with TheNiche on the eve of the release of his much anticipated EP.
Music from the HKN top act is set to hit airwaves from July 11.
“I have been part of this family for three years now and I must say it’s been a sweet experience doing music with some of the most talented artistes Africa has produced. I pray I continue to soar to greater heights in the coming months,” he stated.
Born to parents from South West Nigeria, he is one of the leading artistes on the HKN music label that has the likes of international act and award-winning ‘Aye’ crooner, Davido; Sina Rambo and a few budding artistes.
B Red revealed that after so much painstaking effort in putting together good music to the listening pleasure of his teeming fans, his EP entitled All The Way Up Red Nation will formally be available to the public as from July 11. He said he believes this will signal the journey of his music career to the next level.
He explained that the EP is an eight-track collection, which also has about five bonus tracks where he features the best the music industry in America and Nigeria can boast of.
The tracks, he said, are: ‘Te Slow’, ‘Dele’, ‘As E Dey Go’, ‘Kolo’, ‘Romantic Call’, ‘Worry’ featuring talented budding artiste Pohsidon, ‘Give Them’ and ‘All The Way Up’.
And the five bonus tracks are ‘Cucumber’ featuring Akon, ‘Twerk’ featuring Davido, ‘Over Do It’ with Lil Kesh, ‘E Wo Ta Go’ featuring Phyno and Blessings.
The EP, he further said, is available on iTunes, Nigerian Music Blogs and other online music outlets and retail shops all over the country.
Still on his music, B Red, who is a cousin to Davido, disclosed that he always knew he would take to music. He started participating in his church choir, playing music instruments and amazingly mastered drumming so well that he has become arguably the best in the country’s music scene.
Being part of HKN, he said, has been a sweet experience being a member of a music family that is fast becoming a household name within the music industry in Nigeria.
Talking about the rise of his music career, the tattoo-loving act said working alongside American superstar, Akon, in ‘Cucumber’ has been the high point of his solo career and will continue to do more to attract more of such collaborations.
“I think working with Akon on my song ‘Cucumber’ was cool and is the high point of my career presently and remains the best thing to have happened to my music career. I hope it opens doors to more of such collaborations with more acts from America,” he said.
So why is he called B Red? While he was growing up in America, he was called Red because of his fair complexion. In the United States, such fair Blacks are known as such; so he Added B from his name Bayo to the red and arrived at B Red.
B Red added that he is here to stay; hence he enjoins his teeming fans to come ride along with him to stardom.
He is the second child out of four from the famous Adeleke clan from Osun State from which Davido emanated.
Born in Atlanta, U.S.A., he came to Nigeria when he was five. One year after, he started playing the drums a. He started singing and producing when he turned 16.
He formed a music group in Atlanta known as KB International, with Davido, Sina Rambo and Jamrock from Jamaica.
They held sway for a year, before he moved to Lagos with HKN Music, owned by Davido.