Daniel Regha who eulogised Olamide as a good manager, urged him to promote inclusiveness by giving other ethnic nationalities a chance
By Kehinde Okeowo
Popular and fast-rising Twitter influencer, Daniel Regha, has accused YBNL owner and ace singer, Olamide of signing only Yoruba artistes on his record label.
Daniel Regha in a post on Twitter accused Olamide, who brought the likes of Adekunle Gold, Fireboy DMW and Asake to limelight of discouraging other talented singers who are non-Yorubas.
He, however, eulogised him as a good manager and urged the music producer to promote inclusiveness by giving other ethnic nationalities a chance.
In his words: “Olamide needs to sign at least one Igbo, & an Hausa artiste to YBNL; This will promote inclusiveness.
“He’s a great label manager who’s adored by millions, but he’s fond of signing only Yoruba artistes which is discouraging cos it doesn’t level the playing field for non-Yorubas.”
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The now-viral post generated mixed reactions among netizens, with majority disagreeing with Daniel Regha, saying Olumide picks artistes he signed on his label based on merit.
A netizen identified as boyy.phantom wrote, “Banky don sign Whitemoney naw.”
Another Twitter user, shanksaydat said, “Label no be house of assembly, allow somebody be great in peace.”
Emariusrush added, “I’m from East Africa, this is pointless, he supports talents not tribalism, we don’t have such a thing in East Africa.”
Another internet user, austwino wrote, “U can tell that to Psquare, Flavor, Phyno, Tekno, Runtown n d rest of them.”
While oju_babel said, “This is a plain example of no matter what you do humans will criticize and judge you. do your best and leave the rest.”
