Entertainment
Six Nollywood Stars Float Record Labels
A record label or record company is a brand or trade mark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing promotion and enforcement of copy right for sound recordings and music videos, conducts talent scouting and development of new artistes as well as maintains contracts with recording artistes and managers.
Nollywood actors who are known for their diversity have gone on to own their own record labels, below are six Nollywood stars who own record label companies.
1) Osita Iheme
Osita Iheme popularly known as ‘Paw-Paw’ has floated his own record label, “Young Boss Records” in January 2017 and so far, he has signed two artistes-Barrister Max and Charisma.
2) Funke Akindele
Funke Akindele and husband launched their own record label in April 2017 “Sop Records” which already has five new artistes signed on.
3) Mbong Amata
Nollywood actress Mbong Amata launched her very own record label called “Bong House Media” in 2015 and she has two artistes on it namely Splash and Cole.
4) Halima Abubakar
In 2014, Halima Abubakar floated a new record label under her model house entertainment outfit. Her first artiste identified was Yung Issy.
5) Jim Iyke
Jim Iyke owns “Untamed Records” and he signed an upcoming group, “Gransonz” in 2013.
6) Laide Bakare
In 2012, Laide Bakare floated her own record label “Similine Records”
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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