Born on the 29th of February 1997,
Korede Bello is an 18 year old guitarist and student of Mass communication at
the Nigerian institute of journalism. The
singer who hails from Lagos state started
performing on stage at the age of seven, Staged
named African Prince. Charity they say begins at home,
the engine of Korede
’s musical
career is lubricated by his parent
’s
love for music. His father loves indigenous
music while his mother preferred foreign
music. As a kid, Korede fell in love with music and music fell in love
with him.
.
At his early age in school, Korede
was known for his active participation in
social activities such as acting, dancing and even
singing competitions as he do represents his school in most of these activities. Like Jesus Christ got his
disciples, Korede formed his first music group
with a friend in primary-six and also wrote
his first song. According to him, music was a
different ball game in
Secondary school, “ I was better and more into
writing songs. But when I got into senior secondary school, I began professional music by recording my songs in the studio. My
first official single was recorded when I was in
secondary school”. His parents gave him the support he needed. His father got him his first guitar and even paid for his first
studio session. “ I love my
parents so much and one of the reasons is because they support me and would put their money on anything that
would make me happy. I came from them and they
love music and they love supporting their son .
The only issue they had, especially my mother,
was my staying out late. She did not want me to stay out late because as of then, I was just writing my West
African Senior Secondary School Certificate
Examination. I had to be in the studio mostly
at night and my mother did not really like
that. Aside from that, everything was fine”.
Signed to Mavin Records on
February 28 2014, Korede released his first
single titled
“African
Princess.” which featured Donjazzy.
After his performance in Mavins
Dorobucci , his fanbase has tripled and his
popularity increased and has won admiration of
many ladies.. Especially with the wink everyone got crazy about.
The new rising star said his name
Korede means a harbinger of good tidings and
thus he would want music fans listening to his
music to feel blessed and happy. The young singer who is yet to have an album of himself said that he was aiming
at getting to a stage where listeners of his
song will get blessing by listening to his
music.
While responding to an interview
concerning the growing number of female music
fans that are attracted to him, African Prince
said that, It has always been his favour to have
princesses around him, the number of female fans coming after him has increased since he joined the Marvin Records. #Godwin
Even female celebrities are now
flocking to him and so have even come to give
him a kiss after watching him performed on the stage in one occasion..
#YouGuyKnowAllThatStory..
He said, “One of Don Jazzy’s colleagues heard my songs and
loved it. He told Don Jazzy to give me a listening
ear and he agreed. My manager, Casper, sent
some of my works to Don Jazzy and we got
invited to the studio. We recorded some songs
and here I am, a Mavin. It is solely a favour. It is God and all I can say is that I’m blessed to be in one of
the biggest labels in Africa and I believe that I’m a blessing to both my label and the entertainment
industry as a whole.” #Godwin
While explaining how he met the
Mavin Boss, Don Jazzy, he said
“One thing I have learnt is that
once it is time, it is actually your time. The
truth is that if anyone had told me about two
years ago that I would be working with Don Jazzy, I would say it was a big lie but I am working with him right
now. A lot of people listen to your songs but it
takes just one person to make a difference in
your life. That is what happened to me because
I released a song called
‘Forever
’
and people loved it but it just
took one person to listen to it and introduced
me to Don Jazzy’s
friends. They were also astounded by what they
heard and they introduced me to Don Jazzy. He
invited us to the studio with my manager, Casmir, we recorded some songs and that was it. When he heard my
song, he said that I was a mega super star and that
was it”.
Aside from the prestige of being on
Don Jazzy
’s label, Korede declared that Mavin has brought him a lot of things that a
mega super star can be recognized with.
“Money, cars and a house that
’s
why we are called mega super star. The name
korede bello is gradually becoming a household name
in the Nigeria music industry i want to personally congratulate him for doing what he knows how to do, and one
more thing Korede. Don
’t stop exploring the power of social media positively, that
’s
a niche you have carved for yourself..
Article written By Dele Abijo
