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Akolade Adeshina Accolade(born September 1, 1994), better known by his stage name Akolade,is a Nigerian musician with a Rap/classic style of music.Akolade is a south- westerner of Oyo State but he grew up in the district of Ebute_Metta in Lagos. At the November 2012 edition of the S.M.V Awards held in Nigeria,Akolade won the Revelation of the Year award and the Best Male Upcoming Artiste Of S.M.V. Akolade(Adeshina Akolade Ayoola) attended Tade Nursery & Primary School and Divine Unity College, and he focused On his Music Stuff. He grew up in a polygamous home of Two wives and 5 children. His parents found about his singing career a year after it started around 2009. Before then, Akolade wrote his own songs Party to when he was just 14 years old. It is worth noting that as a big fan of Dagrin & Vector, he kick-started his singing career with Obey music.He derives his inspiration from his environment, and music from the likes of Ebenezer Obey , King Sunny Adé , Tatalo Alamu, Late Alhaji Ayinla Omowura, Late Alhaji Haruna Ishola. Akolade's style in Rap was differ from Others Artistes who he claimed taught him all he came to know about the culture, and the use of the language of Yoruba . In his words, she hardly says anything without using proverbs or anecdotes to drive home her points. So, when I was trying to be creative with my music, I thought of doing something Different.After recording Some demo, Akolade form a group called Bad Sneakerß Group {BSG}. Since late 2011 Akolade has featured prominently across Nigerian campuses in the BsG/ MTN Campus Blast tours,THS Club in Lagos(Thrill Park), Lets Go There Tour, LA, Chicago, Houston, Maryland 2012,Street Mansion 2012, London Troxy in Lagos 2012.Akolade performed On Many Street Jamz in Nigeria.... Want to Know him More? Follow @Akolade_BSG