- Brymo
Listening once more to Ice Prince’s smash hit, ‘Oleku’ and his own songs like – ‘Ara’, ‘Omoge Campus’ and others, you would know why it is difficult not to include Brymo in this list. Photo: Facebook
Having dropped a debut album in 2007, his career started out well with his first single being ‘Ara.’ After the classic single and featuring on Ice Prince‘s monster hit, ‘Oleku’, Olawale Ashimi, popularly known as Brymo should be among the biggest stars on the Nigerian music scene by now.
But that is not really the case with the singer, composer, songwriter and recording artist with over 10 years in the industry and 4 albums to his profile.
Starting with his first official single, ‘Ara’ released in 2011, Brymo followed up with ‘Good Morning’ and released his 2nd album with Chocolate City in 2012 titled The Son Of a Kapenta before leaving the label in 2013. He has since dropped 2 independent albums.
First is Merchants, Dealers & Slaves in 2013, an album which he said was recorded at a time his aspirations were at crossroads in a battle against societal limitations and prejudice (a journey into self-realization) and in October 2014, he dropped his most recent studio album, Tabula Rasa (The Gift), which is his fourth.
With several nominations from awards organisers like NEA, The Headies, Channel O Music Video Awards, Hip Hop World Awards and others, the R&B singer has only won 3 official awards, namely Hip Hop World Awards for Recording of the Year in 2012, Channel O Music Video Awards Most Gifted Afro Pop Video of the Year for ‘Ara’ in 2012 and the 2013/2014 All Africa Music Awards Songwriter of The Year for ‘Down’.
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